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From: kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Stailey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem: Mac IIcx/NetBSD hangs
Date: 08 Jun 1995 18:45:17 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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In-reply-to: ssapozni@mercury.sfsu.edu's message of 8 Jun 1995 05:37:37 GMT

In article <3r62b1$641@news.service.uci.edu> ssapozni@mercury.sfsu.edu (Sam Sapoznick) writes:

   My NetBSD hangs after running fine for a few minutes (5-15) on my
   MacIIcx/8megs RAM. (I boot from system 7.1 with no extensions save
   Mode32). Anyone have a quick fix for this problem? The hang is just
   that: the system freezes and accepts no more input from the keyboard -
   I have to reboot it. Any ideas? Thanks.

   --
       -Sam Sapoznick

No quick fix, but a suggestion.  Try installing the kernel debugger,
learn how to hotkey into it and the next time you freeze see if the
hotkey still works.  From there you can get a kernel stack trace to
see what routine you are in, a "ps" to see what was running, and other
clues that you can use to beg for help with.

P.S. I can't mail to ssapozni@mercury.sfsu.edu (no such user comes back)