From: Hans de Bruin <jmdebruin@xmsnet.nl>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: 2.6.38-rc echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches repairs mplayer distortions
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:34:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D7E89E7.3080505@xmsnet.nl> (raw)
Since the start of the start of 2.6.38-rc I sporadic have problems with
mplayer. A mpeg stream sometimes gets distorted when mplayer starts. An
example is at http://www.xs4all.nl/~bruinjm/mplayer.png . I do not know
how to trigger the behaviour, so bissecting is not possible. Since
yesterday however I found a way to 'repair' mplayer:
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
This repairs mplayer while it is running. My latop is runs on nfsroot,
and the mpegstreams are payed over nfs or http. I can have two instances
of mplayer running the same mpeg stream over nfs or http with only one
instance distorded.
--
Hans
next reply other threads:[~2011-03-14 22:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-14 21:34 Hans de Bruin [this message]
2011-03-15 18:59 ` 2.6.38-rc echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches repairs mplayer distortions Johannes Weiner
2011-03-15 22:10 ` Hans de Bruin
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