From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 06:22:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 709CA106564A for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fhard@ccstores.com) Received: from mail.qcislands.net (mail.qcislands.net [209.53.238.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 545028FC14 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fhard@ccstores.com) Received: from [207.194.42.90] (helo=[192.168.1.23]) by mail.qcislands.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L87bK-0001z6-7P; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:22:16 -0800 Message-ID: <49377719.2020605@ccstores.com> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:22:17 -0800 From: fhard Organization: City Centre Stores Ltd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-local_scan: locally submitted (90) Subject: swap zone exhausted, increase kern.maxswzone X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:22:17 -0000 "swap zone exhausted, increase kern.maxswzone" I encountered this today on FreeBSD 7.1B2 With an HP DL165G5 dual quad-core AMD 64 8Gb ram .. 20Gb swap space Google doesn't bring up much more than similar inquiries in mid 2007, where the inquiry was met with "increase the value". I cannot find anywhere how to determine the existing value or how to alter it. When running "sysctl kern.maxswzone" I am greeted with sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.maxswzone' What am I doing wrong? TIA Jim Pazarena