Random freeze help

kaizoku · 2010-05-01 06:42:26

Recently, my system freezes randomly, I cannot do anything except reboot. I have done a full memtest86+ and it seems fine. What is the next step I should do to diagnose this?

cngn · 2010-05-01 07:18:44

there doesn't seem to be a solution yet, some days I do 5 hard resets in a row, some days none

oldmerovingian · 2010-05-01 08:34:06

I had the same problem on 2.6.32 and 2.6.33-1

It turned out to be my ath9k module on N networks. It has been resolved here, but perhaps you should look outside the normal issues if it seems like something else. I would have never guessed it was wireless.

Can you provide any information about what you are doing when it happens?

kaizoku · 2010-05-01 09:27:13

I guess it could be the wireless as well, it seems to happen when I am downloading. But I am using broadcom wl module.

firecat53 · 2010-05-01 15:51:33

You need to provide your video card model, driver, xorg version and which kernel you are running. Lots of freezes are x related. Xorg.log and dmesg would be helpful too.

cesura · 2010-05-01 17:23:23

firecat53 wrote:

You need to provide your video card model, driver, xorg version and which kernel you are running. Lots of freezes are x related. Xorg.log and dmesg would be helpful too.

Post:

lspci

Xorg -version

uname -r

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

dmesg | tail

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Last edited by cesura (2010-05-01 17:24:32)

kaizoku · 2010-05-02 01:46:26

lspci

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 RAID bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:06.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43XG (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2)

Xorg -version

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.33-ARCH x86_64 
Current Operating System: Linux kai 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Apr 4 10:27:30 CEST 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_gfdfcfacp2 ro vga=872
Build Date: 01 April 2010  05:28:33PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.18.0
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.

uname -r

2.6.33-ARCH

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.33-ARCH x86_64 
Current Operating System: Linux kai 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Apr 4 10:27:30 CEST 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_gfdfcfacp2 ro vga=872
Build Date: 01 April 2010  05:28:33PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.18.0
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun May  2 11:41:49 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(II) Loader magic: 0x7c1080
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 2

(WW) xf86OpenConsole: setpgid failed: Operation not permitted
(WW) xf86OpenConsole: setsid failed: Operation not permitted
(--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:0611:1682:2333 nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] rev 162, Mem @ 0xea000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/536870912, 0xe8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000b000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module  195.36.15  Fri Mar 12 01:17:05 PST 2010
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.1.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  195.36.15  Fri Mar 12 00:38:50 PST 2010
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 02@00:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050_60 +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RegistryDwords" "PerfLevelSrc=0x3333"
(**) May 02 11:41:49 NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) May 02 11:41:49 NVIDIA(0): ConnectedMonitor string: "DFP"
(II) May 02 11:41:49 NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) May 02 11:41:49 NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8800 GT (G92) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.92.16.00.a3
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 8X
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8800 GT at PCI:2:0:0:
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     ACI VW222 (DFP-0)
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): ACI VW222 (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): ACI VW222 (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     "1680x1050_60+0+0"
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1680 x 1050
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (90, 88); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     option
(==) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA: Using 768.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect framebuffer
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA:     access.
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     configuration option may not be set correctly.  When the
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications.  For
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1680x1050_60+0+0"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Initialized OpenGL Acceleration
(==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
(II) May 02 11:41:51 NVIDIA(0): Initialized X Rendering Acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "BackingStore" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(II) Loading extension XINERAMA
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.7.3, module version = 2.3.2
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) acceleration profile 0
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse
(**) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: always reports core events
(**) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: Found relative axes
(II) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
(II) ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"

dmesg | tail

ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 23, io mem 0xec106000
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
EXT4-fs (dm-4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -343401776 ns)
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
eth0: no link during initialization.
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
eth0: no link during initialization.

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Asus"
    ModelName      "ACI VW222"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option "DPMS" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8800 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
    Option         "BackingStore" "True"
    Option         "RegistryDwords" "PerfLevelSrc=0x3333"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1680x1050_60 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

thanks.

cesura · 2010-05-02 02:21:04

Maybe this could help:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVI … in_general

"Try disabling RenderAccel in xorg.conf"

I may not be much of help. I try to stay away from NVIDIA cards at all cost, so I have little knowledge of them

Last edited by cesura (2010-05-02 02:29:53)

kaizoku · 2010-05-02 02:46:08

I had these settings for a year and it just freezes recently, but I will give it a try.

firecat53 · 2010-05-02 02:52:34

Check in /var/log/pacman.log and see what packages have been upgraded around the time you started having problems. Try downgrading any likely candidates -- typically video drivers, xorg or kernel.

Scott

kaizoku · 2010-05-02 03:51:45

I think it's the wireless after all, I have stopped mass download, just light web browsing for today, and no signs of freeze. I am using http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 maybe that is the problem.

cngn · 2010-05-02 11:14:16

i'm not using any wireless devices, maybe my ram is failing, it even froze while memtesting, i've changed the slots and ran the memtest again, it finished without any errors, i will report back if I get any freezes again, but this is very strange that everyone gets random freezes after a kernel update

Last edited by cngn (2010-05-02 11:15:58)

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Random freeze help

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