Dots All Over Screen AMD A10-5800K

Joe Collins · 05-15-2014, 11:27 PM

First, know that I am relatively new to Linux. I built a computer a little while ago, and installed Linux Mint 16 on it. For 3 days it worked perfectly, then on the 4th day I got the strangest symptom:

http://i.imgur.com/zdgpgVC.png

Dots completely cover my screen, and move whenever the screen updates. There's a pattern to them; they usually show the window below. My computer is almost completely unusable, but I'm determined to get to the bottom of it.

Here's what I've done so far that didn't solve problem:

Bought a different motherboard
Tested different desktop environments
Tested on a different distro (Fedora 20)
Tried the proprietary driver
Tested the monitor on a different computer (works)
Ran memtest (no errors after 4 passes)

I begrudgingly installed windows 7 to test if my hardware was working, and it ran smoothly. Of note, I also tested Linux Mint 13 and the problem was gone. So due to everything working smoothly on both, and it working on an older version, it seems that my hardware is not the problem, and I believe the problem is with the kernel. That is the extent of my diagnosis.

What puzzles me is how there is such a serious problem that it can persist through multiple reinstalls of an OS, and a different OS, yet it didn't show up for 3 days...

Here is all the pertinent info:

I am running Linux Mint 16 Cinammon Edition, Kernel version 3.14.3-031403-generic

Output of dmesg:

Code:

[    0.320412] NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[    0.320602] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0
[    0.320605] hpet0: 3 comparators, 32-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[    0.322727] Switched to clocksource hpet
[    0.329431] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[    0.329456] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[    0.329474] ACPI: bus type PNP registered
[    0.329583] system 00:00: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] has been reserved
[    0.329587] system 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
[    0.329660] system 00:01: [mem 0x90000000-0xbfffffff] has been reserved
[    0.329663] system 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[    0.329740] system 00:02: [mem 0xfeb80000-0xfebfffff] could not be reserved
[    0.329742] system 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[    0.329922] system 00:03: [io  0x0220-0x0227] has been reserved
[    0.329924] system 00:03: [io  0x0228-0x0237] has been reserved
[    0.329926] system 00:03: [io  0x0a20-0x0a2f] has been reserved
[    0.329928] system 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[    0.330253] pnp 00:04: [dma 0 disabled]
[    0.330299] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0501 (active)
[    0.330623] pnp 00:05: [dma 0 disabled]
[    0.330752] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0400 (active)
[    0.330791] system 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[    0.330800] pnp 00:07: [dma 4]
[    0.330821] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active)
[    0.330864] pnp 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[    0.330890] pnp 00:09: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0800 (active)
[    0.331016] system 00:0a: [io  0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
[    0.331019] system 00:0a: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[    0.331062] pnp 00:0b: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active)
[    0.331360] system 00:0c: [io  0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
[    0.331362] system 00:0c: [io  0x040b] has been reserved
[    0.331364] system 00:0c: [io  0x04d6] has been reserved
[    0.331366] system 00:0c: [io  0x0c00-0x0c01] has been reserved
[    0.331367] system 00:0c: [io  0x0c14] has been reserved
[    0.331369] system 00:0c: [io  0x0c50-0x0c51] has been reserved
[    0.331370] system 00:0c: [io  0x0c52] has been reserved
[    0.331372] system 00:0c: [io  0x0c6c] has been reserved
[    0.331373] system 00:0c: [io  0x0c6f] has been reserved
[    0.331375] system 00:0c: [io  0x0cd0-0x0cd1] has been reserved
[    0.331376] system 00:0c: [io  0x0cd2-0x0cd3] has been reserved
[    0.331378] system 00:0c: [io  0x0cd4-0x0cd5] has been reserved
[    0.331379] system 00:0c: [io  0x0cd6-0x0cd7] has been reserved
[    0.331381] system 00:0c: [io  0x0cd8-0x0cdf] has been reserved
[    0.331382] system 00:0c: [io  0x0800-0x089f] could not be reserved
[    0.331384] system 00:0c: [io  0x0b20-0x0b3f] has been reserved
[    0.331385] system 00:0c: [io  0x0900-0x090f] has been reserved
[    0.331387] system 00:0c: [io  0x0910-0x091f] has been reserved
[    0.331389] system 00:0c: [io  0xfe00-0xfefe] has been reserved
[    0.331391] system 00:0c: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff] could not be reserved
[    0.331392] system 00:0c: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff] has been reserved
[    0.331394] system 00:0c: [mem 0xfed80000-0xfed8ffff] has been reserved
[    0.331396] system 00:0c: [mem 0xfed61000-0xfed70fff] has been reserved
[    0.331398] system 00:0c: [mem 0xfec10000-0xfec10fff] has been reserved
[    0.331399] system 00:0c: [mem 0xfed00000-0xfed00fff] has been reserved
[    0.331401] system 00:0c: [mem 0xff000000-0xffffffff] has been reserved
[    0.331403] system 00:0c: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[    0.331640] pnp 00:0d: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0103 (active)
[    0.331644] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices
[    0.331645] ACPI: bus type PNP unregistered
[    0.338871] pci 0000:00:04.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01]
[    0.338874] pci 0000:00:04.0:   bridge window [io  0xe000-0xefff]
[    0.338877] pci 0000:00:04.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfea00000-0xfeafffff]
[    0.338880] pci 0000:00:04.0:   bridge window [mem 0xd0000000-0xd00fffff 64bit pref]
[    0.338883] pci 0000:00:14.4: PCI bridge to [bus 02]
[    0.338893] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0x03af]
[    0.338895] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [io  0x03e0-0x0cf7]
[    0.338896] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 6 [io  0x03b0-0x03df]
[    0.338898] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 7 [io  0x0d00-0xffff]
[    0.338899] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 8 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
[    0.338901] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 9 [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff]
[    0.338902] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 10 [mem 0xc0000000-0xffffffff]
[    0.338904] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io  0xe000-0xefff]
[    0.338905] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xfea00000-0xfeafffff]
[    0.338907] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xd0000000-0xd00fffff 64bit pref]
[    0.338908] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0x03af]
[    0.338910] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 5 [io  0x03e0-0x0cf7]
[    0.338911] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 6 [io  0x03b0-0x03df]
[    0.338913] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 7 [io  0x0d00-0xffff]
[    0.338914] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 8 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
[    0.338915] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 9 [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff]
[    0.338917] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 10 [mem 0xc0000000-0xffffffff]
[    0.338939] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.339095] TCP established hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.339306] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    0.339516] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 65536 bind 65536)
[    0.339545] TCP: reno registered
[    0.339557] UDP hash table entries: 4096 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.339596] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 4096 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.339678] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.339691] pci 0000:00:01.0: Boot video device
[    0.341242] PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
[    0.341303] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
[    0.672796] Freeing initrd memory: 26116K (ffff880034cee000 - ffff88003666f000)
[    0.755497] AMD-Vi: Found IOMMU at 0000:00:00.2 cap 0x40
[    0.755498] AMD-Vi:  Extended features:  PreF PPR GT IA
[    0.755512] pci 0000:00:00.2: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[    0.765055] AMD-Vi: Lazy IO/TLB flushing enabled
[    0.765468] PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
[    0.765471] software IO TLB [mem 0x7d282000-0x81282000] (64MB) mapped at [ffff88007d282000-ffff880081281fff]
[    0.765743] perf: AMD NB counters detected
[    0.765764] LVT offset 0 assigned for vector 0x400
[    0.765781] perf: AMD IBS detected (0x000000ff)
[    0.765817] Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
[    0.766149] futex hash table entries: 1024 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[    0.766166] Initialise system trusted keyring
[    0.766203] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
[    0.766227] audit: type=2000 audit(1400213490.656:1): initialized
[    1.763043] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3793.100 MHz
[    3.263184] Switched to clocksource tsc
[    3.263437] HugeTLB registered 2 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    3.264937] zbud: loaded
[    3.265133] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[    3.265172] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    3.265739] fuse init (API version 7.22)
[    3.265824] msgmni has been set to 14205
[    3.265871] Key type big_key registered
[    3.275425] Key type asymmetric registered
[    3.275428] Asymmetric key parser 'x509' registered
[    3.275482] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 252)
[    3.275510] io scheduler noop registered
[    3.275512] io scheduler deadline registered (default)
[    3.275544] io scheduler cfq registered
[    3.275805] pcieport 0000:00:04.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[    3.275874] pcieport 0000:00:04.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[    3.275876] pci 0000:01:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[    3.275878] pcie_pme 0000:00:04.0:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[    3.275892] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[    3.275906] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[    3.275957] efifb: probing for efifb
[    3.276137] efifb: framebuffer at 0xc0000000, mapped to 0xffffc90010f80000, using 3072k, total 3072k
[    3.276138] efifb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=1
[    3.276139] efifb: scrolling: redraw
[    3.276141] efifb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[    3.277465] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[    3.278624] fb0: EFI VGA frame buffer device
[    3.278688] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0
[    3.278692] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[    3.278729] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1
[    3.278731] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[    3.278921] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
[    4.187809] GHES: HEST is not enabled!
[    4.188014] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 32 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    4.208420] 00:04: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A
[    4.210239] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[    4.211825] brd: module loaded
[    4.212621] loop: module loaded
[    4.213040] libphy: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[    4.213134] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[    4.213135] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
[    4.213301] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[    4.213352] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    4.213355] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
[    4.213494] QUIRK: Enable AMD PLL fix
[    4.213511] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: EHCI Host Controller
[    4.213516] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    4.213520] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround
[    4.213529] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: debug port 1
[    4.213570] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: irq 17, io mem 0xfeb4f000
[    4.223394] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    4.223472] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    4.223474] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.223479] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    4.223480] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic ehci_hcd
[    4.223481] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.2
[    4.223634] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.223641] hub 1-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[    4.223987] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: EHCI Host Controller
[    4.223992] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    4.223996] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround
[    4.224005] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: debug port 1
[    4.224033] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: irq 17, io mem 0xfeb4d000
[    4.235397] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    4.235453] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    4.235455] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.235456] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    4.235458] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic ehci_hcd
[    4.235459] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.2
[    4.235690] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.235696] hub 2-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[    4.235890] ehci-platform: EHCI generic platform driver
[    4.235901] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[    4.235903] ohci-pci: OHCI PCI platform driver
[    4.236070] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: OHCI PCI host controller
[    4.236075] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    4.236104] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: irq 18, io mem 0xfeb50000
[    4.295443] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    4.295447] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.295449] usb usb3: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[    4.295450] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic ohci_hcd
[    4.295452] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.0
[    4.295676] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.295699] hub 3-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[    4.295989] ohci-pci 0000:00:13.0: OHCI PCI host controller
[    4.295994] ohci-pci 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    4.296018] ohci-pci 0000:00:13.0: irq 18, io mem 0xfeb4e000
[    4.355444] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    4.355448] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.355450] usb usb4: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[    4.355451] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic ohci_hcd
[    4.355452] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.0
[    4.355679] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.355701] hub 4-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[    4.355991] ohci-pci 0000:00:14.5: OHCI PCI host controller
[    4.355996] ohci-pci 0000:00:14.5: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[    4.356020] ohci-pci 0000:00:14.5: irq 18, io mem 0xfeb4c000
[    4.415449] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    4.415453] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.415455] usb usb5: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[    4.415456] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic ohci_hcd
[    4.415457] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.5
[    4.415684] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.415706] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    4.415809] ohci-platform: OHCI generic platform driver
[    4.415822] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[    4.416016] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.416021] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[    4.416228] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.416233] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.416237] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.416241] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.416245] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.416341] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    4.416342] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.416344] usb usb6: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.416345] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic xhci_hcd
[    4.416346] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.0
[    4.416523] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.416546] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    4.416645] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.416647] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[    4.419641] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[    4.419642] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.419644] usb usb7: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.419645] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic xhci_hcd
[    4.419646] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.0
[    4.419844] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.419865] hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    4.420058] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.420062] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
[    4.420256] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.420260] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.420264] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.420269] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.420273] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 51 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.420367] usb usb8: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    4.420368] usb usb8: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.420370] usb usb8: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.420371] usb usb8: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic xhci_hcd
[    4.420372] usb usb8: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.1
[    4.420558] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.420579] hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    4.420666] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.420668] xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 9
[    4.423704] usb usb9: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[    4.423706] usb usb9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    4.423707] usb usb9: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.423709] usb usb9: Manufacturer: Linux 3.14.3-031403-generic xhci_hcd
[    4.423714] usb usb9: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.1
[    4.423853] hub 9-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.423861] hub 9-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    4.423984] i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
[    4.424394] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    4.424397] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[    4.424622] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    4.424742] rtc_cmos 00:08: RTC can wake from S4
[    4.424841] rtc_cmos 00:08: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[    4.424861] rtc_cmos 00:08: alarms up to one month, y3k, 114 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[    4.424928] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[    4.425001] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.27.0-ioctl (2013-10-30) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[    4.425007] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[    4.425008] EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
[    4.431089] TCP: cubic registered
[    4.431192] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    4.431463] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    4.431470] Key type dns_resolver registered
[    4.431874] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates
[    4.432590] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 2032c694f04d7b7ee0757d1c386759bc222772f2'
[    4.432600] registered taskstats version 1
[    4.435114] Key type trusted registered
[    4.437080] Key type encrypted registered
[    4.439001] AppArmor: AppArmor sha1 policy hashing enabled
[    4.439003] IMA: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[    4.439252] regulator-dummy: disabling
[    4.439310]   Magic number: 14:233:161
[    4.439344] acpi device:28: hash matches
[    4.439392] rtc_cmos 00:08: setting system clock to 2014-05-16 04:11:34 UTC (1400213494)
[    4.439554] acpi-cpufreq: overriding BIOS provided _PSD data
[    4.439759] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    4.439760] EDD information not available.
[    4.439833] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
[    4.440986] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1356K (ffffffff81d19000 - ffffffff81e6c000)
[    4.440988] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 12288k
[    4.442773] Freeing unused kernel memory: 508K (ffff880001781000 - ffff880001800000)
[    4.444377] Freeing unused kernel memory: 492K (ffff880001b85000 - ffff880001c00000)
[    4.460772] systemd-udevd[120]: starting version 204
[    4.476080] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[    4.476366] r8169 0000:01:00.0: irq 52 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.476597] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: RTL8168evl/8111evl at 0xffffc90000c64000, 74:d4:35:98:55:6b, XID 0c900800 IRQ 52
[    4.476602] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
[    4.477721] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[    4.480263] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)

Joe Collins · 05-16-2014, 10:18 AM

Continued...

Output of dmesg:

Code:

[    4.480280] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[    4.480493] acpi device:03: registered as cooling_device4
[    4.480560] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input4
[    4.487514] ahci 0000:00:11.0: version 3.0
[    4.487705] ahci 0000:00:11.0: irq 53 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.487750] ahci 0000:00:11.0: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 2 ports 6 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
[    4.487753] ahci 0000:00:11.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part 
[    4.488194] scsi0 : ahci
[    4.488333] scsi1 : ahci
[    4.488396] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfeb51000 port 0xfeb51100 irq 53
[    4.488399] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfeb51000 port 0xfeb51180 irq 53
[    4.502073] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[    4.502114] checking generic (c0000000 300000) vs hw (c0000000 10000000)
[    4.502116] fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfb vs EFI VGA - removing generic driver
[    4.502133] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[    4.504010] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (ARUBA 0x1002:0x9901 0x1002:0x0123).
[    4.504040] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFEB00000
[    4.504042] [drm] register mmio size: 262144
[    4.504094] ATOM BIOS: 113
[    4.504152] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 768M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000002FFFFFFF (768M used)
[    4.504155] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 1024M 0x0000000030000000 - 0x000000006FFFFFFF
[    4.504156] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=768M, BAR=256M
[    4.504158] [drm] RAM width 64bits DDR
[    4.504338] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 3637784 kiB
[    4.504340] [TTM] Zone   dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB
[    4.504341] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator
[    4.504347] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
[    4.504367] [drm] radeon: 768M of VRAM memory ready
[    4.504368] [drm] radeon: 1024M of GTT memory ready.
[    4.504393] [drm] Loading ARUBA Microcode
[    4.504453] [drm] Internal thermal controller without fan control
[    4.504772] [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
[    4.505103] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 262144, num gpu pages 262144
[    4.513662] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x0000000000276000).
[    4.513804] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
[    4.513808] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff88022f36cc00
[    4.514538] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc90011435a18
[    4.514541] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff88022f36cc04
[    4.514544] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff88022f36cc08
[    4.514546] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff88022f36cc0c
[    4.514548] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff88022f36cc10
[    4.514551] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
[    4.514552] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[    4.514571] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 54 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.514581] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
[    4.514856] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[    4.535321] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    4.535389] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    4.535396] [drm] ring test on 4 succeeded in 1 usecs
[    4.591038] [drm] ring test on 5 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    4.610896] [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
[    4.612733] [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    4.613254] [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    4.613775] [drm] ib test on ring 4 succeeded in 1 usecs
[    4.634510] [drm] ib test on ring 5 succeeded
[    4.655502] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[    4.655504] [drm] Connector 0:
[    4.655505] [drm]   HDMI-A-1
[    4.655506] [drm]   HPD1
[    4.655507] [drm]   DDC: 0x6530 0x6530 0x6534 0x6534 0x6538 0x6538 0x653c 0x653c
[    4.655508] [drm]   Encoders:
[    4.655509] [drm]     DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[    4.655510] [drm] Connector 1:
[    4.655511] [drm]   VGA-1
[    4.655512] [drm]   HPD2
[    4.655513] [drm]   DDC: 0x6540 0x6540 0x6544 0x6544 0x6548 0x6548 0x654c 0x654c
[    4.655514] [drm]   Encoders:
[    4.655515] [drm]     CRT1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[    4.655516] [drm]     CRT1: NUTMEG
[    4.655516] [drm] Connector 2:
[    4.655517] [drm]   DVI-D-1
[    4.655518] [drm]   HPD3
[    4.655519] [drm]   DDC: 0x6550 0x6550 0x6554 0x6554 0x6558 0x6558 0x655c 0x655c
[    4.655520] [drm]   Encoders:
[    4.655521] [drm]     DFP2: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[    4.862371] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC1488000
[    4.862374] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
[    4.862375] [drm] size 8294400
[    4.862376] [drm] fb depth is 24
[    4.862377] [drm]    pitch is 7680
[    4.862592] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    4.924623] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67
[    4.927499] usb 8-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[    4.927952] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[    4.927953] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
[    4.928193] ACPI Error: [\_SB_.ALIB] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20131218/psargs-359)
[    4.928197] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.ATC0] (Node ffff880236c3cd98), AE_NOT_FOUND (20131218/psparse-536)
[    4.928204] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.ATCS] (Node ffff880236c3cd70), AE_NOT_FOUND (20131218/psparse-536)
[    4.928366] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.37.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0
[    4.979535] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[    4.979580] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    4.979854] ata1.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
[    4.982837] ata1.00: disabling queued TRIM support
[    4.982842] ata1.00: ATA-9: Crucial_CT240M500SSD1, MU05, max UDMA/133
[    4.982844] ata1.00: 468862128 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    4.982888] ata2.00: ATAPI: ATAPI   iHAS124   E, 4L06, max UDMA/100
[    4.983843] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
[    4.986634] ata1.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
[    4.989622] ata1.00: disabling queued TRIM support
[    4.992975] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    4.993382] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      Crucial_CT240M50 MU05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    4.993588] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 468862128 512-byte logical blocks: (240 GB/223 GiB)
[    4.993593] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks
[    4.993602] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[    4.993676] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    4.993678] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    4.993725] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    4.994320] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            ATAPI    iHAS124   E      4L06 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    4.995608]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
[    4.996020] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    5.005281] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    5.005285] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    5.005547] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    5.005628] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[    5.074002] usb 8-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0e6a, idProduct=030c
[    5.074015] usb 8-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    5.074017] usb 8-1: Product: Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard
[    5.074018] usb 8-1: Manufacturer: TrulyErgonomic.com
[    5.074162] usb 8-1: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes
[    5.074170] usb 8-1: ep 0x82 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes
[    5.079227] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[    5.092944] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    5.092947] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    5.094529] input: TrulyErgonomic.com Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.1/usb8/8-1/8-1:1.0/0003:0E6A:030C.0001/input/input5
[    5.094636] hid-generic 0003:0E6A:030C.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [TrulyErgonomic.com Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:10.1-1/input0
[    5.099955] input: TrulyErgonomic.com Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.1/usb8/8-1/8-1:1.1/0003:0E6A:030C.0002/input/input6
[    5.100079] hid-generic 0003:0E6A:030C.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [TrulyErgonomic.com Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:10.1-1/input1
[    5.211528] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-pci
[    5.384586] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=19ff, idProduct=0225
[    5.384590] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    5.384593] usb 3-1: Product: Dynex Watermelon Wireless Mice
[    5.384595] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: reserved
[    5.392141] input: reserved Dynex Watermelon Wireless Mice as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/0003:19FF:0225.0003/input/input7
[    5.392415] hid-generic 0003:19FF:0225.0003: input,hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [reserved Dynex Watermelon Wireless Mice] on usb-0000:00:12.0-1/input0
[    5.509386] EXT4-fs (sda2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[    5.615793] random: init urandom read with 61 bits of entropy available
[    5.660073] init: ureadahead main process (269) terminated with status 5
[    5.755355] Adding 7541756k swap on /dev/sda3.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:7541756k SSFS
[    5.759445] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[    5.828980] systemd-udevd[402]: starting version 204
[    5.862377] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[    5.920341] parport_pc 00:05: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[    5.920390] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 5 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
[    5.958394] piix4_smbus 0000:00:14.0: SMBus Host Controller at 0xb00, revision 0
[    5.958471] piix4_smbus 0000:00:14.0: Auxiliary SMBus Host Controller at 0xb20
[    6.018888] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:01.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    6.019028] hda-intel 0000:00:01.1: Using LPIB position fix
[    6.019031] hda-intel 0000:00:01.1: Force to non-snoop mode
[    6.019082] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:01.1: irq 55 for MSI/MSI-X
[    6.019898] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[    6.020471] hda-intel 0000:00:14.2: Using LPIB position fix
[    6.021514] hda-intel 0000:00:01.1: Enable sync_write for stable communication
[    6.028780] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.18
[    6.028809] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[    6.028810] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[    6.028817] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[    6.028820] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[    6.028831] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[    6.028891] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x06001119
[    6.029524] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x06001119
[    6.029533] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x06001119
[    6.029541] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x06001119
[    6.029603] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[    6.030953] hda-intel 0000:00:14.2: Enable sync_write for stable communication
[    6.047059] SKU: Nid=0x1d sku_cfg=0x4044c601
[    6.047062] SKU: port_connectivity=0x1
[    6.047064] SKU: enable_pcbeep=0x0
[    6.047065] SKU: check_sum=0x00000004
[    6.047066] SKU: customization=0x000000c6
[    6.047068] SKU: external_amp=0x0
[    6.047069] SKU: platform_type=0x0
[    6.047070] SKU: swap=0x0
[    6.047071] SKU: override=0x1
[    6.047413] autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[    6.047416]    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    6.047417]    hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    6.047419]    mono: mono_out=0x0
[    6.047420]    dig-out=0x11/0x1e
[    6.047421]    inputs:
[    6.047423]      Rear Mic=0x18
[    6.047424]      Front Mic=0x19
[    6.047426]      Line=0x1a
[    6.047427]      CD=0x1c
[    6.047429] realtek: No valid SSID, checking pincfg 0x4044c601 for NID 0x1d
[    6.047431] realtek: Enabling init ASM_ID=0xc601 CODEC_ID=10ec0887
[    6.047528] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[    6.047532] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[    6.047540] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[    6.051954] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/sound/card0/input9
[    6.055649] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
[    6.059534] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[    6.059546] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[    6.059551] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[    6.062825] AVX version of gcm_enc/dec engaged.
[    6.063432] input: HD-Audio Generic Line Out as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input13
[    6.064171] input: HD-Audio Generic Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input12
[    6.064261] input: HD-Audio Generic Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input11
[    6.064993] input: HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input10
[    6.076118] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[    6.120383] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[    6.130034] init: avahi-cups-reload main process (596) terminated with status 1
[    6.153859] kvm: Nested Virtualization enabled
[    6.153864] kvm: Nested Paging enabled
[    6.338709] init: failsafe main process (676) killed by TERM signal
[    6.589696] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
[    6.589738] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
[    6.589746] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[    7.420890] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1386) terminated with status 1
[    8.182829] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link up
[    8.182838] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

Output of lspci:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7660D]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09)
00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 16)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

And the system log a few days ago:

Code:

    May  8 13:42:01 Andromeda cinnamon-session[1374]: CRITICAL: csm_manager_set_phase: assertion 'CSM_IS_MANAGER (manager)' failed
    May  8 13:42:01 Andromeda cinnamon-session[1374]: Gtk-CRITICAL: gtk_main_quit: assertion 'main_loops != NULL' failed
    May  8 13:42:01 Andromeda colord: device removed: xrandr-Ancor Communications Inc-ASUS ML228-C2LMTF030664
    May  8 13:42:01 Andromeda colord: Profile removed: icc-fe81d202e3020f419eff4198d6bc739e
    May  8 13:42:01 Andromeda colord: Profile removed: icc-68bb37f752886e71e801d266d1471bdd
    May  8 13:42:01 Andromeda colord: Profile removed: icc-6f3ff9a049f1be48419b27a4c079a86c
    May  8 13:42:02 Andromeda acpid: client 1297[0:0] has disconnected
    May  8 13:42:02 Andromeda acpid: client connected from 3163[0:0]
    May  8 13:42:02 Andromeda acpid: 1 client rule loaded
    May  8 13:42:03 Andromeda mdm[3157]: WARNING: failed to get file info for accountService pic file: Error when getting information for file '/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/joe': No such file or directory
    May  8 13:42:03 Andromeda mdm[3157]: WARNING: failed to get file info for accountService pic file: Error when getting information for file '/home/joe/.face': No such file or directory
    May  8 13:42:03 Andromeda mdm[3157]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_file_info_get_attribute_uint64: assertion 'G_IS_FILE_INFO (info)' failed
    May  8 13:42:03 Andromeda mdm[3157]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_file_info_get_attribute_uint64: assertion 'G_IS_FILE_INFO (info)' failed
    May  8 13:42:03 Andromeda mdmwebkit[3168]: GLib-GObject-WARNING: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.38.1/./gobject/gsignal.c:1223: unable to lookup signal "activate" of unloaded type 'GtkMenuItem'
    May  8 13:42:03 Andromeda mdmwebkit[3168]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_signal_add_emission_hook: assertion 'signal_id > 0' failed
    May  8 13:43:08 Andromeda acpid: client 3163[0:0] has disconnected
    May  8 13:43:08 Andromeda acpid: client connected from 3520[0:0]
    May  8 13:43:08 Andromeda acpid: 1 client rule loaded
    May  8 13:43:09 Andromeda mdm[3515]: WARNING: failed to get file info for accountService pic file: Error when getting information for file '/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/joe': No such file or directory
    May  8 13:43:09 Andromeda mdm[3515]: WARNING: failed to get file info for accountService pic file: Error when getting information for file '/home/joe/.face': No such file or directory
    May  8 13:43:09 Andromeda mdm[3515]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_file_info_get_attribute_uint64: assertion 'G_IS_FILE_INFO (info)' failed
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Emerson · 05-16-2014, 03:50 PM

I've seen this when RAM [allocated to the video] is bad.

Joe Collins · 05-16-2014, 05:30 PM

Forgot to mention that I ran memtest. After 4 passes there were no errors. Is this different from the RAM when it's allocated to the video, and if so how do I test it?

Emerson · 05-16-2014, 05:32 PM

You have a discrete video card or is it using system memory?

Joe Collins · 05-17-2014, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

You have a discrete video card or is it using system memory?

The latter, I believe. It's an APU so the GPU is on the same unit, I believe all the resources are shared. I do not have a discrete card either.

Emerson · 05-17-2014, 12:06 PM

Does the problem persist if you boot some liveCD? Like http://www.sysresccd.org/

Joe Collins · 05-18-2014, 09:06 AM

Yes, unfortunately. The kernel version in the latest system rescue is 3.10.35, for reference.

Emerson · 05-18-2014, 03:02 PM

Do you have just one RAM stick or two? If two, try removing one at the time.

Joe Collins · 05-18-2014, 05:35 PM

Thanks for all your help so far. I do have two sticks; I removed one but it still persists.

Emerson · 05-18-2014, 05:39 PM

And if you remove it and use the other one?

Joe Collins · 05-19-2014, 10:21 AM

I swapped out the first stick for the second, no change. Then I took a stick from a computer I know to be working, also no change. I tried putting it into the second slot as well, same.

Also should mention I did check earlier and my motherboard does support the memory sticks I'm using.

Shadow_7 · 05-19-2014, 12:08 PM

You could try allocating more RAM to the graphics in the bios. Or something like that, as I don't have any hardware like that.

gradinaruvasile · 05-19-2014, 01:49 PM

Have you tried some DEs such as xfce with no compositing at all?
Do the dots appear on the logon screen too?
What is the 'sensors' output (run 'sudo sensors-detect' before)?

Quote:

Tried the proprietary driver

So you had the same result with the proprietary catalyst AND the OSS radeon driver? These drivers are very different, having the same issues would point to either some hardware issue or misbehaving software (compositing?).
Was the OS upgraded in those 3 days when it worked?
BTW how much time did you spend under Win7? Installed the driver from AMDs site and tried something that uses acceleration?

Joe Collins · 05-19-2014, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow_7

You could try allocating more RAM to the graphics in the bios.

Tried this, allocated 2GB, the most it would let me; no change.

Quote:

Have you tried some DEs such as xfce with no compositing at all?
Do the dots appear on the logon screen too?
What is the 'sensors' output (run 'sudo sensors-detect' before
So you had the same result with the proprietary catalyst AND the OSS radeon driver? These drivers are very different, having the same issues would point to either some hardware issue or misbehaving software (compositing?).
Was the OS upgraded in those 3 days when it worked?
BTW how much time did you spend under Win7? Installed the driver from AMDs site and tried something that uses acceleration?

Yes, the System Rescue CD Emerson showed me uses xfce. The dots appear on the logon screen as well in Mint, but I should say that for the BIOS, loading screens for installation media, and the splash screen, none of them display dots.

Output of sensors:

Code:

radeon-pci-0008
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:         +3.0°C  (crit = +120.0°C, hyst = +90.0°C)

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:        +11.8°C  (high = +70.0°C)
                       (crit = +80.0°C, hyst = +79.0°C)

Yes, after installing fglrx I had the same result as radeon. I don't remember but it's safe to say I did update in those 3 days. However... that doesn't explain why it still wouldn't work after a complete reinstall. I didn't install Catalyst when I used Win7, actually. If it comes down to it, I'll reinstall and try that out.

Is there any other information I can give that would be useful?