Arch crashing randomly. Dont know where to start looking....

mrkip · 2008-09-11 17:00:19

Hi.

Just want to say that ive so far really enjoyed using Arch so far and its performance is way beyond my expectations on this old Athlon im running it on. Its been a bit of a chalange so far but been well worth it and its helped me learn a little bit more about Linux in the process. I think i'll have finally found a distro im going to stick with as long as i can sort this last problem out. Any help with this getting to the bottom of this will be much appeciated.....

My problem is that Arch just seems to crash at random times. I really cant put my finger on what seems to be causing this so i know a bit of investigating is needed to get to the bottom of it.
Here's some additional info which i hope might help;-

Im using Arch setup with XFCE as the desktop using the stock kernel 2.6.26-ARCH.

When the system crashes i have to perform a a hard restart/reboot to get back to my desktop. Ive tried restarting the xserver using Clt-Alt-Backspace but this dosnt work after a crash happens.

The system seems to hang after its been left alone for an hour or two.
I have Samba working and running and ive noticed that large files transfers to other PC's on my network also seem to crash my Arch machine as well.

The only thing ive tried so far in 'pacman -Sy u' to make sure the system is up to date but this dosnt seem to have solved anything.

Can anyone suggest how i might go about trying to get to the bottom of this problem?
Thanks in advance
James:)

skottish · 2008-09-11 17:24:01

Hi mrkip, welcome to the forums.

Post a bit about your hardware. I'm going to guess off the top of my head that the X server is having a hard crash. What graphics adapter are you using? What driver are you using for it?

Daenyth · 2008-09-11 17:50:45

This can also be caused by ndiswrapper. Are you able to use sysrq? (It's not enabled by default, you need to turn it on first)

mrkip · 2008-09-11 21:24:53

Hi.
thanks for the quick reply

Im using an nvidia XFX GeForce 6200A 256MB and im using the glx driver

I dont think im using the ndiswrapper (correct me if im wrong) as im using a wired ethernet connection. Also all the other PC's on my network connect via ethernet as well. Sorry i should have said this before and tried to give more details about this old desktop PC im on.

Here's a copy of my xorg.conf file if it helps;-

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder57)  Thu Jul 17 18:40:12 PDT 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
#    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option       "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "HannsG"
    ModelName      "HSD HW191D"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     49.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6200 A-LE"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1440x900_75 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0; 1440x900 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Hope thats of some help and thanks

kamituel · 2008-09-11 21:55:18

I have similar problem - X crashes so badly that even Ctrl+Alt+Backspace don't work. It happens on Intel GMA965 with 'intel' driver. Right now I have no time to investigate this problem, but things I've noticed so far are:
1. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does not work, but 'magic' sysrq does - after Ctrl+Alt+Prtsc E, X is going down and I have access to regular login prompt (but of course all proceses were killed)
2. During this hang, I can login via SSH from another machine and work as always.
3. During hang, non-X apps are working fine, not sure about X ones.

So it looks like problem with X, try looking there.

skottish · 2008-09-12 03:18:09

ndiswrapper is for wireless, so you're good there. Are you using the most recent nVidia driver (pacman -S nvidia)? If so you may need one of the legacy drivers and the corresponding utils package. Honestly I don't know where the cutoff is between cards, but the 6200 series is a bit older now. You may want to try nvidia-96xx and nvidia-96xx-utils.

DeltaXFX · 2008-09-12 15:46:46

I am having the same problem. X Server seems to be crashing after a seemingly random amount of time.
It never crashes when I am using the computer.
Sometimes it seems to crash as soon as I walk away, while other times it will be fine for > 24 hours.
ctrl + alt + backspace doesn't work for me either.
I'm am not using ndiswrapper, I do not even have the package on my system.

This is on a toshiba laptop with Intel 945 using the i810 module.

As far as I can tell this started with either the 2.6.26.3-1 or the 2.6.26.5-1 kernel26

My xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Xorg Configured"
    Screen        0    "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0"    "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Touchpad"    "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0"    "SendCoreEvents"
    Option        "AIGLX"        "true"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath        "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath    "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
#    FontPath    "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#    FontPath    "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load        "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load        "dbe"
    Load        "dri"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "glx"
        Load        "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "record"
    Load        "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Keyboard0"
    Driver        "keyboard"
        Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
    Option        "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier    "Touchpad"
        Driver        "synaptics"
        Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mouse2"
        Option        "Protocol"        "auto-dev"
        Option        "LeftEdge"        "100"    #phy is 80
        Option        "RightEdge"        "920"    #phy is 950
        Option        "TopEdge"        "90"     #phy is 70
        Option        "BottomEdge"        "670"    #phy is 700
        Option        "FingerLow"        "25"
        Option        "FingerHigh"        "30"
        Option        "MaxTapTime"        "140"    #180
        Option        "MaxTapMove"        "220"
        Option        "MinSpeed"        "0.40"
        Option        "MaxSpeed"        "1.10"
        Option        "AccelFactor"        "0.0500"
    Option        "VertEdgeScroll"    "on"
    #Option        "ClickTime"        "80"
    Option        "EdgeMotionUseAlways"    "true"
    Option        "VertScrollDelta"    "40"
        Option        "SHMConfig"        "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier    "Mouse0"
        Driver        "mouse"
        Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
        Option        "Protocol"        "IMPS/2"
        Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
        Option        "Buttons"        "5"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
#    HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
    HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
    VertRefresh  60.0 - 100.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#    VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
EndSection

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Card0"
    #Driver        "intel"
    Driver        "i810"
    VendorName    "All"
    BoardName    "All"
    Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
    Option "DRI" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen0"
    Device        "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultColorDepth    24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    16
        Modes    "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    24
        Modes    "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
      Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

normc · 2008-09-13 03:05:34

I was having this problem, as time went on it happened more frequently. Turned out to be a bad mother board.

Dheart · 2008-09-13 05:21:45

I'm having this crash on intel i965 when I use graphic intense apps...
Your system crashing when left alone for hour or two... That seams like a power supply problem. There is a similar tread for a guy with a Celeron whose machine crashes when there's no cpu usage - a workarround is to run something like SETI@home or other similar program in background.

And guys what is that sysrq? How can I use it? (I got sick of issueing a hard reboot after a crash...)

M177ER · 2008-09-13 05:43:53

I have a FX 5 series card and it says to use the latest driver. I think the 4 series is the cutoff for legacy cards. Sorry I don't have any help with your problem. Can you switch to a virtual console when it locks up?

Ctrl+Alt+F1

then

Ctrl+Alt+F7

to get back

mrkip · 2008-09-13 18:14:05

Dheart wrote:

I'm having this crash on intel i965 when I use graphic intense apps...
Your system crashing when left alone for hour or two... That seams like a power supply problem. There is a similar tread for a guy with a Celeron whose machine crashes when there's no cpu usage - a workarround is to run something like SETI@home or other similar program in background.
And guys what is that sysrq? How can I use it? (I got sick of issueing a hard reboot after a crash...)

Cheers for the help so far guys.

I dont think my problems are down zero CPU usage as most of the time when the computer is being left idle i have Deluge running in the background. At first i thought this might be the cause but i tested this by leaving my box on overnight without Deluge running and it crashed:(

As for the power supply i think thats okay. Its a Hiper PSU and its only a year or two old and it certainly has enough power to run this Linux box.

Im almost 100% sure its a software fault as ive had Linux mint running on the thing for the past few months and that was fine (although very slow). Im also sure that Mint was running the newer nvidia drivers and not the legacy ones. I used the follwoing page of the Arch wiki when i was setting up xorg and if ive read it right im correct using newer drivers for my card http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L … dix-a.html.

Sorry about being ignorent m177er but what does a virtual console do? I'll be giving this a try when the system locks up again but im just curious to know what this does?

A few other things happened today which i noticed, i dont know if there connected though;-

1. My system happened to lock up whilst i was using it. When it did the lights for my keyboard (num lock, caps lock, scroll lock, etc) kept flashing repeatedly. They didnt stop until i reset the system.
2. I tried listening to an mp3 over my network using another of my PC's and it just crashed it straight away. I seem to be able to browse folders okay and move small files but anything else just locks my Arch box up as well.

Dont know if thats of any use but i thought id post it just encase.

Can anyone explain to me what this 'sysrq' thing does as well cheers?

Thanks again:D

DeltaXFX · 2008-09-13 21:41:09

I noticed something today that is keeping my system from locking up.
The CPU usage can't be the problem on mine. I leave F@H running 24x7. And this problem just started recently with no changes to the system or what I run except for "pacman -Syu"
I have my screensaver disabled, and am not using any suspend or hibernate functions. However, after about 30 minutes of inactivity, the screen will go black and then I can no longer use the system, cannot even ctrl+alt+backspace as I mentioned earlier.
But, if I start Amarok, and run a visualization, even with no music playing, the system will never lock up. However, if I close the visualization and leave Amarok running, the system will lock up.

mrkip · 2008-09-14 08:17:06

My system was left on all night and it was fine. I started using it and after 30mins it locked up again. I tried the virtual server (ctrl-alt-f1/f2) but this did nothing. Arggghhh. This is really begining to annoy my now.

Im just wondering if this might help as well. This is the report of the /var/log/Xorg.0.log:-

X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.26-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux mediapc 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Sep 9 10:15:21 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 17 August 2008  10:53:07AM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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 Sep 14 09:14:56 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi".
    Entry deleted from font path.
    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi".
    Entry deleted from font path.
    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi").
(==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x81e1f60
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
    X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
    X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1022,700c card 0000,0000 rev 11 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1022,700d card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1022,7440 card 0000,0000 rev 05 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1022,7441 card 0000,0000 rev 04 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 1022,7443 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:5: chip 1022,7445 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1022,7448 card 0000,0000 rev 05 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 01:05:0: chip 10de,0222 card 1682,213b rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:00:0: chip 1022,7449 card 0000,0000 rev 07 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:04:0: chip 10b7,9200 card 10b7,1000 rev 74 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:06:0: chip 10b9,5237 card 10b9,5237 rev 03 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:06:1: chip 10b9,5237 card 10b9,5237 rev 03 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:06:2: chip 10b9,5237 card 10b9,5237 rev 03 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:06:3: chip 10b9,5239 card 2020,8888 rev 01 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:08:0: chip 105a,5275 card 1458,b001 rev 01 class 01,04,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
    [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
    [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
    [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
    [0] -1    0    0xf8000000 - 0xfaffffff (0x3000000) MX[b]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
    [0] -1    0    0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:16:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0006 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
    [0] -1    0    0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00009c00 - 0x00009cff (0x100) IX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [6] -1    0    0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [7] -1    0    0x0000ac00 - 0x0000acff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
    [0] -1    0    0xfb000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x2000000) MX[b]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
    [0] -1    0    0x50000000 - 0x500fffff (0x100000) MX[b]
(--) PCI:*(1:5:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200 A-LE rev 161, Mem @ 0xf8000000/24, 0xe0000000/28, 0xf9000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
    [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xf0000000 from 0xf7ffffff to 0xefffffff
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xfd000000 from 0xfd000fff to 0xfcffffff
(II) PCI I/O resource overlap reduced 0x0000c000 from 0x0000c003 to 0x0000bfff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0xfc000000 - 0xfc003fff (0x4000) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0xfc008000 - 0xfc0080ff (0x100) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0xfc007000 - 0xfc007fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0xfc006000 - 0xfc006fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0xfc005000 - 0xfc005fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0xfc009000 - 0xfc00907f (0x80) MX[b]
    [6] -1    0    0xfc004000 - 0xfc004fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [7] -1    0    0xfd000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [8] -1    0    0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [9] -1    0    0xf9000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [10] -1    0    0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
    [11] -1    0    0xf8000000 - 0xf8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [12] -1    0    0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[b]
    [13] -1    0    0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[b]
    [14] -1    0    0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[b]
    [15] -1    0    0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[b]
    [16] -1    0    0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[b]
    [17] -1    0    0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[b]
    [18] -1    0    0x0000b400 - 0x0000b43f (0x40) IX[b]
    [19] -1    0    0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [20] -1    0    0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[b]
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0x0000c000 - 0x0000bfff (0x0) IX[b]O
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
    [0] -1    0    0xfc000000 - 0xfc003fff (0x4000) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0xfc008000 - 0xfc0080ff (0x100) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0xfc007000 - 0xfc007fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0xfc006000 - 0xfc006fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0xfc005000 - 0xfc005fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0xfc009000 - 0xfc00907f (0x80) MX[b]
    [6] -1    0    0xfc004000 - 0xfc004fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [7] -1    0    0xfd000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [8] -1    0    0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [9] -1    0    0xf9000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [10] -1    0    0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
    [11] -1    0    0xf8000000 - 0xf8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [12] -1    0    0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[b]
    [13] -1    0    0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[b]
    [14] -1    0    0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[b]
    [15] -1    0    0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[b]
    [16] -1    0    0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[b]
    [17] -1    0    0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[b]
    [18] -1    0    0x0000b400 - 0x0000b43f (0x40) IX[b]
    [19] -1    0    0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [20] -1    0    0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[b]
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
    [0] -1    0    0x0000c000 - 0x0000bfff (0x0) IX[b]O
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
    [0] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) All system resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0xfc000000 - 0xfc003fff (0x4000) MX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0xfc008000 - 0xfc0080ff (0x100) MX[b]
    [6] -1    0    0xfc007000 - 0xfc007fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [7] -1    0    0xfc006000 - 0xfc006fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0xfc005000 - 0xfc005fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [9] -1    0    0xfc009000 - 0xfc00907f (0x80) MX[b]
    [10] -1    0    0xfc004000 - 0xfc004fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [11] -1    0    0xfd000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [12] -1    0    0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [13] -1    0    0xf9000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [14] -1    0    0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
    [15] -1    0    0xf8000000 - 0xf8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [16] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [17] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [18] -1    0    0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[b]
    [19] -1    0    0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[b]
    [20] -1    0    0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[b]
    [21] -1    0    0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[b]
    [22] -1    0    0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[b]
    [23] -1    0    0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[b]
    [24] -1    0    0x0000b400 - 0x0000b43f (0x40) IX[b]
    [25] -1    0    0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [26] -1    0    0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[b]
    [27] -1    0    0x0000c000 - 0x0000bfff (0x0) IX[b]O
(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) "freetype" 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) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.1.0
    Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
    ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(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  173.14.12  Thu Jul 17 18:36:35 PDT 2008
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(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 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(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) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.3.1
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.3.0
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  173.14.12  Thu Jul 17 18:15:54 PDT 2008
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:05:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(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 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(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 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
    [0] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0xfc000000 - 0xfc003fff (0x4000) MX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0xfc008000 - 0xfc0080ff (0x100) MX[b]
    [6] -1    0    0xfc007000 - 0xfc007fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [7] -1    0    0xfc006000 - 0xfc006fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0xfc005000 - 0xfc005fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [9] -1    0    0xfc009000 - 0xfc00907f (0x80) MX[b]
    [10] -1    0    0xfc004000 - 0xfc004fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [11] -1    0    0xfd000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [12] -1    0    0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [13] -1    0    0xf9000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [14] -1    0    0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
    [15] -1    0    0xf8000000 - 0xf8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [16] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [17] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [18] -1    0    0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[b]
    [19] -1    0    0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[b]
    [20] -1    0    0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[b]
    [21] -1    0    0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[b]
    [22] -1    0    0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[b]
    [23] -1    0    0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[b]
    [24] -1    0    0x0000b400 - 0x0000b43f (0x40) IX[b]
    [25] -1    0    0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [26] -1    0    0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[b]
    [27] -1    0    0x0000c000 - 0x0000bfff (0x0) IX[b]O
(II) resource ranges after probing:
    [0] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0xfc000000 - 0xfc003fff (0x4000) MX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0xfc008000 - 0xfc0080ff (0x100) MX[b]
    [6] -1    0    0xfc007000 - 0xfc007fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [7] -1    0    0xfc006000 - 0xfc006fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0xfc005000 - 0xfc005fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [9] -1    0    0xfc009000 - 0xfc00907f (0x80) MX[b]
    [10] -1    0    0xfc004000 - 0xfc004fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [11] -1    0    0xfd000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [12] -1    0    0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [13] -1    0    0xf9000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [14] -1    0    0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
    [15] -1    0    0xf8000000 - 0xf8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [16] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
    [17] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [18] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [19] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [20] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [21] -1    0    0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[b]
    [22] -1    0    0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[b]
    [23] -1    0    0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[b]
    [24] -1    0    0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[b]
    [25] -1    0    0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[b]
    [26] -1    0    0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[b]
    [27] -1    0    0x0000b400 - 0x0000b43f (0x40) IX[b]
    [28] -1    0    0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [29] -1    0    0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[b]
    [30] -1    0    0x0000c000 - 0x0000bfff (0x0) IX[b]O
    [31] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
    [32] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) 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 "TwinView" "0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1440x900_75 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0; 1440x900 +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 A-LE (NV44) at PCI:1:5:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.10.87
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 A-LE at
(--) NVIDIA(0):     PCI:1:5:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     HSD HW191D (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): HSD HW191D (DFP-0): 155.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): HSD HW191D (DFP-0): Internal Single Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1440x900_75+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1440x900+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 87); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
    [0] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0xfc000000 - 0xfc003fff (0x4000) MX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0xfc008000 - 0xfc0080ff (0x100) MX[b]
    [6] -1    0    0xfc007000 - 0xfc007fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [7] -1    0    0xfc006000 - 0xfc006fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0xfc005000 - 0xfc005fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [9] -1    0    0xfc009000 - 0xfc00907f (0x80) MX[b]
    [10] -1    0    0xfc004000 - 0xfc004fff (0x1000) MX[b]
    [11] -1    0    0xfd000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [12] -1    0    0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
    [13] -1    0    0xf9000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [14] -1    0    0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
    [15] -1    0    0xf8000000 - 0xf8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
    [16] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
    [17] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [18] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [19] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [20] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [21] -1    0    0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[b]
    [22] -1    0    0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[b]
    [23] -1    0    0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[b]
    [24] -1    0    0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[b]
    [25] -1    0    0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[b]
    [26] -1    0    0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[b]
    [27] -1    0    0x0000b400 - 0x0000b43f (0x40) IX[b]
    [28] -1    0    0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[b]
    [29] -1    0    0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[b]
    [30] -1    0    0x0000c000 - 0x0000bfff (0x0) IX[b]O
    [31] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
    [32] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized AGP GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Unable to connect to the ACPI daemon; the ACPI daemon may not
(II) NVIDIA(0):     be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration option
(II) NVIDIA(0):     may not be set correctly.  When the ACPI daemon is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     available, the NVIDIA X driver can use it to receive ACPI
(II) NVIDIA(0):     events.  For details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1440x900_75+0+0"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(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 built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard0: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "gb"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "auto"
(**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/psaux"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 9
(**) Mouse0: Sensitivity: 1
(II) evaluating device (Mouse0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
(II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(--) Mouse0: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

abdza · 2008-09-14 13:50:29

Have you tried run memtest on your system? Random crashes sometimes happen because of just some rarely used memory space that get used only once in a while.

z0phi3l · 2008-09-14 16:36:20

I was having problems like that too for a while, found out it was a combination of my Video card going bad and a PSU that couldn't handle the power needs of my system

dext · 2008-09-14 23:35:53

I have the same problem since I've upgraded to kernel 2.6.25. 2.6.26 the same. <= 2.6.24 works fine.

I have tried to solve this problem on polish forum, so I'll translate my description.

I work with KDE + Amarok, Kopete and Full Kontact with auto mail and RSS check.

/etc/rc.conf

#modules
sky2 slhc snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-emu10k1 soundcore

#deamons
@syslog-ng @network netfs @crond portmap nfslock nfsd @alsa @dbus @hal @fam @kdm @sshd @named

It crashes when I am doing anything, or I left pc on night, or dinner etc.
I don't think that is idle problem, because I noticed a crash when Ktorrent was hard working.

When it crashes I try:
- alt+ctrl+Backspace
- ctrl + Fx
- all SysRq
- connect via ssh
I can't ping this system!

I have to do hard reset, and after that, recover root filesystem - ext3.
I've downgraded to kernel 2.6.22 - it is not easy in Arch. When kernel 2.6.26 has released I've installed it... when I've tried turn back to 2.6.22 I destroy my system permanently

In logs are nothing.

C2D E4400 (I use i686)
Intel P965
GF 8800 GTS

Hardware is OK! I play many advance games on Windows XP/Vista, and it never crash. Memtest is also OK.

I have 3 others computers with Arch and kernel 2.6.26: Pentium-M (IBM T42), Athlon XP 1700+ and Pentium 4 1700Mhz (e-pc). I haven't got any problem with that.

Last edited by dext (2008-09-15 01:32:40)

dext · 2008-09-15 15:38:49

Solution, downgrade to kernel2.6.24. Nvidia users.

1. Download Archlinux-i686-2008.03-1-archboot.core.iso - not net install! You will have to install from CD, not FTP.

2. You should save your and mirrors's bandwidth, so copy your /var/cache/pacman/pkg to other computer or on DVD.

3. Do normal arch install from CD.

4. After first boot cp your .../pacman/pkg backup.

5. Always make upgrade using this:

pacman -Syu --ignore kernel26 --ignore atl2 --ignore kernel-headers --ignore glibc --ignore binutils --ignore findutils --ignore gcc --ignore gcc-libs --ignore nvidia

Add other --ignore to this, if Pacman stops your sync because it has problems with deps.

6. Always look what Pacman -S doing! It can not never install new kernel26.

NVIDIA

1. Install abs, and do abs as root.

2. cp -R /var/abs/extra/nvidia /home/YOU/abs/nvidia

3. You have to edit PKGBUILD and nvidia.install for your out of date kernel. It is very easy, but you can use my. Don't copy it! Forums like to change special chars.
PKGBUILD:

# $Id: PKGBUILD 8443 2008-08-11 05:11:22Z tpowa $
# Maintainer : Thomas Baechler <thomas@archlinux.org>

pkgname=nvidia
pkgver=173.14.12
_kernver='2.6.24-ARCH'
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for kernel26."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
[ "$CARCH" = "i686"   ] && ARCH=x86
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && ARCH=x86_64
url="http://www.nvidia.com/"
depends=('kernel26>=2.6.24' 'kernel26<2.6.27' 'nvidia-utils')
conflicts=('nvidia-96xx' 'nvidia-71xx' 'nvidia-legacy')
license=('custom')
install=nvidia.install
source=(http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-$ARCH/${pkgver}/NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run)
md5sums=('76b8eba1b14fc273a1a4044705b0aa56')
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && md5sums=('8675e4ca65033b343c8c77b2ce82e71d')

build()
{
  # Extract
  cd $startdir/src/
  sh NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run --extract-only
  cd NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0

  # Any extra patches are applied in here...

  cd usr/src/nv/
  ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile
  make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module || return 1

  # install kernel module
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
  install -m644 nvidia.ko $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/

  sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" $startdir/*.install
}

nvidia.install

# arg 1:  the new package version
post_install() {
  KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.24-ARCH'
  depmod -v $KERNEL_VERSION  > /dev/null 2>&1
}

# arg 1:  the new package version
# arg 2:  the old package version
post_upgrade() {
  post_install $1
  rmmod nvidia || echo 'In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.'
}

# arg 1:  the old package version
post_remove() {
  KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.24-ARCH'
  depmod -v $KERNEL_VERSION      > /dev/null 2>&1
}

op=$1
shift
$op $*

4. cd /home/YOU/abs/nvidia

5. as user: makepkg

6. as root: pacman -U pacman -U /home/dext/abs/nvidia/nvidia-*

Last edited by dext (2008-09-23 11:57:39)

sinister99 · 2008-09-15 15:58:03

I was having the same problems with my 6800GT for a while and I found disabling a screensaver and superkaramba got rid of it. Problem with X or the nvidia driver, not arch, though I could ssh into my computer no problem, X just froze.

M177ER · 2008-09-15 21:15:31

Dheart wrote:

Sorry about being ignorent m177er but what does a virtual console do? I'll be giving this a try when the system locks up again but im just curious to know what this does?

It would take you to a command prompt. I was taking a guess that if you could switch, then it was a problem with X. This doesn't sound like your problem but once I had something similar happen under Windows - I would use the computer for 1/2 an hour and the keyboard would flash and I would hear a click from the tower and then everything would freeze up. It turns out that my hard drive was failing - I replaced it and it was OK until I got rid of the computer.

Last edited by M177ER (2008-09-15 21:16:02)

idjut · 2008-09-23 04:50:27

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=43932&p=1

Have the same problem here since kernel 2.6.24. It shouldn't be hardware related (motherboard et al) as knoppix never freezes?? I use i810.

Adding noacpi to kernel line in grub helped a bit I think as I could have the computer on for 10 hours + with no lockup. Today it locked up just after starting firefox however

idjut · 2008-09-28 09:55:04

Is this solved for you? I still have problems.

lilsirecho · 2008-09-28 14:28:50

I vote for PSU problem ......................

idjut · 2008-09-29 17:59:29

Can it be a power supply/motherboard problem even if it's arch and kernel specific?

Thanks for the input

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