From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:09:19 +0100
From: Luther Huffman lutherh@infinet.com
Subject: Slave buffer problem
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I have a little information on the problems I've been having of applications
mysteriously freezing up my system console and displaying the message "8
1/2: slave buffer: no free mount rpc buffer". There really does appear to be
a link between this problem and the error messages which a file system check
produces. Here's sample output from disk/kfs:

term% disk/kfs -f /dev/hd1fs
check: "/386/bin/aux/mapd": qid out of range 113bb
check: "/386/bin/fb/twb": qid out of range 115b8
check: "/386/bin/fb/bit2enc": qid out of range 115c7
check: "/386/bin/fb/enc2bit": qid out of range 115e4
check: "/386/bin/fb/ikon": qid out of range 115fb
check: "/386/bin/fb/mugs": qid out of range 11614
check: "/386/bin/fb/paint": qid out of range 1161b
check: "/386/bin/fb/scale": qid out of range 1163a
check: "/386/lib/perl/": qid out of range 12f8e
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/": qid out of range 12f8f
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/": qid out of range 12f91
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/arpa/": qid out of range 12f92
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/arpa/inet.h": qid out of range 12fae
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/EXTERN.h": qid out of range 12f93
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/INTERN.h": qid out of range 12f94
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/XSUB.h": qid out of range 12f95
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/av.h": qid out of range 12f96
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/cop.h": qid out of range 12f97
check: "/386/lib/perl/5.00301/CORE/cv.h": qid out of range 12f98
    6051 bad qids
term% 

I've noticed, as an example, if a perl script of mine loads a module from
/386/lib/perl I get the failure. If the perl script loads a module from
/sys/lib/perl everything proceeds normally. Similar things appear to occur
for other programs doing some kind of access in these directories as well.
The normal file and directory commands (ls, cat, etc.) seem to work just
fine with these directories.
     Does this give rise to any new ideas, anyone?
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Luther Huffman		lutherh@stratcom.com
Strategic Computer Solutions, Inc.
http://www.stratcom.com/