Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:47:41 +1100 From: Zero Sum <count@shalimar.net.au> To: Chive <lex@blacktrap.net>, Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is My System Hung? Message-ID: <00111610474108.43667@shalimar.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20001116003032.A1299@blacktrap.net> References: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF71B@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> <20001116003032.A1299@blacktrap.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thursday 16 November 2000 10:30, Chive wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:27:50AM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > I am attempting to install XFree86 4 from the packages via > > /stand/sysinstall. It downloaded the tarball and then the message changed > > to "Package XFree86-4.0.1 read successfully - waiting for pkg_add(1)". It > > has been like this for about an hour. > > > > I've run "top" to see if the system is doing anything. The CPU is maxed out > > at 100%. Is anything happening or is my system hung up? Should I kill the > > process and start over or keep waiting? > > > > Thanks for your help! My top output follows. > > > > 6687 root 60 0 1280K 836K RUN 55:16 99.02% 99.02% dialog > > Obviously it is waiting for some input from you. Probably a dialog box was > supposed to pop up and you can't see it because you're doing it from > sysinstall, which is occupying the screen? > I'd say kill it and install with pkg_add. > I've had the same problems with some ports (eg php) when making in background. > Waiting for input? In the RUN state? If it were waiting for input would it not be in iowait? 99.02% is tha maximum slice of CPU time that any process can grab. It is in some loop or race condition, surely? Geoff -- count@shalimar.net.au Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: DuZfzULdNR3XkItqYgQ4feeFfOqVt/T+ iQA/AwUBOhMgnfh4xz7LU/evEQJlzgCfYW6DNt17fPaT4WYM0h5BrB2R4cQAn3kZ X8v2Ibr+vciT5M5raDRlRzki =V/na -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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