Ok, thanks for the quick test. I'm going to see if we can fix these patches rather than remove them for the 2.6.36 kernel. 2.6.37 is right around the corner and I would like you guys to have some good memory management for 2.6.36.
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I don't think it is the kernel in my case -

I was not having this severity of problems last week with the same Kernel[-2.6.36-2.dmz.5-liquorix-amd64 x86_64-]
until _after_ a d-u on 12/27.

Now, (Platform Version 4.5.3 (KDE 4.5.3) If I go into the System settings panel and choose multimedia - there's only the pulseaudio sound server listed, and if I click the 'test' box, system settings locks up entirely reporting

"Phonon – System Settings" is not responding. It belongs to the application systemsettings (Process ID = 2199, hostname = localhost).

There were oddities with 'multiple sources playing', but now:

Total Failures / lockups: KMPlayer 0.11.2c, juk3.4.2, dragon player2.0, gmplayer, mpd

Success with vlc, quod libet, audacity

Actually, if I could easily have gotten rid of pulseaudio, I would have - tried a couple of times, but it doesn't seem like it can be torn out without doing major damage to the sound system.

regards,
rumbarg
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One last test kernel to test the possibility that some mm-preemption patches are the source of the kernel oops: 2.6.36-2.dmz.6-test02 - liquorix.net/test/

For anyone interested on which patch is causing the oops, you can read here: git.zen-kernel.org/zen-stable/commit/?h=misc-2.6.36&id=8617682d06a4bc060c1da61ee4b5f1f7a0e90a28
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Hmm, that might actually be a KDE bug. Did you upgrade from 4.5.2 to 4.5.3?
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damentz,
still no luck with the test2 kernel.

BTW I don't use pulse audio. Youtube plus opening any audio or video file causes a freeze and the errors on reboot/shutdown posted by henrik above.

The latest MEPIS 2.6.36 kernel works ok.
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No change with test02.
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2.6.36-2.dmz.6-test03 is on it's way to the same test directory. This version includes a patch from Minchan that might correct the oops with two audio streams playing from ALSA.

Can someone confirm that this corrects the oops?
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Finally some good news. test03 works fine.

Many thanks

anticapitalista
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No oops this time!
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why not raise a glass in salute of damentz's determination to get his stuff working and fast and reliable all at once?

Nice work damentz, you did better than I ever thought you would with your projects.
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