When I start Python and Ruby programs (and probably others too), they are very, very slow to do anything and do not respond to SIGINT or SIGTERM. For example, when I run "rackup" in an almost bare Rack project (in Ruby), I have to wait for about 10 minutes before the web server starts. The same is true when running "python2.7 -m SimpleHTTPServer", which I'd expect to start serving almost immediately, but instead takes 10 minutes to show any sign of activity.
I know this isn't a problem with my hardware (a ThinkPad T61) being slow, since it works fine on Debian and FreeBSD. Seeing as the problem is worst with programs that access the network, maybe the problem has something to do with that? I'd hate to have to switch to another OS to do work. dmesg is below. OpenBSD 5.5 (GENERIC.MP) #315: Wed Mar 5 09:37:46 MST 2014 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 2087387136 (1990MB) avail mem = 2023268352 (1929MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (73 entries) bios0: vendor LENOVO version "7LET44WW (1.14 )" date 06/27/2007 bios0: LENOVO 765912G acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT ECDT TCPA APIC MCFG HPET SLIC BOOT ASF! SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) SLPB(S3) LURT(S3) DURT(S3) IGBE(S4) EXP0(S4) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) PCI1(S4) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3) [...] acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpiec0 at acpi0 acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz, 2194.88 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF cpu0: 4MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.2.2, IBE cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz, 1995.01 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF cpu1: 4MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0 ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 2, remapped to apid 1 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf0000000, bus 0-63 acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (AGP_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP0) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP1) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 4 (EXP2) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 5 (EXP3) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 13 (EXP4) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 21 (PCI1) acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpipwrres0 at acpi0: PUBS, resource for USB0, USB2, USB4, EHC0, EHC1 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 127 degC acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature is 100 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "42T5225" serial 160 type LION oem "Panasonic" acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpithinkpad0 at acpi0 acpidock0 at acpi0: GDCK not docked (0) cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2194 MHz: speeds: 2001, 2000, 1600, 1200, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel GM965 Host" rev 0x0c vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GM965 Video" rev 0x0c intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 inteldrm0: 1280x800 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) "Intel GM965 Video" rev 0x0c at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH8 IGP M AMT" rev 0x03: msi, address 00:15:58:c6:fd:70 uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20 uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 21 ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 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 0x03: msi azalia0: codecs: Analog Devices AD1984, Conexant/0x2bfa, using Analog Devices AD1984 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x03: msi pci1 at ppb0 bus 2 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x03: msi pci2 at ppb1 bus 3 iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965" rev 0x61: msi, MIMO 2T3R, MoW2, address 00:13:e8:73:04:85 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x03: msi pci3 at ppb2 bus 4 ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x03: msi pci4 at ppb3 bus 5 ppb4 at pci0 dev 28 function 4 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x03: msi pci5 at ppb4 bus 13 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 16 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 17 uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 18 ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 19 usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb5 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xf3 pci6 at ppb5 bus 21 cbb0 at pci6 dev 0 function 0 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xba: apic 1 int 16 "Ricoh 5C832 Firewire" rev 0x04 at pci6 dev 0 function 1 not configured cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 22 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0xb0 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801HEM LPC" rev 0x03 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801HBM IDE" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <MATSHITA, DVD/CDRW UJDA775, CB03> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801HBM AHCI" rev 0x03: msi, AHCI 1.1 scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, Hitachi HTS54502, PB2O> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.5000cca5e7eb70a9 sd0: 238475MB, 512 bytes/sector, 488397168 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801H SMBus" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 23 iic0 at ichiic0 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 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 wsmouse1 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 6.2 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31 ugen0 at uhub2 port 1 "Broadcom Corp BCM2045B" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2 ugen1 at uhub2 port 2 "STMicroelectronics Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.00/0.01 addr 3 ugen2 at uhub5 port 2 "Lenovo Integrated Smart Card Reader" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2 vscsi0 at root scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (cda24484548f6cdc.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b ugen0 detached ugen1 detached ugen2 detached ugen0 at uhub2 port 1 "Broadcom Corp BCM2045B" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2 ugen1 at uhub2 port 2 "STMicroelectronics Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.00/0.01 addr 3 ugen2 at uhub5 port 2 "Lenovo Integrated Smart Card Reader" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2