Re: Most processes gradually becoming 'D'

Romano Giannetti (romano@dea.icai.upco.es)
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 19:27:37 +0100

On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 05:31:12PM +0000, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 05:38:20 +1000, Andrew Over <aover@uq.net.au> said:
>
> > Gradually, most of my processes entered the 'D' state. It was not
> > possible to telnet into the box (fortune hung), though pppd was still
> > working.
>
> "ps -axl" output is most useful when this happens!
>

Was you playing an audio CD on the same ide interface that one of your
disc? A Acer 32x CD-ROM? (If yes, I have a very probable candidate...:)

Bye,
Romano

(Look for syslog about "Lost interrupt", well, if you have the /var/log
dir in another interface)

-- 
Romano Giannetti, Professor  -  Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain)
Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2410  fax +34 915 596 569


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