Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:03:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeffrey Wheat <jeff@tad.cetlink.net> To: adf@cafu.fl.net.au (Andrew Foster) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Machines locking Message-ID: <199604091303.JAA15480@tad.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960409210354.324A-100000@cafu.fl.net.au> from "Andrew Foster" at Apr 9, 96 09:04:51 pm
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> > > > A lockup in which : > > > > > > - pings return > > > - some programs will still work via opening a socket (e.g. telnetting to > > > port 80 will sometimes work, but not always) > > > - I can telnet in (no connection refused) but nothing will happen > > > - I can switch vtys at the console > > > - Pressing enter at the console login prompt will redisplay the banner > > > - Entering a username and pressing enter will do nothing - the machine just > > > sits there > > > - The only way to fix it is to press reset > > > > Out of mbufs? I think it's the same appearance. > > > > Try > > > > options "NMBCLUSTERS=2048" > > > > in your config file. > > Latest update : > > these machines still lock despite : > > options "NMBCLUSTERS=2048" > options NO_SWAPPING > > Anyone else got any other ideas ? Someone I spoke to said their machines > were fine with 2.0.5 and as soon as they switched to 2.1.0 they had this > problem. > I have seen this same exact thing under 2.1.0-STABLE. Even with NMBCLUSTERS set to 4096, there is the occasional "freeze". Error logs show nothing, and an attempt to enable debugging messages result in nothing. The symptoms are the same as above. -jeff
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