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From: DervishD <raul@pleyades.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: events kthread gone crazy
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:34:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040506213450.GA11761@DervishD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040506211934.GA1452@fargo>

    Hi David :)

 * Davilín <david@pleyades.net> dixit:
> 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 :???

>    85 tty3     S      0:00 into           

    What the hell is that crap? X''DDDD

> 11560 tty1     D      0:01 xine /home/huma/.aMule/Temp/006.part

    Have you seen where xine is disk sleeping. It should not matter
to the sound problem, but...

> Any ideas about the cause of this problem?

    Apart from the ALSA cause, I don't have the slightest idea :(
    Good luck.

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

-- 
Linux Registered User 88736
http://www.pleyades.net & http://raul.pleyades.net/

  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-07  8:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-06 21:19 events kthread gone crazy David Gómez
2004-05-06 21:34 ` DervishD [this message]
2004-05-07  9:16   ` David Gómez
2004-05-07 10:24     ` DervishD

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