Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 May 2004 11:16:00 +0200 | From | David Gómez <> | Subject | Re: events kthread gone crazy |
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Hi ;),
> > I'm running kernel 2.6.5. I had running aMule and decided to preview > > a file, using xine. Then, suddenly, xine opened but hanged and the > > machine started to feel unresponsive and sluggish. I guessed that > > the xine process was in D state, so i did a 'ps' and found this mess: > [...] > > 11569 ? SW< 0:00 \_ [events/0] > > 11570 ? S< 0:00 | \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_116_0 > > 11571 ? D< 0:00 | \_ /usr/sbin/alsactl restore > [Ad infinitum] > > It seems that ALSA is screwing something. Maybe you need to > recompile ALSA binaries or something like that :???
I think i know the cause of the problem, i'll test it later. You had to be careful with 'install' directives in modprobe.conf to not cause circular dependencies, and i think maybe this is the problem. But this shouldn't trash the kernel with a lot of processes in D state that cannot be killed...
> > 85 tty3 S 0:00 into > > What the hell is that crap? X''DDDD
A init/login/getty clone programmed by some crazy bastard XDDD
> Have you seen where xine is disk sleeping. It should not matter > to the sound problem, but...
I was wrong, xine and aMule had nothing to do with the problem. Just a 'modprobe snd' triggers the problem.
bye
-- David Gómez
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