[ubuntu-nz] 11.04 freezes when playing dvd

[Jeff Hunt]

A bit more information on this:
if you do 'top' and discover a process that is taking up too much
processor time then read the pid - process_id -  from the left column
and type:

(sudo) kill process_id
This will kill the process. If the process is critical to the system
you will also kill your computer.

Cheers

On 5/29/11, David Beale <daveandgail at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Problems are just learning opportunities. All good now. thanks for
> suggestions.
> Dave
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> On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 22:28 +1200, brent henson wrote:
>> typical !!! i tried runing top in terminal all good so fired up dvd
>> drive....an hour later no probs at all had a bit of  jerky
>> playback  and that was (according to top) update-apt-xapi useing 96.6%
>> cpu  other than that its fine ??????
>> just like when you take the car in due to odd noises only for it to be
>> fine when the mechanic drives it
>> thanks for the idieas
>> brent
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:13 PM, David Beale <daveandgail at xtra.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>>         I am also just starting to experience crashes after last
>>         update
>>         (evolution mail/firefox) so could be a problem there. Is there
>>         anyway to
>>         remove last update to see if that fixes the problem. Start up
>>         is also a
>>         lot slower now.
>>         Cheers
>>         Dave
>>
>>
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>>         On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 09:04 +1200, brent henson wrote:
>>         > thanks
>>         > im useing 11.04   kernal 2.6.38-9
>>         > codecs   not sure but have g streamer  and ffmpeg  i use vlc
>>         mainly as
>>         > a media player also boxee media center
>>         > all was well for ages the only change has been updates and
>>         adding a
>>         > SATA hard drive
>>         >
>>         > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Jeff Hunt
>>         <jeffhunt90 at gmail.com>
>>         > wrote:
>>         >         A bit of extra information will be needed. What
>>         codecs are you
>>         >         using?
>>         >         Gstreamer? What version of Ubuntu / Linux core have
>>         you?
>>         >         Did this start happening after an upgrade?
>>         >
>>         >         Type top into a terminal. You will get an active
>>         list of what
>>         >         is using
>>         >         the CPU. If you do this before things get too busy
>>         to be able
>>         >         to tell
>>         >         you, you will be able to see what process rises to
>>         the top of
>>         >         the list
>>         >         before the system crashes.
>>         >
>>         >         Cheers.
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >         On 5/27/11, brent henson <brenthen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>         >         > Hi all
>>         >         > got a odd problem.. as of 3 days ago my system
>>         freezes after
>>         >         about
>>         >         > 1 Minuit of playing a dvd regardless of media
>>         player used .
>>         >         > the first symptom is the sound disappears, then
>>         the
>>         >         processor and ram useage
>>         >         > goes through the roof at which point the whole
>>         thing locks
>>         >         up .the only
>>         >         > option left is a hard restart ????? its only dvd
>>         playing
>>         >         that dose it
>>         >         > any clues .........
>>         >         >
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>>         >         > brenthen at gmail.com
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>>         >         > <brenthen at gmail.com>
>>         >         > <brenthen at gmail.com>**
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