9.0-RC1 crash on G5 (late 2005)

Justin Hibbits jrh29 at alumni.cwru.edu
Fri Oct 28 01:58:39 UTC 2011


My TiBook also randomly hangs for no apparent reason, might be related (runs
9-beta2/recent current).  Can you send me your known-good kernel?  I'll also
try a new -current from tonight or tomorrow.
On Oct 27, 2011 9:31 PM, "Justin Hibbits" <jrh29 at alumni.cwru.edu> wrote:

> Powerpc64 install, grabbed the iso from ftp.
> On Oct 27, 2011 9:28 PM, "Nathan Whitehorn" <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/27/11 20:26, Justin Hibbits wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know the conditions of the crash, but sometime after booting, can
>>> happen right away, or later, my G5 just stops.  No kernel panic, no
>>> messages, it just stops.  The red light in the case comes on, and it just
>>> sits there.
>>>
>>> Hardware:  Late 2005 model G5, Dual-core 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM.
>>>
>>> Anything else I can provide, just ask.  Can't provide a coredump, dmesg,
>>> or
>>> anything else like that, though (machine just dies).
>>>
>>>
>> Is this a 32 or a 64-bit kernel? I have the same model, with a 64-bit
>> kernel, as my primary desktop, and have never seen anything like this.
>> -Nathan
>>
>


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