From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 31 13:03:47 2004 Return-Path: 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 2458916A4CE for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 13:03:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.simplenet.com (mail1.simplenet.com [209.132.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0930243D39 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 13:03:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tt-list@simplenet.com) Received: from TraverPC.simplenet.com (66.27.122.77) by mail1.simplenet.com (7.0.016) (authenticated as tt-list@simplenet.com) id 40BB02A000001808; Mon, 31 May 2004 12:53:46 -0700 Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.0.20040531130026.01ef4ec0@mail1.simplenet.com> X-Sender: tt-list@simplenet.com@mail1.simplenet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 13:01:25 -0700 To: scot-gale@excite.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Tim Traver In-Reply-To: <20040531191730.C0D563DDC@xprdmailfe12.nwk.excite.com> References: <20040531191730.C0D563DDC@xprdmailfe12.nwk.excite.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.8R sluggish performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 20:03:47 -0000 Yep, I would bet on DNS troubles as well... many apps have to wait for the DNS request to time out before they continue. Check to make sure that the DNS servers in resolv.conf are reachable by your machine. Tim. At 12:17 PM 5/31/2004, Scott wrote: >This problem also occurred a few months ago but spontaneously >resolved itself after a few cold boots, so I never found >out exactly what the problem was. Most functions have slowed >dramatically. Some examples: > >If I try to ping a host on the internet (e.g. freebsd.org), I >get all the packets, but the output of the command doesn't >begin for at least 10 seconds. If I try startx, it takes about >30 seconds just to begin to display the root window. Even >backspacing seems much slower. > >While this is going on, no unusual processes are running and >the CPU is practically unused. Nor is it merely a matter of >delay--the CPU usage never spikes up like it normally would. It >just sits mostly idle while the command I've issued takes a >long time to complete. > >Although I haven't installed any software or changed anything >else lately, I tried booting the GENERIC kernel instead, but >the problem remained. > >I can always tell when the problem will occur based upon what >happens at boot. There are no error messages, but the slowness >begins when the standard daemons are loading. Cron and sshd >load just fine, but the delay occurs as sendmail loads, and >there is another delay as sendmail-clientmqueue loads. Once >that happens I know I'm in trouble thereafter. > >I know this isn't much to go on, but does anyone have any clue >on what I might try? Thank you. > > >_______________________________________________ >Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com >The most personalized portal on the Web! >_______________________________________________ >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" SimpleNet's Back ! http://www.simplenet.com