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ajayyadav2412

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Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

I use xautolock to automatically lock and suspend my arch installation with i3wm. When I don't reboot the system for about 24 hours, xautolock stops working. After reboot it again start working fine. Same thing happens with some other programs too. I have tried reinstalling xautolock but it doesn't work.  reboot is the only option for making them functional, which I don't want. Can anyone give me a fix for this? How can I have my xautolock working fine for many days without rebooting? I don't like rebooting. Any helpful suggestion is welcome. Kindly reply. Thankyou.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

What xautolock command are you using ?

Does it also stop working after 24 hours if you only let it lock but not suspend ?

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

Does simply restarting xautolock instead of rebooting work as well?

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ajayyadav2412

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

First of all Thankyou for replying .  No it does not work. I did "killall xautolock" and again started it but it does not work. I then uninstalled and reinstalled it but no effect. But if I do reboot it starts working for few hours. Again I need to reboot for proper function after few hours of work. I think it might be that arch would be creating some kind of files which need to be cleaned regularly in order to avoid that kind of malfuctioning. But I am not knowing about them. or there might be some other issue.

ajayyadav2412

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

I use "xautolock -time 1 -locker "systemctl suspend" " command

ajayyadav2412

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

What xautolock command are you using ?

Does it also stop working after 24 hours if you only let it lock but not suspend ?

xautolock -time 1 -locker "systemctl suspend"

It just becomes unresponsive after about 24 hours. If use "systemctl suspend" or "i3lock" command manually they work, but xautolock doesn't work after about 24 hours.

ajayyadav2412

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

Does simply restarting xautolock instead of rebooting work as well?

First of all Thankyou for replying .  No it does not work. I did "killall xautolock" and again started it but it does not work. I then uninstalled and reinstalled it but no effect. But if I do reboot it starts working for few hours. Again I need to reboot for proper function after few hours of work. I think it might be that arch would be creating some kind of files which need to be cleaned regularly in order to avoid that kind of malfuctioning. But I am not knowing about them. or there might be some other issue.

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

What is the output of `hostnamectl`?

ajayyadav2412

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

What is the output of `hostnamectl`?

Static hostname: archPC
         Icon name: computer-laptop
           Chassis: laptop
        Machine ID: f3ca140e56354e66a1f5fxxxxxxxxxxxx
           Boot ID: 67266a9b96684a3xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Operating System: Arch Linux
            Kernel: Linux 5.6.5-arch3-1
      Architecture: x86-64

ajayyadav2412

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Re: Reboot needed after few hours for proper functioning of some apps

I changed my kernel from linux-lts to linux and upgraded my system using pacman -Syu command. Now it's working fine. Problem has been solved. no more reboot required. Thankyou to everyone who tried helping me.