> > I'm not sure how general of a problem this is, so I'm posting to both
> > port-i386 and netbsd-help.
> > 
> > Ever since upgrading to 1.4 in May, I've seen my NetBSD box lock up under
> > semi-predictable circumstances.  The general requirements seem to be:
> > 
> >   Run X.
> >   Do something that puts a heavy CPU strain on the system.

[I will also have to try inducing this lock with a simple ``count to a big
number'' program.  Counting to 1*10^9 while cycling windows under twm
doesn't seem to be enough...]


> I get a similar problem, except that the machine in question does not
> run an X server at all, so I doubt your problem is X related.

Hm.  You could be right, but then my experiences with SETI@Home are a
little disturbing---a long (20 hours? 24 hours?) run at heavy CPU load
with no X, vs. relatively quick lockups with X.


> The problem definitely seems to be load related, possibly nice'd load
> related.  In my case the load was MP3 encoding (positive nice) or mp3
> playing (negative nice).  The latter did not come close to 100%, but
> loads it more than usual.
> 
> SETI@Home is perhaps positively niced on your box?

I believe so.  (I don't think that I fiddled with the defaults.)

I don't know if Quake II is nice'd.


> /var/run/dmesg.boot appended.  CPU is 300 (psuedo-cyrix) MHz.

I should have posted mine.  (^&  Config is a modified GENERIC (mostly I
just trimmed drivers that I didn't need & adjusted the time-zone).  CPU is
a Pentium II @ 233mHz.


 /~~~ /var/run/dmesg.boot

NetBSD 1.4 (olibGENERIC) #10: Tue Jun 29 01:07:38 CDT 1999
    root@rkr.kcnet.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/olibGENERIC
cpu0: family 6 model 3 step 3
cpu0: Intel Pentium II (686-class)
real mem  = 33161216
avail mem = 28282880
using 430 buffers containing 1761280 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Intel 82443LX PCI AGP Controller (PAC) (rev. 0x03)
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82443LX AGP Interface (PAC) (rev. 0x03)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o enabled, memory enabled
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4)
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC AC34000L>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd0: 3815MB, 7752 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 7814016 sectors
wd0: 32-bits data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
atapibus0 at pciide0 channel 1
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6102B, 9200402983, 1106> type 5 cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bits data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 3, DMA mode 2
pciide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 0, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2: Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
uhci0: interrupting at irq 11
uhci0: USB version 1.0
usb0 at uhci0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous bridge, revision 0x01) at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
eap0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: Ensoniq AudioPCI (rev. 0x00)
eap0: interrupting at irq 10
audio0 at eap0: full duplex
vga1 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: S3 ViRGE/DX (rev. 0x01)
wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
ahc0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0
ahc0: interrupting at irq 9
ahc0: Reading SEEPROM...done.
ahc0: aic7860 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 3 SCBs
ahc0: Resetting Channel A
ahc0: Downloading Sequencer Program...Done
scsibus0 at ahc0 channel 0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
ahc0: target 4 synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset = 0xf
st0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <Seagate, STT8000N, 3.22> SCSI2 1/sequential removable
st0: drive empty
Lite-On Communications 82C168/82C169 (PNIC) 10/100 Ethernet (ethernet network, revision 0x20) at pci0 dev 16 function 0 not configured
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
lptprobe: mask ff data 55 failed
lptprobe: mask ff data 55 failed
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pmsi0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
isapnp0: read port 0x203
isapnp0: <TelePath for Windows with x2, USR1001, , > port 0x110/8 irq 5 not configured
biomask ca40 netmask ca40 ttymask dac2
wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0 (console)
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
mountroot: trying coda...
mountroot: trying msdos...
mountroot: trying cd9660...
mountroot: trying nfs...
mountroot: trying ffs...
root file system type: ffs
init: copying out path `/sbin/init' 11

 \___ /var/run/dmesg.boot


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