Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:29:57 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Jacques S." <offbyone@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ruby18 won't install, gets stuck in 'sread' Message-ID: <20061004162957.GA35191@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <452392B9.1030903@xs4all.nl> References: <452392B9.1030903@xs4all.nl>
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--NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:53:45PM +0200, Jacques S. wrote: > The problem I have now is that I cannot get the latest Ruby18 port will= =20 > not install in one of the FreeBSD systems I look after. After an=20 > otherwise apparently normal make and make install, process ruby18 stalls= =20 > at "Generating RI" in "sread" state, thrashing the hd or paging memory= =20 > in an apparently endless I/O loop. > Under top, swap stats are: > Swap: 512M Total, 126M Used, 386M Free, 24% Inuse, with In and Out=20 > changing like crazy. >=20 > Computer in question is a very old box: (i386/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron)= =20 > with very little memory. FreeBSD is version 5.5p8 >=20 > From archives, Google, etc., it appears others sometimes have this=20 > problem--process stalled in 'sread' state--but I didn't find anywhere an= =20 > explanation of the problem or a solution. "sread" (actually I think you meant "swread") means "reading from swap". You're trying to run an application which is too big to fit in RAM, so your computer grinds to a halt trying to swap bits in and out to disk. Kris --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFI+GEWry0BWjoQKURAv3gAJ470vTZS4jyb/07SyL4g0H/VdXKpwCbBNua sbAaZRIB8iFY8PFJbStNpG4= =iUd6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh--
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