From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 5 19: 7:26 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23A937B401; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:07:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from outel.org (outel.org [168.150.177.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B9F543F93; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:07:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from qumqats@outel.org) Received: from localhost (winxp [192.168.1.20]) by outel.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1636J94037761; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:07:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from qumqats@outel.org) Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 19:04:49 -0800 From: "Joel M. Baldwin" To: Muhannad Asfour , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server locking hard -- A LOT!!! Message-ID: <293424432.1044471889@[192.168.1.20]> In-Reply-To: <1044415491.17761.9.camel@bsdbox.qubix.ca> References: <1044415491.17761.9.camel@bsdbox.qubix.ca> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.0.0 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Check your RAM. Check your BIOS settings. Try running the system with the failsafe settings if your BIOS has that. If all else fails put the debug options into the kernel, add a serial console, and see if you can break into ddb. --On Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:24 PM -0500 Muhannad Asfour wrote: > Hello. I've recently faced a rather odd issue that I've never seen > before. I bought a new server (specs below), and I loaded it up with > FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE (I know, I know, not for a production environment, > but this is a personal server). Now, whenever I get about 30 > simultaneous connections, the box just locks hard. I tested all the > hardware components (CPU, Memory, HD, NIC, etc.) and even bought new > ones just to make sure and all end up with the same result. I can > never keep a decent uptime (never went past 2 days so far). As soon > as I get a mediocre http load (30 simul. connections), the box just > locks hard. I built a debug kernel, I tried everything imaginable, > and I have not found a solution whatsoever. Everyone seems to be > stumped by this. I tried FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, 4.7-STABLE, > 5.0-RELEASE and 5.0-CURRENT on this box. All give me the same > result. I checked everywhere for relevant logs to explain what is > occuring, but had no such luck. This is truly the million dollar > question for me right now, because I have no idea why it would lock > under such a petty load. I'm not sure what to do to fix this issue, > I've tried many different areas for support and haven't come up with > anything as I stated earlier. I'm not overclocking or anything if > that's what you're wondering. If anyone could assist me in any way > shape or form to get this working, I would appreciate it very very > much. Also, if you e-mail back, I'm not subscribed to the lists, so > could you please CC it to me. In the past 4 hours, it has locked > hard about 3 times because of a 28-34 connection load. > > Machine Specs: > Single Pentium IV 2.4 GHz processor > ASUS P4S533 motherboard > 512MB DDR333 RAM (will be 1GB next week) > 120GB Maxtor 7200rpm (ATA133) HDD > 40GB Maxtor 7200 rpm (ATA66) HDD > Floppy Disk Drive > ATI Rage 128 (32 meg) AGP 4x graphics adapter > 52x LG CD-ROM drive > 3Com 3C905C-TX NIC > Currently running FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT as of Sunday Feb. 2, 13:02:05 > EST 2003. > > Thank you very much > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message