From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 10:48:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D944106568A for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:48:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73EBC8FC1C for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:48:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.20]) by QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Lye91a0010S2fkCA6yoVoo; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:48:29 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id LyoT1a0064v8bD78VyoU7m; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:48:28 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=NakPE3hwIkWlccCA_jkA:9 a=bQjvDLxRWUS8k3SbAUsA:7 a=8Vgx2P8qC-esDYP9Usu0at5vUf8A:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A731FC9419; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:48:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:48:27 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Bartosz Stec Message-ID: <20080930104827.GB44675@icarus.home.lan> References: <20080929221408.54e6a03a.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <48E201DF.5090001@kkip.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48E201DF.5090001@kkip.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Oliver Lehmann Subject: Re: system hangup - I'm lost X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:48:29 -0000 On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:39:27PM +0200, Bartosz Stec wrote: > Oliver Lehmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> My fileserver has sporadical hangups running 6.3: >> >> FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #0: Thu Jun 19 00:21:00 CEST 2008 >> olivleh1@nudel.salatschuessel.net:/usr/obj/i386-pentium3-6.3/usr/src/sys/NUDEL >> >> The exact release doesn't matter since it happened before. It always >> happens afer some time of having some load on the system (I'm building >> ports with tinderbox and during the build process it just hangs up). >> >> The system does nothing write out on the console, neither the CRT, nor >> the serial console. >> >> The system itself is: >> >> CPU: Intel Pentium III (845.64-MHz 686-class CPU) >> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x683 Stepping = 3 >> Features=0x387fbff >> real memory = 805240832 (767 MB) >> avail memory = 778481664 (742 MB) >> ACPI APIC Table: >> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs >> cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 1 >> cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 0 >> ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard >> >> while the diskspace is provided by an 3ware RAID: >> >> twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0x2400-0x24ff mem 0xf4101000-0xf41010ff,0xf4800000-0xf4ffffff irq 18 at device 11.0 on pci0 >> twa0: INFO: (0x04: 0x0053): Battery capacity test is overdue: twa0: >> INFO: (0x15: 0x1300): Controller details:: Model 9500S-4LP, 4 ports, >> Firmware FE9X 2.08.00.009, BIOS BE9X 2.03.01.052 >> >> da0 at twa0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 >> da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device >> da0: 100.000MB/s transfers >> da0: 715224MB (1464778752 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 91178C) >> >> I had - in the past - sometimes messages left which where indicating, >> that the system was not able to allocate swap space fast enough if I >> recall it correctly (_not_ out of swap space!) but the RAID is kinda >> fast imho. >> >> Any idea what I could do to shed some more light on this behaviour? >> Why it is happening and what really is causing it? >> Would enabling the kernel debugger really help here? I mean the system >> is really hanging up - except ping response it is not responding to >> anything except the reset switch ;) >> >> Greetings, Oliver >> >> >> > Personally I'd rather bet on some hardware problem (overheating?) Try to > install mbmon from ports. I had also similiar problems with old > motherboards with swelled capacitors. Be careful with mbmon and healthd -- just because they compile and run does not mean they're working properly (the values shown may be completely unreliable/incorrect). It's best to check such things in the system BIOS, unless you have absolute certainty that your motherboard is supported by mbmon/healthd. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |