Distribution: Debian Sid Hardware Environment: Asus M2400N Centrino laptop Software Environment: Problem Description: Linux won't go into S3 suspend if mdnsresponder is running. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start mdnsresponder 2. Try to suspend 3. Suspend fails with: PM: Preparing system for suspend Stopping tasks: =============================================================================================================================================== stopping tasks failed (1 tasks remaining) Restarting tasks...<6> Strange, mDNSResponder not stopped done
This seams to be fixed in 2.6.11
This still happens in 2.6.11 after all. It may have something to do with the ipw2100 driver.
I got a similar issue: syslogd can't be stopped. My investigation is syslogd is waiting for kjournald to flush some work, but kjournald is stopped, so syslogd can't be stopped. The refrigerator mechanism can't handle process relationship.
Please close this bug if the problem doesn't occur for recent kernels (2.6.18 and later).
I have no idea if this still applies. I don't think my current distro runs mdnsresponder and I haven't seem similar bugs since. It should probably be closed if no one can reproduce it.