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Yet another freezing problem with 2007!


alirezan1
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Hi

 

I recently switched to 2007 from 2006. I installed it on my Compaq r4025 laptop. It is great but it freezes every now and then. Like, it's working just fine now, and after a few minutes sometimes, hours or days, it freezes. I don't really know why it does this but everytime this happens, I have to power off the computer.

 

Here's what I have done:

 

# less /var/log/messages

 

Dec 9 18:35:14 localhost smbd[6340]: password server not available

Dec 9 18:37:18 localhost smbd[6365]: [2006/12/09 18:37:18, 0] auth/auth_server.c:server_cryptkey(83)

Dec 9 18:37:18 localhost smbd[6365]: password server not available

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Controller RESET (TX timeout) ...

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:02.0 disabled

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:02.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243, enabled

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243, disabled

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, enabled

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, disabled

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, enabled

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 2, Type 2, Revision 2

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Controller restarted

Dec 10 11:18:53 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.

Dec 10 11:18:53 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module fan: successfull

Dec 10 11:18:53 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module hotkey: failed

Dec 10 11:18:54 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module processor: successfull

Dec 10 11:18:54 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.

 

 

 

 

I checked the logs for many many times this happened to me. Everytime I get to :

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off

Dec 9 18:51:47 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Controller restarted

 

It seems like this is because of my broadcom wireless card. Why? It's been working fine.

 

Can anybody help?

 

Thanks

 

Ali

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Your computer might be turning off the irq to the wireless, in which case you should disable acpi. You could also try using ndiswrapper and see if the system like it better.

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BCM43XX is the generic linux driver for a Broadcom chip and should not be functioning at all if you are using ndiswrapper. You should remove it from being active. This could be the problem rather than acpi.

 

Try rmmod bcm43xx as root, of course.

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BCM43XX is the generic linux driver for a Broadcom chip and should not be functioning at all if you are using ndiswrapper. You should remove it from being active. This could be the problem rather than acpi.

 

Try rmmod bcm43xx as root, of course.

 

 

Okay, I did remove it and reinstalled it using NDISWRAPPER now.

Here's the table of my IRQs:

 

# cat interrupts

CPU0

0: 923055 local-APIC-edge timer

1: 2334 IO-APIC-edge i8042

8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc

12: 320088 IO-APIC-edge i8042

14: 28034 IO-APIC-edge ide0

15: 11183 IO-APIC-edge ide1

16: 4 IO-APIC-level ohci1394, yenta

17: 9898 IO-APIC-level ATI IXP

19: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2, ehci_hcd:usb3

20: 0 IO-APIC-level eth1

21: 297898 IO-APIC-level acpi, ndiswrapper

NMI: 0

LOC: 923018

ERR: 1

MIS: 0

 

Yes, ndiswrapper and acpi are sharing the same IRQ, but not sure if that causes any problem.

Also, I don't have the PnP OS setting in my BIOS, so can't disable that either.

 

Thanks alot

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I read another article (can't find it at the moment) where if you use ndiswrapper, make sure that the bcm43xx mod is not also functioning. It causes conflicts. ndiswrapper does not use bcm43xx for the driver but instead uses the windows driver. See if the problem is fixed.

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If ACPI is causing the problem, and you still need to use the battery monitor and all that, you can use APM instead.

 

Of course, in the boot loader, you'd need these entries (lilo append section, else end of the kernel line in grub).

 

acpi=off apm=on apm=power-off

 

and you're using apm for all your stuff.

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Well, it happened again, twice. Here's the latest log from /var/log/syslog:

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 1

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/alireza/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 2

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4

Dec 12 01:58:29 localhost kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Dec 12 01:58:29 localhost kernel: ISOFS: changing to secondary root

Dec 12 01:59:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Dec 12 01:59:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Exiting

Dec 12 01:59:19 localhost kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media. Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module thermal: successfull Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module video: successfull

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost hpiod: 1.6.9 accepting connections at 2208... Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.

 

 

and here are logs from /var/log/messages:

 

Dec 12 01:57:36 localhost kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.103 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=32771 DPT=7741 LEN=24

Dec 12 01:58:00 localhost net_applet[6077]: ### Program is starting ###

Dec 12 01:58:01 localhost mdkapplet[6078]: ### Program is starting ###

Dec 12 01:58:14 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 6109 user 'alireza'

Dec 12 01:58:15 localhost mdkapplet[6078]: ### Program is exiting ###

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 1

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/alireza/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 2

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.local-defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3

Dec 12 01:58:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4

Dec 12 01:59:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): GConf server is not in use, shutting down.

Dec 12 01:59:16 localhost gconfd (alireza-6109): Exiting

Dec 12 01:59:19 localhost kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media.

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module thermal: successfull

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module video: successfull

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost hpiod: 1.6.9 accepting connections at 2208...

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.17-5mdv

Dec 12 02:55:12 localhost kernel: Loaded 21427 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.17-5mdv.

 

any help?

 

thanks

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Did you follow what I said in my post or not? Cos you're still using acpi, so unless you stop using it to try apm instead, you won't know if it fixes the problem or not.

 

Hi

 

Yes, I actually tried what you said, but the thing is, everything failed. My wireless wouldn't work. Ethernet also stopped working. Everything slowed down, boot process took alot longer. Also, I lost my battery monitor too!

 

Here's what I get when I enter apm in my linux shell:

 

$ apm

No APM support in kernel

 

what does this mean?

 

thanks alot

 

Ali

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That's odd, I have these parameters running on my 2007 system at home perfectly fine, although then again maybe they don't resolve your issue, as my problems was a lot different to yours.

 

What kernel are you running? Provide output of:

 

uname -a

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Yeah, very strange.

 

$ uname -a

Linux localhost 2.6.17-5mdv #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 14:32:31 EDT 2006 i686 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ GNU/Linux

 

I found something out:

 

Last time I said my computer froze again, it was because of the CD I was trying to use. I inserted a CD in my drive and that caused the trouble. Everytime I want to use that CD, my computer freezes. It wasn't because of the old issue I had.

 

Thanks

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Ah OK, maybe that particular CD is damaged, or does it happen with any CD you use?

 

Seems strange your computer slowed down when using apm though. OK, we can go back to using acpi so can make the changes and revert back.

 

What I would suggest doing is adding noapic and nolapic instead and seeing if this makes a difference.

 

You don't have to edit the file, but when you get to the boot loader screen, press esc, and then type this:

 

linux noapic

 

let your system boot, and see if it helps fix the problem. If not, reboot with:

 

linux noapic nolapic

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Hi,

 

No, it's just that one CD.

 

noapic is really really bad!!! I actually tried it on LE 2006, and my computer clock went crazy. I am using a 64-bit computer (AMD Athlon 64bit) and everything seems to be much faster! like, every minute on my computer after noapic would be like only 50 seconds.

 

Thanks

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I recently built two AMD 64 machines with 2007 x86_64. apic caused issues in one machine and not the other. The Asus board must run without apic and the Epox board runs with it. Both are Nvidia boards, although the Epox has a two ide channels with 3 sata, and the Asus has one ide channel and 6 sata. The Asus boots sata, where the Epox boots ide. These are essentially the only differences between the two systems, and both run without issue for my client.

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