Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:47:45 -0400 From: FormerUSMCe5@aim.com To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: error message with poudriere Message-ID: <20180919074745.000015d6@aim.com> In-Reply-To: <H0ycS5ZvnYkv7HIfn_5ZRp_-JzwhmypKT0DavDZKHu2CDFmy0Cg18gCWBAi8b8v1q2k2ZbKxNlkS8WKFcaCHI6Vh4zyaGYSJ1WTzK2BUJf8=@protonmail.ch> References: <20180919054924.00006e7f@aim.com> <H0ycS5ZvnYkv7HIfn_5ZRp_-JzwhmypKT0DavDZKHu2CDFmy0Cg18gCWBAi8b8v1q2k2ZbKxNlkS8WKFcaCHI6Vh4zyaGYSJ1WTzK2BUJf8=@protonmail.ch>
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:16:04 +0000, Lorenzo Salvadore via freebsd-questions stated: >> Running the devel/poudriere version of poudriere on a freebsd 11.2 amd64 >> machine, I am often presented with this message: >> >> +swap_pager_getswapspace(18): failed >> >> The number in parentheses changes, but the message stays the same. The >> message is printed literally hundreds of times. >> >> Exactly what does it mean, and what do I do to correct it? I cannot find >> anything in the poudriere documentation that mentions it. > >I think the error means that you used all of you RAM and your swap space. >If I am right, then you need to add either more RAM or more swap space >(easiest would probably be to create a swap file), unless there is a bug in >ports-mgmt/poudriere-devel (for example a memory allocation in an infinite >loop). > >I am sure you will soon get help from persons much more capable than me, >but while you wait I suggest you tell how much RAM and swap space do you >have, what are you trying to do with poudriere, if the problem arises with >ports-mgmt/poudriere too and send the output of the following two commands: > >- swapinfo >- sysctl vm.vmtotal > >The nearer you execute them to the the moment when the error is produced, >the better it is. > >Lorenzo Salvadore. After a fresh reboot, this is the output: ~ # swapinfo Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/ada0p2 2097152 0 2097152 0% ~ # ~ # sysctl vm.vmtotal vm.vmtotal: System wide totals computed every five seconds: (values in kilobytes) =============================================== Processes: (RUNQ: 1 Disk Wait: 0 Page Wait: 0 Sleep: 119) Virtual Memory: (Total: 4542784K Active: 4498692K) Real Memory: (Total: 1662988K Active: 1656464K) Shared Virtual Memory: (Total: 130504K Active: 96116K) Shared Real Memory: (Total: 44132K Active: 37808K) Free Memory: 794124K I was reading about a "PQ_LAUNDRY" variable/setting that pertains to FreeBSD 11.x that is supposed to have some affect on this. I cannot find out much information about it though or how to set it. -- Sgt
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