Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Random Freeze / Hang-up

[lkrory21]

Hi all!

It seems that my Ubuntu 10.04 (clean install) to randomly freeze / hang (mouse/keyboard unresponsive, only a hard reboot is available as option) but with no garbled screens/windows/etc. There's no pattern why or any application that could be responsible. It could happen ten minutes after it is started or after 2 days but at some point and suddenly the system will become totally unresponsive, freeze and hang up. I used the same PC with Karmic Koala and releases before that (sometimes on for days) with no such problem so it shouldn't be a hardware problem.

I thoroughly check system logs after the hard reboot (System > Administation > Log File Viewer) and there's no entry around the time of each freeze / hang to pinpoint me to something.

The only thing that is certain is that the following errors / warnings always appear in .xsession-errors file:

1.
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/lkrory21/.config/metacity/sessions/1080c45259ed06f712734738133612800000012480026.ms: Failed to open file '/home/lkrory21/.config/metacity/sessions/1080c45259ed06f712734738133612800000012480026.ms': No such file or directory

2.
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1321): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1321): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

3.
** (update-notifier:1457): DEBUG: Skipping reboot required

4. (If I use Chrome)
(exe:1524): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

5. (If I use Firefox, in this case the file is literally flooded with this warning)
(firefox-bin:1579): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

Here is also some info about my system:
M/B: ASUS P4R800-V DELUXE
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
RAM: 1GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon 9100 IGP

Any suggestions what else I might check?

Thanx a lot in advance!

[dino99]

first check: system admin hardware driver, is yours activated ?
then try without: flash, compiz, java if installed

you have some of the not yet fixed bugs

metacity --replace

sudo dpkg --configure -a

install gconf-cleaner and use it (yes to all)
install bleachbit and use it "as admin" but take time to read and understand every setting (in doubt dont check the selected setting)

[lkrory21]

Hi Dino99, thanx for your quick reply!

1.System > Administration > Hardware Drivers:
No proprietary drivers are in use in this system.

2.I 'm not using compiz and/or and have System/Preferences/Appearance/Visual Effects set to 'None'

3.Can you explain the bit about without flash and/or java? Should I uninstall them?

4.I will also try your suggestions and come back.

Cheers!

[lkrory21]

Hi again!

1.The command "metacity --replace" made application windows appear weird and produced these errors in in .xsession-errors:

(yelp:1844): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_misc_set_alignment: assertion `GTK_IS_MISC (misc)' failed

(yelp:1844): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_misc_set_alignment: assertion `GTK_IS_MISC (misc)' failed

(yelp:1844): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_misc_set_alignment: assertion `GTK_IS_MISC (misc)' failed

(yelp:1844): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_misc_set_alignment: assertion `GTK_IS_MISC (misc)' failed

(gnome-appearance-properties:1855): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_sync: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed

(gnome-appearance-properties:1855): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_sync: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed

(gnome-appearance-properties:1860): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_sync: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed

(gnome-appearance-properties:1860): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_sync: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed

(gnome-terminal:1868): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed

(gnome-terminal:1868): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed

(gnome-terminal:1898): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed

(gnome-power-manager:1282): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Shutting down nautilus-gdu extension
** Message: NM disappeared

** (gnome-panel:1287): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer

** (gnome-panel:1287): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer
PolicyKit daemon disconnected from the bus.
We are no longer a registered authentication agent.
nm-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
bluetooth-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
gnome-screensaver: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
gdu-notification-daemon: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
applet.py: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
update-notifier: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
google-chrome: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.

Mouse / Keyboard was not unresponsive so I restarted my PC.

2.I installed and run gconf-cleaner and it did clean 66 entries. These warnings appeared in .xsession-errors:

** (gnome-system-monitor:1532): WARNING **: SELinux was found but is not enabled.

** (gnome-screensaver:1402): WARNING **: Config key not handled: /apps/gnome-screensaver/theme

Cheers!

[SuppoTaalasmaa]

I have similar freeze in 10.04 happening all the time...
Help in this matter would be greatly appreciated!!

[lkrory21]

Well no luck with dino99's suggestions as my system did crash a few minutes ago after being on for almost 24 hours with heavy browsing, torrents, listening to music, etc. This time happened while I tried to open Synaptic (although yesterday it did open and worked fine yesterday)

Again the symptoms are the same: no record of something weird in the system logs and the errors mentioned in my first post in .xsession-errors.

This is getting frustrating!

you have some of the not yet fixed bugs

Can anyone point me to the bugs not fixed mentioned in Dino99's post in order to follow them? Anyone has any other suggestion what else can I check?

Thanx a lot in advance!

[mune]

I have similar freeze in 10.04 happening all the time...
Help in this matter would be greatly appreciated!!

I have the same problem!

I have ubuntu 10.04 desktop 32 bit

I did a software upadate on thu Jan 27th 2011, as I always do it.

But after that my system become totally unstable: it totally "freeze" for no reason after a random time, also with no application I might start, just on the start window.

Am I the only one? Seems this a common issue. How can be solved: running KDE?

Thanks

[The Bull Of Heaven]

first check: system admin hardware driver, is yours activated ?
then try without: flash, compiz, java if installed

you have some of the not yet fixed bugs

metacity --replace

sudo dpkg --configure -a

install gconf-cleaner and use it (yes to all)
install bleachbit and use it "as admin" but take time to read and understand every setting (in doubt dont check the selected setting)

HELP!

I did one of the suggestions above [install gconf-cleaner and use it (yes to all)] and found all my Evolution data gone. My backup data is out of date. I did make a backup of the gconf file. How do I reinstall the backup gconf file?

Thank You

The Bull Of Heaven

UPDATE

A reminder, for an appointment I had set in Evolution calendar popped up today, but the 'contacts' ; 'tasks' ; 'calendar' and 'memos' are still blank. (???)

[winecurmudgeon]

I'm now getting keyboard freezing pretty consistently every 10 or 15 minutes. So it's not the Nvidia driver. It has never been this bad.

A couple of questions -- is anyone else running Gnome-Do? I had some problems with it locking 10.04 up when I tried to run it at startup. I have also switched to Chrome from Firefox to see if that makes a difference.

It does now look like it's the kernel, doesn't it?

[SuppoTaalasmaa]

I'm now getting keyboard freezing pretty consistently every 10 or 15 minutes. So it's not the Nvidia driver. It has never been this bad.

A couple of questions -- is anyone else running Gnome-Do? I had some problems with it locking 10.04 up when I tried to run it at startup. I have also switched to Chrome from Firefox to see if that makes a difference.

It does now look like it's the kernel, doesn't it?

I'm having the freeze issues, and I'm not running gnome-do..
I am however running the Nvidia driver.