Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:26:50 +0100 (CET) From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diagnosing a reacurring system freeze Message-ID: <4730.192.168.11.11.1172129210.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070215170128.027f85c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <f80199c40702151325hdf541b0o36a4d4a469e58128@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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Dear Derek, Kris and others, Solved - thank you very much for your help! It was the ehthernet adapter. I got an Intel adapter and haven't had a single problem with freezes. Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction. Warm regards, Zbigniew Szalbot 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. > > -Derek > > > > At 04:30 PM 2/15/2007, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> >> Derek Ragona wrote: >> >>> First you should provide more information such as the output from >>> your dmesg, whether you have the server running X or just text mode. >> >> In my case I do not run X, the system mostly operates mysql database >> and exim MTA (and this causes a bigger load sometimes up to 3.0 or so). >> >>> >>> Describe your lockup, does the system completely freeze, or is it >>> still ping-able? >> In my case it is always a complete freeze but only for a relatively >> short period of time (20-30 seconds, sometimes longer though - up to 2 >> minutes). >> >> For example, I noticed on a few occasions that when I used cat |grep on >> a log file and the output displayed on screen was quite extensive (lots >> of data), the system would freeze. But not always. >> >> Here's the dmesg.today output: >> >> >> Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. >> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 >> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. >> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. >> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 22 12:52:41 CET 2007 >> root@192.168.11.51:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LISTS >> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 >> CPU: Intel Pentium III (868.20-MHz 686-class CPU) >> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x686 Stepping = 6 >> >> >> Features=0x387f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA, >> CMOV,PAT,PSE36,PN,MMX,FXSR,SSE> >> real memory = 535691264 (510 MB) avail memory = 514801664 (490 MB) kbd1 >> at kbdmux0 acpi0: <MEIP01 > on motherboard >> acpi0: Power Button (fixed) >> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 >> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0 >> cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 >> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 >> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 >> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 >> agp0: <Intel 82810E (i810E GMCH) SVGA controller> mem >> 0xe8000000-0xebffffff,0xeff80000-0xefffffff irq 10 at device 1.0 on pci0 >> pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 >> pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 >> dc0: <Davicom DM9102A 10/100BaseTX> port 0xbc00-0xbcff mem >> 0xefdfff00-0xefdfffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1 >> miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0 >> ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0 >> ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto >> dc0: Ethernet address: 00:80:ad:82:6e:58 >> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 >> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 >> atapci0: <Intel ICH UDMA66 controller> port >> 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on pci0 >> ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0 >> ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0 >> pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 31.2 (no driver attached) >> pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached) >> pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached) >> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 >> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 >> kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >> fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f3,0x3f4-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 >> drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FAST] >> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 >> sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on >> acpi0 >> sio0: type 16550A >> ppc0: <ECP parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77b irq 7 drq >> 3 >> on acpi0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold >> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 >> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 >> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 >> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port >> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 >> pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff on isa0 >> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 >> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 >> sio1: port may not be enabled >> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on >> isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 868204315 Hz quality 800 >> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec >> ad0: 76319MB <WDC WD800JB-00JJC0 05.01C05> at ata0-master UDMA66 >> acd0: CDROM <LTN485/KQG1> at ata0-slave PIO4 >> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> swap_pager: out of swap space >> swap_pager_getswapspace(1): failed >> swap_pager_getswapspace(15): failed >> swap_pager_getswapspace(7): failed >> swap_pager: out of swap space >> swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed >> pid 85217 (mysqld), uid 88, was killed: out of swap space dc0: watchdog >> timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> dc0: watchdog timeout >> >> >> The instance where mysql was killed did not happen today but a few days >> ago, when there was an excessive load on the box. I failed to >> implement some precautions and as a result the load went above 10. >> >> Thanks for any further hints. I get 1, 2 such freezes a day. >> >> >> -- >> Zbigniew Szalbot >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner >> thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. 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