kernel panics in 7.2-RELEASE

Joey Mingrone joey at mingrone.org
Tue Aug 4 15:10:55 UTC 2009


Hi,

I have 7.2-RELEASE running on two older laptops and both have had a
few kernel panics lately.  Unfortunately the one that paniced today
doesn't have debugging symbols, so I'm sure how useful any of output
below will be.

Joey

% dmesg
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Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
fault virtual address   = 0x0
fault code              = supervisor write, page not present
instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc05e480b
stack pointer           = 0x28:0xe7228820
frame pointer           = 0x28:0xe7228860
code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                        = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
current process         = 50277 (mtree)
trap number             = 12
panic: page fault
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% sudo kgdb kernel /var/crash/vmcore.1
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This GDB was configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd"...(no debugging
symbols found)...
Attempt to extract a component of a value that is not a structure pointer.
Attempt to extract a component of a value that is not a structure pointer.
Attempt to extract a component of a value that is not a structure pointer.
Attempt to extract a component of a value that is not a structure pointer.
#0  0xc0566ddb in doadump ()


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