From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D388138368 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:57:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FF6D21C0A1; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:57:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.199]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A78721C08F for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.52] by nm2.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Jan 2013 11:55:22 -0000 Received: from [217.146.189.105] by tm5.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Jan 2013 11:54:49 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp121.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Jan 2013 11:54:49 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.co.uk; s=s1024; t=1357646089; bh=OLoZrwiEsNAX3lLImATfy8hOWsaZ1VGi0OPSKSjGJYc=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:Message-ID:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=MVZ5JNzqNYf8E0aGHapO/t55UgyaMbAlGumLhNqT1lvYPgwtKqS02EUwYOWLmRKVzq4zEPd/SM5L6hX0bfVtvK3sjdMDADWthXJzo/wdaBysltQuE3rC3kMcDifbINcJFAUSIge+At1Q5aT1aNehtkbkIgE8upwylB5DaSUf6lw= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 143450.40975.bm@smtp121.mail.ird.yahoo.com Message-ID: <143450.40975.bm@smtp121.mail.ird.yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: d6sVW6UVM1nD3oH.abgIIT.p8N_Bxa8hBX1KSRH3sVwjUdJ 3miC_fwSjb_uXVVU12hOXmPWLnSO6g5UfZaj3UMRKyTFWZj7QH02urjkT7CM Pkgumvn8AUXDGSypS9lTiKvCypn7FTm23nv_hw.HAZp0.yTCm8_ihx9sILQZ c57BsFrm5VGqf9Zw8ko9IOQ_GkXe8vfUXUtAHkRi3brlKeyU8cB7OBP6fvb5 WcqILj5HnUV.4MDgDUGQr4DtGjcWTfCxP2vkBS.6rftVMV3iLJuxpfEsBBN. Hgt0U6GkzWi5tghW8UcSKVfw2wBlAlVp8rn.GvuawfIh3yVmPwIwH_J0g._N bec4.MFDtdqtdiE1IBO3bjUK7CQJSGZz_JUu4MiVc8yZME6l3BNTBptRos5w Xdc.MJPpgD3DlXv7jX57N..dl14Ie4K4OeV0gejuJO.OGLhTp X-Yahoo-SMTP: UxXxlhuswBC4wbdewolpwSmT1iJVzQ-- Received: from sprat (ma1l1ists@92.27.156.6 with login) by smtp121.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 08 Jan 2013 03:54:49 -0800 PST Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:54:01 +0000 From: Kevin Chadwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Processes hang - system dies In-Reply-To: <201301081843.24117.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> References: <201301052105.30959.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> <201301081843.24117.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> X-Mailer: KeVs Mailer Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f38f17e6-aa17-4d4f-96df-a5e7143b6868 X-Archives-Hash: a6a0a9c0c36f5af0b43ef220880b290c > > > ** > > > > > > I have a very severe problem after a recent disk replacement. After a few > > > > > days running, all new processes just hang. The kernel reports: > > My guess is disk failing or kernel bug. Install smartmontools and see if > > smartctl -H returns anything interesting. > > > > What kernel are you using? Try 3.7.1 if you're not already using that. > > That's my feeling too, since smartd is reporting sectors failing by the dozen. > However the smartctl -H test gave me a clean bill of health. The kernel is > 3.6.8, I have already upgraded with no improvement. Personally I wouldn't try changing anything initially if it worked before the disk change. I would try a read-write test of the disk or use dd to write or read many sectors possibly under >1 OS and machine depending on what happens. Is SMART enabled in your BIOS? -- _______________________________________________________________________ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) _______________________________________________________________________