Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-15 Thread Gregory Sutter
On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 10:56:05PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > > > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > > > guess what is going on. > > > >

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-15 Thread Gregory Sutter
On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 10:56:05PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > > > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > > > guess what is going on. > > > >

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-15 Thread Doug
Mike Smith wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > > > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > > > guess what is going on. > > > > D'uh, sorry. Long day. It was amd that

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-14 Thread Doug
Mike Smith wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > > > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > > > guess what is going on. > > > > D'uh, sorry. Long day. It was amd tha

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-14 Thread Mike Smith
> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > > guess what is going on. > > D'uh, sorry. Long day. It was amd that was hung in the siobi > state.

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-14 Thread Mike Smith
> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > > guess what is going on. > > D'uh, sorry. Long day. It was amd that was hung in the siobi > state.

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Comment the whole thing out, kill -HUP the syslogd (or kill and restart > it), and see if amd still locks up. Ok, now I think I get it. You want me to enable syslog'ing in amd, then do what you're talking about here. I will try this fir

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > guess what is going on. D'uh, sorry. Long day. It was amd that was hung in the siobi state. No way to clea

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Matthew Dillon
:*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console :*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages :mail.info /var/log/maillog :lpr.info/var/log/lpd-errs :cron.*

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Mike Smith
> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to > > > the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like > > > this: > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > > > > > > > Ok, got another hang in "

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to > > the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like > > this: > > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > > > > > Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this tim

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > : > : So I started thinking that maybe the problem was actually in > :syslog (or amd's interface to it). So I disabled the following two options > :in my amd.conf file: > : > :log_file = syslog:local7 > :log_options =all > :

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Comment the whole thing out, kill -HUP the syslogd (or kill and restart > it), and see if amd still locks up. Ok, now I think I get it. You want me to enable syslog'ing in amd, then do what you're talking about here. I will try this fi

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > 'siobi' is someone trying to open the serial console, for whatever > reason. Without knowing who it was that was stuck there, it's hard to > guess what is going on. D'uh, sorry. Long day. It was amd that was hung in the siobi state. No way to cle

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Matthew Dillon
:*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console :*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages :mail.info /var/log/maillog :lpr.info/var/log/lpd-errs :cron.*

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Mike Smith
> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to > > > the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like > > > this: > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > > > > > > > Ok, got another hang in

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to > > the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like > > this: > > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > > > > > Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this ti

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > : > : So I started thinking that maybe the problem was actually in > :syslog (or amd's interface to it). So I disabled the following two options > :in my amd.conf file: > : > :log_file = syslog:local7 > :log_options =all >

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Mike Smith
> After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to > the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like > this: > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > > > Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this time after it > > successfully completed the script).

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Matthew Dillon
: : So I started thinking that maybe the problem was actually in :syslog (or amd's interface to it). So I disabled the following two options :in my amd.conf file: : :log_file = syslog:local7 :log_options =all : : And lo and behold, it worked like a charm. I was

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Mike Smith
> After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to > the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like > this: > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > > > Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this time after it > > successfully completed the script)

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:20:55 MST, Doug wrote: > After confirming that it worked with no logging, I tried enabling > logging to a regular file, and that also worked like a charm. After > turning syslog style logging back on, it locked up cold, with a very > similar traceback. Sheesh, Mark

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Matthew Dillon
: : So I started thinking that maybe the problem was actually in :syslog (or amd's interface to it). So I disabled the following two options :in my amd.conf file: : :log_file = syslog:local7 :log_options =all : : And lo and behold, it worked like a charm. I was

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like this: On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this time after it > successfully completed the script). Here is the

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:20:55 MST, Doug wrote: > After confirming that it worked with no logging, I tried enabling > logging to a regular file, and that also worked like a charm. After > turning syslog style logging back on, it locked up cold, with a very > similar traceback. Sheesh, Mark

Re: more amd hangs: problem really in syslog?

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
After pounding on this some more with today's -current (prior to the MNT_ASYNC flag change) I got a lot more lockups that looked like this: On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this time after it > successfully completed the script). Here is th

RE: more amd hangs: in _start()

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Ladavac Marino wrote: > I don't know if your diagnosis was in jest, Yes it was, but thank you for asking. :) I should have known better than to attempt subtle humor at the end of a long, tiring day. Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the people

RE: more amd hangs: in _start()

1999-07-13 Thread Doug
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Ladavac Marino wrote: > I don't know if your diagnosis was in jest, Yes it was, but thank you for asking. :) I should have known better than to attempt subtle humor at the end of a long, tiring day. Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the peopl

Re: more amd hangs: in _start()

1999-07-12 Thread Doug
Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this time after it successfully completed the script). Here is the trace: (gdb) file /usr/sbin/amd Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/amd...done. (gdb) attach 155 Attaching to program: /usr/sbin/amd, process 155 0x8063dc4 in open () (gdb) where #0 0x8063

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On 10 Jul 1999 12:56:41 -0400, R. Matthew Emerson wrote: > I thought that it was almost never proper to soft-mount rw filesytems. > Am I mistaken about this? I must admit, it sounds like sensible advice. The only NFS exports which I have to rely on are read-only mounts. The only time I soft-mou

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-12 Thread Doug
Ok, it's now wedged in a different state (using the same perl script to wedge it). According to top: 317 root2 0 648K 456K STOP 0 0:00 0.00% 0.00% amd I also managed to attach to the running process this time: (gdb) file /usr/sbin/amd Reading symbols from /u

Re: more amd hangs: in _start()

1999-07-12 Thread Doug
Ok, got another hang in "siobi" state (this time after it successfully completed the script). Here is the trace: (gdb) file /usr/sbin/amd Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/amd...done. (gdb) attach 155 Attaching to program: /usr/sbin/amd, process 155 0x8063dc4 in open () (gdb) where #0 0x806

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On 10 Jul 1999 12:56:41 -0400, R. Matthew Emerson wrote: > I thought that it was almost never proper to soft-mount rw filesytems. > Am I mistaken about this? I must admit, it sounds like sensible advice. The only NFS exports which I have to rely on are read-only mounts. The only time I soft-mo

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-12 Thread Doug
Ok, it's now wedged in a different state (using the same perl script to wedge it). According to top: 317 root2 0 648K 456K STOP 0 0:00 0.00% 0.00% amd I also managed to attach to the running process this time: (gdb) file /usr/sbin/amd Reading symbols from /

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-12 Thread Doug
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > In my continuing efforts to get this freebsd box into shape for > web hosting at my company (where it relies exclusively on NFS for > retrieving customer data) I've been making progress thanks to some recent > commits by Peter. Now I can run the heavy duty N

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-12 Thread Doug
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > In my continuing efforts to get this freebsd box into shape for > web hosting at my company (where it relies exclusively on NFS for > retrieving customer data) I've been making progress thanks to some recent > commits by Peter. Now I can run the heavy duty

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-10 Thread R. Matthew Emerson
Sheldon Hearn writes: > I've found that AMD exacerbates NFS-related problems. Since I moved away > from AMD toward using proper NFS mounts (soft, interruptible, bg), the > hassles I was having with NFS have gone away completely. I thought that it was almost never proper to soft-mount rw filesyte

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-10 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 12:00:52 MST, Doug wrote: > The amd conf files are below, any insights or suggestions welcome. I can't remember whether it was you or someone else to whom I offered this advice not so recently, so forgive me if I've suggested this to you before. I've found that AMD exacerb

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-10 Thread R. Matthew Emerson
Sheldon Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've found that AMD exacerbates NFS-related problems. Since I moved away > from AMD toward using proper NFS mounts (soft, interruptible, bg), the > hassles I was having with NFS have gone away completely. I thought that it was almost never proper to so

Re: more amd hangs

1999-07-10 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 12:00:52 MST, Doug wrote: > The amd conf files are below, any insights or suggestions welcome. I can't remember whether it was you or someone else to whom I offered this advice not so recently, so forgive me if I've suggested this to you before. I've found that AMD exacer