Re: growisofs / system load / dma setting
From: Thomas Fritzsche
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 19:10:08 EST
Hi Bill,
I don't have X or an automounter running. I also tried to stop the running
vdr but nothing changed.
Here is the output of "vmstat 1":
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy
id wa
1 1 288 5024 8720 405068 0 0 0 0 3708 1258 0 25
75 0
1 1 288 5024 8720 405068 0 0 0 0 3711 1074 0 20
80 0
1 1 288 5016 8728 405068 0 0 0 208 3746 1019 0 22
78 0
0 1 288 5016 8728 405068 0 0 0 0 3673 969 0 15
85 0
1 1 288 5016 8728 405068 0 0 0 0 3663 1049 0 24
76 0
1 1 288 5016 8728 405068 0 0 0 0 3719 1152 2 21
77 0
1 1 288 5016 8728 405068 0 0 0 0 3716 1114 0 18
82 0
1 1 288 5008 8736 405068 0 0 0 80 3711 1141 0 23
77 0
0 1 288 5008 8736 405068 0 0 0 0 3674 1033 0 19
81 0
1 1 288 5008 8736 405068 0 0 0 0 3682 1015 4 25
71 0
1 1 288 5008 8736 405068 0 0 0 0 3708 1012 0 21
79 0
1 1 288 5008 8736 405068 0 0 0 0 3713 1043 0 17
83 0
1 1 288 5000 8744 405068 0 0 0 80 3720 1011 0 29
71 0
1 1 288 5000 8744 405068 0 0 0 0 3610 1033 1 20
79 0
1 1 288 4680 8744 405388 0 0 320 0 2955 958 0 42
58 0
1 1 288 4680 8744 405388 0 0 0 0 2451 881 1 50
49 0
2 0 288 4464 8720 405656 0 0 2364 0 2562 843 0 50
50 0
2 0 288 4208 8560 406076 0 128 6016 220 930 632 0 96
4 0
3 0 288 5124 8452 405268 0 0 5632 0 1048 813 3 87
10 0
3 0 288 4276 8224 406344 0 0 5760 0 1075 818 1 91
8 0
3 0 288 4392 8040 406396 0 0 5640 0 1057 823 2 94
4 0
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy
id wa
4 0 288 5180 7816 405852 0 0 5636 0 1072 835 2 84
14 0
3 0 288 4532 7760 406552 0 0 5640 144 1108 887 1 85
14 0
3 0 288 4672 7704 406476 0 0 5636 0 1103 872 1 86
13 0
3 0 288 4812 7676 406368 0 0 5636 0 1119 902 1 86
13 0
4 0 288 4876 7668 406248 0 0 5640 0 1131 889 2 92
6 0
3 0 288 4944 7656 406256 0 0 5636 0 1092 829 9 85
6 0
1 0 288 4956 7664 406244 0 0 5740 140 1123 905 1 90
9 0
3 0 288 4980 7652 406236 0 0 5664 0 1047 2231 9 89
2 0
3 0 288 5000 7640 406240 0 0 5636 0 1060 2351 9 91
0 0
4 0 288 4876 7612 406384 0 0 5640 0 1011 2196 11 89
0 0
3 0 288 4776 7600 406500 0 0 5636 0 1076 1591 8 92
0 0
4 0 288 4768 7604 406500 0 0 5636 112 1099 1883 8 92
0 0
3 0 288 4932 7596 406356 0 0 5512 0 1130 2497 8 92
0 0
3 0 288 4808 7580 406492 0 0 5764 0 1091 1816 6 94
0 0
4 0 288 4684 7572 406624 0 0 5768 0 1117 2155 10 90
0 0
6 0 288 4584 7544 406620 0 0 5636 0 1150 1837 10 90
0 0
4 0 288 4592 7548 406736 0 0 5636 100 1090 1262 12 88
0 0
4 0 288 4596 7540 406744 0 0 5640 0 1128 1598 11 89
0 0
4 0 288 4600 7528 406756 0 0 5636 0 1134 1454 8 92
0 0
This is the begin of a DVD recording as you can see the system load "si"
is going up to 80%-90%.
Thanks and regards,
Thomas Fritzsche
>> Is this a growisofs problem or a kernel problem? What causes this
>> trouble?
>> What can I do to avoid this problems.
>
> Do you have any automounter daemon running? All the window managers are
> really bad about this, even when told not to do that, they do (under
> some conditions I haven't isolated).
>
> Try it running with X down (console mode). If the problem goes away you
> have a start, if not track the system with "vmstat 1" and post a screen
> or two.
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