From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 19 11:47:52 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E001097D77 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:47:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FormerUSMCe5@aim.com) Received: from sonic310-13.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com (sonic310-13.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com [74.6.135.123]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 383327D19A for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FormerUSMCe5@aim.com) X-YMail-OSG: Ytui770VM1nx1X8WIUIXCcLR3WsCsSqG38KXNgTqo847xFPEiYpf8AkWWSQplDf zXAP.POTUrrEwTYTxUtZNLQjwggUwcDyt8x07f0.ge6sbhLnqWmIDwi2JFuSenBNbtz3eDBb3RDc eD39.yjdmfdcOGpb_m7oKD1glOI6x3VXHvD1nRrPPh9Z5qOE0O24z8.mCXKbPD5n8ufNU.vTCm3y YM_Nu1xHZgeAAwXEfOQupHZ9N2nPIuK5RIGU2mSqY4IaElySFIFg4_hj1J6KQ5F035RHtA7Slvbn w0C9o0NdSxvg_BVMcO8IaFqDsjoyvaT3bjH9lb2SxmAOwWVo5J51kFke0kaelj.MA3YqRCOqKlUN CkolUCBqyc7EUGnBnfhHG_F99VoX_e6eU_WdA9hY.xWP60e..f5xvZVGvYl5v_GPHWyl5Ik6OibO .LoDHUM.DsXWcc0smkBsvA7I4SrLGycdWt7lqefdMO7p8z0OkGE2ZUEiBsbD74ExbtcdLT0H7L27 tMVsjHBLY_Kk5pv8kr3L4OnDEuWW5c.XGgyIFQ0DcV8nqq1bk2DiZmXEA0VzFX1yTpqpyt8MMuY5 P7r8F7q1N9X12D85LG6GiQw2sQpganZBjhVlvd.9jSUehEcpPnz9BAIZ791VJFFazZeivRnnRaHn djW1eZWG5i68FTfnEhvPtVlMc3Nac_oXBUezA6ISvNyNCBCiHhJuqUVzn4kfJDhWgt.twC_gnDHO ObIzOFd_KaEv.NOVbeeQRKma8Zk9aiMneb.pCTK85jvYYIaC7vdzQosMJ8PcBqozkIWzSR5T0Qka _6.wWoiD2tCA5v0ejxE9xFW24sBBHByoQzlnqfU9T17qAnUuE6aiIoUHOReGR.x1fwz_YjLODG49 OjQ4jIhESYdGJfZaQpLfMmrVOrmVt9vzlugGuUEa.2HG_Ty_jdtlthXSNw8V6ADNtOJxF6pXAHGQ UgD_JCfyYbMAfrwY3xkkaOY5.UlsamWnSODb1y0Miy9Rq.v6sy_Dr Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic310.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:47:51 +0000 Received: from cpe-174-109-224-43.nc.res.rr.com (EHLO scorpio.seibercom.net) ([174.109.224.43]) by smtp416.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID dfff93234292cf6610d104df18547380 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:47:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (cpe-174-109-224-43.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.224.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: formerusmce5@aim.com) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42FdQV1KlKz3RTT for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:47:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:47:45 -0400 From: FormerUSMCe5@aim.com To: FreeBSD Subject: Re: error message with poudriere Message-ID: <20180919074745.000015d6@aim.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20180919054924.00006e7f@aim.com> Reply-To: Gerard Seibert , FreeBSD Organization: Seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.1 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-w64-mingw32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:47:52 -0000 On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:16:04 +0000, Lorenzo Salvadore via freebsd-questions stated: >> Running the devel/poudriere version of poudriere on a freebsd 11.2 amd64 >> machine, I am often presented with this message: >> >> +swap_pager_getswapspace(18): failed >> >> The number in parentheses changes, but the message stays the same. The >> message is printed literally hundreds of times. >> >> Exactly what does it mean, and what do I do to correct it? I cannot find >> anything in the poudriere documentation that mentions it. > >I think the error means that you used all of you RAM and your swap space. >If I am right, then you need to add either more RAM or more swap space >(easiest would probably be to create a swap file), unless there is a bug in >ports-mgmt/poudriere-devel (for example a memory allocation in an infinite >loop). > >I am sure you will soon get help from persons much more capable than me, >but while you wait I suggest you tell how much RAM and swap space do you >have, what are you trying to do with poudriere, if the problem arises with >ports-mgmt/poudriere too and send the output of the following two commands: > >- swapinfo >- sysctl vm.vmtotal > >The nearer you execute them to the the moment when the error is produced, >the better it is. > >Lorenzo Salvadore. After a fresh reboot, this is the output: ~ # swapinfo Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/ada0p2 2097152 0 2097152 0% ~ # ~ # sysctl vm.vmtotal vm.vmtotal: System wide totals computed every five seconds: (values in kilobytes) =============================================== Processes: (RUNQ: 1 Disk Wait: 0 Page Wait: 0 Sleep: 119) Virtual Memory: (Total: 4542784K Active: 4498692K) Real Memory: (Total: 1662988K Active: 1656464K) Shared Virtual Memory: (Total: 130504K Active: 96116K) Shared Real Memory: (Total: 44132K Active: 37808K) Free Memory: 794124K I was reading about a "PQ_LAUNDRY" variable/setting that pertains to FreeBSD 11.x that is supposed to have some affect on this. I cannot find out much information about it though or how to set it. -- Sgt