From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 10 13:16:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F5116A412 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:16:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org) Received: from orchid.homeunix.org (avj126.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.27.43.126]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4343743D46 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:16:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org) Received: from [192.168.1.66] (blackacidevil.orchid.homeunix.org [192.168.1.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by orchid.homeunix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kAADGREd031132 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:16:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org) Message-ID: <45547BA3.6070802@orchid.homeunix.org> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:16:19 +0100 From: Karol Kwiatkowski User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061110) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zbigniew Szalbot References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 OpenPGP: id=06E09309; url=http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig83069E92B8E07683E1C0F006" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/2185/Fri Nov 10 12:04:49 2006 on orchid.homeunix.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: periodic, short freezes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:16:49 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig83069E92B8E07683E1C0F006 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/11/2006 09:12, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I am running FBSD 6-1 stable with custom kernel. Occasionally I > experience short freezes - that is the machine stops to respond for a > few seconds and then happily starts to work again. >=20 > My general question is what log should I inspect or what debugging to > turn on to have some more info on what really happens? It does seem to > happen under bigger load (something like over 1) but I am not really > sure if that is the cause. Yesterday it ran for three hours with an > average load of over 2 and there was no freeze. >=20 > Many thanks in advance for guiding me in troubleshooting the issue. Just a shot in the dark, but I haven't seen it mentioned yet: have you used any variables affecting kernel compilation, especially CPUTYPE, CFLAGS, COPTFLAGS? I remember seeing some strange effects when I messed with them too much (we've all been there, haven't we? ;) Karol --=20 Karol Kwiatkowski OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc --------------enig83069E92B8E07683E1C0F006 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFVHuqezeoPAwGIYsRCIwgAJ9wBTZuLLL6LDRVo5FciemZ0r6K1gCcDryX EsKJkn945E5Y/GjRNHqZpec= =hkBD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig83069E92B8E07683E1C0F006--