From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932229AbWAASye (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:54:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932232AbWAASye (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:54:34 -0500 Received: from [202.67.154.148] ([202.67.154.148]:2994 "EHLO ns666.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932229AbWAASye (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:54:34 -0500 Message-ID: <43B8256C.2060407@ns666.com> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:54:36 +0100 From: Mark v Wolher User-Agent: Night Owl 3.12V X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Folkert van Heusden CC: Jiri Slaby , Sami Farin <7atbggg02@sneakemail.com>, Linux Kernel , arjan@infradead.org, jesper.juhl@gmail.com, s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk, rlrevell@joe-job.com, mchehab@brturbo.com.br, video4linux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps crashing References: <43B67DB6.2070201@ns666.com> <43B6A14E.1020703@ns666.com> <20051231163414.GE3214@m.safari.iki.fi> <20051231163414.GE3214@m.safari.iki.fi> <43B6B669.6020500@ns666.com> <43B73DEB.4070604@ns666.com> <43B7D3BE.60003@ns666.com> <43B7EB99.8010604@ns666.com> <43B7EB99.8010604@ns666.com> <20060101183832.2BE0222AEE7@anxur.fi.muni.cz> <20060101184916.GE27444@vanheusden.com> In-Reply-To: <20060101184916.GE27444@vanheusden.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Folkert van Heusden wrote: >>>Okay, here are the test results: >>>- heavy load + nvidia (binary module) + bttv with grabdisplay = crash >>>- heavy load + nv (not tainted kernel) + bttv with grabdisplay = crash >>>- heavy load + nvidia (binary module) + bttv with overlay = OK >>>- heavy load + nv (not tainted kernel) + bttv with overlay = OK >>>Adding vmware on top of it will cause the system sooner to freeze/crash >>>(using grabdisplay) >>>So what you think guys? > > > Just to add: > something else is fishy: when I start iptraf (or some other traffic > dumper) my system hangs up. repeatable. also with a bttv card which is > occasionally used for grabbing videotext pages > > > Folkert van Heusden > That could be an irq sharing issue i think. Do you use also grabdisplay instead of overlay mode ?