On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info> wrote:
On 02/06/13 16:29, Gaetan Bisson wrote:
There are obvious gaps in your report; fixing them would be a good first step towards better understanding the problem. For instance:
[2013-02-06 10:57:59 -0500] Andre Goree:
I believe this started happening after a recent update but I can't know for sure and I can't really reproduce it...
Give a window for when you started noticing the symptoms.
See in /var/log/pacman.log what packages were upgraded then.
Downgrade them and see if the issue persists.
As I said in the original mail: "Also, again, I didn't start having issues until maybe 2 weeks ago"
Here is my pacman.log file from that time forward: http://www.drenet.net/paclog.txt
Not really too keen on downgrading a bunch of packages that might break dependencies and provide a REAL mess. If I have to go through that long process, I'd rather just reinstall -- which at this point I'm planning to do anyways.
Using another system, I'm able to telnet to port 22 on the "frozen" box (I run ssh on this box) but cannot get connected via ssh.
What does "able to telnet to port 22" means? Do you get the SSH banner?
If yes, when is the SSH connection hanged/interrupted (ssh -vvv)?
What do the SSHD logs show on the server side?
That means, from another box on the network (my laptop in this instance), I'm able to telnet to the hung/frozen desktop. Yes I got the SSH banner. I tried 'ssh -v' when this happened earlier today, and it hung after "Connecting to sideswipe-DT". Next time I shall try -vvv. Nothing is produced in the SSH logs on the desktop. In fact it seems all system processes hang because no logs are produced after the issue rears it's ugly head.
Maybe your disk is nearly full, and we all know what happens when the root file system is full. Maybe it is due to a temporary file growing unlimited, so a reboot will delete it and avoid the problem for a few hours. Note that btrfs has a funny concept [1] of free space. And more so if you use snapshots... I think it is worth looking into it, just in case. Best regards. -- Rodrigo [1]: https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_are_there_so_many_ways_to_ch...