From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 10:39:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE17C106564A for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@kkip.pl) Received: from mainframe.kkip.pl (kkip.pl [87.105.164.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C05C8FC1E for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@kkip.pl) Received: from [192.168.0.10] by mainframe.kkip.pl with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Kkcdb-0005wG-4I; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:39:29 +0200 Message-ID: <48E201DF.5090001@kkip.pl> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:39:27 +0200 From: Bartosz Stec User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oliver Lehmann , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20080929221408.54e6a03a.lehmann@ans-netz.de> In-Reply-To: <20080929221408.54e6a03a.lehmann@ans-netz.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: admin@kkip.pl X-Authenticator: plain X-Sender-Verify: SUCCEEDED (sender exists & accepts mail) X-Spam-Score: -8.8 X-Spam-Score-Int: -87 X-Exim-Version: 4.69 (build at 26-Jun-2008 18:19:28) X-Date: 2008-09-30 12:39:29 X-Connected-IP: 192.168.0.10:4819 X-Message-Linecount: 74 X-Body-Linecount: 61 X-Message-Size: 2973 X-Body-Size: 2416 X-Received-Count: 1 X-Recipient-Count: 2 X-Local-Recipient-Count: 2 X-Local-Recipient-Defer-Count: 0 X-Local-Recipient-Fail-Count: 0 Cc: Subject: Re: system hangup - I'm lost X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39:31 -0000 Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > My fileserver has sporadical hangups running 6.3: > > FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #0: Thu Jun 19 00:21:00 CEST 2008 > olivleh1@nudel.salatschuessel.net:/usr/obj/i386-pentium3-6.3/usr/src/sys/NUDEL > > The exact release doesn't matter since it happened before. It always > happens afer some time of having some load on the system (I'm building > ports with tinderbox and during the build process it just hangs up). > > The system does nothing write out on the console, neither the CRT, nor > the serial console. > > The system itself is: > > CPU: Intel Pentium III (845.64-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x683 Stepping = 3 > Features=0x387fbff > real memory = 805240832 (767 MB) > avail memory = 778481664 (742 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 1 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 0 > ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard > > while the diskspace is provided by an 3ware RAID: > > twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0x2400-0x24ff mem 0xf4101000-0xf41010ff,0xf4800000-0xf4ffffff irq 18 at device 11.0 on pci0 > twa0: INFO: (0x04: 0x0053): Battery capacity test is overdue: > twa0: INFO: (0x15: 0x1300): Controller details:: Model 9500S-4LP, 4 ports, Firmware FE9X 2.08.00.009, BIOS BE9X 2.03.01.052 > > da0 at twa0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device > da0: 100.000MB/s transfers > da0: 715224MB (1464778752 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 91178C) > > I had - in the past - sometimes messages left which where indicating, > that the system was not able to allocate swap space fast enough if I > recall it correctly (_not_ out of swap space!) but the RAID is kinda > fast imho. > > Any idea what I could do to shed some more light on this behaviour? > Why it is happening and what really is causing it? > Would enabling the kernel debugger really help here? I mean the system > is really hanging up - except ping response it is not responding to > anything except the reset switch ;) > > Greetings, Oliver > > > Personally I'd rather bet on some hardware problem (overheating?) Try to install mbmon from ports. I had also similiar problems with old motherboards with swelled capacitors. -- Bartosz Stec