Mumble Locks System

[Boris]

I'm experiencing a nasty problem with Mumble sometimes that affects both the new (built-in) and old (standalone) versions of the client where about every 1 in 10 start-ups of the client result in the system effectively locking up sufficiently enough that it's impossible to open Task Manager or CTRL-ESC or end a process task or whatever to recover it. As this occurrs, the hard disk activity light indicates a ton of disk access doing *something*, which seems to continue no matter how long it's left to do it. I've tried logging the disk activity in this state but it's not been possible to gain enough control over the system to observe what's happening or save a log, so I can't pin it down. I've also tried running Mumble at lowest CPU priority but it doesn't help.

This has become a lot bigger problem now though with beta1 as the client is crashing so often throughout rounds (20x or so wouldn't be an exaggeration) that the chance of the client restarting and failing in this way has increased so much that chances are it will lock the system sometime mid-game, forcing me to have to hit reset on the PC.

The only non-typical thing I can think of that could be of interest here would be that I run third-party "KX Project" driver software on the soundcard instead of standard wares, and that Mumble might not be playing well with it sometimes.

So, any ideas?

System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2.3790)
          Language: English (United Kingdom)
       Motherboard: http://www.abit.com.tw/ AN8 Series(NF-CK804)
            Memory: 4.00 GB
         Page File: -261144576.00 B
    .NET Framework: 4.0

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
   Display Mode(s): 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 6.14.12.9610 (296.10)
    Display Memory: 256.00 MB
     Multisampling: 2, 4
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: kX Wave CT4620 10k1 [9c00] 0/1
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: True
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: D:\games\bf2pr
                    Free: 60.46 GB, Total: 140.00 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: D:\games\bf2pr\mods\pr_beta
                    Free: 60.46 GB, Total: 140.00 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Documents and Settings\*****\My Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 14.85 GB, Total: 25.00 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: D:\games\bf2pr\binaries
                    Free: 60.46 GB, Total: 140.00 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: D:\games\bf2pr\logs
                    Free: 60.46 GB, Total: 140.00 GB, NTFS

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, pr_beta, xpack
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.21.0
          Language: English
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: *****
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: False
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1280x1024@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: Off
             VSync: True
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: Low
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Low
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Off
    Dynamic Lights: Low
 Texture Filtering: Low
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: False

[Moonlight]

I've experienced something similar every time mumble crashed and was starting up, made my mouse cursor almost unresponsive. And since the last time I played mumble kept crashing every 3 seconds it worked... Well - it forced me to turn it off.

System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft? Windows Vista™ Home Premium  (6.0.6002)
      Architecture: 32-bit
          Language: Polish (Poland)
       Motherboard: Lenovo INVALID
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T6500  @ 2.10GHz (Physical: 2, Logical: 2)
            Memory: 3,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: DIMM0: 2,00 GB @ 667 MHz
                    DIMM1: 1024,00 MB @ 667 MHz
         Page File: 2,70 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.0

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Rodzajowy monitor PnP on NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS 
   Display Mode(s): 1280 x 800 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 9.18.13.1407 (314.07)
    Display Memory: 1024,00 MB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Mikrofon (Realtek High Definiti
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
----------------
      Install Path: C:\gry\BF2
                    Free: 22,13 GB, Total: 254,15 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\gry\BF2\mods\pr_beta
                    Free: 22,13 GB, Total: 254,15 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Piotrek\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 22,13 GB, Total: 254,15 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Piotrek\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 22,13 GB, Total: 254,15 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Piotrek\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 22,13 GB, Total: 254,15 GB, NTFS

Game Information
----------------
      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, pr_beta, pr_ww2_repo, xpack
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.21.0
          Language: English
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
-------------------
      Profile 0001: [BSP]Moonik_34
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: False
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1280x800@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: Off
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: Medium
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Low
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Off
    Dynamic Lights: Off
 Texture Filtering: Low
    Audio Provider: Hardware
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: Medium
               EAX: True

[Raic]

I can confirm same thing happens to me. When mumble crashes mouse goes haywire as if the sensitivity has gone very low and there is a hair in the mouse sensors. Doesn't go away unless I manage to shutdown the mumble.

On related good news, mumble launches immediately back, but it can crash couple times in a short time before its stable.

System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
          Language: Finnish (Finland)
       Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z77MX-D3H
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (Physical: 4, Logical: 4)
            Memory: 8,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: ChannelA-DIMM0: 2,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    ChannelA-DIMM1: 2,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    ChannelB-DIMM0: 2,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    ChannelB-DIMM1: 2,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
         Page File: 7,45 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.0

Display Information
-------------------
 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
                    Generic PnP Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
   Display Mode(s): 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
                    1920 x 1080 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 9.17.10.2875
    Display Memory: 2,50 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Microphone (VIA High Definition
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Game Information
----------------
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.22.0
          Language: English
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
-------------------
      Profile 0001: [3dAC]Raic
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: False
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1920x1080@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: 8x
             VSync: True
   Terrain Quality: High
   Effects Quality: Low
  Geometry Quality: High
   Texture Quality: High
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: High
    Dynamic Lights: High
 Texture Filtering: High
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

      Profile 0002: [3dAC][PR]CATA|Raic
              Type: Online
        View Intro: False
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1920x1080@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: High
     Multisampling: 8x
             VSync: True
   Terrain Quality: High
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: High
   Texture Quality: High
  Lighting Quality: High
   Dynamic Shadows: High
    Dynamic Lights: High
 Texture Filtering: High
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[Mora]

The mouse lag happened to me too once. Feels like windows is about to hang. Alt+tabbed back in PR and out and it was gone.

[Boris]

I don't know that you folk are having the same problem as me as I'm unable to regain control of the system at all when it freaks out - I have to hard reset the machine.

EDIT: Scratch that, I found I can actually regain control now if I wait long enough for PRLauncher to end the process.

[Boris]

This problem is killing me. Whether the system is going to freeze up as I reach the spawn screen (when PRLauncher starts the Mumble process) is totally a roll of a dice as it is now.

Why is there a ton of disk activity when this occurs? What could it, or something else, be doing? SQL malfunction? - Something is failing to initialise properly, but only occasionally.

Console log doesn't show anything different when comparing between a normal startup log and a failed startup log. It does list some errors sometimes though (possibly not related to the fault):

QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method MainWindow::setupView(bool)

QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method MainWindow::updateTrayIcon()

QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread

QObject::killTimer: timers cannot be stopped from another thread

QObject::startTimer: timers cannot be started from another thread