From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 9 23:10:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA15109 for current-outgoing; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:10:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA15085 for ; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:10:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA07947; Fri, 10 May 1996 15:46:43 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605100616.PAA07947@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: attempt to write meta-data!!! To: inkari@cc.hut.fi Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:46:42 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199605091147.OAA00360@lk-hp-20.hut.fi> from "inkari@cc.hut.fi" at May 9, 96 02:47:23 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk inkari@cc.hut.fi stands accused of saying: > > A current system around May 3 has seen the following console messages: Actually you have a pile of seperate incidents here. > Console log for ateneum50.fng.fi > May 6 16:21:22 ateneum50 /kernel: uid 1000 on /home: file system full > May 6 16:21:24 ateneum50 last message repeated 12 times You filled /home up. I bet you have your Netscape cache setting too large. > swap_pager: out of swap space > May 6 17:32:11 ateneum50 /kernel: > pid 2475 (netscape.bin), uid 1000, was killed: out of swap space *laugh* And you don't have enough swap. > May 6 17:33:49 ateneum50 /kernel: > pid 665 (wish), uid 1000: exited on signal 11 > May 7 17:04:45 ateneum50 /kernel: > pid 640 (wish), uid 1000: exited on signal 11 > May 8 11:50:24 ateneum50 /kernel: > pid 11540 (top), uid 1000: exited on signal 11 > May 8 14:15:49 ateneum50 /kernel: > pid 7477 (wish), uid 1000: exited on signal 11 These three are stranger. Does 'top' normally work OK? Either you have an intermittent memory problem, or perhaps a buggy wish, or something odd is happening. > vnode_pager_putpages: attempt to write meta-data!!! -- 0xffffffe9(ff) This is a (relatively) benign message, according to the VM gurus. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[