Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:34:34 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Ian Cartwright <ian351c@home.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange SCSI Problems with Enlightenment? Message-ID: <20010905143433.A98671@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACAEMDCEAA.ian351c@home.com>; from ian351c@home.com on Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 12:13:40PM -0700 References: <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACAEMDCEAA.ian351c@home.com>
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On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 12:13:40 -0700, Ian Cartwright wrote: > Greetings, > > I have an interesting quandary that perhaps someone can shed some light on > for me: > > I have a Dell PowerApp 200 running FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE (Aug 27) and have been > struggling with a SCSI problem for about a month now (ever since I installed > FreeBSD on it). I compiled XFree86 4.1.0 and Enlightenment 16 out of the > Ports Collection (along with various other programs, all compiled out of > Ports). Installation went smoothly and I was up and running within hours. > However I am getting strange ahc0 and fxp0 messages that cause the machine > to respond very slowly. This starts seemingly at random (though it is more > likely to occur under heavy disk usage, for instance when the daily cron > jobs run) and only a reboot will fix it. At first I thought it was an issue > with the ahc driver, but I have tried several versions from the CVS > repository with no success. I have noticed that if I do not open any Eterm > windows it seems to last longer (which I find rather strange). On a hunch, I > compiled and installed KDE 2.2 and started running that. It has been running > for a week with no problems. I am now testing whether running Eterm, > GKRellm, or xscreensaver (the three programs I was running with > Enlightenment) have any effect. > > Has anyone else had issues like this? > > Some system info: > > dmesg info: > ahc0: <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> port 0xcc00-0xccff mem > 0xf4fff000-0xf4ffffff irq 10 at device 4.0 on pci3 > aic7899: Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs > ahc1: <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> port 0xc800-0xc8ff mem > 0xf4ffe000-0xf4ffefff irq 5 at device 4.1 on pci3 > aic7899: Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs > fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0xece0-0xecff mem > 0xfcf00000-0xfcffffff,0xfafff000-0xfaffffff irq 10 at device 4.0 on pci1 > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:03:47:3b:91:06 > inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > fxp1: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0xecc0-0xecdf mem > 0xfce00000-0xfcefffff,0xfaffe000-0xfaffefff irq 5 at device 5.0 on pci1 > fxp1: Ethernet address 00:03:47:3b:91:07 > inphy1: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus1 > inphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > Logs: > > Aug 18 04:27:27 hostname /kernel: fxp2: device timeout > Aug 18 04:29:01 hostname /kernel: fxp2: device timeout > Aug 18 04:31:01 hostname /kernel: ahc0: Timedout SCB already complete. > Interrupts may > not be functioning. > Aug 18 04:33:01 hostname /kernel: fxp2: device timeout > Aug 18 04:35:02 hostname /kernel: fxp2: device timeout > Aug 18 04:37:02 hostname /kernel: fxp2: device timeout > Aug 18 04:37:02 hostname /kernel: ahc0: Timedout SCB already complete. > Interrupts may > not be functioning. > > If anyone has any info or similar experiences I would love to hear about it. > Also, I am not subscribed to these lists, so if you reply please CC me... I'm not sure this is the problem, but Jonathan Lemon checked in a fix for the fxp driver on August 30th. I'm not sure if it would affect your system, but you may want to try updating to the latest -stable and see if your problem goes away. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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