Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-28 Thread Simon
Kernel 2.6.8-12-em64t-p4-smp On 6/28/06, Hemlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:07:02 +1200, Simon wrote > Hi There, > > Can anyone have a look at this screenshot and give me a glimmer of > what is going on here? > > This server is responding to pings, but all services are 'st

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 01:04:22AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > the admins can catch it before it gets out of hand and kill the > offending process(es). Please allow me to illustrate: > thanks for a great little explanation of swapping and what it means. A signature.asc Description: Digital s

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Hemlock
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:07:02 +1200, Simon wrote > Hi There, > > Can anyone have a look at this screenshot and give me a glimmer of > what is going on here? > > This server is responding to pings, but all services are 'stuck', i > can login, but it times out after 60 seconds and typing is REALLY >

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:29:27PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/spool/swapfile bs=1024 count=262144 > > > > > > swapon /var/spool/swapfile > > > > Realistically, this isn't likely to help... He's already used up 5GB > > of virtual memory -- 2GB of RAM and 3 GB of swa

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:02:39PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 05:24:02PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > You're out of memory, just like the messages say. Presumably some process > > on that server has used it all, including all your swap. Eventually the > > process should b

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 05:24:02PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > You're out of memory, just like the messages say. Presumably some process > on that server has used it all, including all your swap. Eventually the > process should be killed automatically or the program might segfault. If > you can ge

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:07:02AM +1200, Simon wrote: > Hi There, > > Can anyone have a look at this screenshot and give me a glimmer of > what is going on here? > > This server is responding to pings, but all services are 'stuck', i > can login, but it times out after 60 seconds and typing is R

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Jo Shields
Simon wrote: Hi There, Can anyone have a look at this screenshot and give me a glimmer of what is going on here? This server is responding to pings, but all services are 'stuck', i can login, but it times out after 60 seconds and typing is REALLY slow... http://gremin.orcon.net.nz/mx.JPG Than

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Simon
On 6/28/06, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:52:42AM +1200, Simon wrote: > OK, i had to restart the server as there was critical services running > on it... After rebooting and running the commands above: Unfortunately it's too late... To see what is causing th

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:52:42AM +1200, Simon wrote: > OK, i had to restart the server as there was critical services running > on it... After rebooting and running the commands above: Unfortunately it's too late... To see what is causing the problem, you need to look at it while the problem is

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Simon
On 6/28/06, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:37:07AM +1200, Simon wrote: > On 6/28/06, Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >You've run out of RAM. > > > > Hmm... Could this be some sort of memory leak or something? Would > anyone be able to offer any pa

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:37:07AM +1200, Simon wrote: > On 6/28/06, Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >You've run out of RAM. > > > > Hmm... Could this be some sort of memory leak or something? Would > anyone be able to offer any path of checking or solving this issue? Run top, hit

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Simon
On 6/28/06, Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You've run out of RAM. Hmm... Could this be some sort of memory leak or something? Would anyone be able to offer any path of checking or solving this issue? Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon wrote: > Hi There, > > Can anyone have a look at this screenshot and give me a glimmer of > what is going on here? > > This server is responding to pings, but all services are 'stuck', i > can login, but it times out after 60 seconds and typing

Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Simon
Hi There, Can anyone have a look at this screenshot and give me a glimmer of what is going on here? This server is responding to pings, but all services are 'stuck', i can login, but it times out after 60 seconds and typing is REALLY slow... http://gremin.orcon.net.nz/mx.JPG Thanks for any inp