From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 12 11:59:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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 D4D8616A420 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:59:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.166.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6916E43D46 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:59:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-208-53-189.new.res.rr.com [24.208.53.189]) by ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j7CBxHZ7001615; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:59:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from jericho.polands.org (jericho.polands.org [172.16.1.35]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j7CBxHOh012669; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:59:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j7CBxGLt002726; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:59:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@jericho.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j7CBxGUX002725; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:59:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp) Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:59:16 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: Frank Jahnke Message-ID: <20050812115916.GA2697@polands.org> References: <1123776476.645.7.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1123776476.645.7.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-Beta2: dhclient instability X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:59:24 -0000 On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 09:07:56AM -0700, Frank Jahnke wrote: > I have a problem with dhclient becoming unstable. > > I'm running 6.0-beta2 and Gnome 2.10 on a dual Althon machine. On > boot, everything is fine. After visiting a few web pages with > Epiphany, dhclient goes from a minor process to one that consumes an > entire CPU. The machine is still reasonably responsive, but needless > to say, its capacity goes way down. > > It does not seem to be related to the web site visited, or the > scheduler used (ULE or 4BSD). Downloading mail repeatedly also does > not trigger the problem. > I had a similar problem with -beta2. Brooks had me recompile and reinstall dhclient. After performing the following steps, dhclient has worked for me on this ath0 interface. cd /usr/src/sbin/dhclient make clean make CFLAGS=3D-g STRIP=3D=20 make CFLAGS=3D-g STRIP=3D install You might want to submit a PR. Brooks was right on top of it and interested in what was causing the problem. -- Regards, Doug