Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 07:48:20 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: ruggeri@uchicago.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Reboots with Bittorrent Use Message-ID: <20071201184820.GC37478@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20071201115352.AWV35326@m4500-02.uchicago.edu> References: <20071201115352.AWV35326@m4500-02.uchicago.edu>
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 11:53:52AM -0600, ruggeri@uchicago.edu wrote:
> Hi! I have had this problem before, so let me narrate the
> history (quickly).
>
> I used to use the rtorrent port. However, when running
> rtorrent (never any other time) the system would spontaneously
> reboot. I couldn't figure out what exactly the problem was,
> but when I switched to deluge (another bittorrent port) the
> problem seemed to go away.
>
> I have since reformatted my computer. I began using deluge
> again a couple weeks ago, but am again experiencing
> spontaneous reboots, now when using deluge (I don't have
> rtorrent installed). I don't get any message in
> /var/logs/messages (is there a way to make the computer log
> more? Are there other logs I should check?). In general the
> file system needs to be cleaned after the reboot.
There's a bug in the kernel with 6-STABLE with Bittorrent clients that
use multiple threads. This includes the latest deluge and azureus
ports. I've filed a PR for this:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=117717
but it's been getting no love from the developers. You could try
poking freebsd-stable@ for help.
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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