Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps crashing | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:35:00 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 22:30 +0100, Mark v Wolher wrote: > Mark v Wolher wrote: > > Mark v Wolher wrote: > > > >>Folkert van Heusden wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>Hmm, i disabled MSI in the kernel, irq-balancing is on in the kernel, > >>>>and after a restart with irqbalance i see the cpu's show numbers ! > >>>>I guess MSI was preventing them ? But does that means because of MSI > >>>>that performance was lower in some way ? > >>> > >>> > >>>did you also restart with only irqbalance activated? > >>> > >>> > >>>Folkert van Heusden > >>> > >> > >> > >>Yes, when MSI was disabled i had irq-balancing in the kernel on, i > >>rebooted without the irqbalance daemon and it showed no reaction on the > >>cpu's. When i enabled the irqbalance daemon then i got finally reaction > >>from the cpu's. > >> > >>I'm also curious if this will solve those random freezes...which somehow > >>i suspect have to do with the tvcard and maybe having MSI on. > >> > > > > > > :( just got a total freeze, number 2 today. This time i noticed the > > mouse started to go very slow and 2 seconds later all was frozen. > > > > Maybe it's because of vmware ... i will not use vmware and see how it goes. > > - > > > Some new info, i just noticed this in the logs: > > > Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: OCERR @ 1fde0000,bits: HSYNC > OFLOW FBUS OCERR* > Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost last message repeated 5 times > Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: timeout: drop=0 > irq=41296/41296, risc=1fde001c, bits: HSYNC OFLOW > Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: reset, reinitialize > Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 . ok > > > But vmware is not active at this moment, i'll not use vmware and see if > a freeze occurs, i'll test up to 24 hours. > > I can swear it might have to do with the tvcard with tv on and vmware at > the same time also active. Or maybe just 1 of them. I'm even considering > to buy tomorrow a new tvcard and see if it makes any difference.
It does not matter whether VMWare is active at the moment. Any bug report where a binary module has been loaded, active or not, is tainted.
Can you reproduce with a 100% clean kernel?
Lee
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