Random Freeze

[Chrishas]

Hi everyone,

I'm a Linux Mint 9 user on an HP Compaq nc6320 laptop. my pc randomly freezes 2-3 times everyday. The screen freezes and i can't input anything by keyboard or mouse, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE or other combinations don't work and the only way to solve this is by a restart. My kernel is version 2.6.32-21-generic and i install all updates. On the last crash i found the following entry in syslog:

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Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348055] INFO: task i915:361 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348062] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348068] i915          D 00000ad2     0   361      2 0x00000000
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348078]  f6a29ed0 00000046 000000f0 00000ad2 00000000 c0846740 f6bc5c5c c0846740
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348093]  23b5bbdc 00000f89 c0846740 c0846740 f6bc5c5c c0846740 c0846740 eb578000
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348107]  23b5a6ad 00000f89 f6bc59b0 ef481014 ef481018 ffffffff f6a29efc c058a516
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348121] Call Trace:
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348136]  [<c058a516>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xc6/0x130
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348143]  [<c058a435>] mutex_lock+0x25/0x40
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348194]  [<f8379673>] intel_idle_update+0x33/0x180 [i915]
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348204]  [<c013eff3>] ? finish_task_switch+0x43/0xc0
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348211]  [<c058951c>] ? schedule+0x44c/0x840
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348220]  [<c016369e>] run_workqueue+0x8e/0x150
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348256]  [<f8379640>] ? intel_idle_update+0x0/0x180 [i915]
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348264]  [<c01637e4>] worker_thread+0x84/0xe0
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348272]  [<c0167740>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348280]  [<c0163760>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0xe0
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348286]  [<c01674b4>] kthread+0x74/0x80
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348292]  [<c0167440>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348300]  [<c0104087>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348322] INFO: task Xorg:1241 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348326] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348331] Xorg          D 000754ec     0  1241   1215 0x00400000
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348340]  e946be20 00203086 00000034 000754ec 00000000 c0846740 f6b902ac c0846740
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348353]  06181709 00000f89 c0846740 c0846740 f6b902ac c0846740 c0846740 eb579c00
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348367]  0617d7d1 00000f89 f6b90000 ef481014 ef481018 ffffffff e946be4c c058a516
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348381] Call Trace:
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348389]  [<c058a516>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xc6/0x130
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348395]  [<c058a435>] mutex_lock+0x25/0x40
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348429]  [<f836a220>] i915_gem_throttle_ioctl+0x30/0x70 [i915]
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348465]  [<f80eb7cd>] drm_ioctl+0x25d/0x3e0 [drm]
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348500]  [<f836a1f0>] ? i915_gem_throttle_ioctl+0x0/0x70 [i915]
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348520]  [<c01410f9>] ? update_curr+0x169/0x2a0
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348527]  [<c016d4f5>] ? sched_clock_local+0xa5/0x180
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348536]  [<c016aaaf>] ? __remove_hrtimer+0x2f/0xa0
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348543]  [<c016ae38>] ? lock_hrtimer_base+0x28/0x50
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348551]  [<c016bc86>] ? hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x36/0xb0
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348579]  [<f80eb570>] ? drm_ioctl+0x0/0x3e0 [drm]
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348597]  [<c0216231>] vfs_ioctl+0x21/0x90
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348603]  [<c058951c>] ? schedule+0x44c/0x840
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348609]  [<c0216519>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x79/0x310
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348618]  [<c0150ca0>] ? sys_setitimer+0x40/0x90
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348624]  [<c0216817>] sys_ioctl+0x67/0x80
Nov 27 22:33:23 tringos-laptop kernel: [17280.348631]  [<c01033ec>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb

This kind of crashes have always happened since i installed Mint but the last few days it became annoying due to the increasing frequency. Thanks in advance for any help, Chrishas

[lakehousetech]

Have you noticed this occurring when your doing something specific, or does it only/also occur while at idle?

[Chrishas]

No nothing specific,mostly when i'm browsing or watching flash videos but has happened also when doing other things not internet related.

[willie42]

Like to look at something

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lspci

[Chrishas]

This is the output of lspci:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 01)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
02:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
02:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
02:06.4 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 GemCore based SmartCard controller
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

[willie42]

Just to confirm a few things:

you are using gnome desktop?

I didnt see anything that would cause your setup to freeze. What I would be tempted to do is upgrade to 10 and see if it still happens. I dont know alot about kernels or anything but I hate to see you have issues and not make any suggestions to you. Mint is awesome. Just make sure you back up your stuff before you start.

[Chrishas]

Yeah i'm using Gnome 2.30.2 at the moment. I'm planning to upgrade when I have the time. Then I'll see what happens