Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:43:13 +0300
From:      "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Jay <jayp.ml@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Donkeys crash FreeBSD6
Message-ID:  <cb5206420512220243h5cbb758eq733a644a8e230a30@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <43AA7D16.7000509@locolomo.org>
References:  <43AA617C.7040709@locolomo.org> <d43918300512220113x3bfbbb39s444202d88950dcf1@mail.gmail.com> <43AA7D16.7000509@locolomo.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 12/22/05, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> wrote:
> Jay wrote:
> > On 12/22/05, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi:
> >>
> >>I have tried using both mldonkey and xmule on my FreeBSD6, and both are
> >>able to crash the system.
> >>
> >>I have used mostly mldonkey, and even running only the core the system
> >>crashes at unknown events: It has happened on FBSD 5.4 and 6.0 with &
> >>without X and other applications running. I also suspect mldonkey to
> >>have destroyed one disk.
> >>
> >>Yesterday I tried xmule, but it only ran 4 hours then the system crashe=
d.
> >>
> >>I am fairly certain that no other program is causing the crash, it
> >>happens only if one of these are running and independent on what other
> >>applications are running. Without xmule or mldonkey running my system i=
s
> >>stable as rock.
> >>
> > In my case, it was bad capacitor on mobo which freezed system when
> > there were *heavy* hdd activity.
>
> Interesting, I can't really talk about heavy disk activity:
>
> With mldonkey it appears to be big files, and system may run out of
> memory to handle this? With xmule I see no such indication, I got just
> 2.5MB of an ISO. Is this a problem with all ed2k clients?
>
> Is bittorrent more stable protocol/implementation? Which client is
> recomendable?
>
> Thanks, Erik
>
> --
> Ph: +34.666334818                                  web: www.locolomo.org
> S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt
> Subject ID:  9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72
> Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o=
rg"
>

The problem with a bad capacitor causing random crashes
may or may not apply to any application on any PC.

We've got mldonkey here running for months on end. It has
never crashed itself or caused a system crash. 10 people
are using it through its web interface. It handles literally
terabytes of ed2k/bittorrent downloads.

Good luck!

Andrew P.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?cb5206420512220243h5cbb758eq733a644a8e230a30>