On 12/8/05, Glenn English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to make a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) out of a SUN W2100z > (dual AMD64). > > Every few seconds, at seemingly random times, everything freezes for > ~50ms. Even the mouse. Sometimes. Reliable at the first card moved in > Aisle Riot Solitaire and when Jack is running. Often when I'm typing > email (chars don't get from the keyboard to the screen). > > I know that's not much of a description, but I don't know where to start > looking for this. I'm assuming interrupts are being disabled entirely > momentarily. My background says it's time for a bus monitor, but I don't > have one handy. > > This happens with a 2.6 kernel from the current updated Sarge or a 2.4 > from DeMuDi 1.2.1 distro. > > Anybody have any idea how to begin tracing this down? Or maybe a better > explanation of what's going on?
Have you checked dmesg output? Perhaps messages about spurious interrupts? greets, Wim
