[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk stopping to respond and CPU at the top

[Rich Adamson]

> Guys.
> 
> Anybody having problems with asterisk taking all the cou and then not
> responding anymore without a reboot?
> 
> How can I diagnose what asterisk is doing and why is it taking all the cpu?
> 
> Hope you can help...

9 times out of 10 its not asterisk, but mpg123.

Try stopping asterisk, do a ps -ax and see if mpg123 is still running.
If it is, kill all occurances and restart asterisk.