no memory for rx list: what does this mean

[Guest_imported]

Ahhh
I was in the middle of installing packages using sysinstall when out of the blue I get a message saying

/kernel: xl0 no memory for rx list-- packet dropped....

whats the problem, can it be easliy solved.

I'm not going to attempt anymore package installed until this is sorted.

Also I cannot seem to use X windows as a normal user.
I get a message saying xf86Openconsle: Server must be suid root.

thx for any help

 

[axvpaa]

/kernel: xl0 no memory for rx list-- packet dropped....
Typically you get this when you run out of mbufs. Increase NMBCLUSTERS and try again.
/kernel: Out of mbuf clusters - adjust NMBCLUSTERS or increase maxusers!
one more msg similar to that in your log files.
alex
p.s. put something like
options NMBCLUSTERS 10000
in you kernel config and see if that will happen again.

 

[axvpaa]

btw,i forget

NMBCLUSTERS is derived from maxusers,
/usr/src/sys/kern/uipc_mbuf.c:91:#define NMBCLUSTERS (512 + MAXUSERS *
16)

With MAXUSERS at 256, that's (512 + 256*16) = 4068.
sorry

alex