Arch Linux

giddygiddyBA

Member

From: Montreal

Registered: 2004-12-30

Posts: 66

Hard Freezes while reading DVDs

Often I'm getting hard lock-ups while reading dvd/cds with small scratches on them. 

The funny thing is that xp seems to read them fine.

Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks!

Gullible Jones

Member

Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Hard Freezes while reading DVDs

What application/desktop environment? And can you SSH in from another box and terminate X?

(Most "hard freezes" with X running are actually X locking up and not exiting. I'm still looking for a way to make the system auto-kill unresponsive applications...)

giddygiddyBA

Member

From: Montreal

Registered: 2004-12-30

Posts: 66

Re: Hard Freezes while reading DVDs

i dont have another box to shell into from

it happens when i watch some dvds(mplayer, xine), other times it happens when im copying info off a dvd(terminal, dvdrip).

its happens in kde, gnome, as well as ratpoison

my system seems most susceptible while ripping dvds, i get hard freezes almost everytime.

whats weird is that i can catch it sometimes.  If my cdrom starts spinning madly, i have around 10seconds to kill the app to save X from locking

My comp is an HP, but i recall having a laptop with the same problem

what kindof ideas do you have to autokill things?

detto

Member

Registered: 2006-01-23

Posts: 510

Re: Hard Freezes while reading DVDs

do u have DMA turned on?

kill

Member

Registered: 2004-09-30

Posts: 126

Re: Hard Freezes while reading DVDs

I'm still looking for a way to make the system auto-kill unresponsive applications.

VeryNice , which is in aur, has that functionality.

Gullible Jones

Member

Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Hard Freezes while reading DVDs

Thank you!

Edit: eh, would it work with X? X doesn't go runaway when it freezes, it just becomes unresponsive AFAIK.

giddygiddyBA

Member

From: Montreal

Registered: 2004-12-30

Posts: 66

Re: Hard Freezes while reading DVDs

detto: Yes, DMA is turned on