From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 26 05:05:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA10930 for current-outgoing; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 05:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA10916 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 05:05:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA00226; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 03:25:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199712260825.DAA00226@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: X-Server hangs current-machine In-Reply-To: <34A2A98E.FFF602E1@hpbbse.bbn.hp.com> from Micha Class at "Dec 25, 97 07:44:30 pm" To: michael_class@bbn.hp.com Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 03:25:07 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Micha Class said: > John S. Dyson said: > > > Micha Class said: > > > Hello, > > > > > > with the latest changes in current my X-server hangs the machine. > > > The changes that broke the Server are either in in_pcb.c 1.37 or > > > in swap_pager.c 1.80 or in vm_pageout.c 1.104. > > > > > How much memory do you have? If you have enough that your system is not > > paging, then it is unlikely that the swap_pager or vm_pageout code is getting > > exercised. Dmesg would be helpful. > > Enclosed is the output of dmesg on this machine, and the messages that X > -probeonly > (which works) delivers. An no, I do not beleeave, that the machine is > pageing ... > > The thre files I mentioned were the only ones that were changed between > a working and a not working kernel :-( > I think that I have been able to reproduce the problem that you have seen on my PPro. It doesn't fail right away for me, but eventually it does. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.