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sevcsik

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From: Budapest

Registered: 2009-12-23

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[SOLVED] System hangup for 2-3 seconds

Hi!

I just installed Arch on my Dell Mini 10 netbook, and there's a problem which i have no idea how to solve.
In every 8-10 seconds, the system becomes totally unresponsive for 2-3 seconds. Mouse pointer freezes, terminal cursors stop blinking, playback stops. During the freeze, some of the keyboard events are thrown away.
It happens under X and virtual terminals too (even when X is not running).

update: it looks like even the system clock stops ticking during the freezes: my clock 1 hour late at the end of the day.

If I look at a system monitor, there's no peaks in cpu activity during the freezes.

kernel: 2.6.32-ARCH
lspci: http://pastebin.ca/1724676
rc.conf: http://pastebin.ca/1724677

It's a two-days-old install, most things have been kept default.

update: i tried to stop processes with no luck... there's nothing regular in this. sometimes it starts right after boot, sometimes i can work 1-2 hours with no freeze.

i don't think it's a hardware problem, because win7 and ubuntu works without these problems.

Thanks for the help!

Last edited by sevcsik (2009-12-26 16:52:31)

sevcsik

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From: Budapest

Registered: 2009-12-23

Posts: 9

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Re: [SOLVED] System hangup for 2-3 seconds

bump

Coacher

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Re: [SOLVED] System hangup for 2-3 seconds

Try to add 'nohz=off' to your kernel boot parametrs list. It will disable dynamic ticks for you and can solve this problem.

sevcsik

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From: Budapest

Registered: 2009-12-23

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Re: [SOLVED] System hangup for 2-3 seconds

thanks, that solved my problem! i wonder how will it affect my battery life

Coacher

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Re: [SOLVED] System hangup for 2-3 seconds

Great! Please mark this topic as [SOLVED].

About battery life can say nothing)

Last edited by Coacher (2009-12-26 16:50:21)