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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:54:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: /boot/kernel/kernel: swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010110175416.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <979173582.3a5d00ce0a0fb@Mail.MexComUSA.net>

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On 11-Jan-01 Edwin Culp wrote:
> Thanks, John.  I wish that it were that simple, that is if I am interpreting
> pstat and vmstat correctly.

It might be asking for more swap space than you have.  I.e., it may need mroe
than 256 meg of swap.  :(

> 
> /root # pstat -s
> Device          1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Type
> /dev/rad0s2b       262016        0   262016     0%    Interleaved    
> 
> I have two another disks that aren't being used with an additional 512M of
> swap
> each  that are not being mounted because this machine isn't carrying much
> load
> right now.
> 
>   /root # vmstat
>  procs      memory     page                    disks     faults      cpu
>  r b w     avm   fre  flt  re  pi  po  fr  sr ad0 ad2   in   sy  cs us sy id
>  0 2 0  118972 15100  849   0   1   0 834   4   0   0  414 3136 599 33  8 59 
> 
> It really seems to be related to my upgrading to XFree86-4.0.2_3 and KDE-2. 
> If
> no one else is seeing it, it isn't critical and with patience it'll show
> itself
> with a little time.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ed     
> 
> Quoting John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>:
> 
>> 
>> On 10-Jan-01 Edwin Culp wrote:
>> > I am starting to get the following error.  I've never seen it before and
>> > don't
>> > really understand why it should fail.  Where should I start looking for
>> the
>> > problem?  
>> > 
>> > /boot/kernel/kernel: swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
>> > 
>> > This seems to have started in the last week.
>> > 
>> > Thanks,
>> 
>> You are running out of swap space.  Run fewer programs, buy more memory,
>> add
>> more swap space, or a combo of the three.
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
>> PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc
>> "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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