Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:51:22 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "swap_pager" loop? Message-ID: <200612191351.kBJDpMpB058787@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20061219073943.W74584@polaris.astro.ufl.edu>
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Ken Sallot <ken@astro.ufl.edu> wrote: > Yesterday morning I came in to find a 6.2-RC1 server deadlocked in a loop > with the following error messages on the console: > > swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 5, size: 4096 That message is printed when a timeout appears while waiting for the swap device. I've seen such problems when the disk or the controller was dead or malfunctioning. Are you sure that your hardware is OK, i.e. no disk errors, good cables etc.? Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "IRIX is about as stable as a one-legged drunk with hypothermia in a four-hundred mile per hour wind, balancing on a banana peel on a greased cookie sheet -- when someone throws him an elephant with bad breath and a worse temper." -- Ralf Hildebrandt
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