making sense from syslog

bluegospel · 08-02-2010, 10:50 AM

Hi. Can someone please help me to make sense of this syslog file? I'm trying to figure out why my system always crashes when using any gui. In the middle of my work everything but my pointer freezes. I can move my pointer around, but that's it. I can't select anything or even ctrl-alt-backspace to the shell. Here's syslog:

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Aug  2 11:25:05 eagleswing python: hp-systray[3178]: error: hp-systray cannot be run as root. Exiting.
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: KERNEL supported cpus:
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   Intel GenuineIntel
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   AMD AuthenticAMD
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   NSC Geode by NSC
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   Cyrix CyrixInstead
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   Centaur CentaurHauls
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   Transmeta GenuineTMx86
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   Transmeta TransmetaCPU
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   UMC UMC UMC UMC
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: RSDP 000FEB80, 0014 (r0 DELL  )
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: RSDT 000FD2F1, 0034 (r1 DELL    2400           7 ASL        61)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: FACP 000FD325, 0074 (r1 DELL    2400           7 ASL        61)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: FADT: X_PM1a_EVT_BLK.bit_width (16) does not match PM1_EVT_LEN (4)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: DSDT FFFCBF78, 2404 (r1   DELL    dt_ex     1000 MSFT  100000D)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: FACS 3FE74000, 0040
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: SSDT FFFCE37C, 00A7 (r1   DELL    st_ex     1000 MSFT  100000D)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: APIC 000FD399, 006C (r1 DELL    2400           7 ASL        61)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: ACPI: BOOT 000FD405, 0028 (r1 DELL    2400           7 ASL        61)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Zone PFN ranges:
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   DMA      0x00000000 -> 0x00001000
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:   HighMem  0x000377fe -> 0x0003fe74
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Movable zone start PFN for each node
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:     0: 0x00000000 -> 0x000000a0
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel:     0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0003fe74
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 1 I/O APICs
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 259607
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Detected 2193.066 MHz processor.
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: * The chipset may have PM-Timer Bug. Due to workarounds for a bug,
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: * this clock source is slow. If you are sure your timer does not have
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: * this bug, please use "acpi_pm_good" to disable the workaround
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: pnp 00:0a: io resource (0x800-0x85f) overlaps 0000:00:1f.0 BAR 7 (0x800-0x87f), disabling
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: pnp 00:0a: io resource (0x860-0x8ff) overlaps 0000:00:1f.0 BAR 7 (0x800-0x87f), disabling
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Simple Boot Flag value 0x87 read from CMOS RAM was invalid
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: GFS2 (built Aug 17 2009 00:51:32) installed
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Compaq SMART2 Driver (v 2.6.0)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: scsi: <fdomain> Detection failed (no card)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.3.0
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Copyright(c) 2004-2008 Emulex.  All rights reserved.
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.05
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.26.02.002.
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: 3ware 9000 Storage Controller device driver for Linux v2.26.02.011.
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Driver 'st' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: int32x1    511 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: int32x2    636 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: int32x4    851 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: int32x8    507 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: mmxx1     1804 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: mmxx2     2289 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: sse1x1    1070 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: sse1x2    1988 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: sse2x1    2308 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: sse2x2    2457 MB/s
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: raid6: using algorithm sse2x2 (2457 MB/s)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: EXT3-fs: hda5: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240).
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: EXT2-fs: hda5: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (244).
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) readonly on device 3:5.
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: i2c_core: exports duplicate symbol i2c_smbus_xfer (owned by kernel)
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  2 11:29:32 eagleswing kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  2 11:33:26 eagleswing kernel: i2c_core: exports duplicate symbol i2c_smbus_xfer (owned by kernel)
Aug  2 11:33:26 eagleswing kernel: i2c_algo_bit: exports duplicate symbol i2c_bit_add_numbered_bus (owned by kernel)
Aug  2 11:33:36 eagleswing python: hp-systray[3180]: warning: hp-systray should not be run as root/superuser.
Aug  2 11:33:36 eagleswing python: hp-systray[3180]: error: hp-systray cannot be run as root. Exiting.

Earl Parker II · 08-02-2010, 12:26 PM

First, I'd open a console, run the 'top' command and see if a given process was eating up your CPU/memory. Run 'man top' to get a better idea of what you're looking at. Ctrl+Alt+F1 should open a console, Ctrl+Alt+F7 should return you to the desktop.

alisonken1 · 08-02-2010, 12:45 PM

if you want a console, it's <ctl><alt><F6>, not <F1>. Also, sometimes it's <ctl><alt><F8>, so if you get a blank screen with <F7>, try <F8> under 13.x.

According to this, you're also running a 3-Ware raid. Might want to check your raid hardware as well.

If you can't use <ctl><alt><F6> for a console and you're running in a network, try using ssh to get to your machine to check dmesg status to see if your raid is acting up.