[arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

[Guillermo Leira]

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: arch-general-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-general-
> bounces at archlinux.org] En nombre de Not To Miss
> Enviado el: lunes, 16 de julio de 2012 6:00
> Para: General Discussion about Arch Linux
> Asunto: Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible
> 
> Thanks. I don't think it is related either. But perhaps I should fix that
> floppy error anyway
> 
> Another thing I want to mention is that the screen jitters occasionally
and
> when I lock the screen, only one monitor turns black while the other is
> still displaying with keyboard disabled but mouse still working.
> 
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Victor Silva <vfbsilva at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 2012/7/16 Not To Miss <not.to.miss at gmail.com>
> >
> > > I didn't remeber I had seen anything relevant in log files. Here is
the
> > > most recent record in /var/log/messages files (I pressed reset button
to
> > > reboot at Jul 15 20:37) with "-- MARK -- \" message lines skipped:
> > > Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191008] PGD 10b42e067 PUD 0
> > > Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191011] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT
> > > Jul 13 13:45:01 phelps kernel: [  861.778900] end_request: I/O error,
dev
> > > fd0, sector 0
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot for your help.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Victor Silva <vfbsilva at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 2012/7/15 Not To Miss <not.to.miss at gmail.com>
> > > >
> > > > > Dear Arch users,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have latest Arch installed on my desktop at work. In recent two
> > > weeks,
> > > > > the system randomly "suspends" at night (I call it "randomly"
because
> > > it
> > > > > didn't happen every night. And it seems to happen after a random
> > period
> > > > > idle time) when I am off. I can't wake it up in the next morning
thru
> > > > mouse
> > > > > or keyboard.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried to disable suspension and hibernation by editing
> > > > > /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.upower.policy to
change
> > > > > from
> > > > > <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
> > > > > to
> > > > > <allow_active>no</allow_active>
> > > > >
> > > > > But it doesn't work.
> > > > >
> > > > > While I call it "suspend", I am not sure it suspend to RAM or
> > hibernate
> > > > to
> > > > > disk, because I find the CPU fan and power fan still spin
normally.
> > RAM
> > > > > light is also on. So it might be a video driver / setting related
> > > issue.
> > > > > For your information, I am using nvidia-302.17-2-x86_64 and have
dual
> > > > > monitor set up with nvidia-utils-302.17-1-x86_64
> > > > >
> > > > > This really bothers me a lot. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Zech
> > > > >
> > > > Any hint on /var/log/messages or /var/log/errors?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best,
> > > Zech
> > >
> > Don't think it is related but...
> >
> > http://superuser.com/questions/141770/ubuntu-login-takes-15-seconds-i-o-
> error-dev-fd0-sector-0
> >
> 
> 
I'm having exactly the same behavior, but I have Intel graphics. Are you
using gnome?

I don't know where or when this problem comes from.

I have set the screensaver to shut down the screen after an hour of
inactivity, and so reduce the times that it happens. If I left the computer
for more than one hour, I have to press ctrl-alt-f1, and enter
killall -HUP gnome-shell
This restarts gnome-shell, but all the applications are still working.

HTH

Guillermo Leira