From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 1 22:02:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4191F16A403 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris.scott@uk.tiscali.com) Received: from sn00kie.plus.com (tuscan.snaffler.net [84.92.30.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFC1E43D53 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:02:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris.scott@uk.tiscali.com) Received: from zonda.intranet ([192.168.0.91] helo=zonda) by sn00kie.plus.com with smtp (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GfOAC-0003LU-7T for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:02:24 +0000 Message-ID: <023501c6fe01$63cbf090$5b00a8c0@zonda> From: "chris scott" Cc: References: <01d601c6fdd8$75f3c0f0$5b00a8c0@zonda> <9432FFC0-E8D8-4A52-BC2A-F1278F3EA79C@nuonsolarteam.com> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:02:14 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Subject: Re: Freebsd 6-Stable lockups 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, 01 Nov 2006 22:02:30 -0000 well theseare the only additional lines ive added to my kernel I pretty sure i added crypto support after the problems started i have disabled geli support for encrytped swap partitions as i thought that may bethe cause # To make an SMP kernel, the next line is needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options ALTQ options ALTQ_CBQ # Class Bases Queueing options ALTQ_RED # Random Early Detection options ALTQ_RIO # RED In/Out options ALTQ_HFSC # Hierarchical Packet Scheduler options ALTQ_CDNR # Traffic conditioner options ALTQ_PRIQ # Priority Queueing options ALTQ_NOPCC # Required for SMP build # TCP_DROP_SYNFIN adds support for ignoring TCP packets with SYN+FIN. This options TCP_DROP_SYNFIN #drop TCP packets with SYN+FIN #options VESA #options SC_PIXEL_MODE maxusers 0 #options NO_LKM options CONSPEED=115200 device crypto options GEOM_ELI # options WITNESS #options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN #options DEBUG_LOCKS # options DEBUG_VFS_LOCKS #options DDB #options WITNESS_KDB #options KDB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Beckers" To: "chris scott" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Freebsd 6-Stable lockups > Hi Chris, > > I've noticed the same on three of my FreeBSD 6 systems, until now I > haven't found any clue on this. FreeBSD 5 stable was no problem, > FreeBSD 6 is quite a mess with no trace at all on what might have > caused the machine to freeze. I agree with you that it could very > well be a user application problem because my kernel config is quite > trivial, my updating routines (cvsup and portupgrade) are trivial and > actually the whole configuration of my box isn't exciting. I've > opened a thread at bsdforums.org and posted an email on this mailing > list as well. > http://www.freebsdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38765. > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-October/ > 030225.html > Perhaps, comparing both configurations could identify the bad > application. > > Kind Regards, > Paul M.C. Beckers > > On Nov 1, 2006, at 6:09 PM, chris scott wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a kind of anoying problem at the moment. A system I run >> keeps radomly freezing/locking up. This can be anywhere from 2 >> hours to a week after the last reboot/lockup. The only fix its to >> power cycleit. It isnt kernel panicing, it just locks. Even >> accessing via serial doent work. I have changed all the hardware >> so the issue is unlikely to be there. The load on the box isnt all >> that high and the memory usage looks fine (all rrded). The box is >> running quite a lot of services (apache, mysql,exim. spamassasing, >> clamav, courier, openvpn, zebra). Usually all these services, apart >> from openvpn and zebra, run in a jail. I dont think this is an >> issue as the machine still freezes if i run them non jailed. >> Deactivating all these services apart from openvpn and zebra >> (needed for monitoring), seems to fix the problem from what I can >> see so im fairly sure the problem lies in these somewhere. However >> can anoyone suggest I way i can easily pinpoint the problem other >> that stepping though each app, as this would take an age to perform >> and be very tedious. >> >> The system has been rebuilt from src (make world) several times, >> and I have dont a portupgrade -a. All the local installations >> were done from ports. >> >> I have tried running a debug kernel, but it didnt seem to yeild >> much useful info. >> >> Im running 6-stable( last build 4 days ago ) >> its an SMP kernel on 1 gig intels >> with 1.2gig ram >> 2 x 80 gig ide hd >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >