From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263457AbUEGKaa (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 May 2004 06:30:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263475AbUEGKaa (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 May 2004 06:30:30 -0400 Received: from madrid10.amenworld.com ([62.193.203.32]:61449 "EHLO madrid10.amenworld.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263457AbUEGKa3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 May 2004 06:30:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 12:24:06 +0200 From: DervishD To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: events kthread gone crazy Message-ID: <20040507102406.GE11768@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040506211934.GA1452@fargo> <20040506213450.GA11761@DervishD> <20040507091559.GA1166@fargo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040507091559.GA1166@fargo> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: Pleyades Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi David :) * Davilín dixit: > > > 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... No, it shouldn't, obviously. Does not modprobe complain about the circular dependency? > > 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. Oh, bad :(( Well, at least seems like you isolated the problem, it shouldn't be hard to fix :? Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 http://www.pleyades.net & http://raul.pleyades.net/