Laptop freezes while on battery power.

I have Arch 64 bit install on a Thinkpad T510. While the laptop is plugged into power, it is rock solid and can run for days without a crash.
The laptop freezes up quite often when it is running on battery power. After anything from 15 minutes to an hour, it will probably freeze. I cannot switch to a tty, I just have to do a hard reset.
This is what xsession-errors says:
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
localuser:theo being added to access control list
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- gnome-session
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA/gpg:0:1
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yX87BA/gpg:0:1
Initializing tracker-store...
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/theo/.config/tracker/tracker-store.cfg'
Failed to play sound: File or data not found
Initializing tracker-miner-fs...
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/theo/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cfg'
** (gsynaptics-init:910): WARNING **: Using synclient
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_settings_register_type
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_settings_class_init: klass=0x260af90
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_settings_instance_init: instance=0x7ff0f8001720 (NASettings), klass=0x260af90
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_settings_new: reading mandatory configuration
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/theo/.config/tracker/tracker-store.cfg'
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_core_utils_dir_list_perms: dir=/home/theo/.config/nautilus-actions, message=na_settings_new, out=drwxr-x--- 2 theo users 4096 Mar 16 23:01 /home/theo/.config/nautilus-actions
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_core_utils_dir_list_perms: dir=/home/theo/.config/nautilus-actions, message=na_settings_new, err=
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_settings_new: reading user configuration
Starting log:
File:'/home/theo/.local/share/tracker/tracker-store.log'
Starting log:
File:'/home/theo/.local/share/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.log'
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_boxed_register_type
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_boxed_class_init: klass=0x25f72a0
(nautilus:923): NA-core-DEBUG: na_boxed_instance_init: instance=0x260bb60 (NABoxed), klass=0x25f72a0
(tracker-store:906): Tracker-CRITICAL **: D-Bus service name:'org.freedesktop.Tracker1' is already taken, perhaps the daemon is already running?
(gnome-shell:896): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:310: Setting primary store IDs to defaults.
(gnome-shell:896): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:338: Primary store IDs are 'eds' and 'system'.
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: 'anonymous function does not always return a value'
JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: file '/home/theo/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/imap.js' line 105 exception 0 number 157
JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: 'function BigInteger does not always return a value'
JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: file '/home/theo/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/biginteger.js' line 114 exception 0 number 110
JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Fri Mar 16 2012 23:31:50 GMT+0000 (GMT)
Window manager warning: CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct.
Window manager warning: Got a request to focus the no_focus_window with a timestamp of 0. This shouldn't happen!
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
(gnome-shell:896): folks-WARNING **: Failed to find primary PersonaStore with type ID 'eds' and ID 'system'.
Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between Personas will not work.
The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If you are unsure, check with your distribution.
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output
(tracker-miner-fs:905): Tracker-CRITICAL **: Empty locale file found at '/home/theo/.cache/tracker/miner-applications-locale.txt'
Gtk-Message: The filename "[\345\244\251\344\275\277\345\212\250\346\274\253][110921]Kalafina - 3rd Album\343\200\214After Eden\343\200\215[320K].rar" couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "[\345\244\251\344\275\277\345\212\250\346\274\253][110921]Kalafina - 3rd Album\343\200\214After Eden\343\200\215[320K].rar" couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "[\345\244\251\344\275\277\345\212\250\346\274\253][110921]Kalafina - 3rd Album\343\200\214After Eden\343\200\215[320K].rar" couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
(tracker-miner-fs:905): Tracker-WARNING **: Couldn't properly parse desktop file 'file:///usr/share/applications/brasero-nautilus.desktop': 'Desktop file doesn't contain type'
(tracker-miner-fs:905): Tracker-CRITICAL **: Empty locale file found at '/home/theo/.cache/tracker/miner-applications-locale.txt'
[1331940708,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application
=== Updating for primary Configuration ===
Clone: false
Output: Unknown attached to default
status: on
width: 1600
height: 900
rate: 104
primary: true
position: 0 0
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): libcolord-CRITICAL **: cd_device_get_id: assertion `CD_IS_DEVICE (device)' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): color-plugin-WARNING **: not found device (null): Failed to FindDeviceByProperty: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Failed: property match 'XRANDR_name'='default' does not exist
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): libcolord-CRITICAL **: cd_device_get_id: assertion `CD_IS_DEVICE (device)' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): color-plugin-WARNING **: not found device (null): Failed to FindDeviceByProperty: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Failed: property match 'XRANDR_name'='default' does not exist
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): libcolord-CRITICAL **: cd_device_get_id: assertion `CD_IS_DEVICE (device)' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): color-plugin-WARNING **: not found device (null): Failed to FindDeviceByProperty: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Failed: property match 'XRANDR_name'='default' does not exist
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): libcolord-CRITICAL **: cd_device_get_id: assertion `CD_IS_DEVICE (device)' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:856): color-plugin-WARNING **: not found device (null): Failed to FindDeviceByProperty: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Failed: property match 'XRANDR_name'='default' does not exist
ACR (Component): component init
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x260008d (Nightly)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
I'm not sure if tracker could be causing the problem, or if it is something else.
I have the discrete graphics card enabled - NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M]

It might not necessarily be caused by loss of power, but maybe if the battery power dips? Or if the battery gets too hot and something overheats, then that could cause freezing. I'm only going by what I've found on google.
Anyway, I found another thread (not sure why I didn't see it before) that suggests that it might be caused by bluetooth (bluez specifically) https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=115814, but it seems like that was more of a locking up problem than freezing completely. I've remove bluez and disabled bluetooth for now anyway (unfortunately can't remove it completely because I'm on Gnome Shell) and I'll run on battery for a good while and see if things freeze again.
EDIT: also followed this - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HDAPS in case the problem was caused by the hard drive being moved about.
Last edited by themusicalduck (2012-03-28 22:11:21)

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And final answer to the second post,,, umm..i dont remember,, its just these few days its getting on my nerve and decided to post a thread on the internet.
hope this helppp... so..im goin to toshiba driver and download the display driver and see if that make a differnce.i hope it does..
bytheway... only thing i dont understand is why doesnt it freeze my runin on ac?

Laptop freezes while in use

I have a Satellite series M45-S269. I recently added RAM memory (2 gig total). Since I've added the memory, the computer now will suddenly freeze. This happens every time I turn on the computer. At first it would take 10 - 15 - 20 minutes but now the computer will only work for 5 to 10 minutes before it freezes. I have to press and hold the power button to reset.
I can't believe adding RAM memory would cause this problem but prior to this my laptop worked great and I never had problems.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be causing this?

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Does the same thing happen when you boot into Safe Mode (the first option)?
A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
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Laptop freezes while trying to modify the audio settings\volume

Hello,
After installing the latest audio drivers version 5.10.1.5670 (7ka113ww.exe) into my T61p Thinkpad, my computer freezes \ locks up when I press the Mute, Volume Up, Volume Down buttons or when I make any changes into my sound settings.
Where can I get a copy of the previous version of this driver? or a fix to this problem.?
thanks
Roberto Ramirez
Solved!
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Hi Roberto, welcome to the forum,
You can find the factory state drivers in c:\swtools\drivers\audio
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