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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:44:12 GMT
From:      Chris Jesseman <chris@sitemajic.net>
To:        Billy <billy@speakeasy.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: My System Hangs/Deadlock?
Message-ID:  <20000821.7441229@mis.configured.host>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008202301260.13082-100000@grace.speakeasy.org>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008202301260.13082-100000@grace.speakeasy.org>

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I get similar results when I enable QUOTAs on my kernel. When I recompil=
e=20
without quotas it don't lockup. I have a dual MB but only one slot=20
filled, SCSI, 4.1-STABLE. In the mean time, I operate without quotas, bu=
t=20
eventually I will have to get them in place. My question: should I start=
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looking at hardware or software configuration first?

-Chris

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 8/21/00, 2:03:32 AM, Billy <billy@speakeasy.org> wrote regarding My=20=

System Hangs/Deadlock?:


> I am currently experiencing problems with my FreeBSD system.  I just
> recently go in my dual celeron/abit box in and have just started to
> use it.  I am experiencing a strange problem I've never seen before.

> Whenever I do some intensive work, my computer will lock up.  I still=

> see my terminal screen, but it will accept no keyboard/mouse/network
> input.  It won't even return attempted network connections, it just
> sits there dead for all intents and purposes and will stay like this
> for as long as I leave it(the longest being ~24H).  I have to do a
> hard reset to reboot my machine, at which point it commes up fine
> (usually, although I have had to fsck the disk once when I did this).=

> I do have an SMP system, however this problem occurs on either SMP or=

> non-SMP kernel.  This also occurs with and without runnning X.

> I am running 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE with an SMP kernel.  I have=

> one IDE disk (DMA not used because of previous problems).  I have a
> fairly vanilla kernel config.  All SCSI entries have been removed, as=

> have device entries for devices I do not have.

> It does not look like a hardware problem to me (no kernel panics, no
> reboots, etc).  It does look like a deadlocking problem of some kind,=

> but I havn't seen anything in the mail archive or the newsgroups
> recently about deadlocks (except for something unrelated I think).

> If you have any ideas please let me know.  It's kind of annoying for
> my non-windows box to need a hard reset.

> Relevant Hardware
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Dual ABit BP6
> 2 Celeron 466 PPGA
> Maxtor 20GB 7200RPM Drive EIDE

> -billy



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