Firefox closing and ubuntu logging off unexpectedly

FearTheNoFear · 02-22-2007, 04:53 PM

I have just recently been having problems with ubuntu. I just installed easy ubuntu which did show some errors when i tried installing codecs for rhythmbox but did install/enable drivers for ATI. It did say to put wget..... for medibuntu into the terminal but then it comes back and says no open PGP data found. Also, firefox closed on me. Just closed for no obvious reason. It has also logged me off too. When I switch users just so no one can get on my comp if they come in my room when im gone, it'll log me out of gaim and it hasn't done that till today. So yeah, as you can tell I'm a newb...have had linux for almost a week now.

clb · 02-26-2007, 04:33 PM

Try looking in /var/log/messages

Code:

sudo tail -n 100 /var/log/messages | less

See if that comes back with anything interesting.

Chris

FearTheNoFear · 03-01-2007, 02:19 PM

Code:

Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179578.684000] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179578.904000] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.300000] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.312000] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.496000] sis96x_smbus 0000:00:02.1: SiS96x SMBus base address: 0x10c0
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.668000] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.688000] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.708000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.724000] agpgart: Detected SiS 648 chipset
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.732000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe0000000
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.928000] parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179585.928000] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COM
PAT,ECP,DMA]
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.196000] logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 62
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.356000] drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if
 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x7104
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.356000] usbcore: registered new driver usblp
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.356000] drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.388000] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input1
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.428000] sis900.c: v1.08.09 Sep. 19 2005
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.428000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.432000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 0.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.432000] 0000:00:04.0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.432000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 2.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.432000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 3.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.432000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 4.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.436000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 5.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.436000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 6.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.436000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 7.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.436000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 8.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.436000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 9.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.440000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 10.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.440000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 11.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.440000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 12.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.440000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 13.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.440000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 14.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.444000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 19.
Mar  1 14:00:03 logan-desktop kernel: [17179586.444000] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 20.

Thats what I get but I don't think theres anything intresting.

ithawtewrong · 03-03-2007, 11:59 AM

Can't help you with ATI stuff, but if Firefox is closing on you then the Error console inside the application may help.

Do this:

Tools->Error Console

I had a problem a couple of days ago and saw a java exception in here. I simply replaced the offending file with the one from Mozilla and Firefox no longer crashes or complains.

FearTheNoFear · 03-04-2007, 11:59 AM

It's not closing on me anymore. Now when I try to look at screensavers it logs me off when I slelect a second screen saver. I've never had this happen before when I first started using Linux. It also restarts ubuntu after a certain amount of time that the computer is idle. Even if I click on lock screen, after being idle for a while it'll log me off. Then I'll log back in and its like i never logged in. I tried the previous suggestion of putting in the sudo tail and it shows ubuntu shutting down cleanly and then restarting.

FearTheNoFear · 04-10-2007, 01:25 PM

I found out why everytime I looked at more than one screen saver. The reason was because my ATI video card wasn't properly installed. I downloaded Envy and that got it to work. So hopefully this helps anyone else that has the problem of Ubuntu restarting or logging you out.