Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:27:22 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> Subject: Re: 6.3-PRERELEASE desktop system periodically freezes momentarily Message-ID: <4783DCAA.1080108@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4783DB72.6030605@raad.tartu.ee> References: <1199812249.96494.133.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> <4783C8A8.2090705@raad.tartu.ee> <4783D41B.3000204@FreeBSD.org> <4783D748.1050401@raad.tartu.ee> <4783D824.1050502@FreeBSD.org> <4783DB72.6030605@raad.tartu.ee>
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Toomas Aas wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Toomas Aas wrote: > >>> Kris Kennaway wrote: >>> >>>> Toomas Aas wrote: > >>>>> I have a 6.3-PRERELEASE system (last cvsupped Dec 12), which always >>>>> freezes *once* a few minutes after booting up. >>> >>>> This is usually when your system accesses swap because you ran out >>>> of free RAM. > >>> last pid: 1264; load averages: 1.04, 1.04, 1.01 up 0+02:07:15 >>> 21:59:30 >>> 82 processes: 2 running, 80 sleeping >>> CPU states: 0.4% user, 98.5% nice, 1.1% system, 0.0% interrupt, 0.0% >>> idle >>> Mem: 149M Active, 227M Inact, 100M Wired, 1388K Cache, 84M Buf, 251M >>> Free >>> Swap: 512M Total, 512M Free >>> >> >> OK, it is not in use now, but check again immediately after the pause. > > I just did that. Rebooted, logged back in using xdm, quickly started an > xterm and top in it. Then moved around the mouse pointer. When the > freeze happened, 'top' (which itself froze too) showed that 609 MB > memory was free and no swap was being used. OK, you may need to set up hwpmc or LOCK_PROFILING to figure out what your system is doing at that moment. Kris
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