[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-08-14 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-06-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Henri Reinikainen, if you have a bug in Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Kernel team, Ubuntu Bug Control team, and Ubuntu Bug Squad would like you to please file a new report by executing the following in a terminal: ubuntu-bug linux For more on this, please see the Ubuntu Kernel team article:

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-06-13 Thread Henri Reinikainen
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 Title: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used To manage

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-06-12 Thread Henri Reinikainen
I have AMILO Pi 2540 laptop With Intel T2398 (http://ark.intel.com/products/35153/Intel-Pentium- Processor-T2390-1M-Cache-1_86-GHz-533-MHz-FSB), my system worked perfectly. After upgrading to Intel T8100 (http://ark.intel.com/products/33916

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-06-12 Thread Henri Reinikainen
** Attachment added: dmesg boot with processor.max_cstate=1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822/+attachment/3701980/+files/dmesg.cstate.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-06-12 Thread Henri Reinikainen
I don't know if these are any help, there is no error messages anywhere. ** Attachment added: dmesg boot normal https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822/+attachment/3701982/+files/dmesg.normal.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-06-12 Thread Henri Reinikainen
** Attachment added: dmesg boot with nolapic_timer clocksource=jiffies https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822/+attachment/3701981/+files/dmesg.jiffies.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2013-06-12 Thread Henri Reinikainen
btw processor.max_cstate=1 seem to work too. I did not give much uptime to that. I'm not sure which is better solution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 Title: System freezes

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2012-09-22 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2012-07-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Michael Mulqueen, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 10, 2012. Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, can

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2012-01-03 Thread Carl Englund
I had this on a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) on an Acer Travelmate 230. Problem exists after installing updates. Seems similar to bug #646638 (as someone noticed there), #657990 and #638434. Perhaps they should be marked as duplicates? Adding dmesg, in case someone wants it. **

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2012-01-03 Thread Carl Englund
Adding nolapic_timer to boot params did NOT fix the problem for me. Just nolapic worked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 Title: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2012-01-03 Thread Carl Englund
Sorry for spamming, but perhaps it's better for this bug if I get it right. Actually nolapic wasn't completely stable either. My system eventually locked/froze completely. I did cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource and the only available is acpi_pm, which I

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2011-03-17 Thread Charles Baynham
I've been having this problem. I'm on a dual-booting system (Sony VAIO VGN-SR16GN) and oddly this doesn't affect my normal Ubuntu distribution, but the same version (10.10) installed as a server setup had this issue. ** Description changed: Ubuntu Maverick (up-to-date with latest packages as

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-12-17 Thread Oleksandr Yefremov
Had exactly the same problem with freezing Lenovo S12 on Atom and Intel graphics. Tried Ubuntu NR, Kubuntu 10.10, Slax and OpenGeu - behaviour is nearly the same. Today tried to add nolapic_timer on Mint 10 - works great! no freezes noticed on boot or regular jobs. Next, will install Kubuntu

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-12-17 Thread SlaveToSoftware
Following this advice (also shown earlier in this thread) I've been happy with my Ideapad S12: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IdeaPadS/Fixes On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Oleksandr Yefremov 643...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Had exactly the same problem with freezing Lenovo S12 on Atom

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-12-02 Thread JonJ
This is fixed for me in the latest rc of 2.6.37, I created a .deb file but it's rather large.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 Title: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-12-02 Thread Rüdiger Kupper
@Michael: Sorry for keeping you for so long. Setting nolapic on the ASUS notebook did not help (it made the machine boot into a black screen and hang). The option nohz=off, however, works. What is this option? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-12-02 Thread Michael Mulqueen
@Rüdiger, I don't really understand it enough to explain it, but I understand the general gist of it. This bug is related to the way that the kernel keeps time. The way the kernel used to work (by default) was by ticking. The new way is tickless. nohz=on is tickless, nohz=off is tickful. I won't

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-12-01 Thread sam tygier
still present on natty live cd on a lenovo S12 (intel version) -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-11-23 Thread JonJ
I ran into this yesterday on Kubuntu 10.10 running the generic kernel. Adding nolapic_timer to the boot arguments does not help at all, additionally the grub splashscreen does not appear. Any information or testing I can do to help troubleshoot it? -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-11-06 Thread Rüdiger Kupper
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-11-06 Thread Rüdiger Kupper
I confirm this problem on an ASUS Notebook. It behaves exactly as described in #1. Something stops basically all processing until the mouse is moved or any key hit. I find myself hitting Shift constantly just to keep things going. I confirm that it's very unspecific and seems to affect

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-11-06 Thread Michael Mulqueen
@Rüdiger, have you tried my workaround as mentioned in the above comments? If so, did it work? Also, are you experiencing any problems with wireless networking, because I am and I'm wondering whether there is any connection between this bug and it. Regards, Mike (original submitter) 2010/11/6

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-10-28 Thread Aaron
I have exactly the same problem, I use 10.10 but i run the same issue in previous versions. Any idea on how to solve it? -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-10-28 Thread Michael Mulqueen
@Aaron, Have you tried the nolapic_timer workaround as described in my post on September 22nd, 2010? -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-10-13 Thread sam tygier
on my S12 this has got much worse on maverick (compared with lucid). the nolapic_timer works around it. -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-10-13 Thread sam tygier
think this is also the same as http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/10/94 and bug #646638 -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-10-13 Thread SlaveToSoftware
Another report from a Lenovo S12. What I've noticed regarding this bug is that it isn't new to Maverick. In previous versions, mostly when I've first upgraded, the boot won't continue unless I bump the mouse or hit the shift key. Then I'll see the hard drive go for a bit. Another bump, I get a

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-10-13 Thread sam tygier
setting the clock to show seconds also makes it quite obvious. there is another report at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9954714 it says that clocksource=jiffies as a boot arg fixes it -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-23 Thread G. Michael Carter
Well we solved our problem. 1. Added Nvidia 4000mx graphics card with drivers from nvidia website. This made things run faster and minimized the problem. Saw it once and hour rather then every 3 minutes. 2. Replaced the CPU with an Intel E5400 (from the Celeron P4 that was in there) The new

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-22 Thread Michael Mulqueen
I've found a workaround. I did a lot of searching, looking for similar problems and then tried about 15 different things, 2 worked. If you use the kernel flag nolapic_timer, the problem goes away. A proper solution still needs to be found though. The kernel flag nohz=off also works, but it

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-21 Thread Michael Mulqueen
@G M Carter, how were you going to disable i915? Simply blacklisting it didn't work for me. I'm up for trying almost anything that will help tie this problem down. -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-21 Thread G. Michael Carter
removed and blacklisted but no help. I'm having my father bring the system here. I'm going to start replacing components and see what happens. Won't be for a few days though. On 21/09/10 01:02 PM, Michael Mulqueen wrote: @G M Carter, how were you going to disable i915? Simply blacklisting

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-21 Thread Michael Mulqueen
Update: I have just tried the earliest version of 2.6.35 that I have, which is 2.6.35-19, and I can confirm that it exists there too and is just as bad. -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-21 Thread Jeremy Foshee
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[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Mulqueen
** Attachment added: lspci-vnvn.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822/+attachment/1614856/+files/lspci-vnvn.log -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Mulqueen
** Attachment added: dmesg.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822/+attachment/1614857/+files/dmesg.log -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Mulqueen
** Attachment added: version.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822/+attachment/1614858/+files/version.log -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Mulqueen
** Attachment added: uname-a.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/643822/+attachment/1614859/+files/uname-a.log -- System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread G. Michael Carter
I actually have the same problem in Fedora 13. Except my system boots all the way and allows for login. But every so often (with increasing frequency) the system freezes. To get it back hit CTRL-ALT or something and it return. Might not be the same problem but sounds similar. -- System

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Mulqueen
Definitely sounds familiar. When this problem was happening to me but was less severe, I was doing the pretty much the same. Do you know whether this has been reported upstream to the kernel developers? I will contact the company that I bought my notebook from, they sell a lot of linux devices

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread G. Michael Carter
No I haven't reported it. I was taking this from the angle of a hardware problem. I have two of these computers. The only differences, one I put in a Nvidia Card (to get dual monitor support), and CPUs are different. The problem computers is using the on-board intel graphics card. I've

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Mulqueen
Right, just came back to my computer after leaving it idle for a while, looked at the time on it, thought that it couldn't be right, looked at my phone, knew it wasn't right. Ran ntpdate-debian to fix it and to be sure. It was _40 minutes_ out. That shows that this isn't just cosmetic. This is

Re: [Bug 643822] Re: System freezes unless mouse/keyboard constantly used

2010-09-20 Thread G. Michael Carter
I was running this on my system. I was hoping to catch something happening just before the freeze. nohup top -b -i -d 5 -c /var/log/cf_top.log nohup vmstat 5 -t /var/log/cf_vmstat.log Might help you debug the issue. Just remember if you leave them running it will fill up your hard drive.