From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 2 06:46:49 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E306416A420 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 06:46:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [202.89.146.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45DDF13C43E for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 06:46:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0C1A07E863; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:46:47 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:46:47 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: ruggeri@uchicago.edu Message-ID: <20071202064647.GA42406@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20071201221427.AWV68774@m4500-02.uchicago.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071201221427.AWV68774@m4500-02.uchicago.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Reboots with Bittorrent Use X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:46:50 -0000 On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 10:14:27PM -0600, ruggeri@uchicago.edu wrote: > >Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 07:48:20 +1300 > >From: Jonathan Chen > >> 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. > > Thanks a lot, that sounds like it could very well be the > problem. I don't think it's a physical hardware problem, > because I have no problem using bittorrent in Windows, and the > behavior went away (previously) when switching from rTorrent > to an older version of Deluge. > > I don't think I have the dmesg from after the crash anymore -- > I don't want to replicate it because I'm kind of worried that > something will go terribly wrong with the disk... > > Is there a bittorrent client someone would like to recommend? If you could downgrade to deluge-0.5.5, that was the last one that worked. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beer. Now there's a temporary solution." - Homer Simpson