From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 21 11: 4:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from omega.ie.pitt.edu (omega.ie.pitt.edu [136.142.89.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E1037B69D for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:03:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grafe@omega.ie.pitt.edu) Received: from omega.ie.pitt.edu (gersun.wabash.edu [161.32.151.172]) by omega.ie.pitt.edu (8.10.0/8.10.0) with SMTP id f1LJ2rJ09267 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:02:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200102211902.f1LJ2rJ09267@omega.ie.pitt.edu> Received: by omega.ie.pitt.edu (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:02:51 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:02:51 -0500 From: grafe@omega.ie.pitt.edu (Gary E. Rafe) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Q: pine/netscape hang in "poll" state on 3.5.1-PAO system ? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Our old Toshiba Satellite 220 (133MHz, 64MB) has been very stable since we first put FreeBSD on it back in '97 (lately running 3.5.1-PAO). Sometime in the last month or so, we're noticing that some apps (e.g, pine [v4.33 native build], Netscape Navigator [linux-2.0-libc5]) have begun to hang in a "poll" state for 55-115 seconds before actually starting. Others (e.g., ssh) behave normally. I don't believe anything significant has changed in the system's configuration that might account for this condition (e.g., upgrades or packages installed), although inadvertant changes to configuration files cannot be ruled out! A search of the Mail Archives (freebsd-questions) reveals a query from Chen Xu on this very same condition back in December 1999. No reply, however, seems to be recorded in the archive. Any pointers to resolving this condition will be appreciated ! -- Gary E. Rafe gerst4+@pitt.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message