Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 01 Jan 2006 14:06:06 +0100 | From | Mark v Wolher <> | Subject | Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps crashing |
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Mark v Wolher wrote: > Jiri Slaby wrote: > >>>Hi Sami, >>> >>>That caused also a crash, i kept pressing the v key and within 15 >>>seconds it crashed, then i saw the crash-info appear in the log and when >>>i clicked on mozilla then it crashed too but without crahs info and >>>system froze totally. >>> >>>Below the crash info: >>> >>>Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request >>>at virtual address c8111000 >>>Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: printing eip: >>>Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: c036037a >>>Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: *pgd = 21063 >>>Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: *pmd = 21063 >>>Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: *pte = 8111000 >>>Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: Oops: 0002 [#4] >> >>[snip] >>Could you try the attached patch? >> >>-- >>diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c b/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c >>--- a/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c >>+++ b/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c >>@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ bttv_risc_packed(struct bttv *btv, struc >> /* estimate risc mem: worst case is one write per page border + >> one write per scan line + sync + jump (all 2 dwords) */ >> instructions = (bpl * lines) / PAGE_SIZE + lines; >>- instructions += 2; >>+ instructions += 4; >> if ((rc = btcx_riscmem_alloc(btv->c.pci,risc,instructions*8)) < 0) >> return rc; >> >> >> > > > > Hi Jiri, > > Tried it but it seems to crash indeed faster, and this time it didn't > leave traces in the log. > > Appreciate your help eitherway ! > -
Hiya all,
First of all happy new year ! :-)
I might have discovered something interesting which might be responsible for all those lockups/freezes/crashes !
Right now, i'm putting a huge load on the system, disk i/o, swapping high, virusscan, number crushing with ssh-keygen moduli etc ...
5 hours passed with this load and no single crash/freeze/lockup happened ! Normally with all this load sooner or later something would have happened.
What did i do ?
I disabled bttv support in the kernel, so no tv for me at this moment. I'm planning to let this run for at least another 5 hours with heavy load and see if still nothing happens...
Keeping you informed.
Mark
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