Hi I need some help with some kernel 3.13 issues that make my computer unusable.
My computer appears to start up fine into kde but Klipper, Kmix, and Knemo are missing from the system tray and the won't start manually.
also Dolphin takes forever to start and some apps won't start at all like the ones listed above and others like XBMC.
I also can't logout or shutdown. If I try to through the application launcher nothing happens and the desktop becomes unresponsive.
I can use ctrl+alt+f1 to go to terminal and log in as root but if I try to restart with "systemctl reboot" i just get a black screen with a blinking curser and have to do a hard reset.
I did let it sit for an hour once and it output code like this:
[241.515289] INFO: task kworker/u8:4:214 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[241.515425] Not tainted 3.13-0.towo-siduction amd64 # 1
[241.515523] "echo 0> / proc / sys / kernel / hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[size=78%]It repeats this code several times showing kworker, pulseaudio, kded4, and alsactl listing each more than once.[/size]
[/size][size=78%]It seems similar to this thread but nothing in it seemed to help.[/size]
http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=4230.0 (http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=4230.0)
computer works flawless with kernel 3.12-8 and older.
system if fully dist-upgraded.
any help would be appreciated.
System: Host: siductionbox Kernel: 3.12-8.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: KDE 4.12.1 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: siduction 11.1 One Step Beyond - kde - (201112302141)
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: F1A75-V PRO version: Rev X.0x serial: 110460460000155
Bios: American Megatrends version: 2302 date: 09/26/2012
CPU: Quad core AMD A8-3870 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips: 25601.8
Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz 3: 3200.00 MHz 4: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6550D] bus-ID: 00:01.0
X.org: 1.14.5 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 243x34 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 14:da:e9:11:24:9b
Drives: HDD Total Size: 560.1GB (29.0% used) 1: model: OCZ
2: model: WDC_WD5000AAKS
Info: Processes: 164 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 1092.9/7480.3MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.2.45) inxi: 1.9.17
i am using a 3.12 kernel waiting for a solution!
Keep up the good job guys!
apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio
and reboot, see if you still have problems
purging pulseaudio has alleviated some of my issues. the system tray items are now loading fine and dolphin now loads normally but all other issues still remain. some pulseaudio library packages are still on the system but they are dependency's of kde.
XMBC fails to start.
system still won't shutdown and has to be hard reset but i now only get the one error message about kworker.
the error message is the same as the one in my first post about kworker but it only appears once and its with kernel 3.13-0.towo.2-siduction-amd64
any other suggestions or info i can supply.
Try 3.13-0.towo.3.
I would install 3.13-0.towo.3 but for some reason its lot in my package database which is odd.
[size=78%]my source list file correspond to whats listed here [/size][/size][size=78%]http://packages.siduction.org/ (http://packages.siduction.org/)[/size]
I removed a few more packages: gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio vlc-plugin-pulse libpulsedsp and rebooted a couple of times and things are a little different.
as long as i don't try to start XBMC i can log out of kde fine but system still hangs on shutdown. I haven't waited long enough before hard resetting to see what messages come up.
I just checked [/size][size=78%]here [/size][size=78%]http://packages.siduction.org/ (http://packages.siduction.org/)[/size][size=78%] under base amd64 and no 3.13 kernels appear to be present. Maybe i need to use a different mirror.
New kernel installed and seems pretty solid here. 3.13-0.towo.2 seemed to have issues running a big VM in VMware Player. 3.13-0.towo.3 fired it up nicely.
System: Host: imerabox Kernel: 3.13-0.towo.3-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: KDE 4.12.1 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: aptosid 2011-02 Ἡμέρα - kde-lite - (201107131633)
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P6X58D-E version: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 0602 date: 03/24/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 950 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 33736.8
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz 5: 1600.00 MHz 6: 1600.00 MHz 7: 1600.00 MHz 8: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] bus-ID: 05:00.0 X.Org: 1.14.5 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1200@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 480/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.38 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network: Card: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2 ver: 1.30 port: d800 bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 20:cf:30:5c:41:1d
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2136.5GB (4.1% used) 1: model: OCZ
2: model: OCZ 3: model: KINGSTON_SS100S2 4: model: WDC_WD1002FAEX 5: model: WDC_WD1002FAEX
Info: Processes: 301 Uptime: 16 min Memory: 2344.2/5965.9MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.2.45) inxi: 1.9.17
installed kernel 3.13-0.towo.3 and it didn't make any difference.
although I let it sit for about twenty minutes while shutting down before a hard reset and no messages came up just a blank screen with a blinking cursor.
Just installed the newest kernel 3.13-1 and all my problems seem to be gone.
system shuts down fine and XBMC starts fine.
haven't re-installed pulseaudio and don't think i will because spdif pass-through was not working with it for some apps anyways. I can install again to test if that would help anyone.
I will continue to run this kernel and let you know if there are any more issues.
out of curiosity do you know what it was that caused the problems on my system so i can provide more useful information in the future.
thank you for all your help.