From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 21:09:47 2012 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 948961065672 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout020.mac.com (asmtpout020.mac.com [17.148.16.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 763AB8FC13 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:47 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (unknown [17.209.4.71]) by asmtp020.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-23.01 (7.0.4.23.0) 64bit (built Aug 10 2011)) with ESMTPSA id <0LYH00D1E6SAJJ90@asmtp020.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:46 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.6.7361,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-01-27_07:2012-01-27, 2012-01-27, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1201270253 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <4F230B56.5070800@spyzone.fr> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:09:45 -0800 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <2387D518-CD3F-46C7-ACEE-8EF0A8D02610@mac.com> References: <4F230B56.5070800@spyzone.fr> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E9vin_Hagner?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer 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: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:47 -0000 Hi-- On Jan 27, 2012, at 12:38 PM, K=E9vin Hagner wrote: > But now, during the compilation, my entire computer has planted, and I = noticed that swap_pager emmited message in buckle on the tty1 like him : > swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 48002, siwe 4096 >=20 > After a check on the web, I found that it's principally a hardware = error which cause this warning: hard drive, or cables... > But it's nothing wrong in /var/log/messages, and all other files on = the hard disk have, for the moment, no I/O mistakes. >=20 > Do you have an idea of the source of my problem ? Try running: dd if=3D/dev/_your_disk_ of=3D/dev/null bs=3D64k conv=3Dnoerror ...or install sysutils/smartmontools port and use it to run drive = diagnostics. > I'm running on a FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE, the file system used is UFS, I've = 2Gb RAM and no "native" swap partition. Oh. You should never configure a Unix system without at least some swap = space available, and configuring at least as much swap as you have RAM = (plus a little bit more) is the minimum recommendation. Regards, --=20 -Chuck