Changed to linux (kernel) as it appears it is not a nspluginwrapper bug afterall.
** Summary changed: - npviewer.bin segfaults, causes havoc, forces to reboot + INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds causes system freeze ** Description changed: - Npviewer segfaults when visiting a website on Firefox with flash - content. After that thunderbird, firefox stop responding and they have - to be force quitted. Their processes (thunderbird.bin and firefox) can't - be killed with kill -9 or killall. After a while these messages turn up - on terminal: + + This appears to be a kernel bug related to IO. Although everytime I get this I've got Firefox open, latest incident happened when I had mp3gain running through my music collection. + + + Original description: + Npviewer segfaults when visiting a website on Firefox with flash content. After that thunderbird, firefox stop responding and they have to be force quitted. Their processes (thunderbird.bin and firefox) can't be killed with kill -9 or killall. After a while these messages turn up on terminal: (taken from kern.log) Sep 30 22:37:19 ubuntu kernel: [19808.392380] INFO: task thunderbird-bin:28288 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Sep 30 22:37:19 ubuntu kernel: [19808.392418] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. I have to reboot using Sysreq + reisub. This happens at least once a day on fully updated (as of 30.09.2008) Intrebid Ibex on x86_64. uname -a: Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-4-generic #1 SMP Wed Sep 24 01:29:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux Attached kern.log with relevant bits of two separate occasions. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: nspluginwrapper => linux -- INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds causes system freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276476 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
