Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261176AbUKHAd1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:33:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261283AbUKHAd1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:33:27 -0500 Received: from mail2.epfl.ch ([128.178.50.133]:27919 "HELO mail2.epfl.ch") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261176AbUKHAdY convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:33:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 01:33:23 +0100 From: Gregoire Favre To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why my computer freeze completely with xawtv ? Message-ID: <20041108003323.GE5360@magma.epfl.ch> References: <20041107224621.GB5360@magma.epfl.ch> <418EB58A.7080309@kolivas.org> <20041108000229.GC5360@magma.epfl.ch> <418EB8EB.30405@kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <418EB8EB.30405@kolivas.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 23 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 ? -- Gr?goire Favre ________________________________________________________________________ http://magma.epfl.ch/greg ICQ:16624071 mailto:Gregoire.Favre@freesurf.ch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/