Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps crashing

From: Folkert van Heusden
Date: Sun Jan 01 2006 - 13:48:43 EST


> >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

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