(FWD) Server on OS/X

[Philip Cheney]

Hmmm.  I've been trying to track down a regular kernel panic that 
occurs when I leave Tor running for several hours.  My hardware passes 
the tests on the Apple diagnostic CD, and Tor doesn't use more than 5% 
cpu, so it's not a heat issue.  I had dismissed Tor as the source of 
the problem out of hand because I couldn't imagine how it could cause a 
kernel panic.

I can't remember if it started when I went to 1.0.2rc or .3rc, but it 
wasn't a problem with 0.9.7.  I'll start digging in to it this week.  
I'm pretty swamped at the moment, but I'll contribute what I can.  Oh, 
this is OS 10.3.9.

Phil


On Apr 16, 2005, at 3:46 AM, Adam Langley wrote:

> On 4/15/05, Rod Begbie <rodbegbie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Funnily enough, my Mac at home dies when I run Tor for a few hours.
>> It sits there fine 99% of the time, but when I start-up Tor again, I
>> get a kernel panic.  I've had almost *precisely* the same experience
>> as Eddie (right down to shutting down Tor for a week, then starting
>> it up again and seeing a crash).
>
> Well several reports suggests that it's probably *not* hardware
> related. It could be a race condition deep in OS X which gets tickled
> after enough load (which Tor would provide).
>
> So, other than making sure you have all the latest patches from Apple,
> there's probably not a lot to be done I'm afraid. I guess we keep an
> eye out for similar reports from other people and try to find the
> intersection.
>
>
> AGL
>
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