From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 21 15:15:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50BC8106568F for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:15:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail4.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:6000:6::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02D288FC13 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:15:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7LFFqH4006546 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:15:55 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 11B3B1CC09; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:15:52 -0700 (PDT) To: Ed Jobs In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:52:30 +0300." <200908211052.30697.oloringr@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:15:52 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090821151552.11B3B1CC09@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-08-21_10:2009-08-11, 2009-08-21, 2009-08-21 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0907200000 definitions=main-0908210034 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: livelocks and deadlocks on 8.0BETA2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:15:57 -0000 > From: Ed Jobs > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:52:30 +0300 > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > On Friday 21 August 2009 02:56, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > I have a quad-core system that I updated to 8.0 about 2 weeks > ago. It > > ran fine until yesterday when I used the PATA/ATAPI DVD drive to > read a > > disk. Then the fun began. I saw two totally different presentations, > but > > I hope that they both are manifestations of the same problem. > > > > [snip] > > i have no idea about the second problem, but the 1st one it's not > fbsd-specific. it has happened to me on a linux box. repeatedly i > might add. after a couple of hours playing videos, X would use 100% > of cpu and i wasn't able to switch to a VTY or kill it via ctrl-alt- > backspace. > i think it might be a problem related to mplayer, but i'm not sure, > cause it did not crash, so no bad-behavour log. > on the linux box, it's easy to handle (just /etc/rc.d/kdm restart via > ssh). But since fbsd doesn't use kdm it's only reboot. > > i don't use mplayer or X on my fbsd box so i don't really know on what > version X or mplayer are. The problem has stopped happening on the > linux box. it uses mplayer 29411-3 and xorg-server 1.6.3-3. Okay. Since it shows up with very different players (mplayer and xine), it sounds like an Xorg issue. Could you tell me what graphics card you are running on the Linux box? I have an NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT with the NV driver and a pair of 1280x1024 screens. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751