Re: [cobalt-users] daily processes hang with STAT D (was: How many sites on a Cobalt Raq550)

[Csaba Albert <maka_cs@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Csaba Albert wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a RaQ4 - 512, wich almost daily gets
> processes
> > > > stuck with STAT D, and the only way to get rid
> of them
> > > > is to reboot. The last time happend an hour
> ago, when
> > > > I shut down all services (named, httpd,
> admserv,
> > > > mailscanner, inetd) to perform a backup via
> cmuExport
> > > > (2.43).
> > > > All went fine till the 26th site, a small 2MB
> site,
> > > > after which the cmu was just hanging. After
> opening
> > > > another SSH session, I found 2 processes with
> STAT D
> > > > (scanout and md5sum), cpu temp. normal (about
> 37-38)
> > > > and a load of 2. Had to reboot, could not kill
> > > > processes. Is there a some kind of
> fix/workaround not
> > > > to get STAT D processes so often? Or just sit
> close
> > > > and reboot often?
> > >
> > > Sounds like it may be a RAM problem....
> > > I think there is a RAM test script somewhere.
> >
> > This one was for RaQ3/4 not sure if it will run on
> a 550
> > Surely it won't install from a pkg?
> >
> >
>
ftp://ftp-eng.cobalt.com/pub/experimental/pkg/Cobalt-Allx86-MemoryTester-1.0.pkg
> > Maybe you can take it apart and find the RPM.
> 
> you can get the tarball here
>
http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/memtester/memtester-2.93.1.tar.gz
> Just untar/gunzip
> cd into it
> type make
> ./memtest all
> 
> You will get a lot of error items for malloc, but it
> is just
> trying to malloc all it can for testing.
> It won't test all your RAM, just that which isn't
> being used.
> 
> There is another memorytest but not sure how you run
> it on a RaQ
> we use it on Linux desktops wehre we can boot from a
> floppy
> Search for memtest86 IIRC
> 
> Gerald

I ran memtest, it made 11 runs (took about half a
day), but did not find any errors. And this morning
the same thing happend like always: about 50 processes
with stat D (in.qpopper-s this time).
BTW, it's a colocated RaQ4.

Csaba



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