Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles [SOLVED]

2013-03-22 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 20:57 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > you might just hit a thrashing situation. Linux is very bad when it > comes to abusing swap in case of an emergency. > > But it also sounds like overheating or a power problem. Power problems > might be caused by the PSU - but it cou

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Oom Killer is Not instant, can take a long time or get stuck or kills something vital. ... Am 21.03.2013 07:52 schrieb "Carlos Hendson" : > On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 06:45 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > You got your answer. 8gig and no swap is NOT ENOUGHT. > > It's a strong indicator, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 06:45 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > You got your answer. 8gig and no swap is NOT ENOUGHT. It's a strong indicator, which is going to be corrected. I am slightly confused by the resulting behaviour however. I was of the impression oomkiller would start to kill process

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 16:27 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > > I had a virtual server that kept crashing/rebooting during compiles of > large packages such as php. It ended up being because it was running > out of memory. Added another 1GB of swap space and it has been happy > ever since. Thanks Pau

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
You got your answer. 8gig and no swap is NOT ENOUGHT. Am 20.03.2013 22:51 schrieb "Carlos Hendson" : > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 20:57 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > you might just hit a thrashing situation. Linux is very bad when it > > comes to abusing swap in case of an emergency. > > > > B

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 20:57 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > you might just hit a thrashing situation. Linux is very bad when it > comes to abusing swap in case of an emergency. > > But it also sounds like overheating or a power problem. Power problems > might be caused by the PSU - but it cou

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 08:17 +, Mick wrote: > Stating the obvious, it seems that the kernel is struggling and indeed > you may > have come across some nasty kernel bug. However, it could well be > that it is > not related to the kernel you're running, or your kernel config. It > could be >

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 18:43 +0100, Daniel Wagener wrote: > "Frozen" means there is no Hard Drive Activity going on right? > And there is no other indication, that you are just running out of > memory? I can't categorically state if there was drive activity. I was so fixated on regaining control

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Carlos Hendson wrote: > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred under kernels

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 20.03.2013 05:42, schrieb Carlos Hendson: > Hello, > > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred under kernels

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Daniel Wagener
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:42:28 +0100 Carlos Hendson wrote: > Hello, > > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:17:11 +, Mick wrote: > Stating the obvious, it seems that the kernel is struggling and indeed > you may have come across some nasty kernel bug. However, it could well > be that it is not related to the kernel you're running, or your kernel > config. It could be a probl

Re: [gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-20 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 20 Mar 2013 04:42:28 Carlos Hendson wrote: > Hello, > > For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups > during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile > intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have > occurred un

[gentoo-user] System freezes during compiles

2013-03-19 Thread Carlos Hendson
Hello, For last few weeks or so, I've been getting intermittent hard lock-ups during the emerge of various packages. It appears the more compile intensive the package, the more likely the lock-up. These lock-ups have occurred under kernels 3.4.9 and 3.7.10 with gcc 4.5.4 and 4.6.3. Once the mac