From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 20:02:41 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 8F4E016A468 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76DB313C4B6 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay13.apple.com (relay13.apple.com [17.128.113.29]) by mail-out4.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A641905C0E; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:56:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay13.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay13.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 4A1F328057; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:56:12 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 1180711d-9f2bbbb0000008bf-7d-4738afdc0dfb Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay13.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 2CAD82804F; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:56:12 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3EC78ACF-EC2C-4E4A-8875-E684BF26B1E1@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: Brian McCann In-Reply-To: <2b5f066d0711120738p6de5d875ib9c734640b4ba7d7@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v912) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:56:12 -0800 References: <2b5f066d0711120738p6de5d875ib9c734640b4ba7d7@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.912) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer 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: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:02:41 -0000 On Nov 12, 2007, at 7:38 AM, Brian McCann wrote: > Hi all. I'm sure some of you have seen this, and I'm looking for some > advice. I've got 2 servers now that will completely lockup (one is > 6.1-p4, the other 6.2-p7), and just display this on the console: > > swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 33, size: 4096 > > It repeats and continues to be frozen until I reboot the machine. It means that the swap system was unable to retrieve info from the disk in a reasonable period of time, and generally is a strong sign that the disk drive is in the final stages of failing. Running smartmonutils or a manufacturer's test utility is recommended.... -- -Chuck