I'd like to better understand which programs are modifying a specific file1 during a reboot. Can I set something up to log this kind of information?
Polling for which processes currently have the file open won't work, as the file may only be open for a few milliseconds.
Can kernel tracing be used to collect this information?
1 /var/lib/alsa/asound.state if you're curious, but I'm interested in a general solution.
My recent installation 10.10 on my laptop keeps freezing/crashing on start-up after working perfectly for one day.
The system just freezes, like a screnshot, and a restart is required. It happens directly after login or just as any application is selected.
Nothing new has been installed. I have just moved from XP so I would be very grateful if some one could please explain to me, as simply as possible, how to do the following...
all help is greatly appreciated.
Hello I had some freezes with my desktop. It is Lucid 10.04 on a Lenovo 3000 N200. System freezes completely.
How can I locate the problem?
I have hunch that a certain intermittent bug might only manifest itself when there is a slow disk read rate. Troubleshooting is difficult because I can't reliably reproduce it.
Short of simply gobbling IO with a high priority process, is there any way for me to simulate having a slow hard drive?
I have an internal microphone in my laptop. I think it uses Intel High Definition Audio. But I can't get it to work with Ubuntu. It doesn't work with either the Sound Recorder or Skype.
On the Input tab in 'Sound Preferences', I just see Internal Analog Input Device...