From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 22 0:37: 2 2002 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 C6DB837B401 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 00:36:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta01-srv.alltel.net (mta01.alltel.net [166.102.165.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA94E43E91 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 00:36:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cd9@buffalo.edu) Received: from selvirjin.alltel.net ([162.39.7.162]) by mta01-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP id <20020822073657.WVAS28427.mta01-srv.alltel.net@selvirjin.alltel.net> for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 02:36:57 -0500 Received: from dragon by selvirjin.alltel.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17hmVz-000ElV-00; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 03:36:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 03:36:23 -0400 From: "C. A. Daelhousen" To: Chris Linstruth Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open files and Swap Space Errors (fwd) Message-ID: <20020822033623.A47209@selvirjin.alltel.net> References: <001b01c2498b$9779f830$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from cjl@QNET.COM on Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 12:01:13AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 12:01:13AM -0700, Chris Linstruth wrote: > Actually, I readily get the errors from systat -a. The system > isn't grinding to a halt, it's just reporting swap errors and file > table full when pstat -s and sysctl show, plainly, that they're > not even close to their maximums. > If the sequence of events goes: 1. Normal 2. Problem occurs 3. Sendmail gets shot 4. Normal, but without sendmail 5. You check current system status Then you'll never see the problem, because it's already vanished when sendmail got shot. Timing is critical. You have to set up SOME sort of automated thing to try to show the problem immediately before sendmail is shot. -- ..: Chad Daelhousen == cd9@buffalo.edu :.........: sig v3.1 :... : Programming for 10 +/- 2 years (50 +/- 10% of a lifetime) : :.............Perl will be the first to implement mind reading.: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message