You're right that I had an outdated BIOS, which I've now updated, but upon further review I don't think that is/was the culprit. I've since had the issue re-surface and this time I noticed many lines like this in the dmesg (not sure how I missed it before):
WARNING: mclpools limit reached; increase kern.maxclusters So I've upped kern.maxclusters to 8192, however, I'm not sure if I really should need to. This machine is a firewall/router for my home network running a few services (sshd, named, httpd, tomcat) for about 5 users. There's also a machine that is running Transmission BitTorrent client behind the firewall, maybe that could be the culprit? -Nick On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Erling Westenvik <erling.westen...@gmail.com> wrote: > You should try upgrading BIOS. As far as I can tell, it would be version > 2.4 as of 8/7/2007. > > http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats? DriverId=HY9F0&FileId=2731098639 > > (I was recently given an Dell Optiplex 755, also intel Core 2 Duo, and I > installed OpenBSD 5.0 on it. However, I got all kinds of errors - mainly > about memory conflict - and the ATi radeon 2400 wouldn't work properly. > Then I realized the BIOS was sixteen versions old (A04) and upgraded it > to the latest (A20) which seemed to fix just about everything..) > > > On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 08:44:43AM -0600, Nick Templeton wrote: >> I have a Dell XPS210 that, after a few days of uptime, stops >> responding on the network - no ping, ssh, httpd, or tomcat responses - >> I simply get connection resets. I run snapshots on this computer that >> I update approximately monthly. This machine had been working well for >> many months then I decided to tweak some BIOS settings, particularly I >> turned on SpeedStep so I could use apmd(8) in "cool running mode >> (-C)," I made some other tweaks in the BIOS at the time that I can't >> exactly recall, but seemed inconsequential - things like what to do >> after a power outage, boot order, etc. After making these changes in >> the BIOS is when this issue arose. I've since tried putting the BIOS >> settings back the way (I thought) they were, but it hasn't made a >> difference, so I don't know if that was really the issue. I'm not >> quite sure what to grab for diagnostic info, but there's a few odd >> lines I've noticed in the dmesg: >> >> ... >> RTC BIOS diagnostic error 11<memory_size> >> ... >> ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 8 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins >> ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 8 >> ... >> >> Anybody have any ideas? >> >> -Nick >> >> OpenBSD 5.0-current (GENERIC.MP) #146: Mon Nov 28 16:07:10 MST 2011 >> dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP >> RTC BIOS diagnostic error 11<memory_size> >> real mem = 4216655872 (4021MB) >> avail mem = 4090273792 (3900MB) >> mainbus0 at root >> bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0450 (71 entries) >> bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "2.1.2" date 12/01/2006 >> bios0: Dell Inc. Dell DXC061 >> acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 >> acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 >> acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT APIC BOOT MCFG HPET DUMY SLIC >> acpi0: wakeup devices VBTN(S4) PCI0(S5) PCI4(S5) PCI2(S5) PCI3(S5) >> PCI1(S5) PCI5(S5) PCI6(S5) MOU_(S3) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) >> USB3(S3) USB4(S3) >> acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits >> acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat >> cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) >> cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz, 1862.27 MHz >> cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3 ,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG >> cpu0: 2MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache >> cpu0: apic clock running at 266MHz >> cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) >> cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz, 1862.02 MHz >> cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3 ,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG >> cpu1: 2MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache >> ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 8 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins >> ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 8 >> acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 >> acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz >> acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 3 (PCI4) >> acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 2 (PCI2) >> acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (PCI3) >> acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 1 (PCI1) >> acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (PCI5) >> acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (PCI6) >> acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) >> acpicpu0 at acpi0 >> acpicpu1 at acpi0 >> acpibtn0 at acpi0: VBTN >> memory map conflict 0xbf655c00/0x9aa400 >> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 >> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82G965 Host" rev 0x02 >> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82G965 PCIE" rev 0x02: msi >> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 >> em0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 MT (82574L)" rev 0x00: >> msi, address 00:1b:21:ab:bf:ca >> vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82G965 Video" rev 0x02 >> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) >> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) >> intagp0 at vga1 >> agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xc0000000, size 0x10000000 >> inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 8 int 16 >> drm0 at inteldrm0 >> "Intel 82G965 Video" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured >> em1 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH8 IFE" rev 0x02: msi, address >> 00:16:76:c1:5b:1f >> uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 16 >> uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 17 >> ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 22 >> usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 >> uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 >> azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801H HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi >> azalia0: codecs: Conexant/0x2bfa, Sigmatel STAC9227X, using Sigmatel STAC9227X >> audio0 at azalia0 >> ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x02: msi >> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 >> em2 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 MT (82574L)" rev 0x00: >> msi, address 00:1b:21:ab:d3:53 >> uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 23 >> uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 17 >> uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 18 >> ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 23 >> usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 >> uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 >> ppb2 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xf2 >> pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 >> "TI TSB43AB22 FireWire" rev 0x00 at pci3 dev 10 function 0 not configured >> pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801HH LPC" rev 0x02 >> ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801H AHCI" rev 0x02: msi, AHCI 1.1 >> scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets >> sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, SAMSUNG SP2504C, VT10> SCSI3 >> 0/direct fixed t10.ATA_SAMSUNG_SP2504C_S09QJ1SP112542 >> sd0: 238418MB, 512 bytes/sector, 488281250 sectors >> cd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <TSSTcorp, CDRWDVD TSL462D, DE10> ATAPI >> 5/cdrom removable >> ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801H SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 8 int 20 >> iic0 at ichiic0 >> spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 >> spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 >> spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 >> spdmem3 at iic0 addr 0x53: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 >> usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> usb6 at uhci4: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub6 at usb6 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> isa0 at pcib0 >> isadma0 at isa0 >> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 >> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) >> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot >> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 >> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 >> spkr0 at pcppi0 >> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support >> uhidev0 at uhub6 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB >> Receiver" rev 1.10/10.20 addr 2 >> uhidev0: iclass 3/1 >> ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes >> wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1 >> wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 >> uhidev1 at uhub6 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "Logitech USB >> Receiver" rev 1.10/10.20 addr 2 >> uhidev1: iclass 3/0, 2 report ids >> uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=2, output=0, feature=0 >> uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0 >> vscsi0 at root >> scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets >> softraid0 at root >> scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets >> root on sd0a (4a10c7c95af7b910.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b