[bomfunk]

Ubuntu keeps locking up on me (8.10 on my sig rig), though it only happens when (or I've only have this happen to me so far when):

1. I'm doing something with Amarok. And I mean atualy doing things lik adding songs to the playlist, browsing through the collection, hitting a song in the playlist... anything. It never causes lockups when I just have it playing in the background. This only happens occasionally, but often enough to drive me nuts - up to 3 times a day when I'm listening to music full-on.

2. I'm drag-and-dropping files in the file browser. Now this seems to happen every time, I've had few lucky times but I'm not even drag&dropping anymore because, well, I'm scared it'll lock up again...

It just locks up. Ctrl+Alt+Del does nothing, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does nothing, the pointer doesn't move, it responds to no amount of keypressing... however, the music would keep playing whenever I had Amarok on. It would finish the currently playing song as if the computer was functioning normally, but then it doesn't go on to the next song. My only solution so far has been to hit reset button, but that ain't cutting it, so... anyone know what could cause this?

Also, sometimes the computer seems to freeze up after it hasn't been used for some time, it just doesn't respond - the monitor just stays blank. I've tried disabling the computer from going to sleep/putting the monitor to sleep, but it still seems to be doing it while in the login screen... anyone know what I can do about this?

And last problem: whenever I'm trying to shut the computer down, it hangs after the orange bar has disappeared in the splash screen. Restarting works fine, so I believe it's something to do with actually powering the rig off... suggestions?

I don't know if this is related, but at bootup it displays a message something along the lines of "BIOS fails age cutoff, ACPI=FORCE is required to enable ACPI"... something like that.

 

[GodofGrunts]

Code:

dmesg | more

Post that in here. Maybe we can find that error.

I just realised that the code will probably be way to long. Try this instead.

Code:

dmesg > errorlog.txt

And copy and paste it here.

 

[bomfunk]

[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.16-generic)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001f800000 (usable)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] last_pfn = 0x1f800 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
[ 0.000000] kernel direct mapping tables up to 1f800000 @ 7000-c000
[ 0.000000] RAMDISK: 1f023000 - 1f7ef847
[ 0.000000] DMI 2.3 present.
[ 0.000000] ACPI Error (tbxfroot-0218): A valid RSDP was not found [20080609]
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS age (1997) fails cutoff (2000), acpi=force is required to enable ACPI
[ 0.000000] ACPI: Disabling ACPI support
[ 0.000000] 0MB HIGHMEM available.
[ 0.000000] 504MB LOWMEM available.
[ 0.000000] mapped low ram: 0 - 1f800000
[ 0.000000] low ram: 00000000 - 1f800000
[ 0.000000] bootmap 00002000 - 00005f00
[ 0.000000] (9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 001f800000]
[ 0.000000] #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000] BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
[ 0.000000] #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
[ 0.000000] #2 [0000006000 - 0000007000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
[ 0.000000] #3 [0000100000 - 00005c0a20] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 00005c0a20]
[ 0.000000] #4 [001f023000 - 001f7ef847] RAMDISK ==> [001f023000 - 001f7ef847]
[ 0.000000] #5 [00005c1000 - 00005c4000] INIT_PG_TABLE ==> [00005c1000 - 00005c4000]
[ 0.000000] #6 [000009fc00 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [000009fc00 - 0000100000]
[ 0.000000] #7 [0000007000 - 0000008000] PGTABLE ==> [0000007000 - 0000008000]
[ 0.000000] #8 [0000002000 - 0000006000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000002000 - 0000006000]
[ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges:
[ 0.000000] DMA 0x00000000 -> 0x00001000
[ 0.000000] Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x0001f800
[ 0.000000] HighMem 0x0001f800 -> 0x0001f800
[ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node
[ 0.000000] early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
[ 0.000000] 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x0000009f
[ 0.000000] 0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0001f800
[ 0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 128927
[ 0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c048a500, node_mem_map c1000000
[ 0.000000] DMA zone: 3963 pages, LIFO batch:0
[ 0.000000] Normal zone: 123830 pages, LIFO batch:31
[ 0.000000] SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
[ 0.000000] Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
[ 0.000000] mapped APIC to ffffb000 (01470000)
[ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
[ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
[ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
[ 0.000000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 20000000 (gap: 1f800000:e07f0000)
[ 0.000000] PERCPU: Allocating 41628 bytes of per cpu data
[ 0.000000] NR_CPUS: 64, nr_cpu_ids: 1, nr_node_ids 1
[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 127793
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=UUID=9f289411-6e3f-46b5-a95a-1a5bfe159ef4 ro quiet splash
[ 0.000000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
[ 0.000000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
[ 0.000000] Initializing CPU#0
[ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
[ 0.000000] TSC: Using PIT calibration value
[ 0.000000] Detected 866.645 MHz processor.
[ 0.004000] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[ 0.004000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 0.004000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[ 0.004000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.004000] Memory: 497736k/516096k available (2572k kernel code, 17892k reserved, 1160k data, 424k init, 0k highmem)
[ 0.004000] virtual kernel memory layout:
[ 0.004000] fixmap : 0xffc77000 - 0xfffff000 (3616 kB)
[ 0.004000] pkmap : 0xff400000 - 0xff800000 (4096 kB)
[ 0.004000] vmalloc : 0xe0000000 - 0xff3fe000 ( 499 MB)
[ 0.004000] lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xdf800000 ( 504 MB)
[ 0.004000] .init : 0xc04ab000 - 0xc0515000 ( 424 kB)
[ 0.004000] .data : 0xc03832aa - 0xc04a5680 (1160 kB)
[ 0.004000] .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc03832aa (2572 kB)
[ 0.004000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
[ 0.004000] CPA: page pool initialized 1 of 1 pages preallocated
[ 0.004000] SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[ 0.004031] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 1733.29 BogoMIPS (lpj=3466580)
[ 0.004100] Security Framework initialized
[ 0.004135] SELinux: Disabled at boot.
[ 0.004214] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized
[ 0.004242] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[ 0.004817] Initializing cgroup subsys ns
[ 0.004832] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
[ 0.004841] Initializing cgroup subsys memory
[ 0.004890] CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
[ 0.004899] CPU: L2 cache: 256K
[ 0.004911] CPU serial number disabled.
[ 0.004965] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
[ 0.020947] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.032084] Freeing SMP alternatives: 11k freed
[ 0.032439] weird, boot CPU (#0) not listedby the BIOS.
[ 0.032450] SMP motherboard not detected.
[ 0.032462] Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
[ 0.032468] SMP disabled
[ 0.032882] Brought up 1 CPUs
[ 0.032895] Total of 1 processors activated (1733.29 BogoMIPS).
[ 0.032968] CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
[ 0.032981] domain 0: span 0 level CPU
[ 0.032990] groups: 0
[ 0.034288] net_namespace: 840 bytes
[ 0.034328] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
[ 0.035025] Time: 7:17:36 Date: 11/18/08
[ 0.035189] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[ 0.037483] EISA bus registered
[ 0.065836] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb01, last bus=1
[ 0.065852] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
[ 0.069993] ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
[ 0.070013] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
[ 0.070165] pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled
[ 0.070183] PnPBIOS: Scanning system for PnP BIOS support...
[ 0.070331] PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f7150
[ 0.070341] PnPBIOS: PnP BIOS version 1.0, entry 0xf0000:0x6014, dseg 0xf0000
[ 0.073172] PnPBIOS: 13 nodes reported by PnP BIOS; 13 recorded by driver
[ 0.074862] PCI: Probing PCI hardware
[ 0.074880] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
[ 0.075177] PCI: 0000:00:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [c0000000, cfffffff]
[ 0.075302] PCI: 0000:00:02.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [dffdf000, dffdffff]
[ 0.075434] PCI: 0000:00:0c.0 reg 10 io port: [d800, d8ff]
[ 0.075479] pci 0000:00:0c.0: supports D1
[ 0.075485] pci 0000:00:0c.0: supports D2
[ 0.075534] PCI: 0000:00:0c.1 reg 10 io port: [dc00, dc3f]
[ 0.075578] pci 0000:00:0c.1: supports D2
[ 0.075585] pci 0000:00:0c.1: PME# supported from D0 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.075595] pci 0000:00:0c.1: PME# disabled
[ 0.075638] PCI: 0000:00:0e.0 reg 10 io port: [d400, d4ff]
[ 0.075649] PCI: 0000:00:0e.0 reg 14 32bit mmio: [dffff000, dfffffff]
[ 0.075677] PCI: 0000:00:0e.0 reg 30 32bit mmio: [dffa0000, dffbffff]
[ 0.075696] pci 0000:00:0e.0: supports D1
[ 0.075701] pci 0000:00:0e.0: supports D2
[ 0.075706] pci 0000:00:0e.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.075715] pci 0000:00:0e.0: PME# disabled
[ 0.075764] PCI: 0000:00:0f.0 reg 20 io port: [ffa0, ffaf]
[ 0.075855] PCI: 0000:01:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [de000000, deffffff]
[ 0.075866] PCI: 0000:01:00.0 reg 14 32bit mmio: [ba000000, bbffffff]
[ 0.075891] PCI: 0000:01:00.0 reg 30 32bit mmio: [dfef0000, dfefffff]
[ 0.075946] PCI: bridge 0000:00:01.0 io port: [b000, bfff]
[ 0.075956] PCI: bridge 0000:00:01.0 32bit mmio: [dde00000, dfefffff]
[ 0.075966] PCI: bridge 0000:00:01.0 32bit mmio pref: [b9c00000, bdcfffff]
[ 0.078014] pci 0000:00:07.0: ALI IRQ router [10b9/1533]
[ 0.078072] pci 0000:00:0f.0: hardcoded PCI INT A -> IRQ 14
[ 0.078565] NET: Registered protocol family 8
[ 0.078565] NET: Registered protocol family 20
[ 0.078565] NetLabel: Initializing
[ 0.078565] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
[ 0.078565] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[ 0.078565] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[ 0.080286] tracer: 772 pages allocated for 65536 entries of 48 bytes
[ 0.080293] actual entries 65620
[ 0.081251] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[ 0.081377] system 00:00: iomem range 0x0-0x9fbff could not be reserved
[ 0.081387] system 00:00: iomem range 0x9fc00-0x9ffff could not be reserved
[ 0.081397] system 00:00: iomem range 0xf0000-0xfffff could not be reserved
[ 0.081405] system 00:00: iomem range 0x100000-0x1f7fffff could not be reserved
[ 0.081416] system 00:00: iomem range 0xffff0000-0xffffffff could not be reserved
[ 0.084519] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
[ 0.084535] pci 0000:00:01.0: IO window: 0xb000-0xbfff
[ 0.084548] pci 0000:00:01.0: MEM window: 0xdde00000-0xdfefffff
[ 0.084558] pci 0000:00:01.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000b9c00000-0x000000bdcfffff
[ 0.084590] pci 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.084601] bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0, ffff]
[ 0.084607] bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
[ 0.084613] bus: 01 index 0 io port: [b000, bfff]
[ 0.084619] bus: 01 index 1 mmio: [dde00000, dfefffff]
[ 0.084626] bus: 01 index 2 mmio: [b9c00000, bdcfffff]
[ 0.084632] bus: 01 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
[ 0.084690] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.085301] IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.086277] TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.087236] TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.088317] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
[ 0.088336] TCP reno registered
[ 0.089064] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.089658] checking if image is initramfs... it is
[ 2.077836] Freeing initrd memory: 7986k freed
[ 2.080996] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 2.081076] type=2000 audit(1226992658.080:1): initialized
[ 2.097260] HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[ 2.107649] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[ 2.108115] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 2.108686] msgmni has been set to 987
[ 2.109301] io scheduler noop registered
[ 2.109311] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[ 2.109318] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 2.109387] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 2.109541] pci 0000:00:07.0: Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds
[ 2.109594] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[ 2.110768] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 2.465202] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.687027] Serial: 8250/16550 driver4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 2.687386] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 2.691262] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 2.698690] brd: module loaded
[ 2.699020] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
[ 2.699567] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303,PNP0f13] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 2.703595] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 2.703620] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 2.705668] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 2.706309] rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 2.706371] rtc0: alarms up to one day
[ 2.706846] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[ 2.706913] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 2.706926] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 2.706933] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 2.708889] TCP cubic registered
[ 2.709010] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[ 2.710249] registered taskstats version 1
[ 2.710526] Magic number: 0:842:268
[ 2.710687] tty ttyud: hash matches
[ 2.711078] rtc_cmos 00:04: setting system clock to 2008-11-18 07:17:39 UTC (1226992659)
[ 2.711089] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.711095] EDD information not available.
[ 2.713867] Freeing unused kernel memory: 424k freed
[ 2.714070] Write protecting the kernel text: 2576k
[ 2.714200] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 936k
[ 2.749853] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
[ 3.292504] fuse init (API version 7.9)
[ 3.558993] thermal: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_set_thermal_limit
[ 4.607146] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 4.607242] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 4.644908] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 4.853385] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 4.853701] ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 4.853834] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 4.853841] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.27/arch/x86/pci/irq.c:208 pirq_ali_get+0x55/0x70()
[ 4.853849] Modules linked in: ohci_hcd(+) scsi_mod dock mii usbcore fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse
[ 4.853886] Pid: 972, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.27-7-generic #1
[ 4.853897] [<c037c406>] ? printk+0x1d/0x1f
[ 4.853937] [<c0131de9>] warn_on_slowpath+0x59/0x90
[ 4.853971] [<c011ab70>] ? native_restore_fl+0x0/0x10
[ 4.854003] [<c011ab80>] ? native_irq_disable+0x0/0x10
[ 4.854014] [<c011ab90>] ? native_irq_enable+0x0/0x10
[ 4.854025] [<c011aba0>] ? native_safe_halt+0x0/0x10
[ 4.854035] [<c011abb0>] ? native_halt+0x0/0x10
[ 4.854046] [<c0252b01>] ? number+0x291/0x2a0
[ 4.854073] [<c0123215>] ? dequeue_entity+0x15/0x180
[ 4.854084] [<c02e1c22>] ? pci_conf1_read+0xc2/0x100
[ 4.854095] [<c02e3931>] ? raw_pci_read+0x81/0x90
[ 4.854107] [<c02e3a04>] ? pci_read+0x34/0x40
[ 4.854117] [<c025d3e0>] ? pci_bus_read_config_byte+0x60/0x70
[ 4.854145] [<c02e3145>] pirq_ali_get+0x55/0x70
[ 4.854154] [<c02e30f0>] ? pirq_ali_get+0x0/0x70
[ 4.854164] [<c02e3322>] pcibios_lookup_irq+0x192/0x520
[ 4.854174] [<c02e3a04>] ? pci_read+0x34/0x40
[ 4.854185] [<c02e3704>] pirq_enable_irq+0x54/0x200
[ 4.854196] [<c02e3af0>] pcibios_enable_device+0x30/0x40
[ 4.854206] [<c02612ca>] do_pci_enable_device+0x2a/0x60
[ 4.854218] [<c0261366>] __pci_enable_device_flags+0x66/0x80
[ 4.854230] [<c0261392>] pci_enable_device+0x12/0x20
[ 4.854239] [<e009b8c4>] usb_hcd_pci_probe+0x54/0x2c0 [usbcore]
[ 4.854420] [<c020104a>] ? sysfs_do_create_link+0xaa/0x130
[ 4.854438] [<c0262729>] ? pci_match_id+0x9/0xa0
[ 4.854453] [<c0262966>] ? pci_match_device+0xc6/0xd0
[ 4.854464] [<c026315e>] pci_device_probe+0x5e/0x80
[ 4.854476] [<c02c3cb9>] really_probe+0x59/0x190
[ 4.854493] [<c0262966>] ? pci_match_device+0xc6/0xd0
[ 4.854504] [<c02c3e33>] driver_probe_device+0x43/0x60
[ 4.854514] [<c02c3ec9>] __driver_attach+0x79/0x80
[ 4.854523] [<c02c3593>] bus_for_each_dev+0x53/0x80
[ 4.854533] [<c02630a0>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40
[ 4.854543] [<c02c3b6e>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[ 4.854552] [<c02c3e50>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0x80
[ 4.854561] [<c02c2f37>] bus_add_driver+0x1b7/0x230
[ 4.854571] [<c02630a0>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40
[ 4.854581] [<c02c409e>] driver_register+0x6e/0x150
[ 4.854592] [<e0014000>] ? ohci_hcd_mod_init+0x0/0x49 [ohci_hcd]
[ 4.854613] [<c026338f>] __pci_register_driver+0x4f/0x90
[ 4.854623] [<e0014000>] ? ohci_hcd_mod_init+0x0/0x49 [ohci_hcd]
[ 4.854635] [<e0014045>] ohci_hcd_mod_init+0x45/0x49 [ohci_hcd]
[ 4.854647] [<c0101120>] _stext+0x30/0x160
[ 4.854658] [<c012b4ee>] ? try_to_wake_up+0xde/0x290
[ 4.854670] [<c014c604>] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x70
[ 4.854699] [<c015c208>] sys_init_module+0x88/0x1b0
[ 4.854732] [<c0104072>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[ 4.854747] =======================
[ 4.854754] ---[ end trace 60fb89680124a6e6 ]---
[ 4.854763] PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
[ 4.854772] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 10
[ 4.854856] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: OHCI Host Controller
[ 4.855068] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 4.855132] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 10, io mem 0xdffdf000
[ 4.873030] sis900.c: v1.08.10 Apr. 2 2006
[ 4.948124] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.948269] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.948322] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 5.026104] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 5.154033] PCI: setting IRQ 3 as level-triggered
[ 5.154051] sis900 0000:00:0e.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 3
[ 5.155340] 0000:00:0e.0: SiS 900 Internal MII PHY transceiver found at address 1.
[ 5.164700] 0000:00:0e.0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default
[ 5.348836] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 5.573105] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 6.802242] eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd400, IRQ 3, 00:d0:09:a9:35:64
[ 6.815552] pata_acpi 0000:00:0f.0: hardcoded PCI INT A -> IRQ 14
[ 6.839304] pata_ali 0000:00:0f.0: hardcoded PCI INT A -> IRQ 14
[ 6.845996] scsi0 : pata_ali
[ 6.846715] scsi1 : pata_ali
[ 6.846852] ata1: PATA max UDMA/66 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xffa0 irq 14
[ 6.846862] ata2: PATA max UDMA/66 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xffa8 irq 15
[ 7.018854] ata1.00: ATA-5: ST310212A, 3.02, max UDMA/66
[ 7.018872] ata1.00: 20005650 sectors, multi 32: LBA
[ 7.019278] ata1.01: ATA-5: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 20, APL.0900, max UDMA/100
[ 7.019287] ata1.01: 39876480 sectors, multi 8: LBA
[ 7.033548] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66
[ 7.051339] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/66
[ 7.213448] ata2.00: ATAPI: CD-950E/TKU, A4C, max UDMA/33
[ 7.213483] ata2.00: WARNING: ATAPI DMA disabled for reliablity issues. It can be enabled
[ 7.213491] ata2.00: WARNING: via pata_ali.atapi_dma modparam or corresponding sysfs node.
[ 7.213509] ata2.00: simplex DMA is claimed by other device, disabling DMA
[ 7.221442] ata2.00: configured for PIO4
[ 7.221998] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST310212A 3.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 7.222513] scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct-Access ATA QUANTUM FIREBALL APL. PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 7.223158] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM E-IDE CD-950E/TKU A4C PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 8.913375] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 8.951530] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 8.954487] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 8.954905] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 8.954920] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 8.955406] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 8.955413] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 9.012402] scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 9.012533] scsi 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 9.012653] scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 9.160544] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 9.161227] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 20005650 512-byte hardware sectors (10243 MB)
[ 9.161289] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 9.161297] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.161385] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.161638] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 20005650 512-byte hardware sectors (10243 MB)
[ 9.161684] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 9.161693] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.161774] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.161793] sda: sda1
[ 9.186302] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 9.186733] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] 39876480 512-byte hardware sectors (20417 MB)
[ 9.186794] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 9.186803] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.186898] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.187105] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] 39876480 512-byte hardware sectors (20417 MB)
[ 9.187154] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 9.187163] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.187251] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.187265] sdb:<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 9.192980] sdb1 sdb2 < sdb5 >
[ 9.221400] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 9.258843] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 4x/52x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 9.258867] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 9.259297] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 10.270470] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[ 10.270496] PM: Resume from partition 8:17
[ 10.270501] PM: Checking hibernation image.
[ 10.271188] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 10.368730] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
[ 10.368750] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
[ 11.130383] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 11.130477] EXT3-fs: sda1: orphan cleanup on readonly fs
[ 11.130505] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 554104
[ 11.130655] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 554102
[ 11.130679] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 554094
[ 11.130703] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 554093
[ 11.130728] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 416477
[ 11.130822] EXT3-fs: sda1: 5 orphan inodes deleted
[ 11.130829] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[ 11.256639] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 13.956502] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 13.963398] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Seagate FreeAgent Go 100F PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 15.398162] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
[ 15.405137] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 15.405149] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
[ 15.405157] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 15.416174] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
[ 15.423143] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 15.423155] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
[ 15.423164] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 15.423186] sdc: sdc1 sdc2 sdc3
[ 15.433736] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[ 15.434429] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 21.665504] udevd version 124 started
[ 23.851607] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 24.007277] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 24.044566] agpgart-ali 0000:00:00.0: ALi M1631 chipset
[ 24.113080] agpgart-ali 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xc0000000
[ 24.128698] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input2
[ 24.188426] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 25.242427] logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 89
[ 25.743629] input: ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input3
[ 27.157046] acer_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_evaluate_method
[ 27.158109] acer_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_has_guid
[ 27.159660] acer_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_query_block
[ 28.876021] PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
[ 28.876037] C-Media PCI 0000:00:0c.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 5
[ 35.537152] parport_pc 00:09: reported by Plug and Play BIOS
[ 35.537257] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
[ 35.634375] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 37.141506] Adding 497972k swap on /dev/sdb1. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:497972k
[ 137.393606] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[ 140.939284] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 140.939717] EXT3 FS on sdb5, internal journal
[ 140.939737] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 141.497272] type=1505 audit(1226992798.311:2): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" name2="default" pid=4664
[ 142.229995] type=1505 audit(1226992799.043:3): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=4669
[ 142.231944] type=1505 audit(1226992799.043:4): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=4669
[ 142.486477] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[ 144.551158] acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_notify_smm
[ 144.551560] acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_unregister_performance
[ 144.553314] acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_preregister_performance
[ 144.553956] acpi_cpufreq: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_register_performance
[ 146.107549] warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
[ 146.216082] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[ 146.610407] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 151.098938] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.13
[ 151.108055] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 151.108076] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 151.108090] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 151.176168] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
[ 151.176208] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 151.250244] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 151.251427] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 151.251453] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.10
[ 151.256485] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 151.256504] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 151.378545] Bridge firewalling registered
[ 151.380159] pan0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
[ 151.435596] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
[ 151.435618] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 156.162970] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 157.675278] eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex
[ 273.998065] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 274.049588] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 275.613159] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 275.661106] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 275.820739] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 275.868741] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 302.743437] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 302.753443] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 313.705057] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

 

[nathris]

Try Xubuntu, I don't know if that computer is capable of running Gnome properly.

 

[bomfunk]

Quote:

Try Xubuntu, I don't know if that computer is capable of running Gnome properly.

But is it as simple as "try Xubuntu, blah blah blah..."? Can I simply install Xubuntu on Ubuntu without losing any of my apps, files or things like FF bookmarks, e-mail accounts and stuff? Is it possible to simply morph GNOME to XFCE (I've done GNOME->KDE before)? I'll probably try going with Xubuntu as a last resort...

 

[Sotturi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bomfunk But is it as simple as "try Xubuntu, blah blah blah..."? Can I simply install Xubuntu on Ubuntu without losing any of my apps, files or things like FF bookmarks, e-mail accounts and stuff? Is it possible to simply morph GNOME to XFCE (I've done GNOME->KDE before)? I'll probably try going with Xubuntu as a last resort...

It is exactly the same as 'morphing' GNOME to KDE, only you are changing GNOME to XFCE instead. Xubuntu, the distro, is specifically designed to be lightweight, so it includes things like Thunar instead of Nautilus and XFCE instead of GNOME. You could keep your current installation, install XFCE and migrate to Xubuntu's lightweight packages slowly, if you feel the need for more 'pep' in your applications.

 

[bomfunk]

Quote:

It is exactly the same as 'morphing' GNOME to KDE, only you are changing GNOME to XFCE instead. Xubuntu, the distro, is specifically designed to be lightweight, so it includes things like Thunar instead of Nautilus and XFCE instead of GNOME. You could keep your current installation, install XFCE and migrate to Xubuntu's lightweight packages slowly, if you feel the need for more 'pep' in your applications.

How tedious process is migrating the packages? I'm fairly nooby with Linux, I may just wipe my current partition and fresh-install Xubuntu if it's too hard to morph it and so on...

BTW, is Xubuntu an "official" distro or is it purely community-supported?

 

[GodofGrunts]

Quote:

[ 0.000000] DMI 2.3 present. [ 0.000000] ACPI Error (tbxfroot-0218): A valid RSDP was not found [20080609] [ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS age (1997) fails cutoff (2000), acpi=force is required to enable ACPI [ 0.000000] ACPI: Disabling ACPI support

That explains the reason it freezes when you don't use it. ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface and needs a BIOS from 2000 or higher.

I think that the RSDP is the cause of your other problems but I'm not completely sure. A little research says that it is a hard drive issue.

Sorry I it took so long to reply, I went through you're whole log.

 

[error10]

Aside from the missing ACPI issue, it sounds like some piece of hardware is unstable. You need a new rig anyway.

 

[Wheezy Baby]

You can try XFCE as simply as following this one step guide:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/xubuntu

 

[bomfunk]

Okay, I've just enabled ACPI in BIOS (Power Management was disabled altogether). How do I force it on?

Quote:

You need a new rig anyway.

I know... this is just a temporary solution until the economy here gets better so I can get a new riggy.

 

[error10]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bomfunk Okay, I've just enabled ACPI in BIOS (Power Management was disabled altogether). How do I force it on? I know... this is just a temporary solution until the economy here gets better so I can get a new riggy.

Like the nice bootup message said, put acpi=force in the kernel command line at boot. You can do this once by just putting it in at boot time (a very good idea in case it doesn't work) or make it permanent by editing /boot/grub/grub.conf .

 

[error10]

double post.

 

[bomfunk]

Quote:

make it permanent by editing /boot/grub/grub.conf .

How would go about doing that? I did "sudo nautilus" in the terminal, went to /boot/grub but there wasn't a file called grub.conf... and yes I did enable viewing of hidden files (Ctrl+H, was there something else I was supposed to do?)...

 

[error10]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bomfunk How would go about doing that? I did "sudo nautilus" in the terminal, went to /boot/grub but there wasn't a file called grub.conf... and yes I did enable viewing of hidden files (Ctrl+H, was there something else I was supposed to do?)...

So did it actually work to boot up with acpi=force? Don't even bother with this if it didn't.

I think on Ubuntu they call it menu.lst instead. I don't know why.

 

[Sotturi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bomfunk How would go about doing that? I did "sudo nautilus" in the terminal, went to /boot/grub but there wasn't a file called grub.conf... and yes I did enable viewing of hidden files (Ctrl+H, was there something else I was supposed to do?)...

Try the following:

sudo gedit(or whatever text editor you use) /boot/grub/menu.lst (I actually think the file you are looking for is menu.lst, but I'm not sure)

That should get you in to the grub menu file. If you want to add it at boot, wait until grub loads and hit the button to edit the boot command line. Add acpi=force at the end of that line, then hit 'b' (I think) to boot.

 

[bomfunk]

UPDATE:
I also enabled APM in BIOS and did the acpi=force thingy, I don't know which one did it but regardless now I don't get those weird freezes after long periods of not using the rig. However, for some reason the computer still doesn't seem to shut down properly, it freezes up after the orange bar disappears altogether... and the other problems mentioned in Post #1 (lockupts when dragging & dropping, using Amarok) still remain. I tried scanning my HDs in recovery mode, but it said that running the check for mounted drives can cause serious filesystem damage, so I need to run the scan off a LiveCD... how would I do that? I'm not sure if the hard drives/file system are causing these problems, but I'd like to rule them out and learn something new anyways, so...

 

[error10]

The easiest way to check your filesystems is to run "sudo touch /forcefsck" and then restart. You should also be able to add "forcefsck" into the boot options at the boot menu.

See also "Is your hard drive about to die?" thread in my sig.