[mythtv-users] Nuvexport/ffmpeg Crashes

[Jens Axboe]

On Sun, Nov 09 2003, manu wrote:
> Le 10.11.2003 05:21:22, Lennox Reid a écrit :
> >
> >This box has 3/4 G RAM:
> >
> >Cpu(s):   1.0% user,   2.6% system,   0.0% nice,  96.4% idle
> >Mem:    774652k total,   723136k used,    51516k free,    20728k
> >buffers
> >Swap:   642488k total,    41464k used,   601024k free,   502460k
> >cached
> >
> >No other large programs were running.  Mythbackend, standard  
> >services,
> >and nuvexport.
> >
> >Anything I can do to get more info?  Would it be useful to try  
> >running
> >from a vc without X running?
> 
> Waw weird. Somethig went wrong then because the message was really  
> telling that the kernel kill X on purpose! I cannot say much more.  
> Check perhaps if your kernel version has particular problems with lots  
> of memory (man you have that much memory on your box ? ;-)

He wants a more recent kernel, vm highmem balancing recently got some
important fixes. I'd go for 2.4.23-rc1.

-- 
Jens Axboe