sridhar wrote:
> I have been having trouble while converting my dv files to mpeg thro'
> kino as well as converting my photos to mpeg or .vob using dvd-
> slideshow. 50% of the times the PC hangs somewhere during. Mostly
> while mpeg2enc or convert or Transcode is running. Not sure if it is
> memory problem or processor. I have a 512 RAM with 3Gb Swap and Athlon
> XP 2600 1.9Gb processor on Linux Fedora core 5. checking the memory
> usage while the process is running shows that RAM used is about 80-90%

How did you check memory usage? I ask because just looking at total memory
consumed on my machine, with 8 GBytes RAM, even when the machine is "idle,"
shows > 95% memory consumption. Usually around 2/3 of it is just input cache
data that can be discarded anytime the kernel wishes to assign RAM to a process.

> and Swap almost nothing. Checking the processor usage shows that CPU
> usage can be from 45% to 70% to sometimes close to 100% while mpeg2enc
> is running. So what could be the reason? Is it worth adding another
> 512 RAM?

Not likely. If it is not paging, you do not need more memory.

> Anyother way or either slowing it down so that it finishes
> without hanging?

If you are overclocking your machine, stop doing that. Otherwise, slowing it
down is a mistake. You might try memtest86 program (stand-alone) to test
your memory. Do it for a long time; e.g., overnight.
>
> Thanks for your help
> NS
>


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On Jun 23, 4:07 pm, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> sridhar wrote:
> > I have been having trouble while converting my dv files to mpeg thro'
> > kino as well as converting my photos to mpeg or .vob using dvd-
> > slideshow. 50% of the times the PC hangs somewhere during. Mostly
> > while mpeg2enc or convert or Transcode is running. Not sure if it is
> > memory problem or processor. I have a 512 RAM with 3Gb Swap and Athlon
> > XP 2600 1.9Gb processor on Linux Fedora core 5. checking the memory
> > usage while the process is running shows that RAM used is about 80-90%
>
> How did you check memory usage? I ask because just looking at total memory
> consumed on my machine, with 8 GBytes RAM, even when the machine is "idle,"
> shows > 95% memory consumption. Usually around 2/3 of it is just input cache
> data that can be discarded anytime the kernel wishes to assign RAM to a process.
>
> > and Swap almost nothing. Checking the processor usage shows that CPU
> > usage can be from 45% to 70% to sometimes close to 100% while mpeg2enc
> > is running. So what could be the reason? Is it worth adding another
> > 512 RAM?
>
> Not likely. If it is not paging, you do not need more memory.
>
> > Anyother way or either slowing it down so that it finishes
> > without hanging?
>
> If you are overclocking your machine, stop doing that. Otherwise, slowing it
> down is a mistake. You might try memtest86 program (stand-alone) to test
> your memory. Do it for a long time; e.g., overnight.
>
>
>
> > Thanks for your help
> > NS
>
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Could you pl. tell me how to run memtest86. I could get the rpm for
fc5. But I guess it is to be run before it boots up, but how and how
do I see the results? Any info on this will help.
Thanks, NS

sridhar wrote:
> On Jun 23, 4:07 pm, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>> sridhar wrote:
>>> I have been having trouble while converting my dv files to mpeg thro'
>>> kino as well as converting my photos to mpeg or .vob using dvd-
>>> slideshow. 50% of the times the PC hangs somewhere during. Mostly
>>> while mpeg2enc or convert or Transcode is running. Not sure if it is
>>> memory problem or processor. I have a 512 RAM with 3Gb Swap and Athlon
>>> XP 2600 1.9Gb processor on Linux Fedora core 5. checking the memory
>>> usage while the process is running shows that RAM used is about 80-90%
>> How did you check memory usage? I ask because just looking at total memory
>> consumed on my machine, with 8 GBytes RAM, even when the machine is "idle,"
>> shows > 95% memory consumption. Usually around 2/3 of it is just input cache
>> data that can be discarded anytime the kernel wishes to assign RAM to a process.
>>
>>> and Swap almost nothing. Checking the processor usage shows that CPU
>>> usage can be from 45% to 70% to sometimes close to 100% while mpeg2enc
>>> is running. So what could be the reason? Is it worth adding another
>>> 512 RAM?
>> Not likely. If it is not paging, you do not need more memory.
>>
>>> Anyother way or either slowing it down so that it finishes
>>> without hanging?
>> If you are overclocking your machine, stop doing that. Otherwise, slowing it
>> down is a mistake. You might try memtest86 program (stand-alone) to test
>> your memory. Do it for a long time; e.g., overnight.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for your help

>
> Could you pl. tell me how to run memtest86. I could get the rpm for
> fc5. But I guess it is to be run before it boots up, but how and how
> do I see the results? Any info on this will help.
> Thanks, NS
>
memtest86 is normally written to a floppy, and you just reboot the system
from the floppy. I write it to a CD-ROM instead, since my experience with
floppies is that they are very short-lived. They used last longer, but they
were never very reliable.

You just boot with the floppy (or, in my case, the CD-ROM) in place. It is a
stand-alone program; it does not matter what Linux distribution, Windows
version, or what you run on your computer, but it must run the *86
instruction set.

http://www.memtest86.com/



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On Jun 23, 6:33 pm, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> sridhar wrote:
> > On Jun 23, 4:07 pm, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> >> sridhar wrote:
> >>> I have been having trouble while converting my dv files to mpeg thro'
> >>> kino as well as converting my photos to mpeg or .vob using dvd-
> >>> slideshow. 50% of the times the PC hangs somewhere during. Mostly
> >>> while mpeg2enc or convert or Transcode is running. Not sure if it is
> >>> memory problem or processor. I have a 512 RAM with 3Gb Swap and Athlon
> >>> XP 2600 1.9Gb processor on Linux Fedora core 5. checking the memory
> >>> usage while the process is running shows that RAM used is about 80-90%
> >> How did you check memory usage? I ask because just looking at total memory
> >> consumed on my machine, with 8 GBytes RAM, even when the machine is "idle,"
> >> shows > 95% memory consumption. Usually around 2/3 of it is just input cache
> >> data that can be discarded anytime the kernel wishes to assign RAM to a process.
>
> >>> and Swap almost nothing. Checking the processor usage shows that CPU
> >>> usage can be from 45% to 70% to sometimes close to 100% while mpeg2enc
> >>> is running. So what could be the reason? Is it worth adding another
> >>> 512 RAM?
> >> Not likely. If it is not paging, you do not need more memory.
>
> >>> Anyother way or either slowing it down so that it finishes
> >>> without hanging?
> >> If you are overclocking your machine, stop doing that. Otherwise, slowing it
> >> down is a mistake. You might try memtest86 program (stand-alone) to test
> >> your memory. Do it for a long time; e.g., overnight.
>
> >>> Thanks for your help
>
> > Could you pl. tell me how to run memtest86. I could get the rpm for
> > fc5. But I guess it is to be run before it boots up, but how and how
> > do I see the results? Any info on this will help.
> > Thanks, NS
>
> memtest86 is normally written to a floppy, and you just reboot the system
> from the floppy. I write it to a CD-ROM instead, since my experience with
> floppies is that they are very short-lived. They used last longer, but they
> were never very reliable.
>
> You just boot with the floppy (or, in my case, the CD-ROM) in place. It is a
> stand-alone program; it does not matter what Linux distribution, Windows
> version, or what you run on your computer, but it must run the *86
> instruction set.
>
> http://www.memtest86.com/
>
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I tried what you said. What I find is that my system hangs when
memtest is going thro' Test #8. I tried changing the slot for my RAM
but still the same. Any idea it means? Bad memory or a bug? Thanks

NS

sridhar wrote:
> On Jun 23, 6:33 pm, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>> sridhar wrote:
>>> On Jun 23, 4:07 pm, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>>>> sridhar wrote:
>>>>> I have been having trouble while converting my dv files to mpeg thro'
>>>>> kino as well as converting my photos to mpeg or .vob using dvd-
>>>>> slideshow. 50% of the times the PC hangs somewhere during. Mostly
>>>>> while mpeg2enc or convert or Transcode is running. Not sure if it is
>>>>> memory problem or processor. I have a 512 RAM with 3Gb Swap and Athlon
>>>>> XP 2600 1.9Gb processor on Linux Fedora core 5. checking the memory
>>>>> usage while the process is running shows that RAM used is about 80-90%
>>>> How did you check memory usage? I ask because just looking at total memory
>>>> consumed on my machine, with 8 GBytes RAM, even when the machine is "idle,"
>>>> shows > 95% memory consumption. Usually around 2/3 of it is just input cache
>>>> data that can be discarded anytime the kernel wishes to assign RAM to a process.
>>>>> and Swap almost nothing. Checking the processor usage shows that CPU
>>>>> usage can be from 45% to 70% to sometimes close to 100% while mpeg2enc
>>>>> is running. So what could be the reason? Is it worth adding another
>>>>> 512 RAM?
>>>> Not likely. If it is not paging, you do not need more memory.
>>>>> Anyother way or either slowing it down so that it finishes
>>>>> without hanging?
>>>> If you are overclocking your machine, stop doing that. Otherwise, slowing it
>>>> down is a mistake. You might try memtest86 program (stand-alone) to test
>>>> your memory. Do it for a long time; e.g., overnight.
>>>>> Thanks for your help
>>> Could you pl. tell me how to run memtest86. I could get the rpm for
>>> fc5. But I guess it is to be run before it boots up, but how and how
>>> do I see the results? Any info on this will help.
>>> Thanks, NS
>> memtest86 is normally written to a floppy, and you just reboot the system
>> from the floppy. I write it to a CD-ROM instead, since my experience with
>> floppies is that they are very short-lived. They used last longer, but they
>> were never very reliable.
>>
>> You just boot with the floppy (or, in my case, the CD-ROM) in place. It is a
>> stand-alone program; it does not matter what Linux distribution, Windows
>> version, or what you run on your computer, but it must run the *86
>> instruction set.
>>
>> http://www.memtest86.com/
>
> I tried what you said. What I find is that my system hangs when
> memtest is going thro' Test #8. I tried changing the slot for my RAM
> but still the same. Any idea it means? Bad memory or a bug? Thanks
>
> NS
>
My guess is bad memory since I have never experienced a bug in the memtest86
program. It is remotely possible that memtest86 has a bug, but it would
probably have been discovered before now if it were there.

Did you read the README file that comes with the program?

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On 2007-06-23, sridhar wrote:

> Could you pl. tell me how to run memtest86. I could get the rpm for
> fc5. But I guess it is to be run before it boots up, but how and how
> do I see the results? Any info on this will help.

"System Rescue CD" is a bootable .iso image you can burn to a CD. Amoung
the boot options is MemTest86; just select that, respond to the prompts
and let it run.

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