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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:47:41 +1100
From:      Zero Sum <count@shalimar.net.au>
To:        Chive <lex@blacktrap.net>, Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Is My System Hung?
Message-ID:  <00111610474108.43667@shalimar.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <20001116003032.A1299@blacktrap.net>
References:  <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF71B@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> <20001116003032.A1299@blacktrap.net>

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On Thursday 16 November 2000 10:30, Chive wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:27:50AM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> > I am attempting to install XFree86 4 from the packages via
> > /stand/sysinstall.  It downloaded the tarball and then the message
changed
> > to "Package XFree86-4.0.1 read successfully - waiting for pkg_add(1)".
It
> > has been like this for about an hour.
> >
> > I've run "top" to see if the system is doing anything.  The CPU is
maxed out
> > at 100%.  Is anything happening or is my system hung up?  Should I kill
the
> > process and start over or keep waiting?
> >
> > Thanks for your help!  My top output follows.
> >
> >  6687 root          60   0  1280K   836K RUN     55:16 99.02% 99.02%
dialog
>
> Obviously it is waiting for some input from you. Probably a dialog box was
> supposed to pop up and you can't see it because you're doing it from
> sysinstall, which is occupying the screen?
> I'd say kill it and install with pkg_add.
> I've had the same problems with some ports (eg php) when making in
background.
>
Waiting for input?  In the RUN state?  If it were waiting for input would
it not be in iowait?

99.02% is tha maximum slice of CPU time that any process can grab.  It is
in some loop or race condition, surely?

Geoff
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count@shalimar.net.au
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