Hi people,
At work, one of our SpamAssassin/ClamAV filtering machines just entered
a deadlock state:
FreeBSD/i386 (xxx.qsp.nl) (cuad0)
login: root
load: 0.00 cmd: login 683 [sysctl lock] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 148k
load: 0.00 cmd: login 683 [sysctl lock] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 148k
load: 0.00 cmd: login 683
Richard Tector wrote:
Or perhaps it doesn't. All I can remember is it requires the bpf
netgraph module.
ng_bpf is not from this opera. It does just packets filtering by
bpf-like filter program and it is not related to interfaces and traffic
capturing.
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Alexander Motin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Op
Volker wrote:
> Hi!
>
> For my dentist I'm currently in the process of destroying some tape
> cartridges (SLR7) and also two hard disks (147G SCSI).
The obvious question - why don't you burn the tapes and hammer the disks? :)
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On 02/19/07 22:25, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:09:50PM +0100, Volker wrote:
>> On 02/19/07 20:51, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:40:37PM +0100, Volker wrote:
I suspect this to be a slow /dev/random.
>>> This sounds odd to me, I get 18-20MB/sec sustain
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Nik Clayton wrote:
I'm using an IBM/Lenovo T42 at the moment, but that's shortly going back, so:
Things I don't like:
* Battery life isn't great
Did you try powerd?
* No WiFi
WiFi works fine on my T42 with the iwi driver.
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Tod McQuillin
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The irq and taskq for my ath(4) card often use excessive amounts of CPU
time, even when my network is idle. They are often above 10% and 15%,
respectively; occasionally, they are as high as 27% and 44%.
The system is an AMD Athlon64 2800+ running FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386 with a
custom kernel
Alex Povolotsky пишет:
mpd (fresh) on FreeBSD 6.1p12 sometimes hangs system, totally, to reset.
Tried two completely different boxes, so it cannot be a hardware problem.
It's easy to reproduce? Can you try make debug-friendly kernel?
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kern
macmini
2007/2/18, Bleeding Edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi,
I'm looking for a recommendation on a small form factor system. I've
looked at some of the models from AOpen , Shuttle and Microstar. I'd like an
AMD 64 (or dual core) box (lower cost) with SATA/EIDE disk support. I plan
on running Fre
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 01:34:38PM +0100, Anton Berezin wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 07:40:42PM +0800, LI Xin wrote:
>
> > It seems that threaded perl is broken on 6.2-RELEASE and 7-CURRENT. I
> > have tried some option combinations with no luck, if WITH_THREADED=yes
> > is specified then the
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:09:50PM +0100, Volker wrote:
> On 02/19/07 20:51, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:40:37PM +0100, Volker wrote:
> >> The tape sits there since 48 hours writing a block of data every
> >> other minute and still didn't fill up the tape completely. The
> >
All,
What's currently recommended as a FreeBSD laptop platform?
I'm using an IBM/Lenovo T42 at the moment, but that's shortly going back, so:
Things I like:
* Suspend to RAM works
* Nice enough keyboard
* Workable screen resolution (1024x768, big enough for four xterms)
* Reasonably li
Hi!
For my dentist I'm currently in the process of destroying some tape
cartridges (SLR7) and also two hard disks (147G SCSI).
As I started for the tapes, I've used dd to fill the tape with
random garbage. Just a simple `dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/nsa0'.
The tape sits there since 48 hours writing
On 02/19/07 20:51, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:40:37PM +0100, Volker wrote:
>> The tape sits there since 48 hours writing a block of data every
>> other minute and still didn't fill up the tape completely. The
>> system this is running on is a P-4 3GHz machine using FreeSBIE 2
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:40:37PM +0100, Volker wrote:
> Hi!
>
> For my dentist I'm currently in the process of destroying some tape
> cartridges (SLR7) and also two hard disks (147G SCSI).
>
> As I started for the tapes, I've used dd to fill the tape with
> random garbage. Just a simple `dd if=
Hi!
Yesterday I've updated my FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE + mpd-4.0b4 up to
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE + mpd-4.1. And today I have a Fatal Trap.
Could you please help me to figure out what the problem consists in?
I folowed instructions described in handbook:
[intel][root]~# kgdb /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/router
Hi all,
I hope the following story will divert a few potential subscribers
from freebsd-eol and save some effort aimed to keep the 4.11 zombie
dancing.
DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for inconvenience or damage
that can happen if one uses my story as a how-to guide, especially
without full
In response to Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 02/19/07 20:51, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:40:37PM +0100, Volker wrote:
> >> The tape sits there since 48 hours writing a block of data every
> >> other minute and still didn't fill up the tape completely. The
> >> system thi
Volker wrote:
For my dentist I'm currently in the process of destroying some tape
cartridges (SLR7) and also two hard disks (147G SCSI).
[snipped]
Is there any chance to speed up /dev/random? Would a hifn
accelerator card help here to get FreeBSD produce garbage faster?
As there is medical d
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Volker wrote:
For my dentist I'm currently in the process of destroying some tape
cartridges (SLR7) and also two hard disks (147G SCSI).
The tape sits there since 48 hours writing a block of data every
other minute and still didn't fill up the tape completely. The
system
Hi,
i have a usb key working fine on 6.2-RELEASE, yesterday i upgraded 2
box to -STABLE and now i have:
tail -5 /var/log/messages
Feb 20 14:33:47 toshi kernel: umass0: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0, rev
2.00/1.00, addr 3
Feb 20 14:33:48 toshi kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
Feb 20 1
Wang Yi wrote:
> I'm using ntfs-3g now. the version is same to yours. But only the difference
> is the disk I
> used is a physical disk.
I also had no luck using it on my existing NTFS partition, though I'd
like to experiment on a clean partition first.
Could you please run a test with mdconfig
> macmini
>
> 2007/2/18, Bleeding Edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I'm looking for a recommendation on a small form factor system. I've
>> looked at some of the models from AOpen , Shuttle and Microstar. I'd
>> like an AMD 64 (or dual core) box (lower cost) with SATA/EIDE disk
>> sup
Frenzy, which is based on FreeBSD can do this, and comes with a script
to install it onto the Flash disk.
As per some of the other posted comments else where in the thread
different BIOS and USB key combinations can produce different results.
The one USB key I have with Frenzy on it does not boo
Hi.
Alex Povolotsky wrote:
mpd (fresh) on FreeBSD 6.1p12 sometimes hangs system, totally, to reset.
Tried two completely different boxes, so it cannot be a hardware problem.
I'm updating to 6.2 now, but have little hope. What can I turn on in
kernel to fix it or at least to make computer rebo
Alex Povolotsky wrote:
> Richard Tector wrote:
>> Alex Povolotsky wrote:
>>> Richard Tector wrote:
Alex Povolotsky wrote:
> mpd (fresh) on FreeBSD 6.1p12 sometimes hangs system, totally, to
> reset. Tried two completely different boxes, so it cannot be a
> hardware problem.
>
>
Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For my dentist I'm currently in the process of destroying some tape
> cartridges (SLR7) and also two hard disks (147G SCSI).
The most secure and fastest way (by far) is to burn the
tapes, and to open the hard disk cases and apply some
sandpaper to the disk sur
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 02:06:32PM +0100, Philipp Ost wrote:
> You could use DBAN [0] to wipe the data, at least on the disks ;) That
> also takes some time (depends on the method you choose) but it's worth it...
I normally use gshred(1) from the sysutils/coreutils port for wiping data.
Regards,
Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
Alex Povolotsky пишет:
mpd (fresh) on FreeBSD 6.1p12 sometimes hangs system, totally, to
reset. Tried two completely different boxes, so it cannot be a
hardware problem.
It's easy to reproduce? Can you try make debug-friendly kernel?
RELATIVELY easy. It happens about
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:12:38AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > On 02/19/07 20:51, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:40:37PM +0100, Volker wrote:
> > >> The tape sits there since 48 hours writing a block of data every
> > >> other
At 11:35 AM 2/20/2007, Alex Povolotsky wrote:
Thanks a lot, I've added invariants and witness; if it won't yield
any information, I'll try more.
So far, this cursed thing is working with some load for 2 hours,
that's much. It does NOT, surely NOT try to tunnel tunnelled
traffic; any serialco
Eric van Gyzen wrote:
> The irq and taskq for my ath(4) card often use excessive amounts of CPU
> time, even when my network is idle. They are often above 10% and 15%,
> respectively; occasionally, they are as high as 27% and 44%.
>
> The system is an AMD Athlon64 2800+ running FreeBSD 6.2-RELEAS
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* Bill Moran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Are you actually using /dev/random and not /dev/urandom?
>
> /dev/random is "military grade" random data. It will block if it
> feels that it hasn't gathered enough entropy to satisfy your request.
> It will never provide random data at any reasonable spe
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To: "Bill Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Volker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ; "Kris
Kennaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:50 PM
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On Tue, Feb 20, 20
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> plz! go away with all your junk.
I reported it to spamcop.net ... as usual.
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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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In response to Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:12:38AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> > In response to Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > On 02/19/07 20:51, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:40:37PM +0100, Volker wrote:
> > > >> The tape sits t
Hi!
Yesterday I've updated my FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE + mpd-4.0b4 up to
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE + mpd-4.1. And today I have a Fatal Trap.
Could you please help me to figure out what the problem consists in?
I folowed instructions described in handbook:
[intel][root]~# kgdb /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/router
Mike Tancsa wrote:
At 11:35 AM 2/20/2007, Alex Povolotsky wrote:
Thanks a lot, I've added invariants and witness; if it won't yield
any information, I'll try more.
So far, this cursed thing is working with some load for 2 hours,
that's much. It does NOT, surely NOT try to tunnel tunnelled tr
Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote:
Richard Tector wrote:
Alex Povolotsky wrote:
Richard Tector wrote:
Alex Povolotsky wrote:
mpd (fresh) on FreeBSD 6.1p12 sometimes hangs system, totally, to
reset. Tried two completely different boxes, so it cannot be a
hardware problem.
Which version of mpd are y
Hi,
I've encountered a deterministic kernel panic when
blanking one specific CD-RW media using cdrecord.
# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i386-unknown-freebsd6.2) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schil
ling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus2:
2,0,0 200) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-RW
Clayton Milos wrote:
We use a device called a degausser. It creates a very strong varying
magnetic field that totally wipes out everything on a tape. We've
put a few hard drives on it to test it out. it TOTALLY wipes out
everything on the drive include the bios sectors rendering the drive
totall
- Original Message -
From: "Darren Pilgrim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Clayton Milos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: getting garbage faster using FreeBSD?
Clayton Milos wrote:
We use a device called a degausser. It creates a very stron
Ivan Voras wrote:
> The obvious question - why don't you burn the tapes and hammer the disks? :)
Ah, low-tech. I know it well. Still, the last time I did any data
destruction, I found a 4 Tesla magnet does wonders. Downsides:
1) Oxford's 90cm bore, helium-cooled magnets aren't that
When a SMP machine does not have an AT keyboard controller, there needs
to be a way to reboot the machine under FreeBSD!
I have another system which fails to reboot under FreeBSD. This time it
is a bleeding-edge current system and FreeBSD 6.2-release. From what I
can tell, the code to reboot m
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:21:52PM -0600, Billy Newsom wrote:
> When a SMP machine does not have an AT keyboard controller, there needs
> to be a way to reboot the machine under FreeBSD!
Like the sysctl that was added in 6.2?
hw.acpi.handle_reboot=1
Kris
I was running 6.2-PRERELEASE (?) happily until a couple days ago when
I cvsupped to get 6.2-RELEASE, actually 6.2-STABLE. Now when I start
firefox it works -- the first time. If I stop it, then start again,
it never materializes on the screen. Logging out, killing XDM doesn't
help; a reboot it r
Richard Tector wrote:
> Alex Povolotsky wrote:
>> Richard Tector wrote:
>>> Alex Povolotsky wrote:
mpd (fresh) on FreeBSD 6.1p12 sometimes hangs system, totally, to
reset. Tried two completely different boxes, so it cannot be a
hardware problem.
>>> Which version of mpd are you
Hello, dear sirs! Have a small, but rather crucial for me question
concerning changes in netgraph. In one remote office (without any IT
people at all) I have FreeBSD 5.3 linked to Internet with mpd (mpd-3.18_4).
I think it's time to update it, preferably to 6.2, but I'm a bit anxious.
Especially
Hi everyone.
I'm getting kernel panics daily or even multiple times a day on a new
machine. When it's running everything works well, but over the last day
or two I've been getting multiple panics per day at seemingly random
times.
When the first panic happened, all I did was open up a new tab in
Sorry, I forgot to copy the list
Paulette McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,
What about doing a kill on the process id? Does that work?
Paulette
Chris Shenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was running 6.2-PRERELEASE (?)
happily until a couple days ago when
I cvsupped to get 6.2-RELEASE, ac
Sorry, forgot to copy the list.
Paulette McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,
I just did a quick scan of the release notes for 6.1:
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/hardware-i386.html
HighPoint is listed; but not that particular version, from what I can see.
Paulette Mcgee
"Joel D. Park
Finally found a problem that started with 6.1-something then
fooling around I somehow put an end to it. Updated recently and now its
back. /var/log/messages (and dmesg) fill with:
Feb 19 07:53:39 Grumpy kernel: link_elf_lookup_symbol: missing symbol
hash table
Feb 19 07:53:39 Grumpy last messa
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 08:39:02PM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote:
> I was running 6.2-PRERELEASE (?) happily until a couple days ago when
> I cvsupped to get 6.2-RELEASE, actually 6.2-STABLE. Now when I start
> firefox it works -- the first time. If I stop it, then start again,
> it never materializ
Cristiano Deana píše v út 20. 02. 2007 v 14:48 +0100:
> Hi,
>
> i have a usb key working fine on 6.2-RELEASE, yesterday i upgraded 2
> box to -STABLE and now i have:
>
> > tail -5 /var/log/messages
> Feb 20 14:33:47 toshi kernel: umass0: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0, rev
> 2.00/1.00, addr 3
> Feb 20
Alan Amesbury wrote:
> Ivan Voras wrote:
>
>> The obvious question - why don't you burn the tapes and hammer the disks? :)
>
> Ah, low-tech. I know it well. Still, the last time I did any data
> destruction, I found a 4 Tesla magnet does wonders. Downsides:
>
> 1) Oxford's 90cm bore, he
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 07:29:21AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote..
> Alan Amesbury wrote:
> > Ivan Voras wrote:
> >
> >> The obvious question - why don't you burn the tapes and hammer the disks?
> >> :)
> >
> > Ah, low-tech. I know it well. Still, the last time I did any data
> > destruction, I
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