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System locks up randomly

Asked by MTMartin

Beginning after my last update, the system randomly slows to an unusable crawl. To be specific, I can move the mouse about 1 inch every 5-10 seconds but can't click on anything and keyboard shortcuts don't work. Have to do a hard reset. The following is posted in the sys log prior to every restart. Maybe that will help.

Feb 3 10:01:03 travis-laptop kernel: [ 879.840628] __ratelimit: 247 callbacks suppressed
Feb 3 10:01:08 travis-laptop kernel: [ 884.867175] __ratelimit: 247 callbacks suppressed
Feb 3 10:01:10 travis-laptop kernel: [ 889.900940] __ratelimit: 248 callbacks suppressed
Feb 3 10:01:13 travis-laptop kernel: [ 894.932398] __ratelimit: 247 callbacks suppressed
Feb 3 10:01:22 travis-laptop kernel: [ 899.972834] __ratelimit: 247 callbacks suppressed
Feb 3 10:01:44 travis-laptop kernel: [ 905.015122] __ratelimit: 249 callbacks suppressed

On most logs I see this prior to the lockup:

Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000119] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000152] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.27/net/sched/sch_generic.c:219 dev_watchdog+0x21a/0x230()
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000164] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1 (orinoco_pci): transmit timed out
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000172] Modules linked in: ipv6 isofs udf crc_itu_t af_packet binfmt_misc radeon drm bridge stp bnep sco rfcomm l2cap bluetooth vboxnetflt vboxdrv ppdev powernow_k7 cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_stats freq_table cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave sbs sbshc pci_slot wmi iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables sbp2 lp joydev pcmcia snd_ali5451 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss hostap_pci hostap snd_pcm ieee80211_crypt i2c_ali1535 evdev snd_seq_dummy parport_pc serio_raw parport psmouse snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device container snd video output i2c_ali15x3 orinoco_pci pcspkr button battery orinoco ac yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_core hermes pcmcia_core ati_agp agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif sg pata_ali ata_generic pata_acpi libata ohci1394 natsemi scsi_mod dock ieee1394 ohci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: ont bitblit softcursor fuse
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000423] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27-9-generic #1
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000435] [<c0131d65>] warn_slowpath+0x65/0x90
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000462] [<c0153200>] ? tick_program_event+0x30/0x40
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000480] [<c02dfe98>] ? acpi_pm_read+0x8/0x20
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000499] [<c014e63b>] ? getnstimeofday+0x4b/0x100
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000521] [<c0136976>] ? set_normalized_timespec+0x16/0x90
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000537] [<c014d255>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xd5/0x170
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000551] [<c0154387>] ? timer_stats_update_stats+0x17/0x250
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000564] [<c0254299>] ? strlen+0x9/0x20
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000585] [<c025231d>] ? strlcpy+0x1d/0x60
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000597] [<c02f0a17>] ? netdev_drivername+0x37/0x40
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000611] [<c0305c1a>] dev_watchdog+0x21a/0x230
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000625] [<c0153200>] ? tick_program_event+0x30/0x40
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000637] [<c014b956>] ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x196/0x1c0
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000651] [<c013bf88>] run_timer_softirq+0x138/0x210
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000668] [<c0305a00>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x230
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000681] [<c0305a00>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x230
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000694] [<c0137682>] __do_softirq+0x92/0x120
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000706] [<c013776d>] do_softirq+0x5d/0x60
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000717] [<c01378e5>] irq_exit+0x55/0x90
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000727] [<c0106c1a>] do_IRQ+0x4a/0x80
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000743] [<c0105003>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000761] [<dc8529ad>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x15e/0x193 [processor]
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000800] [<c02dbf7b>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x7b/0xd0
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000811] [<c010288d>] cpu_idle+0x7d/0x140
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000822] [<c036ee83>] rest_init+0x53/0x60
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000844] =======================
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000852] ---[ end trace 6c24a1fb5f99d560 ]---
Feb 3 09:18:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 355.000864] eth1: Tx timeout! ALLOCFID=ffff, TXCOMPLFID=ffff, EVSTAT=8000
Feb 3 09:18:18 travis-laptop kernel: [ 356.679937] eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
Feb 3 09:19:31 travis-laptop kernel: [ 429.416636] eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Feb 3 09:19:33 travis-laptop kernel: [ 431.841517] eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
Feb 3 09:21:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 536.112044] hermes @ dc94c000: Card removed while waiting for command 0x0021 completion.
Feb 3 09:21:17 travis-laptop kernel: [ 536.346504] hermes @ dc94c000: Card removed while issuing command 0x0021.
Feb 3 09:22:32 travis-laptop kernel: [ 571.098081] ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off interrupt mode.
Feb 3 09:22:51 travis-laptop kernel: [ 583.056889] ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080609]
Feb 3 09:22:54 travis-laptop kernel: [ 583.056931] ACPI Error (psparse-0530): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA_.EC0_.SMWR] (Node db018660), AE_TIME
Feb 3 09:22:56 travis-laptop kernel: [ 583.057136] ACPI Error (psparse-0530): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1.CHBP] (Node db01a4b0), AE_TIME
Feb 3 09:22:56 travis-laptop kernel: [ 583.057303] ACPI Error (psparse-0530): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA_.EC0_.SMSL] (Node db018690), AE_TIME
Feb 3 09:22:59 travis-laptop kernel: [ 583.057469] ACPI Error (psparse-0530): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA_.EC0_._Q09] (Node db018708), AE_TIME

Any help would be appreciated!!

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juancarlospaco (juancarlospaco) said : 		#1

execute and post the responde of :
lsmod
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Any Wine or Propietary software running on this PC?, Have you check your RAMs?

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MTMartin (pilotguy777) said : 		#2

below is the terminal text. Not sure what you mean by Wine or Propietary. I have not installed anything outside of updates since the problem started. Also, what do you mean by "check your RAMs"?

travis@travis-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 263972 8
isofs 40100 0
udf 88356 1
crc_itu_t 10112 1 udf
af_packet 25728 4
binfmt_misc 16904 1
radeon 147616 2
drm 86056 3 radeon
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
sco 18308 2
rfcomm 44432 0
l2cap 30464 6 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth 61924 6 bnep,sco,rfcomm,l2cap
vboxnetflt 93832 0
vboxdrv 120360 1 vboxnetflt
ppdev 15620 0
powernow_k7 15400 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 1
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
freq_table 12672 3 powernow_k7,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
sbs 19464 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
pci_slot 12552 0
wmi 14504 0
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
sbp2 29324 0
lp 17156 0
joydev 18368 0
pcmcia 43052 0
snd_ali5451 27532 3
snd_ac97_codec 111652 1 snd_ali5451
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
hostap_pci 57872 0
hostap 114820 1 hostap_pci
ieee80211_crypt 13572 1 hostap
i2c_ali1535 14340 0
evdev 17696 9
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
parport_pc 39204 1
parport 42604 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
serio_raw 13444 0
psmouse 45200 0
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
container 11520 0
snd 63268 16 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
video 25104 0
output 11008 1 video
i2c_ali15x3 14852 0
pcspkr 10624 0
battery 18436 0
button 14224 0
yenta_socket 31756 1
rsrc_nonstatic 19072 1 yenta_socket
ac 12292 0
orinoco_pci 12928 0
i2c_core 31892 2 i2c_ali1535,i2c_ali15x3
pcmcia_core 43412 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
soundcore 15328 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16136 1 snd_pcm
orinoco 48020 1 orinoco_pci
hermes 14976 2 orinoco_pci,orinoco
ati_agp 14988 1
agpgart 42184 2 drm,ati_agp
shpchp 37908 0
pci_hotplug 35236 1 shpchp
ext3 133384 1
jbd 55444 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
sr_mod 22212 1
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 42264 3
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
sg 39732 0
pata_ali 16516 3
ata_generic 12932 0
pata_acpi 12160 0
libata 177312 3 pata_ali,ata_generic,pata_acpi
ohci1394 37936 0
natsemi 35552 0
scsi_mod 155212 5 sbp2,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
ieee1394 96324 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ohci_hcd 31888 0
usbcore 148848 2 ohci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 3 powernow_k7,thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 3
travis@travis-laptop:~$ top

top - 11:39:10 up 1:36, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.37, 0.52
Tasks: 109 total, 2 running, 107 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 11.8%us, 2.6%sy, 0.0%ni, 84.9%id, 0.0%wa, 0.7%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 448304k total, 394912k used, 53392k free, 11216k buffers
Swap: 1309256k total, 198316k used, 1110940k free, 162900k cached

  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
 5476 travis 20 0 283m 97m 22m S 7.6 22.3 11:37.99 firefox
 4816 root 20 0 217m 35m 5464 S 6.6 8.0 12:16.02 Xorg
15925 travis 20 0 98.4m 24m 12m S 2.0 5.6 0:02.42 gnome-terminal
 5227 travis 20 0 21928 6752 5232 S 0.7 1.5 0:43.12 compiz.real
 5240 travis 20 0 21340 5168 4204 S 0.7 1.2 0:09.50 gnome-screensav
 5241 travis 20 0 36056 15m 10m S 0.7 3.5 0:12.26 gnome-panel
15949 travis 20 0 2412 1140 884 R 0.7 0.3 0:00.52 top
    1 root 20 0 1740 584 504 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.54 init
    2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
    3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
    4 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.38 ksoftirqd/0
    5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
    6 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:09.92 events/0
    7 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 khelper
   46 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kintegrityd/0
   48 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.46 kblockd/0
   50 root 15 -5 0 0 0 R 0.0 0.0 0:02.12 kacpid

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juancarlospaco (juancarlospaco) said : 		#3

The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds.
If the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine will reboot.
The ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine and interrupts.

result from my Ubuntu Package Search : http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/watchdog

so..., uninstall Watchdog

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