Subject: Re: slow processes
To: Ben Zeller <zeller@cif.rochester.edu>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/12/1999 16:24:13
Probably things are trying to reverse DNS lookup (to find out where
you're telneting etc. from) and the DNS lookup is timing out. Do
you have DNS (/etc/resolv.conf) set up correctly?
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Ben Zeller wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a somewhat strange problem. Some processes on my IIci, NetBSD 1.4,
> are incredibly slow. The best examples are all network processes (telnetd,
> ftpd, sshd), and the email client pine. When I telnet into the machine,
> for example, it takes 4 minutes, 13 seconds (average) for login to be
> spawned. Telnetd just sits in sleep mode the entire time. (I verified this
> through "top".) Likewise, when I fire up pine, the process sits in sleep
> for _10 minutes!_ before going into run state. By comparison, the email
> client elm goes right into run and loads within a second. Most programs,
> like ps, grep, man, less, work fine. All of the custom stuff I compiled
> through the package system (compiled, not installed the binaries) work
> fine, such as lynx, elm, joe, and pico, with the exception of pine.
>
> The machine is never less than 90% idle, and there's never a signifigant
> dent into the 32MB of physical RAM. This problem has been occurring for
> about four months -- I have tried upgrading from 1.3.2 to 1.4 and building
> my own kernel. Neither solution helped.
>
> Has anyone experienced anything similar? Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ben
>
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