From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 30 1:46:44 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 6268337B400 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:46:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kumprang.or.id (wl-kumprang-5.teras.net.id [202.143.103.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC2F43E09 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:46:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from budsz@kumprang.or.id) Received: by kumprang.or.id (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ED9F655EF; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 15:46:27 +0700 (WIT) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 15:46:27 +0700 From: budsz To: Ben Timby Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Panic: Timeout table full when installing XFree86 Message-ID: <20020630154627.A1912@kumprang.or.id> Mail-Followup-To: budsz , Ben Timby , freebsd-questions References: <000001c22007$36f12b30$6401a8c0@ben> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <000001c22007$36f12b30$6401a8c0@ben>; from ben@webexc.com on Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 02:24:47AM -0500 X-Uptime: 3:34PM up 10:52, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 based on 4.4BSD X-Geekcode: "GMU d- s++:+ a- C++ UL++ P+ L++ E- W++ N o+ K- w+ O+ M V++ PS PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X+++ R+ tv b++ DI- D+ G++ e++ h+ r+ y+" X-Fingerprint: "A05A 268C 3CD4 ABBD D9EB 11E1 F64C 4B4E 6269 5304" X-Pubkey-Linux: "http://www.kumprang.or.id/~budsz/pubkey_Linux.txt" X-Pubkey-FreeBSD: "http://www.kumprang.or.id/~budsz/pubkey_FreeBSD.txt" X-Company: "Internet Cafe & Game Kumprang" 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 Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 02:24:47AM -0500, Ben Timby wrote: >I just completed upgrading my FreeBSD 4.4 system to FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE. >I did so using CVSup and the instructions in the FreeBSD handbook. I >also compiled a custom kernel using the handbook. I basically commented >out hardware that does not exist in my system, and used the output of >dmesg to be sure I did not remove anything I need. Everything appears to >be working fine, except I am now getting an error when I try to do the >following: > >cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 >make all install clean > >The files are FTP'd to my machine, and the checksums are verified, but >then I get a kernel panic: > > - >panic: timeout table full > >syncing disks... > - > >At which point I need to reboot the system. > >I have found numerous documents online referencing this problem, they >seem to suggest increasing the size of my timeout table. I am not sure >how to do this, or if this is actually the recommended solution. Is it >possible that I screwed up my upgrade or kernel compile? While waiting >for suggestions, I am going to go back to my generic kernel, and see if >results are better. Insert kern.maxfilesperproc: xxxxx in /etc/sysctl.conf, where xxxx = value of numeric, You should read in "man 5 sysctl.conf" instead. -- budsz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message