Bug#248467: marked as done (gnomemeeting: gnomeeting "eats" kernel data and finally make kernel crash)

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Subject: gnomemeeting: gnomeeting "eats" kernel data and finally make kernel crash
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Package: gnomemeeting
Version: 0.98.5-8
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software


I've got a Bi-PIV-Xeon Compaq server with Debian kernel 2.4.26-1-686-smp 
and two PCI-X video acquisition cards Viewcast Osprey 230, there's 1 Gb RAM.

We load bttv and force card to be Osprey 210/220 instead of the default
value of Osprey 200 by passing 89 as the card id (default is 88) at
module loading time

We use these video acquisition cards very intensively to stream day 
long sessions with RealEncoder (HelixProducer 9) and have not 
encountered a single problem so far beside HelixProducer 
sometimes wasting his own memory. We do this almost every
day since September 2003.

Also when using these cards from xawtv there's not a single problem.

BUT when using gnomemeeting, even 30 seconds, this rottens the kernel
space and the machine finally crashes, even if we have quit gnomemeeting
since several minutes.

When trying gnomemeeting we can't even obtain the video, we still
see the green screen, and gnomemeeting complains about the palette
not being correct (this used to work perfectly with 2.4.18 IIRC, but
there has been lots of apt-get dist-upgrade since). We play a bit
with preferences, and then quit gnomemeeting.

Some minutes later, machine crashes

Last message reported in syslog is :


--- CUT ---
May 11 12:36:37 servmediup kernel: bttv1: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950
.bttv1: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:36:37 servmediup kernel: . ok
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: resetting chip
May 11 12:36:54 servmediup kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ..
ok
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=3753c014
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:38:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: resetting chip
May 11 12:38:08 servmediup kernel: bttv1: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ..
ok
May 11 12:38:09 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:09 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:09 servmediup last message repeated 2 times
May 11 12:38:09 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:38:09 servmediup kernel: bttv1: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:38:09 servmediup kernel: bttv1: resetting chip
May 11 12:38:09 servmediup kernel: bttv1: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ..
ok
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: PLL can sleep, using XTAL
(28636363).
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592010
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: irq: SCERR risc_count=3753c014
May 11 12:39:07 servmediup kernel: bttv1: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:39:08 servmediup kernel: bttv1: resetting chip
May 11 12:39:08 servmediup kernel: bttv1: PLL can sleep, using XTAL
(28636363).
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL
(28636363).
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: OCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=37592810
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: aiee: error loops
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=37568014
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: resetting chip 
May 11 12:39:49 servmediup kernel: bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL
(28636363).
--- CUT ---

As you see I played with both the two cards.

Unfortunately I don't know how to save the kernel crashing message,
it isn't saved in kernel's log.

hoping this helps

bye

Jerome Alet


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR@euro)

Versions of packages gnomemeeting depends on:
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-5     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.4.1-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0               0.2.6-3      Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0                2.4.3-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0              2.4.3-2      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd0                     0.2.29-1     Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.3.3-6    GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.4.0.1-4    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt1                  1.1.12-4     LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.2.3-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                 2.4.0-11     The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0           2.4.0-3      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0                2.4.0.1-12   The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0              2.4.1-5      The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnomevfs2-common         2.4.1-5      The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls7                  0.8.12-5     GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.2.4-3      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                     4.3.0-7      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                   6b-9         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libldap2                    2.1.23-1     OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libopenh323-1.12.2          1.12.2-4     H.323 aka VoIP library
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.8.3-2    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.2.5-4      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-4        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libpt-1.5.2                 1.5.2-4      Portable Windows Library
ii  libsdl1.2debian             1.2.7-6      Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libsm6                      4.3.0-7      X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.3-6    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtasn1-0                  0.1.2-1      Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2                     2.6.9-2      GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-7      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-5    compression library - runtime

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Problem was that old pwlib's v4l was having problems with bttv. This
should be fixed with libpt-plugins-v4l from experimental. (Still this is
a bttv cpu eating bug, not a GM bug)

If the problem reoccurs after fixing the system installation, please
reopen the bug.

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Best regards,
 Kilian

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