From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 21:51:12 2010 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 492E51065680 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:51:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f196.google.com (mail-pz0-f196.google.com [209.85.222.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CC5B8FC19 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk34 with SMTP id 34so1170197pzk.3 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:51:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=u0cyLnkpqetBBdGpJI0tYp9DtAgQvOeyJy8rlz5iBg0=; b=VExrXmI8QT7KovT8M20JoPYcBjoCww4yB9TuBjWN3DzltYlUGwSYE6VVPoXWDJ8WHT KbJ5oRms1cxre8r4kRFYe2rWMUTrB3f13ADxMxk3fB4at6R9hgnWLsVxoK9+58B1E8zm OrzleABXGCV2JCFaqHiK+580dahVmj5R+E3oU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=E0hU9Kad2zwOpem1amJjUDu2ETs2fO42B2Sbkdzde4X8jS25bmI1OZd1I3DmOj98GL d8yfedtAcFyG3OXkkgHfZniv9B3Q2qVFUzZCsLCZdB+WXQQeF+6h4ZwHcSvxBA1ZJyG+ zw9voOIpQnz/TuKJsFvXwb3PtIdIgI2oYsy1c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.88.9 with SMTP id l9mr1717444rvb.297.1268862671802; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:51:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201003171749.13163.lobo@bsd.com.br> References: <201003171546.00190.lobo@bsd.com.br> <201003171625.56749.lobo@bsd.com.br> <6201873e1003171331x341cc077j388f97132e37aa92@mail.gmail.com> <201003171749.13163.lobo@bsd.com.br> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:51:11 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e1003171451x2c5f1368j4a13d8b0d688c7d2@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Mario Lobo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Measuring Free memory 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: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:51:12 -0000 On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Mario Lobo wrote: > > > > > Well I hope you find the issue, I'm experiencing the same issue > siimplying > > trying to csup from 8-RELEASE to 8-STABLE. From what I've been able to > > gather I think this only applicable to amd64. You might have a different > > reason for wanting to know this, but I can assure you my lockups aren't > due > > to a lack of memory from the host anyways. I have an order of magnitude > > more free memory(according to top) in my hosts than my VM requires when > > it's running and it still locks on every csup attempt. > > > > Mem: 112M Active, 12M Inact, 1543M Wired, 632K Cache, 2245M Free > > > > VM is set to use 256MB. > > > > Its sounds as if your FreeBSD is a GUEST. For me, FreeBSD is the HOST. > > For what its worth, the recently released nvidia driver improved something. > SO FAR, disabling GL everywhere has stopped the freezes. I've been able to > run > all guests I have (one at a time for now) and none of them froze my host. > > My host and VM are FreeBSD. 8-STABLE for me runs fine with current nvidia drivers installed with GL enabled. Host: 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Thu Mar 11 14:45:20 CST 2010 pkg_info |grep nvidia nvidia-driver-195.22 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL ren It is when I csup the VM to 8-STABLE the lockup occurs. -- Adam Vande More