Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:52:42 -0800 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Sendmail waiting? Message-ID: <002201c2b2c2$6f49c3e0$0200a8c0@bartxp> In-Reply-To: <3E14D935.8090407@adam.com.au>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Brian Astill > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:29 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Sendmail waiting? >=20 >=20 > My silly system ... Using 4.6 RELEASE, 1.1G Athlon ABit KT7A VIA=20 > chipset - running FVCool permanently in idle mode to maintain=20 > CPU cool=20 > temperature. The really silly bit is ... >=20 > I don't switch off every day, but I have noticed that, on restart,=20 > loading sometimes waits "for ever" at "installing standard daemons"=20 > sendmail. Last night the wait was 2 full minutes, and the effect was=20 > for me not to be able to get X and worse - "getty repeating=20 > too fast -=20 > sleeping for 30 seconds" During that sleep, I could work from the=20 > console normally, but then the screen blanked and fluttered=20 > for several=20 > seconds before the sleeping phase was again reimposed. >=20 > This morning - not expecting too much - I switched on and this time=20 > loading swept past sendmail without delay and everything is working=20 > normally again. >=20 > I do not propose to switch off for some time. :-) >=20 > Q1. Can anyone suggest any explanation for the sendmail-wait problem=20 > and subsequent horrors? > Q2. I am cvsupping and ready to update to the latest stable.=20 > Is this=20 > sound, and is it in any way likely to resolve my problem with=20 > v 4.6 RELEASE? >=20 My experience is that if your network goes down or DNS cannot easily resolve your name, sendmail will pause for a bit. I believe installing a caching(sp) name server on the box will probably help out. I cannot remember the command to install it, so check the archives, but it is really simple. Hope this helps. > Thanks in advance. >=20 > -- > Brian >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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