[nycbug-talk] Stablity fixed??? Maybe???

Louis Bertrand louis
Sat Jul 2 18:53:56 EDT 2005


On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Matt Juszczak wrote:

>> Maybe you filled up the partition that holds /var/mail?
>> It could also be a file lock on the actual mailbox file.
>> Or maybe you're running out of memory and the disk drive
>> is getting hammered by both mail and swapping.
>> Basically, get a hunch of where the problem is and devise
>> some instrumentation to confirm it or rule it out.
>> At the very least, monitor with top(1), systat(1) and friends.
>
> But I couldn't get back into the box :)
>
Oh, oops... Consider me smacked on the forehead.

Ciao
  --Louis  <louis at bertrandtech dot ca>




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