Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:39:09 -0700 From: Joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Applications Hang Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >Started having trouble after installing mplayer and >java from Blackdown for mozilla 1.3. >I don't know if they are related to my problem, just >that I noticed it starting to happen after >installation. > >System runs fine after a reboot for about 10-15 >minutes. >Then everything starts to slow way down. Applications >hang; don't open, gedit never opens and I get a >message that it has crashed after about 5 minutes. I >can't even open a terminal window when this happens. > I've been running mplayer on 5 different RH 9 boxes with no such problem, so as I mentioned in my previous reply to this question, I'm curious as to where you got the mplayer packages - As to diagnostics, top and dmesg are useful for a first look - Can you refresh our memory as to the hardware on which you are running? Joe I replied to your post, I got all packages from freshrpms.net I used top and dmesg before everthing slows, but nothing out of the ordinary shows. CPU idle is around 95%-98%. Most messages in dmesg is from packets being dropped by my firewall. The hardware I'm running is a AMI MB with a 800Mhz Intel PIII, 1GB ram, floppy, CD, hard drive, SoundBlaster card, two NIC's, both are Netgear FA311--that's it. Right now the system has been stable for over an hour. Not to pick on gedit, but I know it doesn't work; if I start it, it just hangs without ever starting. About 10 minutes later I will get the error message that is has crashed. It shows in ps -A I'm not saying that mplayer or anything else has caused this, just need to know how to proceed in order to troubleshoot the problem. Should I un-install? Re-install? Thanks, __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
