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    From Amessyroom@TL-QWK to All on Wed Sep 10 20:47:02 2025
    I believe I have observed sbbs hang, probably when I disconnect
    accidentally without logging off. The process seems to start taking memory
    and cpu cycles. Is there a recommended way to try and clear these
    processes (I guess the best way is to avoid disconnecting abruptly, and incorrect). But I've seen load go > 20 on server and slow everything down.

    Any suggestions appreciated.
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  • From Digital Man to Amessyroom on Wed Sep 10 23:54:13 2025
    Re: sbbs process hanging on linux
    By: Amessyroom to All on Wed Sep 10 2025 08:47 pm

    I believe I have observed sbbs hang, probably when I disconnect
    accidentally without logging off. The process seems to start taking memory and cpu cycles. Is there a recommended way to try and clear these
    processes (I guess the best way is to avoid disconnecting abruptly, and incorrect). But I've seen load go > 20 on server and slow everything down.

    Any suggestions appreciated.

    Watch the log output to see what's happening when you "disconnect abruptly". What you're describing doesn't sound like anything that has been reported or observed by myself.
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    digital man (rob)

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  • From Dumas Walker@CAPCITY2 to AMESSYROOM on Thu Sep 11 11:31:23 2025
    I believe I have observed sbbs hang, probably when I disconnect
    accidentally without logging off. The process seems to start taking memory and cpu cycles. Is there a recommended way to try and clear these
    processes (I guess the best way is to avoid disconnecting abruptly, and incorrect). But I've seen load go > 20 on server and slow everything down.

    Any suggestions appreciated.

    When I have seen this, it is unrelated to how someone disconnects from the
    BBS, so it might or might not be of any assistance but here goes...

    binkit will peg a CPU at 100% if it gets hung. It is supposed to time out
    if a connection gets hung but doesn't always do so. I reported it a couple of times and it was supposedly "fixed" but then later it will start doing it again. After the third time I quit using it.

    My suggestions are:

    (1) check and make sure an inbound or outbound binkit connection is not hung (2) if the issue persists, stop using binkit and use binkd instead

    Bear in mind that, if you are on linux or another OS that strictly enforces user access, binkd will need to run under the same user as synchronet
    in order for things to work smoothly.


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