From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 18:33:33 2007 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 34CD616A417 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A24C313C4D5 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBDIXQZq037167; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:33:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id ifKGUKA2nfLw; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:33:21 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBDIWIZT037138; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:32:21 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <47617AAB.4010408@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:32:11 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070418 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Coen Watstaatervoor References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC "crashes" on heavy compile or HD action! 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: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:33 -0000 Coen Watstaatervoor wrote: > I'm running a Supermicro webserver with a fresh install op FreeBSD 6.2-P9. > With these hardware specs: > > Supermicro Superserver 5014CT P4 SATA > > 1x Intel Pentium 631 3.0Ghz SKT775 FSB800 2MB > > 2x Kingston 512MB DDR2 667 PC5300 > > 2x Seagate 80GB SATA > > 1x 3ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID > > When I try to install some add-ons, like PostgresSQL, the NIC seems to be > "bugging". I get complete time-outs or pings around 3000ms. The network > connection is up and running as is should but the server won't reply. Ok, I'll bite. YMMV. Is there a console, or are you doing everything remotely? From remote, it's very hard to determine exactly what the issue is, I'd think. Now, assuming it is the NIC, what NIC is it? Is a dmesg available? > There is no logging of any errors or problems and after the compile (or even > a rm –rf /usr/ports) is finished the server is available again. You mean that rm'ing a large directory structure hangs things up? > Is there anyone who has seen this kind of behavior before? Are there any > tools, monitoring options, available so I can maybe get closer to the cause > of this problem? Depending on what you already know, and what you suspect the problem is, what about systat(1), top(1), ktrace(1), ptrace(1), iostat(8)? Try and use the console if possible; if disk, CPU, etc. seem to be OK, then suspect an issue with the NIC. As I said, YMMV. Good luck. Kevin Kinsey -- I have a hard time being attracted to anyone who can beat me up. -- John McGrath, Atlanta sportswriter, on women weightlifters.