Re: Bug in linux kernel when playing DVDs.

[Alan Cox]

On Mer, 2003-04-30 at 16:23, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> When an error occurs on the DVD, "read done" message is never printed on 
> the console and all applications fail to respond to user input. This is 
> why I thought that the kernel hogs CPU 100% and the application never 
> receives the error message.

Can you provide me with an strace and the log of the same set of events.
In my case I saw the app I used continually going read/read/read and the
kernel working hard to clean up the mess getting an error and repeat