Re: events kthread gone crazy

["David Gómez" <david@pleyades.net>]

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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