Help to find cause of recurring crash

fbsd fbsd at aanet.com.au
Tue May 16 18:52:12 PDT 2006 

Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> Ron,
>
>   Is this the HP Vectra server that has the onboard Adaptec
> SCSI controller, and are you running SCSI drives on it?
>
>   If so, there's another guy that has one of these servers
> and was complaining about bugs in the adaptec driver sometime
> last year causing a similar issue.  I told him to send-pr it
> but I don't think anything came of that.
>
>   I would say you have a 80% chance it's what they call:
> "non-compliant hardware"  It is well known that HP has a microcode
> license from Adaptec, they and Compaq have modified Adaptec's microcode
> before.  It is really annoying when they do it and put their modded
> microcode into Adaptec's cards - I have had before on my desk,
> 2 identical Adaptec SCSI cards, that when both placed in a Compaq
> desktop will boot up with identical firmware version numbers with
> one exception - one of them has a trailing "S" on the firmware version
> number - and both work exactly the same in the Compaq, yet take
> the Adaptec card that was purchased from retail and put it in
> another system and it works fine, but take the adaptec card
> that was purchased from Compaq/HP spares and it will not work in
> any other system.
>
>   It's enough to piss off an idiot.
>
> Ted
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of fbsd
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:09 AM
>> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> Subject: Help to find cause of recurring crash
>>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm  running a home email server and twice in the last week it has
>> rebooted itself and been unable to restart due to corruption of the
>> filesystem. I found the following in /var/log/messages
>>
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra syslogd: kernel boot file is
>> /boot/kernel/kernel
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel:
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel:
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in
>> kernel mode
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: fault virtual address    = 0x1c
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: fault code        = supervisor write,
>> page not present
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: instruction pointer    =
>> 0x20:0xc062c5e8
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: stack pointer            =
>> 0x28:0xe5079c50
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: frame pointer            =
>> 0x28:0xe5079c64
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: code segment        = base 0x0, limit
>> 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: processor eflags    = interrupt
>> enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: current process        = 52 (vnlru)
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: trap number        = 12
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: panic: page fault
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: Uptime: 5d7h4m50s
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: Dumping 1023 MB (2 chunks)
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: chunk 0: 1MB (159 pages) ... ok
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: chunk 1: 1023MB (261872 pages)
>> 1007 991
>> 975 959 943 927 911 895 879 863 847 831 815 799 783 767 751 735 719 703
>> 687 671 655 639 623 607 591 575 559 543 527 511 495 479 463 447 431 415
>> 399 383 367 351 335 319 303 287 271 255 239 223 207 191 175 159 143 127
>> 111 95 79 63 47 31 15 ... ok
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel:
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: Dump complete
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press
>> a key on the console to abort
>> May 16 17:46:07 hpvectra kernel: Rebooting...
>>
>> When I turn on the monitor I see that the reboot has not been
>> successful
>> due to "/ was not properly dismounted" and it is asking for fsck to be
>> run manually. When I do that everything is fine again.
>>
>> Can anybody help me find the cause of the crash? What extra information
>> is needed and how do I find that information? I'm relatively
>> new to FreeBSD.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> PS Other information that may be of help:
>>
>> I'm running 6.0 release,
>> X is not running
>> no users are logged in, cursor sits at the login screen
>> running programs include, fetchmail daemon, dovecot, procmail,
>> clamassassin, clamd,
>> only strange behaviour noted  is the following error messages
>>
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49H9AXd016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49H9Ahr016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49H9Amm016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49H9A5E016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49H9AHZ016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49Hlokm016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49HrgQC016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk49HrgiD016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk45HuHZj028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk45H9Q8H028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk45H9QIF028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk45H9Q2k028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk45H9Q3g028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk45H9Q8I028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:51 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk44HetDK015554: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:52 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk44HkTLo015554: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:53 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk44HuiTU015554: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:56 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk44IA0GF016123: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:56 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk44Ho0tW015927: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:56 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk44I00DB016025: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:02:56 hpvectra sendmail[5729]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf:
>> cannot open ./dfk44Ht0gL015964: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:08 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49H9AXd016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49H9AXd016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:12 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49H9Ahr016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49H9Ahr016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:12 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49H9Amm016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49H9Amm016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:12 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49H9A5E016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49H9A5E016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:12 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49H9AHZ016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49H9AHZ016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:20 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49Hlokm016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49Hlokm016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:31 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49HrgQC016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49HrgQC016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:32 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k49HrgiD016830: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk49HrgiD016830: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:33 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k45HuHZj028031: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk45HuHZj028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:33 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k45H9Q8H028031: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk45H9Q8H028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:33 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k45H9QIF028031: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk45H9QIF028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:33 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k45H9Q2k028031: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk45H9Q2k028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:33 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k45H9Q3g028031: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk45H9Q3g028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:33 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k45H9Q8I028031: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk45H9Q8I028031: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:06:34 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k44HetDK015554: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk44HetDK015554: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:07:52 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k44HkTLo015554: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk44HkTLo015554: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:08:53 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k44HuiTU015554: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk44HuiTU015554: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:12:12 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k44IA0GF016123: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk44IA0GF016123: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:12:12 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k44Ho0tW015927: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk44Ho0tW015927: No such file or directory
>> May 11 03:12:12 hpvectra sendmail[5909]: k44I00DB016025: SYSERR(root):
>> readqf: cannot open ./dfk44I00DB016025: No such file or directory
>>
>> however I have "sendmail_enable="NONE"" in /etc/rc.conf so sendmail
>> shouldn't be working.
>>
>>
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>>     
>
>
>   
Hi Ted,

Not sure about the Adaptec SCSI controller being onboard, but I'm not 
using SCSI disks.

Thanks

Ron

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