Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mplayer
I occassionally get a total system freeze (i.e. hard reboot required) when watching video. E.g. watching movies embedded in websites (e.g. discgolftv.com) and watching movies in Totem movie player. I get very frequent system freezes when watching video via my Hauppauge TV tuner card and the MPlayer movie player. Following instructions from linuxtv.org, I use tzap to tune a dvb-t station and then launch "mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0". Generally lasts between 5 secs and 5 minutes before a freeze occurs. It is only watching video that a freeze will occur. I never have had a freeze in any other scenario. Currently running with the NV driver. I have tried restricted drivers however the same result applies. Looking at other system freeze cases, I tried disabling /etc/init.d/powernowd but it did not solve the issue. ASUS A7V266-E motherboard. NVidia GeForce 7600GS AGP graphics card. Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1300 TV tuner. mplayer media player. Not sure what information is required so I have taken a stab. If there is anything that needs to be collected please just let me know. cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 6 model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP1700+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1477.415 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts bogomips : 2957.58 clflush size : 32 lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 21154 PCI-to-PCI Bridge 00:0f.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05) 00:0f.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05) 00:0f.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) 00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) 00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7600 GS (rev a2) 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0d) 02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0d) dpkg -l nvidia-\* | grep ii ii nvidia-kernel-2.6.20-16-generic 100.14.11-0ubuntu3+2.6.20-16.31 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.20 ii nvidia-kernel-common 20051028+1ubuntu7 NVIDIA binary kernel module common files ** Affects: gdm Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gdm Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Total system freeze when watch video only https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137903 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs