System Freeze - Not Sure What the Problem is

n_t · 2013-12-09 09:26:38

At the moment I get irregular system freezes, probably 1 or 2 a day. I've checked in my journal and I'm not sure what the problem is. The last time it happened I can see it's last note before freezing was attempting to clean temp directories:

Dec 09 09:01:54 nickT_Arch slim[271]: [WARNING:flash/platform/pepper/pep_module.cpp(63)] SANDBOXED
Dec 09 09:11:08 nickT_Arch systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories...
Dec 09 09:11:08 nickT_Arch systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
-- Reboot --
Dec 09 09:16:49 nickT_Arch systemd-journal[123]: Runtime journal is using 1.3M (max 393.4M, leaving 590.1M of free 3.8G, current limit 393.4M).
Dec 09 09:16:49 nickT_Arch systemd-journal[123]: Runtime journal is using 1.3M (max 393.4M, leaving 590.1M of free 3.8G, current limit 393.4M).
Dec 09 09:16:49 nickT_Arch kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Dec 09 09:16:49 nickT_Arch kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Dec 09 09:16:49 nickT_Arch kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
Dec 09 09:16:49 nickT_Arch kernel: Linux version 3.11.6-1-ARCH (nobody@var-lib-archbuild-extra-x86_64-thomas) (gcc version 4.8.1 20130725 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 18 23:22:36 CEST 2013
Dec 09 09:16:49 nickT_Arch kernel: Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=c50c81c0-075c-4d0c-aa58-6dc16a3494a1 rw quiet

Next time it happens I'll look for a similar pattern. Can anyone suggest anything else I try or anywhere else I should look?

jrussell · 2013-12-09 12:54:19

Could be somthing to do with your hardware, bad sata cables, bad hdds? I had a faulty sata cable cause lockups.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.
Run some scans

n_t · 2013-12-09 15:05:50

Thanks for the advice. I'm happy to try that but the link is an empty page What scans do you think I should carry out?

jrussell · 2013-12-09 17:34:21

n_t wrote:

Thanks for the advice. I'm happy to try that but the link is an empty page What scans do you think I should carry out?

ahh ya the full stop is not used properly when I pasted, https://www.google.co.za/search?q=archl … e&ie=UTF-8

Read the SMART wiki, unfortunately I wouldn't really know what to look for exactly, perhaps just post any errors if you get any.

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System Freeze - Not Sure What the Problem is

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