HP DV6000 randomly freezing with Arch Linux

Hello,
Just to clarify I am working with Arch Linux as a Web Developer, therefore I do have special needs such as having 20+ tabs open with vital information in different pages.
I can assure that after using Windows XP, Windows 7, xUbuntu, Linux Mint and Ubuntu I have never had such breaks or freezes in this machine.
The freezes are identifiable when the mouse seems to be very slow to move, the computer very slow to respond, the cursor of the icon does not change within the context where it is, I can't even open the menu bar to access the terminal (using Terminator).
After noticing these randomly freezes, I've started to keep the Terminator open with top command inserted. After seeing the values of percentage usage in CPU or RAM, the levels don't even go up more than 20%. However, I notice that the laptop suddenly starts heating a lot.
The solution is just to wait with some luck about 10 minutes. If it does not go on after that, I need to turn off the computer by pressing the button or unplugging the battery (yeah, the battery is dead too).
Some main packages I currently use are:
- Cinnamon
- Filezilla
- Netbeans PHP IDE 8.0
- Skype
- Geany
- 7-Zip FM
- Adobe Flash Player
- Chromium (my main browser)
- Firefox
- SSH
- Htop
- VLC Media Player
- Terminator
Any ideas of what could it be?
Thanks!
Last edited by SirPereira (2014-05-19 14:52:56)

Rexilion wrote:
It seems you do not have any swap. Correct?
Could you provide the output of dmesg after the occurance?
Yes, you are correct, I do not have any swap. Would I benefit from it? I guess I never used it.
After the occurance you mean, after the freeze? I will try to do it, but it is rare the case when the computer is able to not freeze at all.
Got it now:
The output of dmesg:
[ 0.443614] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.443838] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.444061] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.444184] pcieport 0000:00:01.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444187] pci 0000:01:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444190] pcie_pme 0000:00:01.0:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[ 0.444210] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444213] pci 0000:02:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444217] pcie_pme 0000:00:1c.0:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[ 0.444237] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444239] pci 0000:03:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444243] pcie_pme 0000:00:1c.1:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[ 0.444266] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444271] pcie_pme 0000:00:1c.3:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[ 0.444290] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444293] pci 0000:06:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444295] pci 0000:06:00.1: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444297] pci 0000:06:00.2: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444298] pci 0000:06:00.3: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444300] pci 0000:06:00.4: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444305] pcie_pme 0000:00:1c.4:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[ 0.444324] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.444329] pcie_pme 0000:00:1c.5:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[ 0.444345] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 0.444364] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 0.444399] intel_idle: does not run on family 6 model 23
[ 0.444441] GHES: HEST is not enabled!
[ 0.444500] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
[ 0.444971] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 0.445012] rtc_cmos 00:03: RTC can wake from S4
[ 0.445141] rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 0.445167] rtc_cmos 00:03: alarms up to one month, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[ 0.445178] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[ 0.445322] TCP: cubic registered
[ 0.445446] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 0.445656] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 0.445905] registered taskstats version 1
[ 0.446529] Magic number: 14:681:877
[ 0.446613] rtc_cmos 00:03: setting system clock to 2014-05-20 08:51:33 UTC (1400575893)
[ 0.446705] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
[ 0.447929] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1120K (ffffffff818d8000 - ffffffff819f0000)
[ 0.447931] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 8192k
[ 0.450553] Freeing unused kernel memory: 904K (ffff88000151e000 - ffff880001600000)
[ 0.451721] Freeing unused kernel memory: 416K (ffff880001798000 - ffff880001800000)
[ 0.458667] random: systemd-tmpfile urandom read with 2 bits of entropy available
[ 0.460077] systemd-udevd[47]: starting version 212
[ 0.478236] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:MOUE] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 0.489263] ACPI: bus type USB registered
[ 0.489293] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.489304] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.494274] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.494278] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[ 0.494499] sdhci-pci 0000:06:00.1: SDHCI controller found [197b:2382] (rev 0)
[ 0.494708] mmc0: SDHCI controller on PCI [0000:06:00.1] using DMA
[ 0.494739] sdhci-pci 0000:06:00.2: SDHCI controller found [197b:2381] (rev 0)
[ 0.494796] sdhci-pci 0000:06:00.2: Refusing to bind to secondary interface.
[ 0.499195] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.499671] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 0.499940] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.500201] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
[ 0.500769] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.500777] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 0.500786] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: detected 2 ports
[ 0.500808] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x000080e0
[ 0.501200] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.501209] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.501580] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.501587] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 0.501593] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: detected 2 ports
[ 0.501626] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 21, io base 0x000080c0
[ 0.503178] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.503409] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.503419] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.503907] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.503914] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 0.503929] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
[ 0.507842] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[ 0.507859] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: irq 19, io mem 0xdd005c00
[ 0.508093] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 0.508752] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 0.508793] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 0.513351] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 0.513563] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.513629] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 0.536813] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.536828] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.556530] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
[ 0.560059] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.560067] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.560345] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.560352] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 0.560366] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[ 0.563401] firewire_ohci 0000:06:00.0: added OHCI v1.10 device as card 0, 4 IR + 0 IT contexts, quirks 0x10
[ 0.568179] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[ 0.568198] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: irq 20, io mem 0xdd005800
[ 0.576683] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 0.576856] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.576865] hub 4-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 0.577213] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.577220] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 0.577228] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: detected 2 ports
[ 0.577249] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 20, io base 0x000080a0
[ 0.577420] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.577429] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.577678] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.577684] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[ 0.577691] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: detected 2 ports
[ 0.577712] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x00008080
[ 0.577877] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.577885] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.578124] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.578130] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[ 0.578136] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: detected 2 ports
[ 0.578156] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 16, io base 0x00008060
[ 0.578323] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.578331] hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.578566] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.578573] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
[ 0.578579] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: detected 2 ports
[ 0.578609] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 18, io base 0x00008040
[ 0.578778] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.578786] hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.579138] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0
[ 0.579314] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.579386] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0x33 impl SATA mode
[ 0.579390] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part ccc ems sxs
[ 0.597458] scsi0 : ahci
[ 0.597577] scsi1 : ahci
[ 0.597688] scsi2 : ahci
[ 0.597787] scsi3 : ahci
[ 0.597890] scsi4 : ahci
[ 0.597988] scsi5 : ahci
[ 0.598049] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xdd005000 port 0xdd005100 irq 46
[ 0.598053] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xdd005000 port 0xdd005180 irq 46
[ 0.598054] ata3: DUMMY
[ 0.598056] ata4: DUMMY
[ 0.598058] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xdd005000 port 0xdd005300 irq 46
[ 0.598060] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xdd005000 port 0xdd005380 irq 46
[ 0.916700] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 0.916718] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 1.063421] firewire_core 0000:06:00.0: created device fw0: GUID 0000000000000000, S400
[ 1.083353] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 1.083369] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 1.083987] ata1.00: ATA-8: TOSHIBA MK5055GSX, FG002C, max UDMA/100
[ 1.083990] ata1.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[ 1.084680] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 1.084792] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA TOSHIBA MK5055GS FG00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.087088] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L, SC04, max UDMA/100
[ 1.092125] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 1.113361] usb 2-2: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 1.203938] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L SC04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.208648] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
[ 1.208739] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 1.208743] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 1.208779] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 1.290173] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[ 1.323084] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 1.323088] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 1.323226] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 1.325332] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.325335] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 1.325918] input: Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:045E:0750.0001/input/input2
[ 1.326088] hid-generic 0003:045E:0750.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-2/input0
[ 1.336169] input: Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.1/0003:045E:0750.0002/input/input3
[ 1.336217] hid-generic 0003:045E:0750.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-2/input1
[ 1.418377] sda: sda1 sda2
[ 1.418731] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 1.426688] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2394.269 MHz
[ 1.446699] usb 4-4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 2.115101] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 2.200031] usb 5-1: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.385422] input: Logitech USB Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/0003:046D:C05A.0003/input/input4
[ 2.385472] hid-generic 0003:046D:C05A.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
[ 2.426729] Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 2.490018] usb 7-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.502963] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
[ 2.721320] systemd[1]: systemd 212 running in system mode. (+PAM -AUDIT -SELINUX -IMA -SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ +SECCOMP -APPARMOR)
[ 2.721454] systemd[1]: Detected architecture 'x86-64'.
[ 2.739429] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <arch>.
[ 3.632105] systemd[1]: Configuration file /etc/systemd/system/netctl@my\x2dnetwork.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway.
[ 3.755410] systemd[1]: Starting Login Prompts.
[ 3.755928] systemd[1]: Reached target Login Prompts.
[ 3.755939] systemd[1]: Starting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[ 3.755992] systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[ 3.756002] systemd[1]: Starting Remote File Systems.
[ 3.756478] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems.
[ 3.756488] systemd[1]: Expecting device sys-subsystem-net-devices-wlan0.device...
[ 3.756839] systemd[1]: Starting Encrypted Volumes.
[ 3.757313] systemd[1]: Reached target Encrypted Volumes.
[ 3.757330] systemd[1]: Starting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
[ 3.757364] systemd[1]: Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
[ 3.757373] systemd[1]: Starting Paths.
[ 3.757845] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
[ 3.757866] systemd[1]: Starting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
[ 3.758419] systemd[1]: Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
[ 3.758432] systemd[1]: Starting Swap.
[ 3.758902] systemd[1]: Reached target Swap.
[ 3.758913] systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-disk-by\x2duuid-3e31eb5f\x2d326a\x2d4cd0\x2daab3\x2d7d1e7ac0797b.device...
[ 3.759249] systemd[1]: Starting Root Slice.
[ 3.766515] systemd[1]: Created slice Root Slice.
[ 3.766527] systemd[1]: Starting User and Session Slice.
[ 3.767173] systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice.
[ 3.767184] systemd[1]: Starting Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
[ 3.767681] systemd[1]: Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
[ 3.767691] systemd[1]: Starting /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[ 3.768180] systemd[1]: Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[ 3.768189] systemd[1]: Starting Delayed Shutdown Socket.
[ 3.768677] systemd[1]: Listening on Delayed Shutdown Socket.
[ 3.768687] systemd[1]: Starting LVM2 metadata daemon socket.
[ 3.769176] systemd[1]: Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon socket.
[ 3.769189] systemd[1]: Starting udev Control Socket.
[ 3.769676] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
[ 3.769688] systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Socket.
[ 3.770181] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[ 3.770192] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Socket.
[ 3.770700] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
[ 3.770716] systemd[1]: Starting System Slice.
[ 3.771341] systemd[1]: Created slice System Slice.
[ 3.771357] systemd[1]: Started File System Check on Root Device.
[ 3.771365] systemd[1]: Starting system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice.
[ 3.772001] systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice.
[ 3.772011] systemd[1]: Mounting Temporary Directory...
[ 3.790231] systemd[1]: Starting system-netctl.slice.
[ 3.790914] systemd[1]: Created slice system-netctl.slice.
[ 3.790930] systemd[1]: Starting system-getty.slice.
[ 3.791567] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice.
[ 3.809849] systemd[1]: Started Set Up Additional Binary Formats.
[ 3.852492] systemd[1]: Starting Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel...
[ 3.876658] systemd[1]: Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
[ 3.877416] systemd[1]: Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System...
[ 3.878150] systemd[1]: Mounting Huge Pages File System...
[ 3.878884] systemd[1]: Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
[ 3.879636] systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console...
[ 3.880782] systemd[1]: Started Load Kernel Modules.
[ 3.880820] systemd[1]: Mounting Configuration File System...
[ 3.881579] systemd[1]: Mounting Debug File System...
[ 3.882319] systemd[1]: Mounted FUSE Control File System.
[ 3.882346] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[ 3.883635] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[ 4.312288] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: data=ordered
[ 4.431925] systemd-udevd[146]: starting version 212
[ 5.513427] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input5
[ 5.513433] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 5.513493] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input6
[ 5.513777] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 5.513831] input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input7
[ 5.513834] ACPI: Sleep Button [SLPB]
[ 5.513911] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input8
[ 5.513914] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 5.596907] ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
[ 5.645033] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 5.657955] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 5.661096] acpi device:08: registered as cooling_device0
[ 5.663657] acpi device:0a: registered as cooling_device1
[ 5.663725] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:06/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input9
[ 5.708497] hp_accel: laptop model unknown, using default axes configuration
[ 5.720053] lis3lv02d: 8 bits sensor found
[ 5.729279] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 5.791571] ene_ir: chip is 0x3926 - kbver = 0x00, rev = 0xc0
[ 5.791574] ene_ir: PLL freq = 1406
[ 5.791575] ene_ir: KB3926C detected
[ 5.791586] ene_ir: Firmware regs: 00 00
[ 5.791587] ene_ir: Hardware features:
[ 5.791589] ene_ir: * Uses GPIO 40 for IR demodulated input
[ 5.821208] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
[ 5.821217] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
[ 5.821221] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-3 state
[ 5.821225] tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
[ 5.821242] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
[ 5.821270] Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 5.827916] Registered IR keymap rc-rc6-mce
[ 5.828003] input: ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver as /devices/virtual/rc/rc0/input10
[ 5.828066] rc0: ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver as /devices/virtual/rc/rc0
[ 5.840895] ene_ir: driver has been successfully loaded
[ 5.848018] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input11
[ 5.877265] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
[ 5.878491] IR NEC protocol handler initialized
[ 5.879175] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
[ 5.880281] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
[ 5.880739] IR SANYO protocol handler initialized
[ 5.881059] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir) as /devices/virtual/input/input12
[ 5.881065] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
[ 5.881065] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
[ 5.881758] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249
[ 5.882267] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (ene_ir) registered at minor = 0
[ 5.882270] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
[ 5.891466] [Firmware Bug]: Invalid critical threshold (0)
[ 5.892123] thermal LNXTHERM:00: registered as thermal_zone0
[ 5.892126] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ01] (31 C)
[ 5.903447] input: ST LIS3LV02DL Accelerometer as /devices/platform/lis3lv02d/input/input13
[ 5.903835] wmi: Mapper loaded
[ 5.927466] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
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[ 6.114983] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 6.137776] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042f conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000400-0x000000000000047f (\PMBA) (20131218/utaddress-258)
[ 6.137785] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 6.137789] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052f conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000050f (\GPIO) (20131218/utaddress-258)
[ 6.137793] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 6.137822] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 6.180252] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux, in-tree:
[ 6.180255] Copyright(c) 2003- 2014 Intel Corporation
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[ 6.287693] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
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[ 6.345229] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
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[ 6.535077] media: Linux media interface: v0.10
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[ 6.570714] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input15
[ 6.581760] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input18
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[ 6.683177] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
[ 6.683179] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
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[ 6.701985] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 6.780556] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
[ 6.922833] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
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[ 6.939605] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
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[ 6.991292] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
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[ 7.089277] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.18
[ 7.089304] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 7.089306] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 7.089316] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 7.089319] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 7.089331] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
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[ 7.125560] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
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[ 7.136525] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
[ 7.162108] kvm: disabled by bios
[ 7.167498] systemd-udevd[149]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlp2s0
[ 7.515656] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 6.5, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xa04751/0xa00000/0x0, board id: 3655, fw id: 428212
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[ 7.949749] EXT4-fs (sda2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: data=ordered
[ 8.055002] systemd-journald[127]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
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[ 13.838466] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[ 13.935096] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Disabled; Enabling L0S
[ 13.938046] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[ 13.964225] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[ 14.845976] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 20.903153] wlp2s0: authenticate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d
[ 20.906517] wlp2s0: send auth to b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d (try 1/3)
[ 20.909113] wlp2s0: authenticated
[ 20.910074] wlp2s0: associate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d (try 1/3)
[ 20.913437] wlp2s0: RX AssocResp from b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=7)
[ 20.918955] wlp2s0: associated
[ 20.919008] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp2s0: link becomes ready
[ 21.089546] wlp2s0: deauthenticating from b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d by local choice (reason=2)
[ 21.096263] wlp2s0: authenticate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d
[ 21.099042] wlp2s0: send auth to b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d (try 1/3)
[ 21.099780] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: AT
[ 21.101974] wlp2s0: authenticated
[ 21.103555] wlp2s0: associate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d (try 1/3)
[ 21.108457] wlp2s0: RX AssocResp from b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=7)
[ 21.115231] wlp2s0: associated
[ 26.591580] fuse init (API version 7.22)
[ 148.105211] wlp2s0: authenticate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e
[ 148.107797] wlp2s0: direct probe to b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (try 1/3)
[ 148.108518] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 148.310034] wlp2s0: direct probe to b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (try 2/3)
[ 148.513366] wlp2s0: send auth to b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (try 3/3)
[ 148.514272] wlp2s0: authenticated
[ 148.516865] wlp2s0: associate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (try 1/3)
[ 148.517652] wlp2s0: RX AssocResp from b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=4)
[ 148.519034] wlp2s0: associated
[ 148.531940] wlp2s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e
[ 231.077026] wlp2s0: authenticate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d
[ 231.080206] wlp2s0: send auth to b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d (try 1/3)
[ 231.081422] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 231.082756] wlp2s0: authenticated
[ 231.083955] wlp2s0: waiting for beacon from b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9d
[ 231.362261] wlp2s0: authenticate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e
[ 231.365917] wlp2s0: send auth to b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (try 1/3)
[ 231.380479] wlp2s0: authenticated
[ 231.383400] wlp2s0: associate with b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (try 1/3)
[ 231.386425] wlp2s0: RX AssocResp from b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=4)
[ 231.390072] wlp2s0: associated
[ 231.481241] wlp2s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by b8:c7:5d:02:3b:9e
[ 311.833862] perf samples too long (2511 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50100
[ 3074.285425] Watchdog[977]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f42693ed9b8 sp 00007f4251f777d0 error 6 in chromium[7f4265a4e000+55d7000]
[ 3166.859073] chromium[1212]: segfault at 39 ip 00007f7ddd6a7280 sp 00007fff9d984088 error 6 in chromium[7f7ddcefc000+55d7000]
[ 3172.385333] chromium[1169]: segfault at fbadbeef ip 00007f7ddf63345d sp 00007fff9d983f20 error 6 in chromium[7f7ddcefc000+55d7000]

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Need help with arch linux install!

Hello, let me start off by telling you about the predicament I'm in at the moment. I've been trying to install arch linux on with a cd-drive that has been failing for a little over a year now, so you can already see where my problem starts! The cd-drive, however will work with such cd's as Windows, Ubuntu, and Slackware, which I'm happy with. Yet, archlinux doesn't work so much.
And now maybe my solution. I've got a usb cd drive, that I've had laying around that works well, just not well enough for my bios to be able to boot from; which is horrible I know. I've searched the bios for loading a usb cd drive and everything else, including google so I don't think I'm going to get anywhere with that one. Anyways what I'm thinking of doing is that when archlinux is in the terminal right before you type the "/arch/setup" command, I would like to know if there is any command that allows you to change the cd it boots the cd from to go right into the installation. I'm still working on easying my out of the newbie stage of linux at the moment, but I've never run into a command like that, that would help me out. Hopefully there is one though, because I would very much like to archlinux to work, so please respond! Right now I'm running elinks through the terminal right before you type "/arch/setup". Thanks!

loosec wrote:
So you get through the boot process just fine then on your old CD drive. The only thing you should have to do after that is to throw your CD into the USB CD drive and proceed with the installation. The installer should then ask you what CD drive you would like to use when you choose install from CD.
Another way to do it would be to switch cd like above and then manually mount your /dev/[your_usb_cd_here] on /src. The installer then has to be pointed to this place as the source of your installation. To find out what your usb cd drive is called you should unplug it, then replug it and run: dmesg
The mount command might also need to be shown that this is a cd so:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/[usb_cd_device_name] /src
should do the trick.
If you really want to learn more of what the installer does (and fail installing a few times) you should also check out the command
/arch/quickinstall
If your Internet connection is up for it, it seems like you could just choose an FTP install instead.
Goodluck!
Once the CD is removed from the drive that it was booted from. the installation will not continue, as the arch install always goes back to the boot drive to continue read the neccessary information for the install. I do not think there is a way to fool the computer into booting from one cd drive and then continueing on with another. To do this you would have to tell the computer that you are switching drives.
If you can boot up the CD kernel and get to where you type in /arch/setup then the next thing I would od is FTP install. That would limit your CD rom drie usage.
There is also a way to install arch from within another distro, EVEN ANOTHER LIVECD! <-- this may be your best bet. Check the wiki, there is tons of information there.
Last edited by rooloo (2008-08-16 12:32:00)

HP Pavilion p6670t desktop randomly freezing with distortion to monitor (suspect hardware issues)

HP Pavilion p6670t desktop
Intel Core i3 550
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel HD graphics
I get random freezing on my computer with distortion to the screen (some of the colors look off, and I see thick purple vertical lines).
I'm not running any labor intensive processes (sometimes not even doing anything when it freezes). The temperatures are cool.
No BSOD.
I ran HP's hardware diagnostics tools, and everything passed. Ran Memtest on each individual stick and all together, and they all passed as well.
I suspect video hardware problems, but since it is integrated with my mainboard, I was wondering if anyone would have any suggestions before I go out and buy new hardware.
Thanks!

when the blue screen comes up next time, write down any error codes (long string of numbers) this will give you an idea on what the problem could be. write them down and either come back here or google the code... it sounds like hardware failing... could be your hard drive or maybe ram failing. one thing you can do is open it up and make sure you remove all the dust and lint from the inside and you can re-seat your ram chips along with checking your Hard Drive cable/ribbon

Random freezes with INSERT-HANG-DETECTED in system log

Hi,
Since a few months I am experiencing random freezes on my early 2011 MacBook Pro 15". Sometimes they occur every few minutes and sometimes they can be away for hours. During the freeze the system is not responding and often a spinning beachball is shown. After the freeze the system resumes to work as normal.
In the system log (/var/log/system.log) I noticed the following messages which seem to have a timestamp corresponding to the freeze:
WebProcess[151]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:28.505937, # of Inserts: 1, # of bytes written: 4875, Did shrink: NO
Does anyone know what these messages mean?
It doesn't seem to be related to the application that is in use during the freeze. Most of the time I only use Mail, Safari, Calendar, Terminal and Preview. My system (10.6.8) is fully up-to-date. The Activity Monitor does not show exceptional CPU or Memory usage.
What could also be relevant is that the freezes started to appear a week after I replaced a defective Hitachi HDD with a Crucial M4 SDD.
Does anyone have had the same issues with this SSD?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Maarten

This is an update to the question above.
I put in the original HDD and had the same issues. At one time it didn't even boot anymore. Then I sent in my MBP for repair. They first replaced the HDD with no success. Then they replaced the logic board and all issues dissapeared.
Maarten

[Solved] RAID 0 with Arch Linux and Intel Matrix Storage Manager

I just bought a brand new DELL Studio desktop and it has 2 500 HD's which I would like to run in RAID 0. I've setup the BIOS to run the RAID 0. Now I want the arch linux installation to recognise the volume. I followed the guide on the wikipage
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _Fake-RAID
but /dev/mapper doesn't show anything after modprobing the modules and installing dmraid. My controller is a intel matrix storage controller, so what module should I modprobe because sata_sil isn't the right one.
Regards
André
Last edited by fettouhi (2008-12-15 10:57:18)

you have a separate /boot partition, so your menu.lst must say :
root (hd0,0) # the partition including /boot
kernel /vmlinuz26 ... # without leading /boot
initrd /kernel26.img # without leading /boot
(in grub, / is the root of the partition that was set with the root command, your vmlinuz26 and kernel26.img are in (hd0,0)/, not in (hd0,0)/boot/)
did you install from core CD or from FTP ?
there was a dmraid update few weeks ago that modified device names that dmraid creates :
it add "p" before the number of the partition (your iws...Volume0 don't change, but your iws...Volume0# change to iws...Volume0p#)
if you installed from core CD, you will only need to add this "p" when you will upgrade dmraid (or the full system)
(you will then need to edit both /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab)
if you installed from FTP, you need to add this "p" now, as you installed last version of dmraid

No more "random freezing" with my MbP ....

...since I installed Safari 4 Beta 10 days ago!
Before Safari 4, I had 2-3 freezes per day when using the 9600 graphics Chip. Not just using Safari but using all kinds of programs (with safari closed!). This has been a huge problem for many people.
See this link for more info: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1767718&tstart=0&messageID=908 2914#9082914
Now, since I installed Safari 4 beta: not a single freeze in 10 days! and some other people see the same thing.
This is very weird no? The system is supposed to be designed so that a single program can not crash the whole system, no?! So now that the new version of Safari solves a permanent system crash problem, it looks like the problem was safari 3.x.x, which should not happen! Or...maybe Safari 4 contains also some System updates that were not published...
Well at least the problem seems to be solved, hope it doesn't come back! Would have been nice to know what the exact problem was though...

Unless I'm remembering wrong, there have been incidences of "random freezing" after installing Safari 4.
The system is supposed to be designed so that a single program can not crash the whole system, no?!
It is. The random freezing is very likely not a software issue though, so this point does not apply to the issue at all. The system software is not "crashing" in these cases of random freezing. It is much more likely that there is some hardware issue that causes the system to just freeze.
Or...maybe Safari 4 contains also some System updates that were not published...
This is actually likely, but I doubt that it fixed your freezing issue. Webkit (the underlying engine of Safari) was substantially upgraded in Safari 4. Webkit (being an open-source standard that Apple develops) is also used in some other areas of OS X for rendering HTML content. So, when the Webkit engine is updated as a result of a Safari update, there are changes occurring at a system level.
Again, I would really really really doubt that this update fixed your freezing. However, if it isn't freezing anymore, then I guess we shouldn't complain.
--Travis

A simple file server with Arch Linux?

Hello everyone.
I had a lucky day to day and was given an old Pentium III based server with 512MB of RAM. I want to set up a server for my house that can basically act as NAS (network attached storage) and stream files to other members of the family's machines. I also want to install rTorrent and be able to download multimedia on to the server. I also wish to be able to access the server from a Windows machine as I would prefer if the server could be headless (no monitor or keyboard/mouse) after the initial installation of ArchLinux.
Could someone explain how I might go about performing these tasks? I have never used Linux before (other than Ubuntu for web browsing). I am of course comfortable with installing the OS but not sure about how I would set it up like I want.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to reading your response.

You can use samba to share the files between the computers (this will work with Windows as well as Linux and Mac OS X).
As for rTorrent, you can install rTorrent and run it via ssh. However I would recommend deluge. There is a server daemon which you would run on the server. And then a client which you can run on a linux machine (there might even a be a windows version).
To use a headless server you need (well you don't need, but it is very helpful) to setup ssh. I am not sure what you mean by stream files to other members of the family's machines (share files)?
Also if you are not all that familiar with linux, be prepared to do some serious reading or maybe look at using something like ubuntu (but you will still have to read). Using arch would be a great way to learn linux more than what you have with ubuntu.

Win 7 randomly freezes with HDD light on

I'm struggling with this for some time now. My win 7 x64 just freezes from time to time with HDD light on constantly. I've read almost all threads, tried almost every advise, but just could't solve the issue.
I have win 7 Enterprise x64 + SP1 installed on PC:
Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @2.66GHz
Gigabyte P43-ES3G
8GB RAM (4x2GB Kingston DDR2),
2x1TB HDD (WD)
NVIDIA FeForce 9500GT
Next, I'll list what I've already tried (without success) to not waste anybody's time - tried to change hardware, scan HDD for errors, set memory timings, reinstall win, scan for viruses, update all drivers, update BIOS.
(Maybe) important is that the same thing happens in safe mode. However, I've got no problems with other OSs like Linux or Win XP x64.

comibat & ddrouin: Usually when I run into situations like this, the presumption is that its a relatively new issue, meaning, you haven't have this problem from day 1 of computer
ownership. Right? So, the first thing is to examine what changed recently? We should be considering things like, but not limited to, the following:
Application installation or removal
System configuration change
Driver installation or removal
Hardware installation or removal
Windows updates
Etc.
comibat:
When you boot into Safe Mode (with & without networking; that could be key) & let it sit, for a while, does it seem to hang?
When you performed a clean boot & left it for a while, it also hung, correct?
Does it seem to matter whether or not your machine is connected to a network (wired or otherwise)?
If this something repeatable, like within an hour for instance, you may want to load up Resource Monitor & leave it in the foreground until it happens. When it comes back to normal there should be some results for review. (It may not update
while its in its hung state, but, when it 'comes back to life' it should show you throughput, usage etc and the process(es) associated with it. Unfortunately, this may mean leaving the computer on for a while & not touching it. (Unless
of course its unique to a sequence of events.)
You should consider loading up Performance Monitor as well and creating a counter. Unfortunately, this is probably something you'll just have to let run until it happens, then make note of the date & time for review once it 'comes back to life'.
I would do some research on Performance Monitor & how to setup counters. You could try this counter...
Logman.exe create counter Perf-Counter-Log-1sec -o "c:\perflogs\PerfTest1sec.blg" -f bincirc -v mmddhhmm -max 500 -c "\LogicalDisk(*)\*" "\Memory\*" "\Network Interface(*)\*" "\Paging File(*)\*" "\PhysicalDisk(*)\*" "\Processor(*)\*" "\Process(*)\*" "\Server\*" "\System\*" -si 00:00:01
ddrouin: If you haven't already done so, you may want to consider starting your own thread. (I haven't checked, just a suggestion incase you have not) That said: In addition to the
above, is there any commonality between the three systems (the Lenovo, Asus & your friend's computer)?

Constant Random Freezing with iPhoto 6.0.3

I've been having the most frustrating time with the latest iPhoto 6.0.3 update. Ever since this particular update, iPhoto has constantly been beachballing, and I have to force quit it almost all the time. There really is no pattern to when it happens. It could be when I am impOrting photos from my new Kodak V530 or it could be when I am browsing through pictures. Initially I thought it was my camera, but then almost any action that I do in iPhoto results in a beachball.
I've tried using BatChomd, to fix the ownership and permissions. This morning I tried to use iPhoto Library Manager to rebuild the library, but of course, somewhere during the process, iPhoto froze and I had to restart it, but it kept quiting anytime IPLM tried to reimport the photos from where it froze. I've also deleted the iPhoto preferences.
I am at my wits end at what to do. I have over 5500 photos and am starting to get concerned that I may have to reinstall OS 10.4. I have not tried using iPhoto with another user account though. Will that change anything? Any help would be appreciated.
TIA!
PowerMac Dual G4 1.25ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2.0 gb RAM

I am having a similar problem to aiquille's. In my case, any time I try to go back in the photo library file beyond the last 2 or 3 import-downloads from my Canon A80, the little round ball starts spinning and iPhoto in effect freezes. Many of the files I imported from iphoto on my older computer (iMacG4) to my iBook G4 come through as blank gray rectangles or they don't come through at all and I get a message saying they are unreadable. Several times I have seemingly lost the entire library of nearly 5,000 photos and then when I try to rebuild, many of the photos won't come through. I know they are there somewhere in the computer, but I can't load them onto my iPhoto library. I am not a computer geek by any stretch, so please reply so an idiot can follow! Sorry! Many thanks!
ibookG4, iMacPower PC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6) do not have Tiger on the MacPowerPC G4 (Panther), also have Canon A80 digital camera

Computer Randomly Freezing withing past few weeks

Hi,
more recently my computer randomly will freeze up several times of the day either if I'm just sitting here doing something on it or go away for awhile to find that it has froze. Sometimes when It freezes though, everything will be frozen and unclickable, but yet the mouse will still be able to move around. Control, Alt, Delete will not work at this time either. So I then will have no choice but to turn it off and back on from the power button. If you need any more info to help acess the problem, feel free to ask.
Could use some help.
Important details:
I have a HP Pavilion Elite HPE
Operating System: Windows 7
Virus Protection: Kaspersky Internet Security 2014
Age of computer: Aprox. 5 y/o

123,
At the least, eliminating possible "trouble spots" makes it easier to find the underlying reasons that things are not working as they should.
You might spend some time staring at the Resource Monitor to see if any one or two processes are hogging the CPU or perhaps creating another type of bottleneck.
Another thing to look for: Too many or the wrong kind of browser addons. Some of the addons are pretty nice; some addons can end up costing you CPU cycles while they spin and check and process whatever information they must digest.
Happy New Year 2014!
Kind Regards,
Dragon-Fur

HP DV6000 randomly freezing with Arch Linux

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