[mythtv-users] mythbackend hanging with busy disk

Jeffrey Ratcliffe jeffrey.ratcliffe at gmail.com
Fri Apr 8 13:23:49 UTC 2016


On 7 April 2016 at 11:34, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> If you can, try leaving an SSH session open with top running. If the system hangs again you should be able to get some ideas from what happens in the terminal session.
>
> Top is still running: It'll show you what processes are using CPU, and most importantly, what the cpu %s are. Unless you see "wa" go to some large value, then it's not processes thrashing the disk.
>
> Top "freezes": Suggests the system has 'stopped', top is likely to show you a snapshot of what was going on just prior to stopping.
>
> Top quits and you get some errors: See what the errors say.

That's a good tip. I'll try it out for a few days. Thanks.

The problem knows its being watched. It hasn't shown itself in two days now.


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