Subject: Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps
	crashing
From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: Mark v Wolher <trilight@ns666.com>
Cc: Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>,
       Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>,
       Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:35:00 -0500
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On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 22:30 +0100, Mark v Wolher wrote:
> Mark v Wolher wrote:
> > Mark v Wolher wrote:
> > 
> >>Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>>Hmm, i disabled MSI in the kernel, irq-balancing is on in the kernel,
> >>>>and after a restart with irqbalance i see the cpu's show numbers !
> >>>>I guess MSI was preventing them ? But does that means because of MSI
> >>>>that performance was lower in some way ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>did you also restart with only irqbalance activated?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Folkert van Heusden
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>Yes, when MSI was disabled i had irq-balancing in the kernel on, i
> >>rebooted without the irqbalance daemon and it showed no reaction on the
> >>cpu's. When i enabled the irqbalance daemon then i got finally reaction
> >>from the cpu's.
> >>
> >>I'm also curious if this will solve those random freezes...which somehow
> >>i suspect have to do with the tvcard and maybe having MSI on.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > :( just got a total freeze, number 2 today. This time i noticed the
> > mouse started to go very slow and 2 seconds later all was frozen.
> > 
> > Maybe it's because of vmware ... i will not use vmware and see how it goes.
> > -
> 
> 
> Some new info, i just noticed this in the logs:
> 
> 
> Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: OCERR @ 1fde0000,bits: HSYNC
> OFLOW FBUS OCERR*
> Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost last message repeated 5 times
> Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: timeout: drop=0
> irq=41296/41296, risc=1fde001c, bits: HSYNC OFLOW
> Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: reset, reinitialize
> Dec 30 22:21:24 localhost kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 . ok
> 
> 
> But vmware is not active at this moment, i'll not use vmware and see if
> a freeze occurs, i'll test up to 24 hours.
> 
> I can swear it might have to do with the tvcard with tv on and vmware at
> the same time also active. Or maybe just 1 of them. I'm even considering
> to buy tomorrow a new tvcard and see if it makes any difference.

It does not matter whether VMWare is active at the moment.  Any bug
report where a binary module has been loaded, active or not, is tainted.

Can you reproduce with a 100% clean kernel?

Lee

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