Laptop hard freeze, screen fades & audio broken, fine after reboot

w1ntermute · 2010-07-16 01:58:37

So yeah, my laptop (a ThinkPad T400) froze hard. None of the keys would work (couldn't switch to a TTY), the screen started to fade, and the audio (I was playing music) broke (started playing the last half second over and over). I looked in /var/log/errors.log, found this:

Jul 15 20:52:27 archtop pulseaudio[2231]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working profile.
Jul 15 20:52:27 archtop pulseaudio[2231]: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="29" name="platform-thinkpad_acpi" card_name="alsa_card.platform-thinkpad_acpi" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.

Everything was fine after a hard reboot. Anyone know what's going on? Are there any other logs I should look at?

Edit: this time X crashed, dropped me to a TTY. I think the error from the last time was just a boot-time error from when I restarted, so I have no clue what to look for now.

Edit 2: that's not just a boot time error, it happened again, but this time X auto-restarted (the laptop did not). I just stopped ALSA and !'d it in DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf for now.

Last edited by w1ntermute (2010-07-16 02:29:54)

frigaut · 2010-07-16 04:45:36

IS it better now that you don't load alsa? what were you doing at the time it crashed? what video card / video drivers do you have ?

w1ntermute · 2010-07-16 05:31:13

IS it better now that you don't load alsa?

Yeah, no problems without ALSA.

what were you doing at the time it crashed?

Browsing the web, listening to music. I think the latter is what's significant.

what video card / video drivers do you have ?

Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series, running xf86-video-ati.

ewaller · 2010-07-16 05:52:45

>> the screen started to fade

What do you mean by this? Was it an orderly turning to gray that some DEs use to indicate a process has gone none responsive, or did your LCD fade to either black or white with random horizontal or vertical lines over about 30 second?

The first indicates the processor, graphics chip and display are working, but some critical process died.
The second indicates that the LVDS signals to your LCD died and the LCD image slowly decayed without an active input.

frigaut · 2010-07-16 15:20:54

w1ntermute wrote:

IS it better now that you don't load alsa?
Yeah, no problems without ALSA.

btw, I see you are using pulseaudio. Personally, I don't, so no real experience with it recently. May be you could get rid of pulseaudio and only use alsa (that's what I do)? Sorry, kind of a stupid work around, but that wouldn't be the first time PA is causing issues.

w1ntermute · 2010-07-16 16:36:09

ewaller wrote:

What do you mean by this? Was it an orderly turning to gray that some DEs use to indicate a process has gone none responsive, or did your LCD fade to either black or white with random horizontal or vertical lines over about 30 second?
The first indicates the processor, graphics chip and display are working, but some critical process died.
The second indicates that the LVDS signals to your LCD died and the LCD image slowly decayed without an active input.

I'm pretty sure it was the latter. I've never seen anything like it before.

frigaut wrote:

btw, I see you are using pulseaudio. Personally, I don't, so no real experience with it recently. May be you could get rid of pulseaudio and only use alsa (that's what I do)? Sorry, kind of a stupid work around, but that wouldn't be the first time PA is causing issues.

I didn't even know I was using it. What do I need to do to remove it? I only have alsa in DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf and I don't see any running processes with the name 'pulseaudio'.

Edit: this is getting to be really annoying (it just crashed again, same error in errors.log), so I just removed pulseaudio. I think it was installed as a dependency by gstreamer0.10-pulse.

I should also mention that I have SSH enabled on this computer. Immediately after this happened, I tried to shut it down safely by SSHing into it from another machine on the LAN, but it wouldn't connect.

Last edited by w1ntermute (2010-07-16 17:38:21)

w1ntermute · 2010-07-17 05:13:23

OK, I just had a hard freeze. This time, X didn't disappear or anything and the screen didn't fade. I tried to SSH in from another computer, and the password prompt showed up. But once I entered the password and the shell appeared, I couldn't type anything in. When I tried to connect again, it wouldn't go past the password prompt. Here's what I see in errors.log:

Jul 17 00:05:30 archtop kernel: INFO: task events/0:9 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Jul 17 00:05:30 archtop kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Jul 17 00:05:30 archtop kernel: INFO: task X:25896 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Jul 17 00:05:30 archtop kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message

frigaut · 2010-07-17 07:19:20

other idea: bad RAM?
you could try to run a RAM test utility?

ewaller · 2010-07-17 16:02:11

I am really suspicious of the video card. Something is hanging up X badly. I assume the system is fine if you don't try to run Xorg. I gravitate towards the ATI card because it sounds like the video is getting into a state where by it stops sending valid HDMI signals to your LCD panel.

I use Intel graphics myself, so please bear with me. Is your video system using any kind of compositing? If so, turn it off for now.

Would you post the output of sudo lspci -v and lsmod ??

w1ntermute · 2010-07-17 16:23:45

frigaut wrote:

other idea: bad RAM?
you could try to run a RAM test utility?

Yeah, I'll run memtest tonight.

ewaller wrote:

I am really suspicious of the video card. Something is hanging up X badly. I assume the system is fine if you don't try to run Xorg. I gravitate towards the ATI card because it sounds like the video is getting into a state where by it stops sending valid HDMI signals to your LCD panel.

Hmm, OK. What would cause me not to be able to SSH in though? The system is still running, because I'm able to ping it and reach the password dialog.

ewaller wrote:

I use Intel graphics myself, so please bear with me. Is your video system using any kind of compositing? If so, turn it off for now.

No, I don't use compositing.

ewaller wrote:

Would you post the output of sudo lspci -v and lsmod ??

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e0
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0a <?>
    Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
    Memory behind bridge: cff00000-cfffffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
    Capabilities: [88] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e2
    Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [140] Root Complex Link
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e6
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
    Memory at fc226000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ee
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
    Memory at fc200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
    Memory at fc225000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
    Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [e0] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: e1000e
    Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
    I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
    Capabilities: [50] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
    I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
    Capabilities: [50] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
    I/O ports at 18a0 [size=32]
    Capabilities: [50] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f1
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
    Memory at fc226400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
    Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f2
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
    Memory at fc220000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
    Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
    Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
    Memory behind bridge: c0000000-c01fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0200000-00000000c03fffff
    Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
    Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f3
    Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
    Memory behind bridge: f4200000-f42fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0400000-00000000c05fffff
    Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
    Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f3
    Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
    Memory behind bridge: f8000000-f9ffffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f4000000-00000000f40fffff
    Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
    Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f3
    Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=14, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
    Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fbffffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f4100000-00000000f41fffff
    Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
    Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f3
    Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    I/O ports at 18c0 [size=32]
    Capabilities: [50] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    I/O ports at 18e0 [size=32]
    Capabilities: [50] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    I/O ports at 1c00 [size=32]
    Capabilities: [50] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f1
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
    Memory at fc226800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
    Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=15, subordinate=18, sec-latency=32
    I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00008fff
    Memory behind bridge: f4300000-f7ffffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f3ffffff
    Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f4

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f5
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
    Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f7
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
    I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
    I/O ports at 1c20 [size=16]
    I/O ports at 1830 [size=16]
    Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [b0] PCI Advanced Features
    Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
    Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi, ata_piix, ide-pci-generic

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f9
    Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 23
    Memory at fc226c00 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    I/O ports at 1c60 [size=32]
    Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
    Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 210e
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
    Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
    Memory at cfff0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at cff00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
    Kernel driver in use: radeon
    Kernel modules: radeon

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5350 AGN [Echo Peak] Network Connection
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1011
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
    Memory at f4200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
    Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
    Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-16-eb-ff-ff-05-49-54
    Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
    Kernel modules: iwlagn

15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20c6
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
    Memory at f4300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Bus: primary=15, secondary=16, subordinate=17, sec-latency=176
    Memory window 0: f0000000-f3fff000 (prefetchable)
    Memory window 1: c4000000-c7fff000
    I/O window 0: 00005000-000050ff
    I/O window 1: 00005400-000054ff
    16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
    Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
    Kernel modules: yenta_socket

15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20c7
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
    Memory at f4301000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
    Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
    Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
    Kernel modules: firewire-ohci

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
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lockd                  67039  1 nfs
fscache                40063  1 nfs
nfs_acl                 2311  1 nfs
auth_rpcgss            40420  1 nfs
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ipv6                  280344  34 
fuse                   59417  5 
joydev                  9863  0 
usbhid                 38274  0 
zaurus                  2792  0 
hid                    75887  1 usbhid
i2400m_usb             35323  0 
cdc_ether               4242  1 zaurus
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btusb                  11433  0 
arc4                    1362  2 
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usbnet                 15721  2 zaurus,cdc_ether
mii                     3810  1 usbnet
ecb                     1993  2 
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cdc_acm                16596  0 
snd_seq_dummy           1447  0 
wimax                  26214  1 i2400m
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snd_seq                50530  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
radeon                790188  2 
snd_hda_codec_conexant    31150  1 
snd_seq_device          5241  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
iwlagn                248796  0 
snd_hda_intel          21906  0 
iwlcore               163163  1 iwlagn
ttm                    45713  1 radeon
snd_hda_codec          76595  2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
drm_kms_helper         23740  1 radeon
snd_pcm_oss            39096  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16932  1 snd_pcm_oss
uhci_hcd               22075  0 
mac80211              182791  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd_hwdep               6126  1 snd_hda_codec
drm                   162265  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
ehci_hcd               36042  0 
iTCO_wdt               10669  0 
snd_pcm                71653  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
i2c_i801                8598  0 
thinkpad_acpi          61719  0 
video                  19077  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1849  1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_algo_bit            5071  1 radeon
pcmcia                 36798  0 
vboxnetadp              4721  0 
snd_timer              19660  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
firewire_ohci          22882  0 
usbcore               145485  11 usbhid,zaurus,i2400m_usb,cdc_ether,btusb,usbnet,cdc_wdm,cdc_acm,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
output                  1956  1 video
psmouse                53592  0 
led_class               2347  1 thinkpad_acpi
cfg80211              141568  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
vboxnetflt             14311  0 
ppdev                   6014  0 
firewire_core          44779  1 firewire_ohci
parport_pc             31543  1 
yenta_socket           21583  0 
snd                    57225  12 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,thinkpad_acpi,snd_timer
tpm_tis                 8216  0 
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soundcore               6089  1 snd
pcspkr                  1803  0 
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rsrc_nonstatic          8618  1 yenta_socket
e1000e                127844  0 
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intel_agp              29074  0 
lp                      9056  0 
button                  4818  0 
evdev                   8775  17 
battery                10055  0 
ac                      3089  0 
i2c_core               18364  5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit
sg                     25328  0 
pcmcia_core            12964  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
wmi                     5925  0 
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parport                29639  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
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thermal                12258  0 
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processor              29008  2 
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sr_mod                 14842  0 
sd_mod                 27923  5 
cdrom                  35809  1 sr_mod
ata_piix               21267  4 
ata_generic             3087  0 
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frigaut · 2010-07-18 03:47:25

well well well, what do you know? Turns out I was configuring an old laptop tonight. Intel graphics. And what did I got? 3 freezes. exactly as the ones you describe.
Turns out I was running it with plymouth. Uninstalled plymouth, removed plymouth hook from mkinitcpio.conf, re-run mkinitcpio, added vga i menu.lst, rebooted -> no freeze for the past hour. touch wood.
Would you be using plymouth or KMS?

edited for spelling

Last edited by frigaut (2010-07-18 03:48:08)

w1ntermute · 2010-07-19 19:12:32

No, I don't have plymouth installed, but since I'm running xf86-video-ati with a 2.6.34 kernel, KMS is enabled by default.

frigaut · 2010-07-19 20:50:53

you could try to disable it (don't remember the exact command, i915.modeset=0 or something similar in the GRUB kernel line?).

CosineQuaNon · 2010-07-21 00:34:35

Hmm, isn't that Intel-specific? I'm using an ATI card.

frigaut · 2010-07-21 00:59:06

CosineQuaNon wrote:

Hmm, isn't that Intel-specific? I'm using an ATI card.

if it's indeed coming from the video card, yes, it's intel specific. At least, w1ntermute has an intel and I encountered an issue the looked similar also with an intel.

w1ntermute · 2010-07-21 17:13:34

Well, now it seems to be crashing without any errors, so I don't know what to do. I guess I'll just wait and see if an update fixes the problem.

w1ntermute · 2010-07-22 19:43:25

Are you using SLiM as your login manager by any chance? This was in my kernel.log after X crashed again this morning:

slim[5233]: segfault at a20 ip 00007f91abadb228 sp 00007fffb58bc330 error 4 in libX11.so.6.3.0[7f91aba3f000+137000]

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#1 2010-07-16 01:58:37

Laptop hard freeze, screen fades & audio broken, fine after reboot

#2 2010-07-16 04:45:36

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#3 2010-07-16 05:31:13

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#4 2010-07-16 05:52:45

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#5 2010-07-16 15:20:54

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#6 2010-07-16 16:36:09

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#7 2010-07-17 05:13:23

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#8 2010-07-17 07:19:20

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#9 2010-07-17 16:02:11

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#10 2010-07-17 16:23:45

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#11 2010-07-18 03:47:25

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#12 2010-07-19 19:12:32

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#13 2010-07-19 20:50:53

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#14 2010-07-21 00:34:35

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#15 2010-07-21 00:59:06

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#16 2010-07-21 17:13:34

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#17 2010-07-22 19:43:25

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