On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, [ISO-8859-1] Thomas Börkel wrote:
> I got a kernel oops while mpeg2enc was running. When I tried the same
> encoding again later (after reboot), the machine froze.
> This is the first time, I had problems with mpeg2enc. I tested the
> memory and hard disks (with smart) and there seem to be no hardware errors.
The problem is not mpeg2enc and probably not with the memory.
Are you using the nvidia drivers?
nvidia:__insmod_nvidia_O ...
> Using Suse 9.0, kernel 2.4.21-266-smp4G, mjpegtools 1.6.2.
I've had a couple times when the machine (dual Athlon, good ECC
memory, running SuSE9.2) would freeze when doing an encoding. The
only way I could complete the evening's encoding was to drop out of
X (go to run level 3). Then the same commands that were freezing
the system ran to completion (and the output was not corrupted - that
was another symptom I saw, the system would not freeze but the output
would be garbage). Seems that a scrolling xterm caused enough
traffic thru the nVidia module to tickle a bug.
I think there's a bug in the nVidia driver(s). You might try (if it
will work) the 'nv' module that comes with the X server. The other
thing to try is running the encoding session at run level 3 without
the nvidia module active/loaded.
Cheers,
Steven Schultz
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