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Hello,

Since OpenPli 7, my DM8000 (now under OpenPLI 7.1 release 20190902) has frequent instability problems.

After a reboot, everything runs fine, but after one or two days, some problems are coming up.
For example:

  • When I check system updates, the progress bar at the bottom of the screen becomes jerky, stops and the box reboots.
  • During nightly EPGImport updates, the box often crashes and reboot.
  • Same problen when I take a screenshot (with a telnet 'grab -d -p /tmp/screenshot.png' or OpenWebif), or when I start to watch or start a recording.

No enigma2_crash.log file is generated. Very few plugins are installed.

Here are the /var/log/messages entries for a failed grab:

... a lot of lines like these ones (1200 in 10 minutes) ...
Sep 11 22:41:22 dm8000 user.warn kernel: audio_status_isr: 47 callbacks suppressed
Sep 11 22:41:22 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:41:22 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:41:23 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:41:29 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:41:29 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
...
Sep 11 22:42:27 dm8000 user.warn kernel: audio_status_isr: 22 callbacks suppressed
Sep 11 22:42:27 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:27 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:27 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:27 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:27 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:27 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:42 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:42 dm8000 user.warn kernel: eModeChange Isr.. set source_changed_event!
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: enigma2 invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201da, order=0, oom_adj=0, oom_score_adj=0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Call Trace:
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<804b8a58>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80084c48>] dump_header.isra.4+0x84/0x1a0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80084f98>] oom_kill_process.isra.9+0xb4/0x2b8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800855e8>] out_of_memory+0x230/0x398
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80088d3c>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x6c4/0x6d8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800834e4>] filemap_fault+0x240/0x4d8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<8009e8d4>] __do_fault+0x8c/0x4d8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800a1d1c>] handle_pte_fault+0x9c/0x870
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800a2580>] handle_mm_fault+0x90/0xe8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<8000e788>] do_page_fault+0xb8/0x390
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80004600>] ret_from_exception+0x0/0x28
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Mem-Info:
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: CPU    0: hi:   90, btch:  15 usd:  22
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: CPU    1: hi:   90, btch:  15 usd:  14
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: active_anon:30116 inactive_anon:571 isolated_anon:0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  active_file:42 inactive_file:20 isolated_file:32
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  unevictable:0 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  free:506 slab_reclaimable:772 slab_unreclaimable:2377
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  mapped:2 shmem:769 pagetables:184 bounce:0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Normal free:2024kB min:2036kB low:2544kB high:3052kB active_anon:120464kB inactive_anon:2284kB active_file:96kB inactive_file:208kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:260096kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB wr
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Normal: 214*4kB 72*8kB 13*16kB 12*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 2024kB
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 862 total pagecache pages
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 0 pages in swap cache
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Free swap  = 0kB
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Total swap = 0kB
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 65536 pages RAM
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 28213 pages reserved
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 796 pages shared
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 35753 pages non-shared
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss cpu oom_adj oom_score_adj name
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  537]   999   537      809       42   0       0             0 dbus-daemon
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  544]     0   544      684       28   0       0             0 dropbear
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  548]   998   548      643       49   1       0             0 rpcbind
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  553]   996   553      795      146   1       0             0 rpc.statd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  557]     0   557      857       29   1       0             0 inetd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  577]     0   577      855      120   0       0             0 rpc.mountd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  595]     0   595     8299      369   1       0             0 smbd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  597]     0   597     7934      356   1       0             0 smbd-notifyd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  598]     0   598     7932      356   1       0             0 cleanupd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  600]     0   600     5384      282   0       0             0 nmbd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  607]     0   607      527       19   0       0             0 wsdd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  612]     0   612      759       19   0       0             0 syslogd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  614]     0   614      759       22   0       0             0 klogd
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  621]   997   621      975       63   0       0             0 avahi-daemon
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  622]   997   622      943       40   1       0             0 avahi-daemon
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  625]     0   625     1747       61   0       0             0 oscam
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  626]     0   626     3721      686   0       0             0 oscam
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [23619]     0 23619      759       20   1       0             0 enigma2.sh
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [31574]     0 31574      748       51   1       0             0 dropbear
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [31628]     0 31628      823       33   0       0             0 sh
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [ 2990]     0  2990    38646    22625   1       0             0 enigma2
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [13126]     0 13126      759       19   1       0             0 tail
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [13169]     0 13169      748       48   1       0             0 dropbear
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [13190]     0 13190      823       32   0       0             0 sh
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.info kernel: [16679]     0 16679    12705     5099   0       0             0 grab
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.err kernel: Out of memory: Kill process 2990 (enigma2) score 589 or sacrifice child
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.err kernel: Killed process 2990 (enigma2) total-vm:154584kB, anon-rss:90496kB, file-rss:4kB
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: stop pcr0 on dmx 0 pid:a3
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: stop audio on dmx 0 pid:5c
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: audio: xpt stop(1)
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: audio: decoder stop
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: CI stopped...
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: CI stopped...
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: bcm_audio_channel_stop(1) done
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: stop video0 on dmx 0 pid:a3
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: stop decode
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: no decoder left in sync handling so disable xpt_sync
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: set streamtype!
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: set H264
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: sw rave disabled!
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: set blank to 0
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: sync is off so we enable it
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: playback!
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: total video delay: 0 (0 ms)
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: start decode
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: flush video decoder
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0 use saved pts 0xbcd997f4 (ret 0)
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: first pts 0x0
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: resolution changed (1920 1080)
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: set blank to 0
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: stop decode
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: VIDEO0: set blank to 0
Sep 11 22:42:45 dm8000 user.warn kernel: no decoder left in sync handling so disable xpt_sync
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.err kernel: bcm_accel: invalid opcode! 00000080
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.info kernel: bcmfb: enable manual blit
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set cisource reg 00 to val 44
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set cisource reg 00 to val 44
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set cisource reg 01 to val 34
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set cisource reg 01 to val 44
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set tsports reg 02 to val dc
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set tsports reg 02 to val dc
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set tsports reg 03 to val fe
Sep 11 22:42:47 dm8000 user.warn kernel: tsmux set tsports reg 03 to val fe
...

Here are those from another crash :

Sep 15 15:19:11 dm8000 user.info kernel: bcm4501: channel 1 is sleeping now
Sep 15 15:19:13 dm8000 user.warn kernel: grab invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x200da, order=0, oom_adj=0, oom_score_adj=0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Call Trace:
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<804b8a58>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80084c48>] dump_header.isra.4+0x84/0x1a0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80084f98>] oom_kill_process.isra.9+0xb4/0x2b8
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800855e8>] out_of_memory+0x230/0x398
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80088d3c>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x6c4/0x6d8
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800a2364>] handle_pte_fault+0x6e4/0x870
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800a2580>] handle_mm_fault+0x90/0xe8
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<8000e788>] do_page_fault+0xb8/0x390
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80004600>] ret_from_exception+0x0/0x28
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Mem-Info:
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: CPU    0: hi:   90, btch:  15 usd:  22
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: CPU    1: hi:   90, btch:  15 usd:  11
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: active_anon:30708 inactive_anon:28 isolated_anon:0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  active_file:34 inactive_file:41 isolated_file:0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  unevictable:0 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  free:497 slab_reclaimable:773 slab_unreclaimable:2371
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel:  mapped:0 shmem:76 pagetables:187 bounce:0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Normal free:1988kB min:2036kB low:2544kB high:3052kB active_anon:122832kB inactive_anon:112kB active_file:136kB inactive_file:164kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:260096kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB wr
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Normal: 121*4kB 22*8kB 35*16kB 14*32kB 3*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1988kB
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 146 total pagecache pages
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 0 pages in swap cache
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Free swap  = 0kB
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Total swap = 0kB
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 65536 pages RAM
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 28213 pages reserved
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 787 pages shared
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.warn kernel: 35772 pages non-shared
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss cpu oom_adj oom_score_adj name
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  537]   999   537      809       42   1       0             0 dbus-daemon
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  544]     0   544      684       28   1       0             0 dropbear
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  548]   998   548      643       49   0       0             0 rpcbind
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  553]   996   553      795      146   1       0             0 rpc.statd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  557]     0   557      857       28   0       0             0 inetd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  577]     0   577      855      121   1       0             0 rpc.mountd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  595]     0   595     8298      369   0       0             0 smbd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  597]     0   597     7934      355   1       0             0 smbd-notifyd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  598]     0   598     7932      355   1       0             0 cleanupd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  600]     0   600     5384      283   0       0             0 nmbd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  607]     0   607      527       21   1       0             0 wsdd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  611]     0   611      759       19   0       0             0 syslogd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  614]     0   614      759       22   1       0             0 klogd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  621]   997   621      943       54   1       0             0 avahi-daemon
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  622]   997   622      943       40   0       0             0 avahi-daemon
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  625]     0   625     1747       61   0       0             0 oscam
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [  626]     0   626     3510      544   1       0             0 oscam
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [32009]     0 32009      759       20   1       0             0 enigma2.sh
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [32015]     0 32015    43770    25137   0       0             0 enigma2
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [14241] 65534 14241      671       36   1       0             0 vsftpd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [14319]     0 14319      680       48   0       0             0 vsftpd
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.info kernel: [15077]     0 15077    13922     3575   1       0             0 grab
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.err kernel: Out of memory: Kill process 32015 (enigma2) score 654 or sacrifice child
Sep 15 15:19:14 dm8000 user.err kernel: Killed process 15077 (grab) total-vm:55688kB, anon-rss:14300kB, file-rss:0kB

Do other Dreambox 8000 users of this forum experience the same problems ?
Do I need to go back to the more stable OpenPli 6 ?

What tools can I use to get more details of what's going wrong ?

 

Thanks.
 


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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #2 littlesat

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Geplaatst op 15 september 2019 - 15:00

This old ‘lady’ is reaching the limits. I can imagine when eg you load too many epg and/or install too many plug-ins the memory is full quickly...
Maybe arrange a new box for around 100 box or so is an alternative solution....

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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #3 WanWizard

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Geplaatst op 15 september 2019 - 15:36

oom-killer = box out of memory.

 

Limit the amount of EPG you import might be a good start, as all EPG is stored in memory.


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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #4 Erik Slagter

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Geplaatst op 20 september 2019 - 18:11

The newest driver / kernel have memory fragmentation issues. A daily reboot works quite well to avoid these.


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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #5 stdemonac

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Geplaatst op 21 september 2019 - 10:16

A daily reboot works quite well to avoid these.

 
That's exactly what I've done.
 
Installed busybox-cron, ...

root@dm8000:~# opkg install busybox-cron

...and setup a reboot just before the loading of EPGImport scheduled @7:33 :

root@dm8000:~# crontab -l
30 7 * * * init 4 && sleep 10 && rm /media/cf/epg.dat && sleep 10 && init 3
32 7 * * * wget -O /dev/null -q http://root:<password>@localhost/web/powerstate?newstate=0

The situation seems more stable. To be confirmed over time.


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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #6 bestetil

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Geplaatst op 4 november 2019 - 18:10

I have constant crashes when playing mkv files. https://forums.openp...crashes-dm8000/

 

I did have nightly crashes which might have had something to do with EPGImport, but I've since removed EPGImport and EPGRefresh, that shouldn't be running on my system anymore. I've also deleted all bouquets (TV+radio) but one, limiting this one to 60-odd channels. 

 

Reboots do not help, I can sometimes get crashes 5min after I rebooted.

 

Did you find out anything else? Was your problem solved after setting a daily reboot? 



Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #7 mimisiku

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Geplaatst op 4 november 2019 - 18:25

If you are so keen on ever having the newest OpenPli, you better by a new box! The DM8000 was the nest *once*. At least in assembly-quality. But even these boxes will have to go sometime.. The flash is 256Mb and in fact segmented in 2 blocks of 128 Mb. Don't get me wrong! My DM8000 is still running strong with it's 4 tuners and does everything I want it to. It served my cards for the entire house. Now this has been replaced by a RasPi. All client boxes are now 'cheap' VU+ Zero 4K's. When the old lady dies I will get a big 4K box..
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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #8 bestetil

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Geplaatst op 4 november 2019 - 19:03

If you're telling me a previous version of OpenPLi is less memory demanding and should be more stable, I will gladly try that. Why would there be a big difference to previous images though? I'm much more keen on not having to buy another box than on having the newest image.



Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #9 Dimmie

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Geplaatst op 6 november 2019 - 15:11

I have an antique DM8000 in the bedroom. Running OpenPLI 7.1 without any EPG importers.

 

Only installed plugins: oscam, systemtime and autotimer.

 

It just plays well. No crashes, 100% stable. Don't have to restart at nights... even when I went on holidays for 3 weeks, it was running constantly for 3 weeks.



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Geplaatst op 8 november 2019 - 14:30

I've flashed OpenPLi 6.2, without any plugins except oscam, no channel search, only mounted NAS and played .mkv video, same crashes occur. Next up another image, not OpenPLi.



Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #11 WanWizard

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Geplaatst op 8 november 2019 - 14:34

Doubt that will make much difference:

Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: enigma2 invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201da, order=0, oom_adj=0, oom_score_adj=0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: Call Trace:
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<804b8a58>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80084c48>] dump_header.isra.4+0x84/0x1a0
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80084f98>] oom_kill_process.isra.9+0xb4/0x2b8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800855e8>] out_of_memory+0x230/0x398
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80088d3c>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x6c4/0x6d8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800834e4>] filemap_fault+0x240/0x4d8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<8009e8d4>] __do_fault+0x8c/0x4d8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800a1d1c>] handle_pte_fault+0x9c/0x870
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<800a2580>] handle_mm_fault+0x90/0xe8
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<8000e788>] do_page_fault+0xb8/0x390
Sep 11 22:42:44 dm8000 user.warn kernel: [<80004600>] ret_from_exception+0x0/0x28

means out-of-memory.


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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #12 mimisiku

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Geplaatst op 8 november 2019 - 15:14

My old-lady is still running fine.. 4 Sat setup, OScam, Picons, I ternal 2 TB HD and NAS. Running fine without these strange messages... Never a memory full issue.. I do have a 256 MB CF card mounted as 64 Mb swap....
Met één been in het graf..... Helaas

Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #13 WanWizard

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Geplaatst op 8 november 2019 - 15:33

The problem with the 8000 has always been the network driver. It doesn't do scatter/gather, and with limited memory you run out of memory quickly if you do a lot of streaming.


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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #14 bestetil

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Geplaatst op 8 november 2019 - 18:36

I just played over 2 hours of the same .mkv file which crashed OpenPLi with the last image from this link (streamed with home network, with MediaPlayer plugin):

http://www.dreamboxu.../images/dm8000/

 

 

No problems at all. I'm pretty sure it's the image/plugin which makes the difference.

 

Still trying to find another image, as this one is a bit too basic. Any recommendations apart from OpenPLi?



Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #15 littlesat

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Geplaatst op 8 november 2019 - 18:58

Streamed from Network means use of samba or nfs which means a block of non fragmemented ram is required and the drivers of dmm do not cover that properly with >=3.0 kernels..... use local harddisk instead.... when watching mkv files via this box it guaranteed will fail after a while.

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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #16 bestetil

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Geplaatst op 9 november 2019 - 13:42

Ok, so y'all seem to be quite sure that it's a memory problem. Since I didn't find another image I liked, I went back to OpenPLi 7.1 to try the swap file again.

I created one on a usb following this post https://vuplus-image...swapfile.28253/

I had to install procp to get the "free" command.

opkg install procp

The swap file is definitely in use, and when I streamed the .mkv, I could see the free space getting smaller. But nowhere close to down to zero, before my box crashed again. This was the last snap shot:

              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         149292       84480        2716         752       62096       56372
Swap:        131068        7608      123460

Is it a wrong interpretation to think that this means memory can't really be the problem?


Veranderd door bestetil, 9 november 2019 - 13:43


Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #17 bestetil

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Geplaatst op 9 november 2019 - 13:49

Also, if there is no way around using the local hdd to play videos: To still stay streamlined, I would need to have a way to write to the Dreambox hdd from my NAS. Can I expose the dreambox hdd as a CIFS drive somehow?



Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #18 littlesat

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Geplaatst op 9 november 2019 - 13:59

The SWAP file is not the real solution. It only slows down your box and does arrange it takes longer before your box will crash. You just found the unstable faktor of the DMMs (8000) drivers since they introduce a kernel >= 3.0.... 

The issue is not free memory itself. The issue is the memory get fragmented and some applications need blocks of non fragmented memory and the drivers somehow are not capable of unfragmenting the memory.

This was also the issue with the DMM 8000 at least and also the reason why some do reboot this box on a daily bases.

 

As SMBD needs unfragmented memory blocks viewing MKV via a NAS may lead to a crash... 

The free memory is not the issue... the fragmentation of the memory is the issue.

 

This is a know issue for years... (Since the drivers changed to a kernel >= 3).


Veranderd door littlesat, 9 november 2019 - 14:01

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Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #19 bestetil

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Geplaatst op 9 november 2019 - 23:00

So what's the real solution? Only a new box? Is there a decent image which uses a kernel < 3.0? Why would a kernel still use code that fails just because memory is unfragmented, if the issue is known for years?



Re: OpenPli 7 and DM8000: out of memory #20 littlesat

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Geplaatst op 9 november 2019 - 23:06

There is no solution and there will be no real solution... except for dmm give new drivers... they never fixed this. Newer boxes have more memory which results that the issue will not occur (or may occur extreme later).....

Veranderd door littlesat, 9 november 2019 - 23:08

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