Hello, I am new to Debian, just converted from SuSE 8.2.
I am using the testing installation (50MB Business-Card). It works great, but I have still a small problem: Sometimes, ten minutes to a few hours after boot-up, the computer becomes very slow for a few minutes (i.e. mousepointer movement, scrolling...). If I open a shell and enter command top, I can see that modprobe is running and consumes 97% of cpu-power. In the first days after installation of debian-testing, this slowing down of my computer occurs very often, now two weeks later it occurs only randomly, but it is still unpleasant. Currently I don't know why modprobe is running at times more than 10 minutes after boot-up, when I am using only ordinary programs like KMail or Konqueror. My question: - why is modprobe running - how can I see which modules modprobe tries to load - how can I prevent modprobe from nearly freezing my system I was not able to find a definitiv answer using google! Here is the tail of /var/log/syslog: I know that there is no LaserMate and no SoundBlaster connected to my computer, but I don't know if these modules are the source of my problems. Just a guess! ICAS8:/home/salewski# tail -n16 /var/log/syslog Jun 5 13:50:25 localhost kernel: sbpcd-0 [04]: No drive found. Jun 5 13:50:25 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting sbpcd (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1-k7/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.ko): Input/output error Jun 5 13:50:25 localhost kernel: sbpcd-0 [01]: sbpcd.c v4.63 Andrew J. Kroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed Jul 26 04:24:10 EDT 2000 Jun 5 13:50:25 localhost kernel: sbpcd-0 [02]: Scanning 0x340 (LaserMate)... Jun 5 13:50:38 localhost kernel: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 Jun 5 13:50:57 localhost kernel: sbpcd-0 [03]: Scanning 0x340 (SoundBlaster)... Jun 5 13:51:30 localhost kernel: sbpcd-0 [04]: No drive found. Jun 5 13:51:30 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting sbpcd (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1-k7/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.ko): Input/output error Jun 5 13:58:20 localhost kernel: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 Jun 5 14:00:22 localhost identd[1864]: started Jun 5 14:00:59 localhost kernel: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 Jun 5 14:03:06 localhost kernel: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 Jun 5 14:17:02 localhost /USR/SBIN/CRON[1884]: (root) CMD ( run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Jun 5 14:18:39 localhost kernel: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 Jun 5 14:24:39 localhost kernel: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 Jun 5 14:26:19 localhost kernel: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 ICAS8:/home/salewski# Best regards Stefan Saleswski -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
