Gregoire Favre wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 11:08:11AM +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > > >>>>>I use DVB with VDR, but I can do the crash all the time without VDR, all >>>>>I have to do is to have xawtv running and having a process that write >>>>>fast enough data to an HD (I tested xfs, reiserfs, ext2 and ext3 with >>>>>same result). If I don't have xawtv running I can't make crashing my >>>>>system which is rock stable :-) >>>> >>>>Is xawtv running as root or with real time privileges? That could do it. > > >>What does 'top' show as the PRI for xawtv? > > > I just started it and see 16 as priority in top. Should I renice it or > start it another way ? No I was just excluding whether you were running real time or not. You are not, so that excludes that as the cause of your problem. I have no further ideas though I'm afraid. Cheers, Con