gps works for awhile, then hangs server

I installed and configured gps around 5/1 and it worked great for a couple of days. Now it is becoming more and more problematic. it will run for awhile and then will completely hang the server (os x 10.4.9 PPC). below is a representative trace of what happens.

when this happens I cannot log into the machine via network or console.

May 10 13:42:40 arthur gps[24189]: new: 'coseurofeedersviw@eurofeeders.ie' -> '', '124.89.75.ip.alltel.net'
May 10 13:42:40 arthur postfix/smtpd[24164]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from h181.124.89.75.ip.alltel.net[75.89.124.181]: 450 4.7.1 : Recipient address rejected: Service is unavailable; from= to= proto=ESMTP helo=
May 10 13:42:40 arthur gps[24189]: new: 'coseurofeedersviw@eurofeeders.ie' -> '', '124.89.75.ip.alltel.net'
May 10 13:42:40 arthur postfix/smtpd[24164]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from h181.124.89.75.ip.alltel.net[75.89.124.181]: 450 4.7.1 : Recipient address rejected: Service is unavailable; from= to= proto=ESMTP helo=
May 10 13:42:40 arthur gps[24189]: new: 'coseurofeedersviw@eurofeeders.ie' -> '', '124.89.75.ip.alltel.net'
May 10 13:42:40 arthur postfix/smtpd[24164]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from h181.124.89.75.ip.alltel.net[75.89.124.181]: 450 4.7.1 : Recipient address rejected: Service is unavailable; from= to= proto=ESMTP helo=
May 10 13:42:40 arthur gps[24189]: new: 'coseurofeedersviw@eurofeeders.ie' -> '', '124.89.75.ip.alltel.net'
May 10 13:42:40 arthur postfix/smtpd[24164]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from h181.124.89.75.ip.alltel.net[75.89.124.181]: 450 4.7.1 : Recipient address rejected: Service is unavailable; from= to= proto=ESMTP helo=
May 10 13:46:05 arthur postfix/spawn[24188]: warning: /usr/local/bin/gps: process id 24189: command time limit exceeded
May 10 13:51:20 arthur postfix/anvil[23762]: statistics: max connection rate 3/60s for (smtp:68.46.160.148) at May 10 13:41:38
May 10 13:51:20 arthur postfix/anvil[23762]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:68.46.160.148) at May 10 13:41:26
May 10 13:51:20 arthur postfix/anvil[23762]: statistics: max cache size 7 at May 10 13:41:44
May 10 13:53:10 arthur postfix/smtpd[24266]: warning: cannot access UNIX password database: Unknown error: 0
May 10 13:58:23 arthur gps[24189]: disconnecting from DB

any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you.

TK

Re: gps works for awhile, then hangs server

I think it's unrelated to gps. Looks like something in the system hangs. Maybe worth checking your syslog for anything unusual

Re: gps works for awhile, then hangs server

well...it didn't happen in 8 years of running this server before gps was installed. I switched to sqlgrey and haven't seen the issue.

thank you.