calcru negative time error
Please cc me on all replies as I am not subscribed to the list. The machine in question is running FreeBSD 5.0 Stable. Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I did read the FAQ which pointed me to this item on the freebsd site: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#CALCRU-NEGATIV That web page said to enter this command (which I do not have a good understanding of but did anyway) # sysctl -w kern.timecounter.method=1 which I did, but apparently my 5.0 doesn't like that because it promptly spit back: sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.timecounter.method' 1) Is there another similar command that will do the same thing? 2) Will this stop the error messages? 3) Will this break anything else? Since the command given doesn't work, I'm not really sure what do next. The web page says that if this command doesn't solve the problem that you should "set the NTIMECOUNTER option in your kernel to increasingly large values" but offers absolutely no information on how to proceed to do this. 1) Will this make the errors stop? 2) Will this break anything else? 3) Where are the directions on setting the NTIMECOUNTER option? In all honesty, I have have never tinkered with my kernel. It works and it is stable so I leave it alone. I know that the calcru error messages are pesky, but the machine doesn't seem to be having any problems. It's logs are normal, I ran top and that looks good, it's been up for months with out any apparent issues. I'm rather tempted just to leave it and ignore the errors. I keep hearing my Dad's voice "If it ain't broke." Any help appreciated. -- Thanks, Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP, Rev. "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." --Plato ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: calcru negative time error
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jimi Thompson wrote: > http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#CALCRU-NEGATIV > That web page said to enter this command (which I do not have a good > understanding of but did anyway) > > # sysctl -w kern.timecounter.method=1 > > which I did, but apparently my 5.0 doesn't like that because it > promptly spit back: > > sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.timecounter.method' I looked at that FAQ page, and right underneath where it lists that command it says the following: Note: The -w option of sysctl(8) is deprecated and silently ignored in FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE and all newer versions. You can safely ommit it when setting options with sysctl as shown above. I'd give it a try with out the '-w' flag. Although I don't know if it'll fix your issues. Just maybe a step in the right direction. > Thanks, > Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP, Rev. ~Shane Kinney Web: http://www.freebsdhackers.net IRC: irc.freebsdhackers.net #freebsd PGP: http://www.freebsdhackers.net/pgp -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+3XyIgsso3QO013ERAqQ5AKCOOAzKidPBCGCJ2W/Jb23nXdCRwACeIzOO T7nUctlbH/J02Ewo7JO/fX0= =bkPR -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: calcru negative time error
Jimi Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That web page said to enter this command (which I do not have a good > understanding of but did anyway) > > # sysctl -w kern.timecounter.method=1 > > which I did, but apparently my 5.0 doesn't like that because it > promptly spit back: > > sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.timecounter.method' Does 5.0 *have* that sysctl? "sysctl kern.timecounter.method" will tell you. The handbook is still primarily oriented toward 4.x, because 5.x isn't officially ready for production use yet. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: calcru negative time error
At 11:58 PM -0500 6/3/03, Shane Kinney wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jimi Thompson wrote: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#CALCRU-NEGATIV That web page said to enter this command (which I do not have a good understanding of but did anyway) > > # sysctl -w kern.timecounter.method=1 which I did, but apparently my 5.0 doesn't like that because it promptly spit back: sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.timecounter.method' I looked at that FAQ page, and right underneath where it lists that command it says the following: Note: The -w option of sysctl(8) is deprecated and silently ignored in FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE and all newer versions. You can safely ommit it when setting options with sysctl as shown above. I'd give it a try with out the '-w' flag. Although I don't know if it'll fix your issues. Just maybe a step in the right direction. It still generates the exact same error message > Thanks, Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP, Rev. ~Shane Kinney Web: http://www.freebsdhackers.net IRC: irc.freebsdhackers.net #freebsd PGP: http://www.freebsdhackers.net/pgp -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+3XyIgsso3QO013ERAqQ5AKCOOAzKidPBCGCJ2W/Jb23nXdCRwACeIzOO T7nUctlbH/J02Ewo7JO/fX0= =bkPR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Thanks, Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP, Rev. "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." --Plato ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
