2010-11-09, 15:46
Hello Guys,
Problem:
I am experiencing hard lockups only while playing 1080p content from a external mounted usb drive (ext2 filesystem). I am unable to test playing 1080p content via wifi due streaming limitations. The problem is rather hard to reproduce as it sporadically presents itself.
I am unable to deduce whether the problem is related to streaming via the usb drive or related to some other hardware problem. Basically, the image becomes frozen on the screen, and the system becomes unusable and I must hard reset it. And there's an audible repeating pulsating noise coming from the speakers when it happens.
Total CPU usage while playing 1080p content generally hovers around 25%, so the system isn't being taxed.
Logs:
Regarding the log files, I can't find anything relevant in them around the time of the crash. I checked /var/log/syslog and /home/xbmc/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log seems to get overwritten on each subsequent reboot. It is to be noted that the crash does not produce a crashlog in xbmc's home directory. I pasted the latest crashlog I had anyway:
http://pastebin.com/tede2Cen
How can I catch this crash in the logs if the system grinds to a halt with no recent crashlog?
Hardware:
ZBOX HD-ND02 - ZOTAC
2Gb RAM (Preformed a memtest and was ok)
32Gb SSD
HP USB MCE IR Receiver
External USB drive (formatted with ext2)
OS:
XBMCbuntu 10.04
Dharma beta 4 (happened with beta 3 as well)
Nvidia drivers
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Problem:
I am experiencing hard lockups only while playing 1080p content from a external mounted usb drive (ext2 filesystem). I am unable to test playing 1080p content via wifi due streaming limitations. The problem is rather hard to reproduce as it sporadically presents itself.
I am unable to deduce whether the problem is related to streaming via the usb drive or related to some other hardware problem. Basically, the image becomes frozen on the screen, and the system becomes unusable and I must hard reset it. And there's an audible repeating pulsating noise coming from the speakers when it happens.
Total CPU usage while playing 1080p content generally hovers around 25%, so the system isn't being taxed.
Logs:
Regarding the log files, I can't find anything relevant in them around the time of the crash. I checked /var/log/syslog and /home/xbmc/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log seems to get overwritten on each subsequent reboot. It is to be noted that the crash does not produce a crashlog in xbmc's home directory. I pasted the latest crashlog I had anyway:
http://pastebin.com/tede2Cen
How can I catch this crash in the logs if the system grinds to a halt with no recent crashlog?
Hardware:
ZBOX HD-ND02 - ZOTAC
2Gb RAM (Preformed a memtest and was ok)
32Gb SSD
HP USB MCE IR Receiver
External USB drive (formatted with ext2)
OS:
XBMCbuntu 10.04
Dharma beta 4 (happened with beta 3 as well)
Nvidia drivers
Code:
Version: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
