Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 06:09:55 +0400 (MSD) From: .@babolo.ru To: gsutter@zer0.org (Gregory Sutter) Cc: yokota@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syscons problem Message-ID: <200105210209.GAA21172@aaz.links.ru> In-Reply-To: <20010520150721.D61994@klapaucius.zer0.org> from "Gregory Sutter" at "May 20, 1 03:07:22 pm"
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Gregory Sutter writes: > I am experiencing a problem with syscons and init when I have a > certain line in my kernel configuration file, and am hoping that > you can fix the bug. My system is a recent 4-STABLE, although > the problem also showed up in an April 24 4-STABLE. I do not > have a -CURRENT box. > > FreeBSD trurl.zer0.org 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #6: Wed May 16 17:44:58 PDT 2001 gsutter@trurl.zer0.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GEN i386 > > Here is a diff between a working kernel configuration file (GEN) > and a non-working one (GEN.not): > > trurl gsutter /sys/i386/conf $diff -u -0 GEN.not GEN > --- GEN.not Wed May 16 17:12:42 2001 > +++ GEN Wed May 16 17:49:06 2001 > @@ -61 +61 @@ > -options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=8000 > +#options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=8000 > > I have not tested with other SC_HISTORY_SIZE values. > > When I boot with a kernel compiled with the SC_HISTORY_SIZE=8000 > option, I observe the following: > > 1. No gettys are spawned. If I ssh in, I can manually start > gettys. > > 2. Processes remain in zombie state after exiting. This occurs > whether they exit normally, or are killed with any signal. > > These two symptoms lead me to believe that init(8) is being > adversely affected by the syscons history size option. > > If I can be of assistance in tracking down this problem, please > let me know. 0cicuta~(5)>strings /kernel | grep ___ | grep SC_HISTORY_SIZE ___options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=2118 # number of history buffer lines 0cicuta~(6)>dc 2118 132 16 **p 4473216 q 0cicuta~(7)>uname -a FreeBSD cicuta.babolo.ru 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #2: Mon May 7 05:12:15 MSD 2001 babolo@cicuta.babolo.ru:/tmp/babolo/usr/src/sys/cicuta i386 As far as I remember with SC_HISTORY_SIZE=2200 switich to 132 column mode crashed FreeBSD of some old version. I think that reason for such behavior is big memory amount for history (non swapable?) -- @BABOLO http://links.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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