Eldee Stephens wrote: > i'd be happy to -- although i'm not sure how to generate the system dump > on solaris. is there somewhere you can point me to with info?
if you can configure a dedicated dump device, you can get a live core using "savecore -L" (check the man-page first!); if that's not possible, "reboot -d" will also get a dump, but reboot the system in the process (obvious). HTH Michael > > the system in question is an older thinkpad t42p which has a dothan > (2.0GHz pentium m), which is indeed single-core. > > many thanks for giving all of this a look! > > -- eldee (t/l 295-8943) > > > --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Garrett D'Amore <gdamore at sun.com> wrote: > >> From: Garrett D'Amore <gdamore at sun.com> Subject: Re: >> [opensound-discuss] Sound is active then stops then anctive "non >> deterministic" To: "Eldee Stephens" <eldee_stephens at yahoo.com> Cc: >> opensound-discuss at opensolaris.org Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, >> 9:37 AM Wow, this is news to me. If when it happens you can generate a >> system crash dump that I can look at, I'll have a much easier time >> understanding what is happening. >> >> One other thought occurs to me... are you using a >> single-cpu-single-core system? >> >> - Garrett >> >> Eldee Stephens wrote: >>>> I've noticed it using flash with Firefox 3.5.2 pointed to youtube. >>>> When it stops, the gnome sound theme stops too, >> and >>>> playing an mp3 in totem is mute, no sound comes out. It's like >> the >>>> "deamon killed" effect. Logging out doesen't change. Only some >>>> other >> unknown >>>> reason turn it on, but it's not closing browser nor adjusting >>>> volume control. Eventually it can stops again. Time interval can >>>> be 6 minutes, but I had some session working fine for 30 minutes. >>>> >>> this is exactly the same behavior i've been seeing on >> SNV127 and SNV128a, but this time with audio810. flash video seems >> most susceptible; flash video will play fine, and then all of a >> sudden, it stops, usually with firefox hanging soon thereafter if i >> don't close the browser as soon as it happens. >>> similar behavior also occurs in rhythmbox: will be >> playing MP3s fine for sometime, then when a track changes, nothing, >> and rhythmbox seems to hang. >>> it's been driving me up a wall, so to speak. i've been >> searching through defect.opensolaris.org and bug trackers elsewhere to >> no avail. here is some information that may be helpful: >>> ========================================== eliyahu:~$ cat >>> /dev/sndstat SunOS Audio Framework >>> >>> Audio Devices: 0: audio810#0 Intel AC'97, ICH4 (DUPLEX) >>> >>> Mixers: 0: audio810#0 Intel AC'97, ICH4 AC'97 codec: Analog Devices >> AD1981B >>> eliyahu:~$ audiotest Sound subsystem and version: SunOS Audio 4.0 >> (0x00040003) >>> Platform: SunOS 5.11 snv_127 i86pc >>> >>> *** Scanning sound adapter #1 *** /dev/sound/audio810:0dsp (audio >>> engine 0): audio810#0 - Performing audio playback test... >> <left> ................OK >>> <right> ...............OK <stereo> ..............OK <measured sample >>> rate 47924.00 >> Hz (-0.16%)> >>> *** All tests completed OK *** >>> >>> eliyahu:~$ kstat audio810 module: audio810 >> instance: 0 name: audio810 >> >> class: controller >>> crtime >> >> 36.68774075 >>> hard >> >> 48596 >>> multiple_service >> 0 >>> snaptime >> >> 6945.316643994 >>> soft >> >> 0 >>> spurious >> 0 >>> watchdog >> 0 >>> module: audio810 >> instance: 0 name: engine_0 >> >> class: misc >>> channels >> 2 >>> crtime >> >> 36.686536342 >>> engine_overruns >> 0 >>> engine_underruns >> 0 >>> errors >> >> 0 >>> flags >> >> 4 >>> format >> >> 16 >>> fragfr >> >> 1600 >>> framesz >> >> 4 >>> head >> >> 1019200 >>> hidx >> >> 8000 >>> intrhz >> >> 30 >>> nbytes >> >> 51200 >>> nfrags >> >> 8 >>> rate >> >> 48000 >>> snaptime >> >> 6945.317698861 >>> stream_overruns >> 0 >>> stream_underruns >> 13 >>> suspended >> >> 0 >>> tail >> >> 1016000 >>> tidx >> >> 0 >>> module: audio810 >> instance: 0 name: engine_1 >> >> class: misc >>> channels >> 0 >>> crtime >> >> 36.687734834 >>> engine_overruns >> 0 >>> engine_underruns >> 0 >>> errors >> >> 0 >>> flags >> >> 8 >>> format >> >> 0 >>> fragfr >> >> 0 >>> framesz >> >> 0 >>> head >> >> 0 >>> hidx >> >> 0 >>> intrhz >> >> 0 >>> nbytes >> >> 0 >>> nfrags >> >> 0 >>> rate >> >> 0 >>> snaptime >> >> 6945.319621048 >>> stream_overruns >> 0 >>> stream_underruns >> 0 >>> suspended >> >> 0 >>> tail >> >> 0 >>> tidx >> >> 0 >>> ========================================== >>> >>> garrett: how can i help debug this? you've got a >> dedicated and well-motivated potential tester here. ;) >>> -- eldee (t/l 295-8943) >>> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ opensound-discuss > mailing list opensound-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensound-discuss -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
