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unhappy

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Registered: 2011-06-10

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Arch crashing continously since latest update [SOLVED]

Hey-

since my latest pacman -Syu Arch doesn't behave too friendly. Sometimes it crashes randomly,
though it crashes immediately when I try to start Virtual Box, or try to watch some (HD) video. I get kicked out of Openbox and
get back into X and well, I don't really know what to do with the input. I get something like

[359.2141201] [<ffffffffff.811...]

and so on. It's weird because I can still move the mouse cursor and it even changes its shape etc., as if I'm still on the desktop.

When I start Arch it already behaves weirdly. First I get the message that Syslog-NG is deprecated, and than I get about hundreds of
lines like:

[26. -----] - [31. ------]

which I never got before.

Here you can see what got upgraded:

pacman.log

[2011-06-10 11:45] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2011-06-10 11:45] synchronizing package lists
[2011-06-10 11:45] starting full system upgrade
[2011-06-10 11:45] upgraded avahi (0.6.30-2 -> 0.6.30-3)
[2011-06-10 11:45] upgraded coreutils (8.12-1 -> 8.12-2)
[2011-06-10 11:45] ATTENTION UDEV:
[2011-06-10 11:45] ---------------
[2011-06-10 11:45] Arch's custom blacklisting logic has been removed. MOD_AUTOLOAD and
[2011-06-10 11:45] blacklisting in MODULES no longer works.
[2011-06-10 11:45] See 'man modprobe.conf' for a replacement to blacklisting.
[2011-06-10 11:45] To disable a module mod1 on the kernel command line, use
[2011-06-10 11:45] mod1.disable=1
[2011-06-10 11:45] or
[2011-06-10 11:45] modprobe.blacklist=mod1
[2011-06-10 11:45]   --
[2011-06-10 11:45] The following modules are no longer unconditionally loaded:
[2011-06-10 11:45]   pcspkr irtty-sir analog lp ppdev ide-generic
[2011-06-10 11:45] Add them to MODULES in rc.conf if you need them.
[2011-06-10 11:45] ---------------
[2011-06-10 11:45] upgraded udev (171-1 -> 171-2)
[2011-06-10 11:45] installed iproute2 (2.6.38-3)
[2011-06-10 11:45] warning: /etc/rc.conf installed as /etc/rc.conf.pacnew
[2011-06-10 11:45] Blacklisting of modules is no longer supported in rc.conf,
[2011-06-10 11:45] please add blacklist entries to /etc/modprobe.d/ instead.
[2011-06-10 11:45] upgraded initscripts (2011.05.2-1 -> 2011.06.3-1)
[2011-06-10 11:45] upgraded inputproto (2.0.1-1 -> 2.0.2-1)
[2011-06-10 11:45] upgraded jfsutils (1.1.14-2 -> 1.1.15-2)
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> ----------------
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> [url]http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio[/url]
[2011-06-10 11:46] 
[2011-06-10 11:46] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2011-06-10 11:46] ==> Building image "default"
[2011-06-10 11:46] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.38-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Begin build
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [encrypt]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [lvm2]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Generating module dependencies
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2011-06-10 11:46] ==> SUCCESS
[2011-06-10 11:46] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2011-06-10 11:46] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.38-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Begin build
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [encrypt]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [lvm2]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Generating module dependencies
[2011-06-10 11:46] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2011-06-10 11:46] ==> SUCCESS
[2011-06-10 11:46] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.38.7-1 -> 2.6.38.8-1)
[2011-06-10 11:46] upgraded kernel26-headers (2.6.38.7-1 -> 2.6.38.8-1)
[2011-06-10 11:46] upgraded net-tools (1.60-14 -> 1.60-16)
[2011-06-10 11:46] upgraded openjdk6 (6.b22_1.10.1-2 -> 6.b22_1.10.2-1)
[2011-06-10 11:46] upgraded qt (4.7.3-2 -> 4.7.3-3)

I know this decription of my problem most likely sounds rather clumsy, but any help would be
very much appreciated.

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Things changed since the latest kernel-upgrade (2.6.39) Arch / Openbox ist not crushing anymore,
and all those weird lines are not there anymore when I boot / shutdown the laptop. Though not everything
is working, like mplayer

mplayer: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/lib/liblirc_client.so.0)

and Virtualbox can't get to install the latest virtualbox-guest-modules, though I guess this problem will be
solved within the next VB update.

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After the latest round of updates, everything is up and working again, mplayer included. Man, that was fast.
All my love to the guys maintaining Arch.

Last edited by unhappy (2011-06-11 14:05:21)