Re: modprobe using ~100% of cpu?

["Christopher K. Johnson" <ckjohnson@xxxxxxx>]

Scot L. Harris wrote:

> FC3 system, tecra M2.
>
>
> While trouble shooting a problem with name resolution I switched back
> and forth between the wired and wireless connections a couple of times. 
>
> I noticed after doing this that the CPU was running at 100% load.  top
> indicates it is modprobe using 99.3% of the CPU.
>
> It does not appear that this will stop short of a reboot.
>
> Does anyone know if this is a known problem?
>
>
>  
I hit a similar problem upon trying to restart iptables yesterday.
It cleared up when I stopped the NetworkManager service, which I then 
started again.

I've not taken the time to search bugzilla yet.  Just thought I would 
add my anecdotal evidence of a modprobe/NetworkManager problem.  If it 
occurs again you might try 'service NetworkManager restart' as root to 
see if it is the same or a different issue.

Chris

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