[CentOS] NFS sleepy woes

Fri Jul 1 07:14:39 UTC 2005
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 16:59 +1000, Res wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a problem with a CentOS 4 and now updated to 4.1 server,
> every so often the other servers try to contact it and this not there a 
> retry and it is, like it goes to sleep, I have no problem with the 
> fedora1, RH9 and slackware machines they just never do this.
> its most annoying..
> they all use IP's not names. all access lists are identical, all hosts 
> files are identical, all exports and fstabs are same format.
> 
> in fact one of the machines on another network altogether reponds 
> instantly. if I reboot *shudder* the CentOS box it fixes it, temporarily, 
> but thats a joke, the hardware is fine, it used to run slackware 
> smoothly, I hope I dont have to go back to it :)
> 
> TIA

I haven't seen this issue ... but it might actually be sleeping.

CentOS-4 uses a 2.6.9-x kernel that is much better at doing what your
BIOS says for power saving mode than 2.4 kernels were.  I would first
check the sleep settings in the BIOS of the problem machine.

If that doesn't work, you try turning off the apmd and acpid services.

Also, to really search for fixes ... the exact hardware that is having
problems might help.
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