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Date:      Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:29:14 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel: looutput: mbuf allocation failed
Message-ID:  <3EB0321A.5020106@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNGELNNGAB.dave@hawk-systems.com>
References:  <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNGELNNGAB.dave@hawk-systems.com>

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Dave [Hawk-Systems] wrote:
> Recently had a box go dark for a few minutes...  pulled the following from the
> logs shortly after the box revived itself.
> 
> 	/kernel: looutput: mbuf allocation failed
> 
> been a while since we have touched the kernel config for this server...  any
> pointers as to what settings we should lookat or touch to prevent this nastiness
> from occuring again?

What does 'netstat -m' have to say?

According to that, you may want to tweak the number of mbufs available
via sysctl.  If you search the list archives you'll find many conversations
about this.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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