Subject: Re: mysterious reboots
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/19/1999 19:14:11
In article <199908191637.LAA20783@harper.uchicago.edu>,
Wenchi Liao <wliao@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>I've been pretty happy with my netbsd 1.4/i386 box so far.
>It is mainly desktop use (lots of network and x stuff in
>the day, nothing really at night) with a GENERIC sans
>pcmcia/scsi/kitchen sink kernel. The hardware is a micron
>with a pent. mmx.
>
>For some reason, the machine will reboot in the middle of
>the night. I don't think this is some wierd exploit/trojan
>horse thing, since it started happening when the machine
>was really new, and I have all sorts of security devices
>and filters in place.

I would upgrade to 1.4.1, or disable the random pseudo-device
in your kernel.

christos