From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 11 21:48:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E1F614FBE for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 21:48:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rcarter@pinyon.org) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA02422; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:48:28 -0700 (MST) Received: from ip-83-071.prc.primenet.com(207.218.83.71), claiming to be "pinyon.org" via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAg6aGSe; Tue Jan 11 22:48:21 2000 Received: from chomsky.Pinyon.ORG (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pinyon.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 436AB61; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:48:25 -0700 (MST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: Matthew Dillon Cc: "Dave J. Boers" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Still system hangs, but different In-Reply-To: Message from Matthew Dillon of "Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:54:33 PST." <200001120354.TAA66873@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:48:25 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" Message-Id: <20000112054825.436AB61@pinyon.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG % %: %:On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 10:21:48AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: %:> Everyone, make sure you are using at least version 1.47 of %:> ffs_softdep.c. %: %:I have. % % Wait a sec. I've reviewed all the messages from you and I think something % got mixed together. I'm not convinced that your particular problems % are softupdates related. I recommend turning off softupdates entirely % for a few days to find out. Oh they are quite surely softupdates related. I got the "X still sorta works but anything that touches the disk wedges" flu today on a very current current. Triggered by a cc build on (soft) linked filesystem, cured by reverting back a week or so. And yes, it is quite certainly v. 1.47 and ata. NBD..., if it was a real barrier to progress I'd disable softupdates. Regards, Russell % I recommend enabling DDB in the kernel config. The next time it locks % up switch to the console (if you were in X) - which should work - and % then ctl-alt-esc into DDB. From there do a 'ps' and see if any processes % are stuck in weird states. % % -Matt % Matthew Dillon % % % %To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org %with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message % To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message