Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:58:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:58:43 -0400 Received: from b.mail.peak.org ([198.88.144.71]:41231 "EHLO b.mail.peak.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:58:40 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Kenneth Corbin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: PROBLEM: Linux consistently crashes running grip. Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:49:41 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200209021149.41654.kencx@peak.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 7223 Lines: 188 I am not subscribed to this list, please cc me with any response. Thanks in advance for wading through this. 1. Linux consistently crashes running grip. 2. Grip 3.0.1-1 is a graphical X frontend for a variety of CD ripper and MP3 encoder programs. When it is only ripping CD's everything is OK. But when it is ripping and encoding tracks, the system will die shortly after the ripping operation finishes while the encoding operation is going on. The time till death is variable, it has ranged from 5 seconds to 5 minutes on one occasion, but it always crashes. It happens with two different encoders (notlame and oggenc) and two different rippers (cdparanoia and cdda2wav) The quickest way to induce a failure is to make one pass ripping tracks and a second pass asking it to rip and encode. It is smart enough to realize the tracks have already been ripped and doesn't do much beyond checking that they are all accounted for. But my system still crashes. I normally use nvidia drivers which require a NVdriver kernel module to operate. I've tried switching to the standard nv driver, which may have had some effect. The first time I tried it with that configuration it crashed X but not the system, but when I tried it a second time it crashed the system good and proper. Still, this remains the only time since loading Redhat 7.3 that my system has survived this operation, which may be significant. Nothing whatsoever appears on the system console when it crashes. Just locks up solid. It should be noted that this system has been crashing with the same symtpoms sporadically for over a year, generally about once a day. Not surprising for Windows but less that I would expect from a Linux system. What has changed is that I can make it happen on demand. It is, unfortunately, highly improbably that some will be able to reproduce this on another system, but I might get lucky. Failing that, I would be happy to do any testing or debugging on my system. I want to get this fixed. ken-/usr/src/linux-2.4>sh scripts/ver_linux If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. 3. Misc information ver_linux output Linux corbin1 2.4.18-3 #1 Thu Apr 18 07:32:41 EDT 2002 i686 unknown Gnu C 2.96 Gnu make 3.79.1 util-linux 2.11n mount 2.11n modutils 2.4.14 e2fsprogs 1.27 reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j PPP 2.4.1 isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 Linux C Library 2.2.5 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0.11 Modules Loaded ppp_deflate zlib_deflate ppp_async ppp_generic slhc ymfpci ac97_codec uart401 sound soundcore NVdriver parport_pc lp parport autofs tulip ipchains ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp437 vfat fat usb-uhci usbcore ext3 jbd ken-/proc>cat cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 706.301 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 1409.02 ken-/proc>cat modules ppp_deflate 4000 0 (autoclean) zlib_deflate 21344 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate] ppp_async 8256 0 (autoclean) ppp_generic 24140 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate ppp_async] slhc 6508 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic] ymfpci 44196 1 (autoclean) ac97_codec 11936 0 (autoclean) [ymfpci] uart401 7936 0 (autoclean) [ymfpci] sound 71916 0 (autoclean) [uart401] soundcore 6692 4 (autoclean) [ymfpci sound] NVdriver 1067552 10 (autoclean) parport_pc 18724 1 (autoclean) lp 8864 0 (autoclean) parport 34208 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] autofs 12132 0 (autoclean) (unused) tulip 43104 1 ipchains 43528 24 ide-scsi 9664 0 scsi_mod 108608 1 [ide-scsi] ide-cd 30272 1 cdrom 32224 0 [ide-cd] nls_iso8859-1 3488 2 (autoclean) nls_cp437 5120 2 (autoclean) vfat 12092 2 (autoclean) fat 37432 0 (autoclean) [vfat] usb-uhci 24452 0 (unused) usbcore 73216 1 [usb-uhci] ext3 67136 5 jbd 49400 5 [ext3] ken-/proc>cat ioports 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0376-0376 : ide1 0378-037a : parport0 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 8800-883f : Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 8800-8807 : ide2 8808-880f : ide3 8810-883f : PDC20265 9000-9003 : Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 9400-9407 : Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 9800-9803 : Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 a000-a007 : Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 a400-a4ff : Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100 a400-a4ff : tulip d000-d01f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#2) d000-d01f : usb-uhci d400-d41f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB d400-d41f : usb-uhci d800-d80f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE d800-d807 : ide0 d808-d80f : ide1 e400-e4ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] e800-e80f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] ken-/proc>cat iomem 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-07febfff : System RAM 00100000-002197d8 : Kernel code 002197d9-002e23bf : Kernel data 07fec000-07feefff : ACPI Tables 07fef000-07ffefff : reserved 07fff000-07ffffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage d4800000-d481ffff : Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 d5000000-d5007fff : Yamaha Corporation YMF-724F [DS-1 Audio Controller] d5000000-d5007fff : ymfpci d5800000-d58003ff : Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100 d5800000-d58003ff : tulip d6000000-d7dfffff : PCI Bus #01 d6000000-d6ffffff : nVidia Corporation NV11 (GeForce2 MX) d7f00000-e3ffffff : PCI Bus #01 d8000000-dfffffff : nVidia Corporation NV11 (GeForce2 MX) e4000000-e7ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. 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