From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 28 22:11:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F7016A4F1 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:11:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A59243D3F for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:11:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8BBA71363E; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:10:59 +1200 (NZST) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:10:59 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Phillip Salzman Message-ID: <20040628221059.GA3943@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <020c01c45c92$095b3750$6745a8c0@MESE> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <020c01c45c92$095b3750$6745a8c0@MESE> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ``top'' and other process issues on 4.10-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:11:01 -0000 On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 04:59:35PM -0500, Phillip Salzman wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running a Dell 2650 2x3.2Ghz box with HTT disabled (the sysctl variable > hasn't been set, so the user procs aren't taking advantage of the logical > CPUs) & am seeing some rather strange issues with stdout processes. > > When I run a tail -f on my maillog (fairly active) I'm getting this > intermittently: > > tail: stdout: Unknown error: 0 > > Also, vi doesn't seem to work anymore. It's giving me a ``Resource Not > Available'' error most of the time I'm using it. This problem has been around for at least 6 months, maybe longer. Unfortunately, it isn't readily reproducible, and thus difficult to report and fix. Not seeing it on our 4.10 boxes at the moment. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't want to achive immortality through my works.. I want to achieve it through not dying" - Woody Allen