In case anyone was wondering if we've stopped sucking yet. On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:12:15 GMT bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34132 > > Summary: System is unresponsive while using dd to copy DVD ISO > to USB stick/key > Product: IO/Storage > Version: 2.5 > Kernel Version: 2.6.38.2 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: high > Priority: P1 > Component: Other > AssignedTo: io_other@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ReportedBy: jlp.bugs@xxxxxxxxx > Regression: No > > > When I use > > dd if=<some_iso_file> of=<device_of_usb_key> > > The system becomes very unresponsive. X is almost completely unusable, maybe > you can move a mouse for some time but click do nothing. Even togling the Caps > Lock doesn't do anything. Trying to SSH is also almost impossible during this. > System is like this all the time while using the dd command. After it finishes > system again becomes responsive. I've noticed this on two of my computers: > 1: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 2 GB of memory, kernel 2.6.38.2 > 2: AMD Athlon II P320 Dual-Core, 4 GB of memory, kernel 2.6.39-rc2 > The USB key is this one: > http://www.takems.com/products.php?categ=usb&prod=MEM-Drive_Easy_II > > What I expected was that the doing dd wouldn't have a noticable impact on > responsivness of the rest of the system. > Maybe it's not VM-related. This time. Maybe. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>