On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 07:10:37PM +0800, Aris Santillan wrote: > yeah thats it. it stays for a long time that the system slows down. > ive to restart the service running
Does shutting down the service (Apache) kill all Apache processes, even those that were in state D? If it does, then that means they did not really get stuck in state D, and that maybe they're just loaded (excessive logging, perhaps?). A process that's "truly" stuck in state D will be immune to "/etc/init.d/apache stop", or even kill. That's why state D is uninterruptible. You can't kill them until they get out of that state. So, which is it? Run Apache. Notice the processes stuck in state D (take note of process IDs please). "/etc/init.d/apache stop". Wait awhile. Check for remnant Apache processes. None? Investigate why your Apache processes are doing the IO they're doing. Check your logs. Maybe you're logging too much? If remnant Apache processes remain in state D, try killing them with SIGKILL. Wait awhile. If that doesn't work then consider doing an extensive memory scan with MemTest86. An hour or two, at least for at least one full pass on your entire physical memory. Which reminds me: I'll have to do that some time on our box that's been getting kernel panics every 50 days of uptime or so. Irk. --> Jijo "Can't Sleep... Grrr..." -- Federico Sevilla III : http://jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. : software we refer to GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE : freedom, not price. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
