Re: Firefox hangs in state 'kqread'

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Hey all,
> :
> :I've been seeing some..weird hangs in firefox, seems to be kind of 
> :random, and when it does hang, it usually recovers on its own. The time 
> :it takes to recover varies greatly though, anywhere from a few seconds, 
> :to a few minutes. I haven't done much investigating (starting that now) 
> :but according to top, when it hangs, its in the 'kqread' state. Anyone 
> :know anything about this?
> :
> :Thanks,
> :Brock
>
>     If it recovers on its own then it probably isn't a bug in the kq
>     code.  It kinda sounds like a DNS lookup issue.  Both mozilla and
>     firefox have dns lookup issues if domain name being looked up has
>     DNS problems.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

	The funny thing is, I am getting similar problems on my test box
	using w(1).  When I just execute 'w', it is in [kqread] state
	for quite a while, around 60 ~ 70 seconds almost.

	BUT, if I do 'w -n' (without name lookup), then the result is
	instant.

		-Hiten