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#1 2011-01-19 17:43:21

deadspider187
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Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

I keep having occasional hard drive thrashing that brings my system to a crawl.  I can't get any kind of monitoring going once it happens (since the system won't do anything during that time).  It happens once to twice a day (I use it 8 hours/day), and lasts for about 10 minutes.  The hard drive is a 1.8" SSD-based drive, I don't know what type.

devpts                 /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
shm                    /dev/shm      tmpfs     nodev,nosuid        0      0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 /home ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 / ext4 noatime 0 1


Just after the hard drive thrashing, this is all the info I have dug up:



# free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           995        735        260          0         37        211
-/+ buffers/cache:        485        509
Swap:          476        167        309
# ps -A
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:02 init
    2 ?        00:00:00 kthreadd
    3 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
    6 ?        00:00:00 migration/0
    7 ?        00:00:00 watchdog/0
    8 ?        00:00:00 cpuset
    9 ?        00:00:00 khelper
   10 ?        00:00:00 netns
   11 ?        00:00:00 pm
   12 ?        00:00:00 sync_supers
   13 ?        00:00:00 bdi-default
   14 ?        00:00:00 kblockd
   15 ?        00:00:00 kacpid
   16 ?        00:00:00 kacpi_notify
   17 ?        00:00:00 kacpi_hotplug
   18 ?        00:00:00 kseriod
   20 ?        00:00:00 khungtaskd
   21 ?        00:00:04 kswapd0
   22 ?        00:00:00 ksmd
   23 ?        00:00:00 fsnotify_mark
   24 ?        00:00:00 aio
   25 ?        00:00:00 crypto
  592 ?        00:00:00 ata_sff
  593 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
  594 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
  622 ?        00:00:00 jbd2/sda4-8
  623 ?        00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
  653 ?        00:00:00 udevd
  954 ?        00:00:00 khubd
  970 ?        00:00:00 kpsmoused
  976 ?        00:00:00 tifm
 1024 ?        00:00:00 pccardd
 1029 ?        00:00:00 i915
 1034 ?        00:00:00 cfg80211
 1050 ?        00:00:00 iwl3945
 1051 ?        00:00:00 phy0
 1075 ?        00:00:00 usbhid_resumer
 1100 ?        00:00:00 hd-audio0
 1269 ?        00:00:03 jbd2/sda3-8
 1270 ?        00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
 1425 ?        00:00:00 crond
 1440 ?        00:00:27 dbus-daemon
 1443 ?        00:00:10 hald
 1444 ?        00:00:00 hald-runner
 1449 ?        00:00:03 flush-8:0
 1475 ?        00:00:02 hald-addon-inpu
 1477 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-rfki
 1484 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-gene
 1497 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
 1503 tty1     00:00:00 agetty
 1504 tty2     00:00:00 agetty
 1505 tty3     00:00:00 agetty
 1506 ?        00:00:00 gdm-binary
 1523 ?        00:00:01 console-kit-dae
 1590 ?        00:00:08 polkitd
 1633 ?        00:00:00 upowerd
 2063 ?        00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
 2285 ?        00:00:00 gdm-simple-slav
 2286 tty8     00:17:11 Xorg
 2333 ?        00:00:00 polkit-gnome-au
 2336 ?        00:00:00 gdm-session-wor
 2350 ?        00:00:01 gnome-keyring-d
 2369 ?        00:00:00 gnome-session
 2383 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
 2384 ?        00:00:01 dbus-daemon
 2396 ?        00:00:15 gnome-settings-
 2404 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd
 2409 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
 2414 ?        00:01:14 metacity
 2417 ?        00:00:13 gnome-panel
 2421 ?        00:00:24 nautilus
 2425 ?        00:00:00 bonobo-activati
 2433 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-gdu-volume
 2434 ?        00:00:00 polkit-gnome-au
 2437 ?        00:00:00 evolution-alarm
 2439 ?        00:00:03 gnome-power-man
 2443 ?        00:00:00 udisks-daemon
 2444 ?        00:00:00 gdu-notificatio
 2445 ?        00:00:21 nm-applet
 2447 ?        00:00:00 udisks-daemon
 2466 ?        00:00:31 wnck-applet
 2472 ?        00:00:05 clock-applet
 2474 ?        00:00:02 notification-ar
 2477 ?        00:00:03 notification-da
 2484 ?        00:00:12 gnome-screensav
 2489 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
 2491 ?        00:00:00 e-calendar-fact
 2496 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-metadata
 2499 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
 2512 ?        00:00:01 quicksynergy
 6389 ?        00:00:00 hci0
 6445 ?        01:28:07 plugin-containe
 6457 ?        00:00:09 gnome-terminal
 6461 ?        00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
 6463 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
 7401 ?        00:00:04 gimp-2.6
 9323 ?        00:00:14 gconfd-2
14023 ?        00:00:00 gksu
14030 pts/2    00:00:00 su
14031 pts/2    00:00:00 gksu-run-helper
14036 pts/2    00:08:10 firestarter
14040 pts/2    00:00:00 dbus-launch
14041 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
14044 ?        00:00:00 gconfd-2
14375 ?        00:00:00 sshd
14512 ?        00:04:02 synergys
15750 ?        01:06:10 vidalia
16090 ?        00:00:04 privoxy
20473 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:1
20552 ?        00:00:00 syslog-ng
20553 ?        00:00:00 syslog-ng
21749 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:0
22553 pts/0    00:00:00 su
22556 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
23483 ?        00:00:00 thunderbird
23496 ?        00:00:00 run-mozilla.sh
23500 ?        00:03:54 thunderbird-bin
23571 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:1
23870 ?        00:00:00 dnsmasq
26166 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:0
28684 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:2
29160 ?        00:00:00 udevd
29161 ?        00:00:00 udevd
29649 ?        00:00:27 NetworkManager
29655 ?        00:00:08 wpa_supplicant
29729 pts/0    00:00:00 ps
31884 ?        01:04:51 firefox-bin
uname -ra
Linux myhost 2.6.36-ck #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 17 18:17:52 EST 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM) Solo CPU U1500 @ 1.33GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Nothing additional is dumped in dmesg or /var/log/messages.log after this occurs.

I have also had this happen when the same machine was running Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04 or 10.10.  Any ideas?


Added code  tags instead of quote -- Inxsible

Last edited by Inxsible (2011-02-03 20:20:40)

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Ci7 2.66GHZ|HD5850|6GB|4x500GB|Win 7

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#2 2011-01-26 16:27:18

deadspider187
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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

I'm still having this issue.  Can anyone help?

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Ci7 2.66GHZ|HD5850|6GB|4x500GB|Win 7

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#3 2011-01-26 16:34:24

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Since you mention that it also happens in multiple versions of Ubuntu, I am guessing a driver problem in Linux. Do you have Windows? If so, does the thrashing occur in Windows as well?

Yes = Hardware problem
No = Maybe you are using the wrong driver for you SSD since you don't know what model type it is.

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#4 2011-01-26 16:43:27

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Inxsible wrote:

Since you mention that it also happens in multiple versions of Ubuntu, I am guessing a driver problem in Linux. Do you have Windows? If so, does the thrashing occur in Windows as well?

Yes = Hardware problem
No = Maybe you are using the wrong driver for you SSD since you don't know what model type it is.


Good call.  I don't believe Windows had the issue when I had it installed.  Is there an easy way to tell what model SSD I have without having to take this thing apart?

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#5 2011-01-26 16:48:40

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdX

will give you some information like model number as long as the vendor is not too off-beat. You can then use the model number to find out your vendor and consequently the correct driver.

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#6 2011-01-26 16:55:55

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Inxsible wrote:
sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdX

will give you some information like model number as long as the vendor is not too off-beat. You can then use the model number to find out your vendor and consequently the correct driver.

Doh!  How did I forget about hdparm?  I guess it has been a while since I've needed it.

It returns the following:

# hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
    Model Number:       TOSHIBA MK1214GAH

I guess it isn't an SSD.  Then I guess a driver would probably not be an issue?  Also, if it was a driver issue, why does my swap start filling up when my RAM isn't being fully used?  I have swappiness set to 0.

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#7 2011-01-26 17:12:13

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Try to triage the problem. Does it happen mostly after starting/killing a certain app or apps?

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#8 2011-01-26 17:29:34

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Inxsible wrote:

Try to triage the problem. Does it happen mostly after starting/killing a certain app or apps?


There isn't any real pattern to it that I can tell.  I am not doing anything remotely intensive when it happens. Not opening or closing apps, etc.  I typically have several tabs in Chrome open, but no flash-based video or anything.

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#9 2011-01-26 17:31:16

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Does the disk itself have errors?

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda

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#10 2011-01-26 17:31:21

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Beats me. But in your OP, you didn't mention /var/log/Xorg.0.log. After it happens the next time, try to check that log as well.

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#11 2011-02-03 19:00:27

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Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Inxsible wrote:

Beats me. But in your OP, you didn't mention /var/log/Xorg.0.log. After it happens the next time, try to check that log as well.

tail -n 200 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 78483.298] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 79509.686] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 79509.712] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 81309.840] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 81309.841] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 81309.841] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 81309.841] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 81309.841] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 81309.841] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 81309.841] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 81309.841] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 83362.444] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 83362.445] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 83362.445] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 83362.445] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 83362.445] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 83362.445] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 84352.088] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 84352.089] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 84672.354] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 84672.354] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 84672.355] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 84995.949] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 84995.950] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 86309.137] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 86309.138] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "DEL", prod id 16449
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 89589.719] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 89589.720] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[ 89589.720] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz)

1090T|HD4250|2GB|500GB|Arch x64
Ci7 2.66GHZ|HD5850|6GB|4x500GB|Win 7

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#12 2011-02-03 20:22:34

Inxsible
Forum Fellow
From: Chicago
Registered: 2008-06-09
Posts: 9,183

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Well that was a wild goose chase as it doesn't show anything other than a bunch of mode lines sad

Did you try out what skunktrader suggested?

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#13 2011-02-04 11:54:53

linas
Member
Registered: 2010-03-06
Posts: 46

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Maybe it's something that cron runs twice a day?

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#14 2011-02-04 12:01:19

lucke
Member
From: Poland
Registered: 2004-11-30
Posts: 4,018

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Run dstat with "dstat -cdmnspg --top-bio --top-io --top-cpu" or somesuch and it might find the culprit.

Last edited by lucke (2011-02-04 12:03:32)

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#15 2011-02-04 13:35:29

nixpunk
Member
Registered: 2009-11-23
Posts: 271

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

linas wrote:

Maybe it's something that cron runs twice a day?

I was thinking that's a possibility as well.

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#16 2011-02-04 16:22:08

Wilco
Member
Registered: 2008-11-09
Posts: 440

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Do you use KDE? Could be a desktop search crawler from KDE that starts scanning your system.
Can you login from another system through SSH and start top?

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#17 2011-02-05 02:02:21

cubeist
Member
Registered: 2010-08-01
Posts: 36

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

My guess is that your system is flushing from swap.  The combination of having only 1GB of ram (a bit low these days for a graphical UI - maybe try xfce/fluxbox/lxde...) and having your swappiness set to zero means that when your system detects that some of your physical ram has been freed up (like when you close a web tab or quit a program) then it tries to move swap memory back to physical.

Normally, on a modern desktop(like a quad core), this process runs nearly unnoticeable in the background...you might hear your drive making some noise and notice about 50% cpu utilization... no biggy.  BUT!, on your system with only a core solo and the Toshiba 1.8" HDD being famously slow (perhaps the slowest HDD on the market)...it drags your system to a crawl...

Now I might be way off base here... but I would recommend changing your swappinnes back to 60 and try a lighter desktop environment.

Try that and report back!

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#18 2011-02-05 15:33:04

R00KIE
Forum Fellow
From: Between a computer and a chair
Registered: 2008-09-14
Posts: 4,734

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

It might be caused by mlocate _and_ some indexing feature of the DE you are using (if the DE you use has some kind of indexing feature).

I have removed mlocate (it is installed by default) because it used to cause problems for me too, it started always at the least convenient time and would make my computer grind to a halt. Besides, I never used locate that much so I don't miss having it.

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#19 2011-02-09 15:21:28

deadspider187
Member
Registered: 2008-02-04
Posts: 35

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Inxsible wrote:

Well that was a wild goose chase as it doesn't show anything other than a bunch of mode lines sad

Did you try out what skunktrader suggested?

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
Password: 
smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     TOSHIBA MK1214GAH
Serial Number:    9859W01HW
Firmware Version: BW004A
User Capacity:    120,034,123,776 bytes
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Wed Feb  9 10:16:35 2011 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                    was never started.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever 
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:          ( 120) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    No Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      ( 106) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  2 Throughput_Performance  0x0005   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   100   100   001    Pre-fail  Always       -       479
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1265
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000b   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0005   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   083   083   000    Old_age   Always       -       7155
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0033   125   100   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       745
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       15
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   077   077   000    Old_age   Always       -       232737
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       51 (Min/Max 7/62)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
220 Disk_Shift              0x0002   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       154
222 Loaded_Hours            0x0032   088   088   000    Old_age   Always       -       5076
223 Load_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
224 Load_Friction           0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
226 Load-in_Time            0x0026   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       289
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0001   100   100   001    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      6822         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

Run dstat with "dstat -cdmnspg --top-bio --top-io --top-cpu" or somesuch and it might find the culprit.

dstat -cdmnspg --top-bio --top-io --top-cpu
----total-cpu-usage---- -dsk/total- ------memory-usage----- -net/total- ----swap--- ---procs--- ---paging-- ----most-expensive---- ----most-expensive---- -most-expensive-
usr sys idl wai hiq siq| read  writ| used  buff  cach  free| recv  send| used  free|run blk new|  in   out |  block i/o process   |     i/o process      |  cpu process   
  7   1  91   1   0   0|  14k   24k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 0.8|1252B 2170B|
          3575B 8147B|
            65k 9539B|Xorg         0.5
 10   4  86   0   0   0|   0   844k| 453M  121M  378M 42.9M|  70B  116B| 316M  161M|1.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  14k   77k|Xorg         5.0
  9   4  79   8   0   0|   0   108k| 453M  121M  378M 43.1M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |jbd2/sda4-8   0    88k|gnome-termi  13k   77k|Xorg         5.0
  8   4  88   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 120B    0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  8192B|gnome-termi  13k   79k|Xorg         4.0
  8   4  88   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 190B  212B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  13k   80k|Xorg         5.0
  8   4  88   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  14k   82k|Xorg         5.0
  8   4  88   0   0   0|   0   196k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 126B    0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  14k   83k|Xorg         4.0
  9   4  87   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|  70B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  15k   85k|Xorg         5.0
 17   3  77   3   0   0|   0    20k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 583B  628B| 316M  161M|1.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |thunderbird   0  8192B|gnome-termi  16k   86k|thunderbird-b8.0
  9   4  87   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  8192B|gnome-termi  16k   88k|Xorg         6.0
 10   6  84   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|  70B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  17k   90k|Xorg         6.0
 11   4  85   0   0   0|   0  8192B| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|1.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  4096B|gnome-termi  18k   91k|Xorg         6.0
 12   6  72  10   0   0|   0    24k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|  60B    0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |jbd2/sda3-8   0  8192B|Xorg        114k   10k|Xorg         8.0
  8   5  87   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|  70B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  13k   95k|Xorg         5.0
 10   4  84   2   0   0|   0    20k| 453M  121M  378M 42.9M| 285B    0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |jbd2/sda4-8   0  4096B|gnome-termi  13k   96k|Xorg         6.0
 10   3  87   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 42.9M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  4096B|gnome-termi  14k   98k|Xorg         6.0
 10   4  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 42.9M| 130B  207B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  15k  100k|Xorg         6.0
 10   3  87   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 42.9M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  4096B|gnome-termi  15k  100k|Xorg         7.0
  9   5  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  15k  101k|Xorg         5.0
 11   3  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 353B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  15k  101k|Xorg         7.0
  9   4  60  27   0   0|   0    16k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  16k  102k|Xorg         6.0
  8   6  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  4096B|gnome-termi  16k  103k|Xorg         7.0
 11   3  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 130B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  17k  104k|Xorg         7.0
  9   4  87   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  17k  105k|Xorg         6.0
 10   4  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|  60B    0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  18k  106k|Xorg         7.0
 10   4  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 130B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  19k  107k|Xorg         7.0
 11   7  57  25   0   0|   0    28k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  18k  107k|Xorg         6.0
 10   4  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0    12k|gnome-termi  18k  108k|Xorg         8.0
 11   3  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 598B  116B| 316M  161M|1.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  19k  109k|Xorg         6.0
 10   5  85   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  19k  110k|Xorg         8.0
  8   6  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|1.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  19k  110k|Xorg         6.0
  9   5  86   0   0   0|   0    76k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|  70B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  18k  111k|Xorg         8.0
 14   5  80   1   0   0|   0    36k| 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |jbd2/sda4-8   0    16k|gnome-termi  19k  112k|Xorg         8.0
  9   5  86   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0    12k|gnome-termi  20k  113k|Xorg         7.0
 12   4  83   1   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 43.0M| 136B  116B| 316M  161M|  0 1.0 1.0|   0     0 |google-chro  24k   64k|gnome-termi  20k  114k|Xorg         7.0
 15   6  76   2   0   1|  68k 4096B| 453M  121M  378M 42.9M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |google-chro  44k   96k|Xorg        133k 6880B|Xorg         9.0
 18   7  75   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 42.5M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |Xorg        160k   16k|Xorg          12
 15   8  77   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  378M 42.5M|  70B  116B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  4096B|gnome-termi  34k  117k|Xorg          10
 46  17  36   1   0   0|   0    28k| 453M  121M  388M 32.2M| 120B    0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |jbd2/sda4-8   0    12k|Xorg       1521k   37k|Xorg          21
 18   9  73   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  386M 34.4M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|2.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  4096B|Xorg        210k   16k|google-chrome9.0
 35  15  45   4   0   0|   0    60k| 453M  121M  376M 44.3M| 810B  241B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |jbd2/sda3-8   0    52k|Xorg        189k   14k| --channel=26 13
 21   5  74   0   0   0|   0     0 | 453M  121M  376M 45.1M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |Xorg         35k 4384B| --channel=26 13
 52  18  30   0   0   0|   0     0 | 450M  121M  389M 34.4M| 120B   54B| 316M  161M|2.0   0 6.0|   0     0 |                      |Xorg        842k   10k|google-chrome 19
 46  12  42   0   0   0|   0     0 | 452M  121M  389M 32.6M|  70B  116B| 316M  161M|4.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |Xorg        833k   21k| --channel=26 21
 21  21  57   1   0   0|   0    16k| 444M  121M  401M 28.0M|  60B   54B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |gnome-termi   0  4096B|Xorg        929k   12k|Xorg          23
 12   9  79   0   0   0|   0     0 | 444M  121M  397M 32.2M| 106B    0 | 316M  161M|1.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  37k  121k|Xorg          12
 11   9  72   8   0   0|   0    72k| 444M  121M  393M 36.5M| 456B  369B| 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |jbd2/sda3-8   0  4096B|gnome-termi  38k  121k|Xorg          10
 10   8  82   0   0   0|   0     0 | 444M  121M  393M 35.9M|  60B    0 | 316M  161M|  0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  38k  121k|Xorg          10
 10   8  82   0   0   0|   0     0 | 444M  121M  388M 41.4M|   0     0 | 316M  161M|3.0   0 1.0|   0     0 |                      |gnome-termi  39k  121k|Xorg          11

Maybe it's something that cron runs twice a day?

cat /etc/cron.*/*
#!/bin/sh

/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
#!/bin/sh

# nicenesses range from -20 (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable)
NICE=19

# 0 for none, 1 for real time, 2 for best-effort, 3 for idle
IONICE_CLASS=2

# 0-7 (for IONICE_CLASS 1 and 2 only), 0=highest, 7=lowest
IONICE_PRIORITY=7

UPDATEMANDB="/usr/bin/mandb --quiet"

# Update the "whatis" database
#/usr/sbin/makewhatis -u -w

# taken from Debian
# man-db cron daily
set -e

if ! [ -d /var/cache/man ]; then
    # Recover from deletion, per FHS.
    mkdir -p /var/cache/man
    chmod 755 /var/cache/man
fi

# regenerate man database

if [ -x /usr/bin/nice ]; then
  UPDATEMANDB="/usr/bin/nice -n ${NICE:-19} ${UPDATEMANDB}"
fi

if [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ]; then
  UPDATEMANDB="/usr/bin/ionice -c ${IONICE_CLASS:-2} -n ${IONICE_PRIORITY:-7} ${UPDATEMANDB}"
fi

${UPDATEMANDB}

exit 0
#!/bin/sh

# Verify integrity of password and group files
/usr/sbin/pwck -r
/usr/sbin/grpck -r

#!/bin/sh

# nicenesses range from -20 (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable)
NICE=19

# 0 for none, 1 for real time, 2 for best-effort, 3 for idle
IONICE_CLASS=2

# 0-7 (for IONICE_CLASS 1 and 2 only), 0=highest, 7=lowest
IONICE_PRIORITY=7

UPDATEDB="/usr/bin/updatedb"

if [ -x /usr/bin/nice ]; then
  UPDATEDB="/usr/bin/nice -n ${NICE:-19} ${UPDATEDB}"
fi

if [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ]; then
  UPDATEDB="/usr/bin/ionice -c ${IONICE_CLASS:-2} -n ${IONICE_PRIORITY:-7} ${UPDATEDB}"
fi

# Update the "locate" database
if [ -x /usr/bin/updatedb ]; then
  if [ -f /etc/updatedb.conf ]; then
    ${UPDATEDB}
  else
    ${UPDATEDB} -f proc
  fi
fi
#!/bin/bash
# Update our hwclock for system drift

. /etc/rc.conf

HWCLOCK_PARAMS="--adjust"
if [ "$HARDWARECLOCK" = "UTC" ]; then
    HWCLOCK_PARAMS="$HWCLOCK_PARAMS --utc"
elif [ "$HARDWARECLOCK" = "localtime" ]; then
    HWCLOCK_PARAMS="$HWCLOCK_PARAMS --localtime"
else
    HWCLOCK_PARAMS=""
fi

if [ -n "$HWCLOCK_PARAMS" ]; then
    /sbin/hwclock $HWCLOCK_PARAMS
fi


I am using Gnome.  There are no indexing services that I know of that are running (except for updatedb in Cron).

1090T|HD4250|2GB|500GB|Arch x64
Ci7 2.66GHZ|HD5850|6GB|4x500GB|Win 7

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#20 2011-02-12 20:22:48

lucke
Member
From: Poland
Registered: 2004-11-30
Posts: 4,018

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

The trick is to have dstat running while the hdd is trashing and look at it when you can use your PC. You could append "| tee file_name" to it, so its output would also get saved to a file.

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#21 2011-02-13 01:09:17

helloworld1
Member
Registered: 2010-12-26
Posts: 72

Re: Unknown Periodic Hard drive thrashing = System Unresponsive

Try

iotop -oP

or

iotop -oPa

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