Strange freeze [Solved]

fionnan · 2012-10-16 00:05:57

I've been getting random freezes while using xmonad over the past few days. The freezes occur frequently (several times a day) and I can't leave my laptop on for more than a few hours without it freezing.

When the system freezes I cannot switch workspaces or execute any xmonad command i.e. recompile, quit X, etc. The freezes only seems to affect xmonad.

The mouse still works and I can quit programs by right clicking them in trayer, also sometimes firefox accepts keyboard input and I can quit it cleanly.

The system shuts down normally when I press the power button to escape the freeze.

At first I thought it only happened when my laptop resumed from sleep but have also experienced them while watching video on mplayer or browsing with firefox.

Anyone experience this?

Last edited by fionnan (2012-10-27 00:16:38)

lifeafter2am · 2012-10-16 00:08:00

What does ~/.xmonad/xmonad.errors show?

fionnan · 2012-10-16 00:24:26

~/.xmonad/xmonad.errors is empty

lifeafter2am · 2012-10-16 01:14:34

Nothing in your xorg log?

fionnan · 2012-10-16 11:53:34

Had a few more freezes last night/this morning. Don't really know if these errors are relevant or not:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

[ 38.736] Current Operating System: Linux zrvx 3.6.2-1-ck #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 13 14:16:33 EDT 2012 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 38.762] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 38.781] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 38.781] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 38.781] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW
~
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 38.744] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 38.781] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 38.781] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[ 38.781] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here's the full log as well if that's any help:

http://pastebin.com/xkPdernh

fionnan · 2012-10-27 00:14:28

System freezes had nothing to do with XMonad, this line in my .xinitrc was to blame:

xautolock -time 30 -locker "sudo systemctl suspend"

Arch Linux

#1 2012-10-16 00:05:57

Strange freeze [Solved]

#2 2012-10-16 00:08:00

Re: Strange freeze [Solved]

#3 2012-10-16 00:24:26

Re: Strange freeze [Solved]

#4 2012-10-16 01:14:34

Re: Strange freeze [Solved]

#5 2012-10-16 11:53:34

Re: Strange freeze [Solved]

#6 2012-10-27 00:14:28

Re: Strange freeze [Solved]

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