Oh yeah, and I removed "acpi=off" from the kernel parameters in grub.conf
At 10:18 PM 4/15/2009, Rick Steeves wrote: >At 10:47 PM 3/31/2009, [email protected] wrote: >>Sicne I collected this data, I've also >>-upgraded mythtv to "current" on atrpms mythtv-0.21-203.el5 >>-swapped out the data drive >>-formatted the data drive to XFS (which is clearly faster when I fast >>forward/rewind) >>-Copied all the data onto the new XFS (which should remove any fragmentation) >>-reenabled acpi at the kernel (removed acpi=off). I'd removed it >>because it seems like the system hard hands with it on, and indeed it >>hung within the first few hours of having it back on after having not >>hung for a couple of weeks with it off. Could be coincidence. We'll >>wait for the second hang ... >> >>and yet we still have stuttering. > > >I think I finally have this licked. I think there were multiple factors: >XFS clearly made things a lot better. Skip and fast forward now work >much better. >The upgrade of myth also improved things. > >But the real kicker appears to be running zoneminder. I'm not sure >yet whether it's the SQL logging that takes place on the primary >drive, or the capture card. With the capture card drivers loaded, >in addition to stuttering the system is VERY unstable. I'm not sure >if it's directly a driver problem, or an IRQ conflict or some other >issue. but with ZM off and the driver unloaded (rmmod) the system >has been stable for a week, and performing wildly better with >mvpmc. something in there is just bad; previously once it started >stuttering nothing would fix it except a reboot of the system. Once >I'm satisfied everything really is stable (a few weeks of >stability), I'll go back and try to troubleshoot the issues with ZM. > >I still occasionally have stuttering on the mvpmc which I attribute >to the memory leak(s?). But where previously a reboot of the mvpmc >wouldn't resolve stuttering once it started, now it will. > >Thanks everyone for their assistance. > >Rick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
