Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:59:24 +0000 (WET) From: Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall - Will not die Message-ID: <20060710185546.Q58609@cgate.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <44zmfhgv2b.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20060709164615.Y13293@cgate.yournetplus.com> <44zmfhgv2b.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> writes: > >> If this has been discussed before, please point it out. I've done some >> searching and can not quite come up with the solution other than to >> reboot the server. I'm hoping a reboot can be avoided. >> >> I recently attempted to run sysinstall to install something that was >> not listed in the ports collection. Sysinstall is still running in the >> back ground as a result of my ssh session getting terminated. Now, I >> can not kill sysinstall. I found some things on the web that pointed >> out there may be a parent that is keeping the child thread alive. That >> parent has been killed off and I still can not kill sysinstall. >> >> I am noticing some things in the messages log that may be as a direct >> result of sysinstall still running. I am getting the following two >> lines logged all the time: >> >> Jul 9 16:51:16 cgate kernel: acd0: req=0xc3833640 TEST_UNIT_READY >> semaphore timeout !! DANGER Will Robinson !! >> Jul 9 16:51:17 cgate kernel: acd0: req=0xc38324b0 SETFEATURES SET >> TRANSFER MODE semaphore timeout !! DANGER Will Robinson !! >> >> I know acd0 has something to do with the cdrom drive. That is the only >> thing being complained about within the logs as far as hardware >> goes. No other file systems are having issues. >> >> Can someone shed some light on what is going on? > > What is the ps(1) output for that task? Sorry for not including that part: root 17722 0.0 0.1 2128 1456 p0- D 2Jul06 0:23.08 sysinstall -- "This message was sent using 100% recycled electrons."
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