[SOLVED] synaptic acting weirdly after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
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synaptic acting weirdly after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
Hello,
I upgraded the to the LTS version from the older version. The 16.04 was working perfectly and i upgraded it to 18.04 thinking the new one would also be like that but ...
I am posting this to solve a unique problem i am facing on my pc.
on firing up synaptic some random service or program be it panel or xorg or firefox or just about any some random BUNCH of software(s) starts to consume more cpu than they would normally alongwith synaptic and there are a lot of pauses for me and and the system behaves very very sluggishly. I have AMD atholon x2 4 core processor alongwith 8gb ram. Linux doesn't normally behave like this to me .
I have another laptop also dell which came pre-installed with 16.04 and i upgraded it also LTS. Though there were some problems i faced with the not so useful snapd service but i managed to get it to work as per requirement. I also had 16.04 installed to pen-drive which also like laptop behaved after some time.
I am unable to pinpoint the cause of this synaptic consuming my CPU resource problem. If i let it run for 2-3 minutes the synaptic interface font changes to boxes and any installation or maintenance work being run would go kaput!!!
I tried searching solution online to no avail. Though i tried some font-issue or xorg issue solutions which i though might be the reason. But i wasn't the case. The most amusing thing is that on firing up synaptic 4 or 5 other process start consuming cpu and when i stop it everything goes back to normal.
I am also worried that it is only affecting my pc. i know i can simply format and reinstall. but i haven't done it since 16.04 was last installed about 3-4 years back and would like to maintain the record. And also i have grown fond of synaptic since i started on Debian a decade or so back.
Any help to track the problem would be most helpful and if solution is also provided i would be very very happy.
How much freespace is there on your / filesystem? On /home/?
If ample, I suspect some of what the thread beginning at https://lists.debian.org/debian-user.../msg00103.html discusses (Synaptic retirement due to incompatibility with Wayland) may be bleeding into 18.04. Does similar trouble manifest if you open some kind of desktop session other than Gnome? XFCE? IceWM? Cinnamon? LXQt? Plasma? My only 18.04 installation is running TDE.
I have atlest 40-50 gigs free space on the partition ext4 and i think it is more than enough.
Well i am running ubuntu studio and noticed that i am unable to run certain desktops like cinamon and lxqt kde where it reverts back to login screen after trying to login. i am thinking that its an issue with gdx xdm kdm ldm etc or one of its neighbours not being installed. As it is i am perfectly happy with xfce running on my system. I have noticed the synaptic drop you mentioned in buster, but i think it is back here
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/synaptic
Was introduced to linux in 2004 with suse, found out debian, settled with ubuntu, enjoying xfce what more to say.
If synaptic is being dropped i say it is very sad. Maybe problems like that being faced by me might be reason. And i don't seem to find a good replacement for it. The best feature is browsable list and search with installed / unistalled/ automatic fixation of broken etc. you see just like a pro noob would like it. I am afraid there is no suitable replacement also for it.
I can use apt but would be big heartbreak if i have to let go synaptic.
Coming back to the problem is there any chance to find out why other process should increase the cpu utilisation when i start synaptic.
$ sudo synaptic
[sudo] password for geo:
(synaptic:16524): IBUS-WARNING **: 17:12:37.748: The owner of /home/geo/.config/ibus/bus is not root!
One more thing i noticed that if firefox is running at the time of running synaptic, the system completely becomes unresponsive for atleast 20-30 seconds and thereafter behaves very sluggishly due to high(99%) cpu utilisation. Even after closing synaptic, the system continues high cpu usage until i close firefox. Strange. That's the reason why i first suspected firefox, but then pinpointed it to synaptic.
no origin error is not dispayled if i again run the command. This error was showing up only from last two or three weeks and also it doesn't show up on retry at anytime after the first try.
$ cat ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
[ 63.151]
X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
[ 63.152] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 63.152] Build Operating System: Linux 3.13.0-92-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[ 63.152] Current Operating System: Linux mirhome 4.4.0-38-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 6 15:42:33 UTC 2016 x86_64
[ 63.152] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-38-generic root=UUID=234adcbd-3f84-4ccd-8683-721d3c0d3ced ro quiet splash init=/sbin/upstart
[ 63.152] Build Date: 22 July 2016 07:50:34AM
[ 63.153] xorg-server 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
[ 63.153] Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
[ 63.153] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 63.153] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 63.154] (==) Log file: "/home/geo/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Oct 8 16:01:57 2016
[ 63.170] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 63.182] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 63.182] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 63.182] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 63.182] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 63.183] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 63.183] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 63.183] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 63.183] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 63.183] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
built-ins
[ 63.183] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 63.183] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 63.183] (II) Loader magic: 0x55f4df06ada0
[ 63.183] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 63.183] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 63.183] X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[ 63.183] X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[ 63.183] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[ 63.184] (++) using VT number 1
[ 63.199] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
[ 63.199] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 63.199] (II) config/udev: Ignoring already known drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 63.200] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:128b:19da:7326 rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000d800/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 63.200] (WW) "glamoregl" will not be loaded unless you've specified it to be loaded elsewhere.
[ 63.200] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[ 63.200] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 63.214] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/libglx.so
[ 63.462] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 63.462] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.462] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 63.464] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 361.42 Tue Mar 22 17:25:45 PDT 2016
[ 63.474] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 63.474] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 63.474] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 63.474] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 63.474] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 63.474] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 63.474] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 63.475] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[ 63.502] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 63.502] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.502] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.507] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 63.508] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 1.0.12
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 63.533] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.18.3
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 63.533] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 0.4.4
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 63.533] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 2.3.4
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 361.42 Tue Mar 22 17:04:20 PDT 2016
[ 63.533] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 63.534] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date: Tue Dec 8 15:52:25 2015 +1000
[ 63.534] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[ 63.534] RIVA TNT (NV04)
[ 63.534] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
[ 63.534] GeForce 256 (NV10)
[ 63.534] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
[ 63.534] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
[ 63.534] GeForce 3 (NV20)
[ 63.534] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
[ 63.534] GeForce FX (NV3x)
[ 63.534] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
[ 63.534] GeForce 7 (G7x)
[ 63.534] GeForce 8 (G8x)
[ 63.534] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
[ 63.534] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
[ 63.534] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 63.534] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 63.534] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 63.537] xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)
[ 63.538] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 63.538] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 63.538] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 63.547] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.547] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.547] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 63.547] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 63.547] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 63.547] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 63.552] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.552] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.552] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 63.552] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 63.552] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 63.552] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 63.555] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 63.555] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: Permission denied
[ 63.555] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 63.555] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 63.555] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 63.555] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 63.555] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.555] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 0.0.2
[ 63.555] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.555] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
[ 63.555] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[ 63.555] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[ 63.555] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 63.557] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[ 64.040] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 710 (GK208) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 64.040] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 2097152 kBytes
[ 64.040] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 80.28.a6.00.11
[ 64.040] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 8X
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA(0): "NULL"
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
[ 64.041] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device for DPI computation.
[ 64.041] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading nouveau
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 64.041] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA: access.
[ 64.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
[ 64.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "NULL"
[ 64.096] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 64.096] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled
[ 64.096] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 64.099] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 64.104] (II) Loading sub module "x11glvnd"
[ 64.104] (II) LoadModule: "x11glvnd"
[ 64.104] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module x11glvnd
[ 64.104] (II) UnloadModule: "x11glvnd"
[ 64.104] (II) Unloading x11glvnd
[ 64.104] (II) x11glvnd Loading
[ 64.104] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 64.104] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 64.104] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[ 64.104] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 64.104] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
[ 64.105] (--) RandR disabled
[ 64.109] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[ 64.110] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[ 64.110] (II) Indirect GLX disabled.
[ 64.244] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[ 64.244] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 64.244] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.244] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 64.259] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 64.259] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 2.10.1
[ 64.259] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 64.259] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[ 64.259] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 64.259] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 64.259] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 64.259] (EE) evdev: Power Button: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event1".
[ 64.259] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "Power Button"
[ 64.259] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[ 64.260] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 64.260] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 64.260] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 64.260] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 64.260] (EE) evdev: Power Button: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event0".
[ 64.260] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "Power Button"
[ 64.260] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0) card0 /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0
[ 64.260] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Ignoring already known drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event7)
[ 64.260] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.260] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event8)
[ 64.260] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.260] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA ATI SB Rear Mic (/dev/input/event4)
[ 64.261] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.261] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA ATI SB Line (/dev/input/event5)
[ 64.261] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.261] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA ATI SB Line Out (/dev/input/event6)
[ 64.261] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.261] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event2)
[ 64.261] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 64.261] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 64.261] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 64.261] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 64.261] (EE) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event2".
[ 64.261] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
[ 64.261] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.262] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/event3)
[ 64.262] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 64.262] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse'
[ 64.262] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: always reports core events
[ 64.262] (**) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[ 64.262] (EE) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event3".
[ 64.262] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
[ 64.262] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.262] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 64.262] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.262] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
I just yesterday only uninstalled the nvidia drivers and reverted to nouveau drivers.
I just yesterday only uninstalled the nvidia drivers and reverted to nouveau drivers.
did you reboot since then?
the Xorg.0.log seems to think you're using nvidia, but the lspci output says nouveau
please reboot, look at Xorg.0.log again, if it's different, post it again.
also `ls -al ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log`
look at the entries marked (EE) - there's a lot of weird stuff. is your system currently usable?
the Xorg.0.log seems to think you're using nvidia, but the lspci output says nouveau
There is no "the" nouveau. lspci reports only the in use kernel nouveau, not the DDX. Xorg.0.log reports only the DDX in use. There is a kernel nouveau, which FOSS DDX drivers depend on, and there is a nouveau DDX provided by the FOSS package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau. If you wish a single report that reports both the kernel video driver and the DDX driver, use a non-ancient version of inxi -G[xx] from within an X session.
The problem was there even before i did that and yes i switched off and on many times after i had removed the driver and am posting through it and it seems ok other than a slow frame rate for the "this war of mine" which i fixed with smaller in game resolution.
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the Xorg.0.log seems to think you're using nvidia, but the lspci output says nouveau
the above puzzled me also but thought that being nvidia hardware it might be popping up. If u say that it shouldn't then it might be a problem.
yes i installed atom through their repo and am using it.
I agree 18.04 is acting pretty weird for me but still running steam games, net surfing and pretty much what ever i expect it to do other than the stranger things that i have mentioned with synaptic. i could ignore all the other stuff not affecting my daily routine, but when synaptic starts acting wierdly although i use it hardly once a month, it gives me panic attack. I seem to loose control over my system, but then there is apt-get, but you kinda of don't feel the godlike feeling you get with synaptic.
$ cat ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
[ 63.151]
X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
[ 63.152] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 63.152] Build Operating System: Linux 3.13.0-92-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[ 63.152] Current Operating System: Linux mirhome 4.4.0-38-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 6 15:42:33 UTC 2016 x86_64
[ 63.152] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-38-generic root=UUID=234adcbd-3f84-4ccd-8683-721d3c0d3ced ro quiet splash init=/sbin/upstart
[ 63.152] Build Date: 22 July 2016 07:50:34AM
[ 63.153] xorg-server 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
[ 63.153] Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
[ 63.153] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 63.153] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 63.154] (==) Log file: "/home/geo/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Oct 8 16:01:57 2016
[ 63.170] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 63.182] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 63.182] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 63.182] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 63.182] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 63.183] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 63.183] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 63.183] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 63.183] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 63.183] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 63.183] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 63.183] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
built-ins
[ 63.183] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 63.183] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 63.183] (II) Loader magic: 0x55f4df06ada0
[ 63.183] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 63.183] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 63.183] X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[ 63.183] X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[ 63.183] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[ 63.184] (++) using VT number 1
[ 63.199] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
[ 63.199] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 63.199] (II) config/udev: Ignoring already known drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 63.200] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:128b:19da:7326 rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000d800/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 63.200] (WW) "glamoregl" will not be loaded unless you've specified it to be loaded elsewhere.
[ 63.200] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[ 63.200] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 63.214] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/libglx.so
[ 63.462] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 63.462] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.462] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 63.464] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 361.42 Tue Mar 22 17:25:45 PDT 2016
[ 63.474] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 63.474] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 63.474] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 63.474] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 63.474] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 63.474] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 63.474] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 63.475] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[ 63.502] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 63.502] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.502] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.507] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 63.508] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 1.0.12
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 63.533] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.18.3
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 63.533] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 0.4.4
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 63.533] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 63.533] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.533] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 2.3.4
[ 63.533] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 63.533] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.533] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 361.42 Tue Mar 22 17:04:20 PDT 2016
[ 63.533] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 63.534] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date: Tue Dec 8 15:52:25 2015 +1000
[ 63.534] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[ 63.534] RIVA TNT (NV04)
[ 63.534] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
[ 63.534] GeForce 256 (NV10)
[ 63.534] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
[ 63.534] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
[ 63.534] GeForce 3 (NV20)
[ 63.534] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
[ 63.534] GeForce FX (NV3x)
[ 63.534] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
[ 63.534] GeForce 7 (G7x)
[ 63.534] GeForce 8 (G8x)
[ 63.534] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
[ 63.534] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
[ 63.534] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 63.534] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 63.534] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 63.537] xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)
[ 63.538] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 63.538] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 63.538] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 63.547] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.547] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.547] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 63.547] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 63.547] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 63.547] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 63.552] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.552] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 63.552] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 63.552] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 63.552] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 63.552] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 63.555] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 63.555] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: Permission denied
[ 63.555] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 63.555] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 63.555] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 63.555] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 63.555] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 63.555] compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 0.0.2
[ 63.555] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[ 63.555] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
[ 63.555] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[ 63.555] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[ 63.555] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 63.555] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 63.557] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[ 64.040] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 710 (GK208) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 64.040] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 2097152 kBytes
[ 64.040] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 80.28.a6.00.11
[ 64.040] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 8X
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA(0): "NULL"
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
[ 64.041] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device for DPI computation.
[ 64.041] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading nouveau
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[ 64.041] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 64.041] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 64.041] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[ 64.041] (II) NVIDIA: access.
[ 64.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
[ 64.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "NULL"
[ 64.096] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 64.096] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled
[ 64.096] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 64.099] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 64.104] (II) Loading sub module "x11glvnd"
[ 64.104] (II) LoadModule: "x11glvnd"
[ 64.104] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module x11glvnd
[ 64.104] (II) UnloadModule: "x11glvnd"
[ 64.104] (II) Unloading x11glvnd
[ 64.104] (II) x11glvnd Loading
[ 64.104] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 64.104] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 64.104] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[ 64.104] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 64.104] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
[ 64.105] (--) RandR disabled
[ 64.109] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[ 64.110] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[ 64.110] (II) Indirect GLX disabled.
[ 64.244] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[ 64.244] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 64.244] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.244] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 64.259] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 64.259] compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 2.10.1
[ 64.259] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 64.259] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[ 64.259] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 64.259] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 64.259] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 64.259] (EE) evdev: Power Button: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event1".
[ 64.259] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "Power Button"
[ 64.259] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[ 64.260] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 64.260] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 64.260] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 64.260] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 64.260] (EE) evdev: Power Button: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event0".
[ 64.260] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "Power Button"
[ 64.260] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0) card0 /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0
[ 64.260] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Ignoring already known drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event7)
[ 64.260] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.260] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.260] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event8)
[ 64.260] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.260] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA ATI SB Rear Mic (/dev/input/event4)
[ 64.261] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.261] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA ATI SB Line (/dev/input/event5)
[ 64.261] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.261] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA ATI SB Line Out (/dev/input/event6)
[ 64.261] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.261] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 64.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event2)
[ 64.261] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 64.261] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 64.261] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 64.261] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 64.261] (EE) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event2".
[ 64.261] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
[ 64.261] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.262] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/event3)
[ 64.262] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 64.262] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse'
[ 64.262] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: always reports core events
[ 64.262] (**) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[ 64.262] (EE) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event3".
[ 64.262] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
[ 64.262] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 64.262] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 64.262] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 64.262] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
`ls -al ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log`
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-rw-r--r-- 1 geo geo 15398 Oct 8 2016 /home/geo/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
Since you mentioned it i tell you that since i upgraded my LTS many weird things are going on in this pc. like it sometimes hangs after cold boot. And sometimes it freezes after login. But all this goes away if i restart once or twice. Since it is dual boot with win 7 which i hardly use nowadays on this pc, i have never noticed this behaviour on win 7.
Now i will post syslog details after i start synaptic and for that i have close this browser as it continues to utilize 99% of cpu even after closing synaptic which is not the case with other apps.
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Apr 21 20:58:49 mirhome dbus-daemon[2911]: [session uid=0 pid=2909] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is enabled
Apr 21 21:01:49 mirhome systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Apr 21 21:01:49 mirhome anacron[2972]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-04-21
Apr 21 21:01:49 mirhome anacron[2972]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Apr 21 21:02:15 mirhome wpa_supplicant[852]: wlx00f140900657: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 7e:46:85:b1:19:4a [GTK=CCMP]
I started it at 20:59 and then synaptic started its usual cpu consumption cycle which I abruptly ended by closing it with many clicks on x.
Hope any of the above is helpful in identifying the problem/solution.
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use a non-ancient version of inxi -G[xx] from within an X session.
ls -al ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 geo geo 15398 Oct 8 2016 /home/geo/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
that is way too old, so it's the wrong file.
strange, I thought the change to putting logs in $HOME was fairly recent.
anyhow:
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ls -al /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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Since you mentioned it i tell you that since i upgraded my LTS many weird things are going on in this pc. like it sometimes hangs after cold boot. And sometimes it freezes after login. But all this goes away if i restart once or twice. Since it is dual boot with win 7 which i hardly use nowadays on this pc, i have never noticed this behaviour on win 7.
hum.
does not really sound like a synaptic issue.
are you 100% sure that synaptic is the only application acting up?
next time you get the strange behaviour, instead of rebooting, try switching tty's with Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in, enter `top`and see what is eating resources.
also perform something like this:
next time you get the strange behaviour, instead of rebooting, try switching tty's with Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in, enter `top`and see what is eating resources.
also perform something like this:
Well when it hangs it hangs. no keyboard or mouse functioning.
journalctl -b gives 2mb file so how do i share it.
i am woriking on getting a screen shot of top when i run synaptic....
Another strange issue with Ubuntu while we are discussing the bugs, my system suddenly hangs while viewing youtube, or some audio app, or something i cannot pinpoint on but youtube i have noticed, because... i was watching video, took my eyes of screen for a second and sound was there but everything hanged on screen no let up or shakiness in audio. mouse and keyboard both hanged with the screen. Now i don't want take your attention from the main problem of synaptic, but since we are discussing x problems also as a cause for it i thought of mentioning it too.
yep, that's the correct file, as you can see from the timestamp. it's current.
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Well when it hangs it hangs. no keyboard or mouse functioning.
in that case dmesg probably won't be much help, but looking at your paste: http://paste.debian.net/1079002/
apparently nouveau (the driver for your nvidia) would prefer to get some firmware:
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nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv106_fuc084 failed with error -2
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journalctl -b gives 2mb file so how do i share it.
i don't know.
you could try looking at it, you should be getting better at these things now.
it would be nice to get a look at it.
but since you have to reboot after a freeze, we should really be looking at the last journal, so try this instead:
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