Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-08-09 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 16.07.2012 05:46, schrieb Not To Miss: > Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191008] PGD 10b42e067 PUD 0 > Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191011] Oops: [#1] PREEMPT SMP > Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191015] CPU 0 > Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191016] Modules

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-08-09 Thread Squall Lionheart
Not sure if it's any help, but it looks like your using virtualbox. I am also using it to run XP and ever since I started using the multiple monitor option in the XP virtual machine, it hasn't been as stable. I also use the Seamless mode, which causes some random graphics glitches. My system bec

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-08-09 Thread Not To Miss
I've updated Arch and all the observations I had before are amost gone (the jittering screen and one monitor can't be locked). But the problem of sporadic freezing is still happening. It's so annoying. I tried the boot flag "clocksource=HPET" suggested by Myra as following but it doesn't work: 53

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-17 Thread Martin Cigorraga
@Not To Miss If you are using GRUB Legacy (the one that you can choose when installing a fresh Arch) all you have to do to add a parameter to the kernel is to edit /boot/grub/menu.cfg and add it to the kernel line. For example, this is a typical section of Arch's GRUB Legacy fresh menu.cfg: # (0) A

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> I learned it from > https://linuxexpresso.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/disable-suspend-and-hibernate-ubuntu/ > . > > It is different for Arch? > > There isn't anything related under /etc/polkit-1 directory: > $ sudo ls -R > .: > localauthoritylocalauthority.conf.d nullbackend.conf.d > > ./loc

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Myra Nelson
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Not To Miss wrote: > Hi Myra, > > Thanks. Those are related log lines in /var/log/everything: > Jul 13 09:57:20 phelps kernel: [0.00] Fast TSC calibration using > PIT > Jul 13 09:57:20 phelps kernel: [1.293370] Refined TSC clocksource > calibration: 23

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Not To Miss
Hi Myra, Thanks. Those are related log lines in /var/log/everything: Jul 13 09:57:20 phelps kernel: [0.00] Fast TSC calibration using PIT Jul 13 09:57:20 phelps kernel: [1.293370] Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2399.999 MHz. Jul 13 09:57:20 phelps kernel: [1.293377] Switching

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Myra Nelson
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Not To Miss wrote: > 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 k

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Not To Miss
I learned it from https://linuxexpresso.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/disable-suspend-and-hibernate-ubuntu/ . It is different for Arch? There isn't anything related under /etc/polkit-1 directory: $ sudo ls -R .: localauthoritylocalauthority.conf.d nullbackend.conf.d ./localauthority: 10-vendor.d

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Not To Miss
hah, excuse my poor English On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: > On Sunday 15 Jul 2012 22:06:01 Not To Miss wrote: > > 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 "ra

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Not To Miss
Yes, I am using quad core CPU. I don't have instabilities under heavy load. The only thing I saw is that the left one of my two screens jitter when I start wine. On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:06:01 -0400 > schrieb Not To Miss : > > > Dear Arch users

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Rodrigo Rivas
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Not To Miss wrote: > How do I do that? When I choose fallback mode as Arch is booting up, I > still enter gnome-shell. And sometimes it frozen upon startup when I enter > this mode. > The official way is opening "gnome-control-center", and "Details" (in System se

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> > I think my current settings is overwritten by an most recent system update > to "yes" now. But the problem exists no matter what setting that is. If my memory serves try editing inside the directories in /etc/polkit-1, rather than /usr/share. I think there are some incorrect (/usr/share is u

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Not To Miss
How do I do that? When I choose fallback mode as Arch is booting up, I still enter gnome-shell. And sometimes it frozen upon startup when I enter this mode. On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Rodrigo Rivas wrote: > You certainly seem to have an OOPS related to the nvidia driver: > > >Call Trace

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Not To Miss
I didn't know the command pkaction. It's quite handy. Here are the output of the pkaction: $ pkaction | grep "\(hibernate\)\|\(suspend\)" -i org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate org.freedesktop.upower.suspend $ pkaction --action-id org.freedesktop.upower.suspend --verbose org.freedesktop.upower.suspe

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Sunday 15 Jul 2012 22:06:01 Not To Miss wrote: > 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 > i

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:06:01 -0400 schrieb Not To Miss : > 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

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> I tried to disable suspension and hibernation by editing > /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.upower.policy to change > from > yes > to > no > > But it doesn't work. The polkit docs (you have to look at the source code) and configuration system are terrible and difficult to monitor to

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Guillermo Leira
> -Mensaje original- > De: arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org [mailto:arch-general- > boun...@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 bo

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-16 Thread Rodrigo Rivas
You certainly seem to have an OOPS related to the nvidia driver: >Call Trace: >[] ? _nv003990rm+0x406e/0xa790 [nvidia] And it looks like it is originated in the gnome-shell process. You can try switching to the fallback graphics mode (no gnome-shell) and see if it works normally. Regard

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-15 Thread Not To Miss
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

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-15 Thread Victor Silva
2012/7/16 Not To Miss > 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 10b4

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-15 Thread Not To Miss
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 phel

Re: [arch-general] my Arch box randomly becomes irresponsible

2012-07-15 Thread Victor Silva
2012/7/15 Not To Miss > 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