Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 19:04:49 -0800 From: "Joel M. Baldwin" <qumqats@outel.org> To: Muhannad Asfour <muhannad07@cogeco.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server locking hard -- A LOT!!! Message-ID: <293424432.1044471889@[192.168.1.20]> In-Reply-To: <1044415491.17761.9.camel@bsdbox.qubix.ca> References: <1044415491.17761.9.camel@bsdbox.qubix.ca>
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Check your RAM. <http://www.memtest86.com/>; Check your BIOS settings. Try running the system with the failsafe settings if your BIOS has that. If all else fails put the debug options into the kernel, add a serial console, and see if you can break into ddb. --On Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:24 PM -0500 Muhannad Asfour <muhannad07@cogeco.ca> wrote: > Hello. I've recently faced a rather odd issue that I've never seen > before. I bought a new server (specs below), and I loaded it up with > FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE (I know, I know, not for a production environment, > but this is a personal server). Now, whenever I get about 30 > simultaneous connections, the box just locks hard. I tested all the > hardware components (CPU, Memory, HD, NIC, etc.) and even bought new > ones just to make sure and all end up with the same result. I can > never keep a decent uptime (never went past 2 days so far). As soon > as I get a mediocre http load (30 simul. connections), the box just > locks hard. I built a debug kernel, I tried everything imaginable, > and I have not found a solution whatsoever. Everyone seems to be > stumped by this. I tried FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, 4.7-STABLE, > 5.0-RELEASE and 5.0-CURRENT on this box. All give me the same > result. I checked everywhere for relevant logs to explain what is > occuring, but had no such luck. This is truly the million dollar > question for me right now, because I have no idea why it would lock > under such a petty load. I'm not sure what to do to fix this issue, > I've tried many different areas for support and haven't come up with > anything as I stated earlier. I'm not overclocking or anything if > that's what you're wondering. If anyone could assist me in any way > shape or form to get this working, I would appreciate it very very > much. Also, if you e-mail back, I'm not subscribed to the lists, so > could you please CC it to me. In the past 4 hours, it has locked > hard about 3 times because of a 28-34 connection load. > > Machine Specs: > Single Pentium IV 2.4 GHz processor > ASUS P4S533 motherboard > 512MB DDR333 RAM (will be 1GB next week) > 120GB Maxtor 7200rpm (ATA133) HDD > 40GB Maxtor 7200 rpm (ATA66) HDD > Floppy Disk Drive > ATI Rage 128 (32 meg) AGP 4x graphics adapter > 52x LG CD-ROM drive > 3Com 3C905C-TX NIC > Currently running FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT as of Sunday Feb. 2, 13:02:05 > EST 2003. > > Thank you very much > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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