Hi everyone,

I am using an msi laptop with GTX 1050Ti with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I have noticed that with the usage of GPU more than 1-2 hours brings my laptop to 'ACPI errors. I have to do force power off and when I restart the pc, everything works as normal.

Here is some info from kernel buffer.

dmseg


2.277545] ACPI Error: [DSSP] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psargs-364)
[ 2.277554] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GTF]
[ 2.277556] No Arguments are initialized for method [_GTF]
[ 2.277557] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT0._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psparse-550)
[ 2.277774] ata1.00: ATA-9: TOSHIBA THNSNJ256G8NY, JYXA0101, max UDMA/100
[ 2.277775] ata1.00: 500118192 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[ 2.278724] ACPI Error: [DSSP] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psargs-364)
[ 2.278733] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GTF]
[ 2.278735] No Arguments are initialized for method [_GTF]
[ 2.278736] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT0._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psparse-550)
[ 2.279376] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 2.279595] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA TOSHIBA THNSNJ25 0101 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 2.279895] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 500118192 512-byte logical blocks: (256 GB/238 GiB)
[ 2.279900] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 2.279902] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 2.279910] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2.279914] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 2.281723] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6
[ 2.282287] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 2.285503] usb 1-9: New USB device found, idVendor=1038, idProduct=1122
[ 2.285505] usb 1-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.285506] usb 1-9: Product: SteelSeries KLC
[ 2.285507] usb 1-9: Manufacturer: SteelSeries
[ 2.412159] usb 1-10: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[ 2.562441] usb 1-10: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0aa7
[ 2.562443] usb 1-10: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.585788] ACPI Error: [DSSP] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psargs-364)
[ 2.585797] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GTF]
[ 2.585798] No Arguments are initialized for method [_GTF]
[ 2.585800] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT1._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psparse-550)
[ 2.586359] ata2.00: ATA-8: HGST HTS721010A9E630, JB0OA3U0, max UDMA/133
[ 2.586361] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[ 2.587852] ACPI Error: [DSSP] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psargs-364)
[ 2.587861] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GTF]
[ 2.587863] No Arguments are initialized for method [_GTF]
[ 2.587864] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT1._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psparse-550)
[ 2.588491] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133


etc/default/grub:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset"


dmesg|egrep -i "DMI:"
[ 0.000000] DMI: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GE73 7RD/MS-17C3, BIOS E17C3IMS.101 06/26/2017


dmesg|egrep -i "DSDT"
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 0x000000007A4AE248 0288F2 (v02 MSI_NB MEGABOOK 01072009 INTL 20160422)
[ 0.268512] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC__: Used as boot DSDT EC to handle transactions and events



Kindly let me know if more info is required.
Any help would be appreciated.

Welcome to LQ!
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...7/#post4886889 suggests it may be correctable with a BIOS upgrade...?

This also has similar advice.
Their's are 543 error messages, yours is a 550

Advanced Configuration And Power Interface (ACPI) options in the BIOS?
When did this start?

Most of the "help" I've casually glanced at said it was kernel-specific, so...
Stock kernel, or upgraded?

Thanks for the reply

I did not change any ACPI settings. I still have the stock kernel.

Basically, I did not change any settings in my computer other than grub - CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT - 'quiet splash'.

I could try updating BIOS. Any experience updating BIOS of an MSI laptop? Just curious how risky it could be.