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  • From: "Alan Hoyle" <alanh AT email.unc.edu>
  • To: "UNC Linux Users Group" <unclug AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [unclug] Weird problem with FC4-5
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:49:51 -0400

If the problem resumes, I'll do so.

-a


On 6/15/06, Ritesh Kumar <ritesh AT cs.unc.edu> wrote:
Can you post your complete dmesg output please?

Ritesh


On 6/15/06, Alan Hoyle <alanh AT email.unc.edu> wrote:
> It's a desktop using the integrated Intel video. The symptoms are
> that it gets extreme amounts of load. if I'm lucky, I get in via ssh,
> through the xscreensaver, or by logging in at the console. it's doing
> it right now. looking at top, I don't see any process that's hanged
> and, in fact, opera is still quite responsive. However, top doesn't
> update but once every 10 seconds or so, the clock has skewed by 10
> minutes, and if I go to a command line, things won't pop up. dmesg's
> last few messages are:
> [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.1 20051102
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00: 02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> [drm] Initialized i915 1.4.0 20060119 on minor 0
> psmouse.c: Explorer Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost
> synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.
> psmouse.c: Explorer Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost
> synchronization, throwing 1 bytes away.
>
> but I do see a number of messages of the type:
>
> Jun 15 09:34:59 nelson avahi-daemon[1934]: Invalid response packet.
>
> in the messages log.
>
>
>
> On 6/14/06, Cristobal Palmer < cmpalmer AT ils.unc.edu> wrote:
> > Are you using an ati graphics card? What's locking up? I've recently
> > had trouble with the radeon driver such that the keyboard locks up, but
> > I can still ssh to the machine, restart gdm and go on with life.
> >
> > So I guess I'm asking if this is a desktop or a server.
> >
> > -CMP
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 11:11:31PM -0400, Alan Hoyle wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I had been having a problem with FC4 locking up overnight so I tried
> > > upgrading to FC5, but the problems have continued. Sometimes, I'll be
> > > able to log in after a looooong delay, and running programs, but I
> > > don't see any particular program generating load, zombie processes or
> > > memory usage...Sometimes top reports large percentages of "wa" or "hi"
> > > usage, but little other stuff.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> > > Top report:
> > >
> > > top - 22:16:28 up 5:59, 10 users, load average: 7.88, 5.36, 2.39
> > > Tasks: 127 total, 9 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> > > Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 100.0% wa, 0.0% hi,
> > > 0.0% si, 0.0% st
> > > Mem: 1002888k total, 656612k used, 346276k free, 57064k
buffers
> > > Swap: 1015800k total, 0k used, 1015800k free, 385416k
cached
> > >
> > > top - 22:16:32 up 5:59, 10 users, load average: 7.36, 5.33, 2.41
> > > Tasks: 129 total, 7 running, 122 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> > > Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi,
> > > 0.0% si, 0.0% st
> > > Mem: 1002888k total, 660444k used, 342444k free, 57076k
buffers
> > > Swap: 1015800k total, 0k used, 1015800k free, 385584k
cached
> > >
> > >
> > > [alanh@nelson ~]$ uptime
> > > 22:14:14 up 5:57, 10 users, load average: 6.92, 3.74, 1.50
> > > [alanh@nelson ~]$ ps aux
> > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME
COMMAND
> > > root 1 0.0 0.0 1992 668 ? S 16:16 0:00 init
[5]
> > > root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 16:16 0:00
[ksoftirqd/0]
> > > root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:16 0:00
[watchdog/0]
> > > root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[events/0]
> > > root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[khelper]
> > > root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[kthread]
> > > root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[kblockd/0]
> > > root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[kacpid]
> > > root 99 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[khubd]
> > > root 154 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:16 0:00
[pdflush]
> > > root 155 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:16 0:00
[pdflush]
> > > root 157 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[aio/0]
> > > root 156 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:16 0:00
[kswapd0]
> > > root 244 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[kseriod]
> > > root 316 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[kpsmoused]
> > > root 334 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:16 0:00
[kmirrord]
> > > root 346 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? D 16:16 0:00
[kjournald]
> > > root 413 0.0 0.0 2212 656 ? S<s 16:16 0:00
/sbin/udevd -d
> > > root 1167 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:16 0:00
[kjournald]
> > > root 1440 0.0 0.0 1652 552 ? Ds 16:17 0:00
syslogd -m 0
> > > root 1443 0.0 0.0 1600 388 ? Ss 16:17 0:00 klogd
-x
> > > rpc 1454 0.0 0.0 1736 556 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
portmap
> > > rpcuser 1473 0.0 0.0 1844 804 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
rpc.statd
> > > root 1489 0.0 0.0 11988 624 ? S<sl 16:17 0:00
auditd
> > > root 1491 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:17 0:00
[kauditd]
> > > root 1517 0.0 0.0 4724 580 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
rpc.idmapd
> > > dbus 1532 0.0 0.1 13316 1108 ? Ssl 16:17 0:00
> > > dbus-daemon --system
> > > root 1542 0.0 0.0 2288 880 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
hcid:
> > > processing events
> > > root 1545 0.0 0.0 1664 476 ? Ss 16:17 0:00 sdpd
> > > root 1557 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:17 0:00
[krfcommd]
> > > root 1590 0.0 0.0 1816 456 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/bin/hidd --server
> > > nut 1603 0.0 0.0 1660 412 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /sbin/bestups /dev/ttyS0
> > > nut 1606 0.0 0.0 1672 376 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/upsd
> > > root 1609 0.0 0.0 1660 564 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/sbin/upsmon
> > > nut 1610 0.0 0.0 1660 564 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/sbin/upsmon
> > > root 1693 0.0 0.0 1876 724 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=
> > > root 1705 0.0 0.0 1596 456 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/acpid
> > > root 1724 0.0 0.2 9256 2268 ? Ss 16:17 0:00 cupsd
> > > root 1732 0.0 0.1 4976 1100 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/sshd
> > > ntp 1748 0.0 0.4 4248 4248 ? SLs 16:17 0:00 ntpd
> > > -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/nt
> > > root 1785 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > [afs_rxlistener]
> > > root 1787 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
[afs_callback]
> > > root 1789 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
[afs_rxevent]
> > > root 1791 0.0 0.0 1948 352 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/vice/etc/afsd -fakestat -
> > > root 1793 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
[afsd]
> > > root 1795 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > [afs_checkserver]
> > > root 1797 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > [afs_background]
> > > root 1799 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > [afs_background]
> > > root 1801 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:17 0:00
[afs_cachetrim]
> > > root 1819 0.0 0.1 8388 1932 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > sendmail: accepting connection
> > > smmsp 1828 0.0 0.1 7360 1724 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:0
> > > root 1838 0.0 0.0 1824 344 ? Ss 16:17 0:00 gpm
> > > -m /dev/input/mice -t imps
> > > root 1848 0.0 1.0 25928 10720 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > nobody 1857 0.0 0.0 1768 676 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/local/bin/noip2
> > > root 1866 0.0 0.1 5184 1204 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
crond
> > > apache 1880 0.0 0.8 27664 8436 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 1881 0.0 0.8 27496 8404 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 1882 0.0 0.8 27348 8244 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 1883 0.0 0.8 27432 8304 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 1884 0.0 0.8 27512 8420 ? S 16:17 0:01
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 1885 0.0 0.8 27520 8416 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 1886 0.0 0.8 27360 8280 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 1887 0.0 0.8 27496 8392 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > xfs 1903 0.0 0.3 5728 3860 ? Ss 16:17 0:00 xfs
> > > -droppriv -daemon
> > > root 1920 0.0 0.0 2164 452 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/atd
> > > avahi 1933 0.0 0.1 3828 1592 ? Ss 16:17 0:05
> > > avahi-daemon: running [nelson.
> > > avahi 1934 0.0 0.0 2804 312 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > avahi-daemon: chroot helper pr
> > > root 1943 0.0 0.1 3132 1148 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > cups-config-daemon
> > > 68 1953 0.0 0.3 4968 3312 ? Ss 16:17 0:01 hald
> > > root 1954 0.0 0.1 3136 1020 ? S 16:17 0:00
hald-runner
> > > 68 1960 0.0 0.0 2236 872 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/libexec/hald-addon-acpi
> > > 68 1966 0.0 0.0 2236 872 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/libexec/hald-addon-keyboa
> > > root 1974 0.0 0.0 2192 704 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/libexec/hald-addon-storag
> > > root 1986 0.0 0.0 1588 404 tty1 Ss+ 16:17 0:00
> > > /sbin/mingetty tty1
> > > root 1987 0.0 0.0 1588 404 tty2 Ss+ 16:17 0:00
> > > /sbin/mingetty tty2
> > > root 1988 0.0 0.0 1588 408 tty3 Ss+ 16:17 0:00
> > > /sbin/mingetty tty3
> > > root 1989 0.0 0.0 1588 408 tty4 Ss+ 16:17 0:00
> > > /sbin/mingetty tty4
> > > root 1990 0.0 0.0 1584 404 tty5 Ss+ 16:17 0:00
> > > /sbin/mingetty tty5
> > > root 1991 0.0 0.0 1588 408 tty6 Ss+ 16:17 0:00
> > > /sbin/mingetty tty6
> > > root 1992 0.0 0.1 4448 1228 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /bin/sh /etc/X11/prefdm -nodae
> > > root 1993 0.0 0.3 19600 3316 ? Ssl 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/bin/dsmc sched
> > > root 2058 0.0 0.2 12860 2632 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon
> > > root 2084 0.0 0.2 13528 2904 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon
> > > root 2087 1.0 3.1 37936 31344 tty7 Ss+ 16:17 3:55
> > > /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -auth /var/gd
> > > apache 2131 0.0 0.8 27376 8292 ? S 16:17 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > alanh 2136 0.0 2.1 28892 21696 ? Ss 16:17 0:18
enlightenment
> > > alanh 2179 0.0 0.0 4100 680 ? Ss 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/db
> > > alanh 2182 0.0 0.0 2896 492 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-wi
> > > alanh 2183 0.0 0.1 13312 1284 ? Ssl 16:17 0:00
> > > dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid
> > > alanh 2187 0.0 0.7 32364 7928 ? Ssl 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-da
> > > alanh 2190 0.0 0.3 7032 3460 ? S 16:17 0:00
> > > /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 15
> > > alanh 2201 0.0 0.1 3276 1648 ? Ss 16:18 0:00
> > > /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobee
> > > alanh 2205 0.0 0.2 7176 2588 ? Ss 16:18 0:00
> > > /usr/libexec/bonobo-activation
> > > alanh 2210 0.0 1.8 98512 18572 ? Ssl 16:18 0:08
gnome-terminal
> > > alanh 2211 0.0 0.0 2228 616 ? S 16:18 0:00
> > > gnome-pty-helper
> > > alanh 2231 0.0 0.2 4348 2132 ? S 16:18 0:00
> > > xscreensaver -nosplash
> > > alanh 2233 0.0 0.1 4584 1524 pts/2 Ss+ 16:18 0:00 bash
> > > alanh 2236 0.0 0.1 4580 1556 pts/3 Ss+ 16:18 0:00 bash
> > > alanh 2250 0.0 0.1 4584 1544 pts/4 Ss+ 16:18 0:00 bash
> > > alanh 2294 0.0 0.7 13208 7932 pts/3 S 16:19 0:00 emacs
ccipiw.ph
> > > alanh 2362 0.0 0.2 27808 2336 ? Ssl 16:21 0:02
synergys
> > > alanh 2502 0.0 0.1 4584 1524 pts/5 Ss+ 16:30 0:00 bash
> > > alanh 2518 0.0 0.1 4580 1520 pts/6 Ss+ 16:31 0:00 bash
> > > alanh 2534 0.0 0.1 4580 1520 pts/7 Ss+ 16:31 0:00 bash
> > > alanh 2555 0.9 12.9 177396 129468 ? Ss 16:32 3:10
> > > /usr/lib/opera/9.0-20060614.6/
> > > alanh 2568 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 16:32 0:00
> > > [operapluginwrap] <defunct>
> > > apache 2696 0.0 0.8 27204 8100 ? S 16:45 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > alanh 3153 0.0 0.1 4584 1508 pts/1 Ss+ 17:49 0:00 bash
> > > apache 4222 0.0 0.8 27204 8044 ? S 20:53 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 4658 0.0 0.7 27208 7924 ? S 22:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 4659 0.0 0.5 25928 5720 ? S 22:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 4660 0.0 0.7 27128 7928 ? S 22:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 4669 0.0 0.5 25928 5724 ? S 22:11 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 4679 0.0 0.5 25928 5724 ? S 22:12 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > root 4681 0.0 0.2 7796 2364 ? Ss 22:12 0:00 sshd:
> > > alanh [priv]
> > > root 4686 0.0 0.2 7792 2372 ? Ss 22:12 0:00 sshd:
> > > alanh [priv]
> > > apache 4690 0.0 0.5 25928 5712 ? S 22:12 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 4691 0.0 0.5 25928 5724 ? S 22:12 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > apache 4692 0.0 0.7 27128 7924 ? S 22:12 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > root 4694 0.0 0.2 6352 2136 ? Ss 22:13 0:00 sshd:
> > > alanh [priv]
> > > sshd 4695 0.0 0.1 6344 1424 ? S 22:13 0:00 sshd:
> > > alanh [net]
> > > apache 4698 0.0 0.7 27100 7892 ? S 22:13 0:00
/usr/sbin/httpd
> > > alanh 4699 0.0 0.1 7956 1780 ? S 22:13 0:00 sshd:
> > > alanh@pts /9
> > > alanh 4704 0.0 0.1 7792 1776 ? S 22:13 0:00 sshd:
> > > alanh@pts/8
> > > alanh 4705 0.0 0.1 4584 1520 pts/8 Ss 22:13 0:00 -bash
> > > alanh 4725 0.0 0.1 4580 1516 pts/9 Ss 22:13 0:00
-bash
> > > alanh 4747 0.0 0.1 2124 1032 pts/9 S+ 22:14 0:00 top
> > > alanh 4751 0.0 0.0 4184 952 pts/8 R+ 22:14 0:00 ps
aux
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alan Hoyle - alanh AT unc.edu - http://www.alanhoyle.com/
> > > "I don't want the world, I just want your half." -TMBG
> > > Get Horizontal, Play Ultimate.
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> > ------------------------------------------
> > Cristobal M. Palmer
> > UNC-CH SILS
> > cmpalmer AT ils.unc.edu
> >
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> "I don't want the world, I just want your half." -TMBG
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