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Date:      Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:55:16 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Zbigniew Szalbot <zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: periodic, short freezes
Message-ID:  <20061109235515.GA46945@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0611092327310.41783@192.168.11.51>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.64.0611090907440.9485@192.168.11.51> <20061109192407.GA43267@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.64.0611092255160.39407@192.168.11.51> <20061109220926.GA45759@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.64.0611092327310.41783@192.168.11.51>

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On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 11:29:51PM +0100, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> >How do you know the entire system is freezing instead of just the tty?
> >:) If you have e.g. heavy disk write activity then the syncer will
> >grab Giant while flushing periodically and delay other things that
> >require Giant, like serial terminals.
>=20
> I do not think that's the case. I have another box that works as a mail=
=20
> relay server that passes messages for exim under FBSD. Now when the freez=
e=20
> occurs, I check the relay server and it cannot connect to the FBSD box=20
> (both are on the same lan). That's why I think it is a general box freeze=
=20
> and not just a tty problem.

OK, you'll need to do some more diagnosis along the lines of my previous em=
ail then.

Kris

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