I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk controller failures. The machine can't stay more than about ten minutes before it panics into a hung kernel, or simple reboots. Unfortunately, I know the root cause of the panics. If my computer is sitting on the table, then the kernel doesn't panic. If the computer is sitting on the desk, then it panics like mad. The table is wooden, the desk is metal. Of course, I'm also changing power too. On the table, I use a wall outlet, while on the desk I use my Smart UPS. Unfortunately, you can't really help me with this. I'm just writing in out of the hope that I'll get some sympathy for this problem. -- Schlake
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:18 PM, William D. Colburn (Schlake) <schlake@gmail.com> wrote:> I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk > controller failures. ?The machine can't stay more than about ten > minutes before it panics into a hung kernel, or simple reboots. > Unfortunately, I know the root cause of the panics. ?If my computer is > sitting on the table, then the kernel doesn't panic. ?If the computer > is sitting on the desk, then it panics like mad. ?The table is wooden, > the desk is metal. ?Of course, I'm also changing power too. ?On the > table, I use a wall outlet, while on the desk I use my Smart UPS. > Unfortunately, you can't really help me with this. ?I'm just writing > in out of the hope that I'll get some sympathy for this problem.Yuck...! If you have an electrical insulation problem, and your desk is metal, I'd _really_ urge you to replace your hardware completely, or have it properly insulated by a professional electrician. An electric shock could cause real pain() and panic(). ;-) But seriously, if that's the only reason for the panics, it's a pretty strong hint that you have an electrical problem: when ICs are underpowered, they tend to behave erratically.> -- Schlake-cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
* William D. Colburn (Schlake) <schlake@gmail.com> [100702 12:19] wrote:> I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk > controller failures. The machine can't stay more than about ten > minutes before it panics into a hung kernel, or simple reboots. > Unfortunately, I know the root cause of the panics. If my computer is > sitting on the table, then the kernel doesn't panic. If the computer > is sitting on the desk, then it panics like mad. The table is wooden, > the desk is metal. Of course, I'm also changing power too. On the > table, I use a wall outlet, while on the desk I use my Smart UPS. > Unfortunately, you can't really help me with this. I'm just writing > in out of the hope that I'll get some sympathy for this problem.Everyone knows the best place to run FreeBSD is under your desk: ~ % gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: amd64-undermydesk-freebsd Configured with: FreeBSD/amd64 system compiler Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD] -Alfred