From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 16 00:03:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C30A16A402 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:03:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E5213C48D for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:03:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [192.168.2.2] (archangel.daleco.biz [69.27.145.126]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l1G03sbm033239; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:03:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <45D4F4E4.9040708@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:03:48 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20070207 SeaMonkey/1.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <6.0.0.22.2.20070215160715.02821030@mail.computinginnovations.com> <61025.192.168.11.7.1171578625.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070215170128.027f85c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <20070215230913.GA46044@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070215230913.GA46044@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org, Ross Penner , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diagnosing a reacurring system freeze X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:03:59 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 05:02:27PM -0600, Derek Ragona wrote: >> Hard to tell if it is your dc0 ethernet adapter or a swap issue. I would >> try a different ethernet controller and see what happens as that is a cheap >> experiment. > > Yeah, I missed the swap message - when your system is swapping then > performance will definitely be terrible. > And when it's *out* of swap space, it'll be even worse. The OP has two problems, both of which could be significant. Out of swap is, for certain. > In fact now I see that I've already given this advice to the original > poster on two previous occasions (November and January). I guess he > chooses not to believe it. > > Kris Kris: if so, his loss. Ross: add more swap space, and perhaps your system will behave a tad better. There's an article in the manual; see also swapon(8) and /etc/fstab. Re: watchdog timeouts, see dc(4). If you are on a ISP that has some performance problems (mine seems that way), that could be it. Also, check your other network equipment; if you have any way, for example, to test with a different switch/hub/router, and to try different settings for the adapter (duplex/half, etc.), it might be worth a try. Or, you could always change your ethernet card (unless we're talking about laptops here). My $0.02 (at a lower exchange rate than Kris's), Kevin Kinsey -- Emersons' Law of Contrariness: Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them for it.