ruby18 won't install, gets stuck in 'sread'

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:53:45PM +0200, Jacques S. wrote:
> The problem I have now is that I cannot get the latest Ruby18 port will 
> not install in one of the FreeBSD systems I look after. After an 
> otherwise apparently normal make and make install, process ruby18 stalls 
>  at "Generating RI" in "sread" state, thrashing the hd or paging memory 
> in an apparently endless I/O loop.
> Under top, swap stats are:
> Swap: 512M Total, 126M Used, 386M Free, 24% Inuse, with In and Out 
> changing like crazy.
> 
> Computer in question is a very old box: (i386/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron) 
> with very little memory. FreeBSD is version 5.5p8
> 
> From archives, Google, etc., it appears others sometimes have this 
> problem--process stalled in 'sread' state--but I didn't find anywhere an 
> explanation of the problem or a solution.

"sread" (actually I think you meant "swread") means "reading from
swap".  You're trying to run an application which is too big to fit in
RAM, so your computer grinds to a halt trying to swap bits in and out
to disk.

Kris
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