Problem with System Hanging

I've been running Arch for probably 6 months now, and this last week or so while I'm at work my system has started hanging.
I don't really have anything going on in the system while I'm away, but i come back to a blank screen that won't wake up.
(ctl-alt-backspace doesn't do anything, neither does ctl-alt-Fkeys)
Linux hermes 3.1.9-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 14 09:11:37 CET 2012 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Nvidia graphics.
Running Openbox
Any ideas how I can start troubleshooting the problem?
Thanks

Sure.
So from /var/log/everything.log i see:
The "Error! The chip does not support 5G band 1" happens all the time in the log, and isn't always
accompanied by a hang. so i don't think that's it.
Not much else useful in the logs, except that the hang probably happened around 10:27.
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.2.3-P2
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: Copyright 2004-2012 Internet Systems Consortium.
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient:
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: Listening on LPF/ra0/00:08:54:ad:ff:7f
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: Sending on LPF/ra0/00:08:54:ad:ff:7f
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on ra0 to 192.168.200.1 port 67
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.081177] RX DESC ffff880037c15000 size = 2048
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.085043] Key1Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.085051] Key2Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.085059] Key3Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.085067] Key4Str is Invalid key length(0) or Type(0)
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.085192] 1. Phy Mode = 5
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.085193] 2. Phy Mode = 5
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.101300] phy mode> Error! The chip does not support 5G band 1!
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernel: [59270.101352] RTMPSetPhyMode: channel is out of range, use first channel=1
Jan 17 10:27:29 localhost kernelJan 17 17:45:45 localhost kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Jan 17 17:45:45 localhost kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Jan 17 17:45:45 localhost kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.1.9-2-ARCH (tobias@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.6.2 20111223 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 14 09:11:37 CET 2012
Jan 17 17:45:45 localhost kernel: [ 0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/661dc9aa-50d0-4da5-adf6-7a8fe52421d6 ro
Jan 17 17:45:45 localhost kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jan 17 17:45:45 localhost kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009ec00 (usable)

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at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2585)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:197)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:170)
=============================================================================================
String.java line 1446 for this jdk allocates a new String object, and all the other threads in this state also are creating new objects or arrays, etc.
We've done a pstack on this process when it's in this state, and the threads that are in the "waiting for monitor entry" that look like they're allocating memory are all waiting on the same lwp_mutex_lock with some allocation method that's calling into the native TwoGenerationCollectorPolicy.mem_allocate_work (see pstack output below for the same thread as in the thread dump above)
=============================================================================================
----------------- lwp# 44 / thread# 44 --------------------
ff31f364 lwp_mutex_lock (e3d70)
fee92384 __1cNObjectMonitorGenter26MpnGThread__v_ (5000, 525c, 5000, 50dc, 4800, 4af0) + 2d8
fee324d4 __1cSObjectSynchronizerKfast_enter6FnGHandle_pnJBasicLock_pnGThread__v_ (c807f65c, c807f7d4, 5941d0, 0, 35d654, fee328ec) + 68
fee32954 __1cQinstanceRefKlassZacquire_pending_list_lock6FpnJBasicLock__v_ (c807f7d4, ff170000, d4680000, 4491d4, fee1bc2c,
0) + 78
fee3167c __1cPVM_GC_OperationNdoit_prologue6M_i_ (c807f7bc, 4400, ff170000, 2d2b8, 4a6268, c807fa18) + 38
fee2e0b0 __1cIVMThreadHexecute6FpnMVM_Operation__v_ (c807f7bc, 963a8, 0, 0, 1, 0) + 90
fed2c2a4 __1cbCTwoGenerationCollectorPolicyRmem_allocate_work6MIii_pnIHeapWord__ (962c0, ff1c29ec, ff1c297c, ff131a26, 4800, 4998) + 160
fed22940 __1cNinstanceKlassRallocate_instance6MpnGThread__pnPinstanceOopDesc__ (ee009020, 5941d0, 15ca581, 3647f0, 4a6268, c807f8c8) + 180
fed34928 __1cLOptoRuntimeFnew_C6FpnMklassOopDesc_pnKJavaThread__v_ (ee009018, 5941d0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 28
fa435a58 ???????? (ee009018, e86de, 15ca4de, 50dc, 5941d0, c807f9c8)
fb36f9a4 ???????? (0, d412ccd8, ee046c28, ff170000, 0, 0)
fad8b278 ???????? (ee046c28, d6000c90, ee046530, 8, db8e8450, c807f9e8)
fad62abc ???????? (d412ccd8, ee046530, d6000c90, ee3bfa38, 8, c807fa18)
fa4b3c38 ???????? (c807fb9c, 0, f2134700, fa415e50, 8, c807faa8)
fa40010c ???????? (c807fc28, c807fe90, a, ee9e1e20, 4, c807fb40)
fed5d48c __1cJJavaCallsLcall_helper6FpnJJavaValue_pnMmethodHandle_pnRJavaCallArguments_pnGThread__v_ (c807fe88, c807fcf0, c807fda8, 5941d0, 5941d0, c807fd00) + 27c
fee4b784 __1cJJavaCallsMcall_virtual6FpnJJavaValue_nLKlassHandle_nMsymbolHandle_4pnRJavaCallArguments_pnGThread__v_ (ff170000, 594778, c807fd9c, c807fd98, c807fda8, 5941d0) + 164
fee5e8dc __1cJJavaCallsMcall_virtual6FpnJJavaValue_nGHandle_nLKlassHandle_nMsymbolHandle_5pnGThread__v_ (c807fe88, c807fe84, c807fe7c, c807fe74, c807fe6c, 5941d0) + 6c
fee6fc74 __1cMthread_entry6FpnKJavaThread_pnGThread__v_ (5941d0, 5941d0, 838588, 594778, 306d10, fee69254) + 128
fee6927c __1cKJavaThreadDrun6M_v_ (5941d0, 2c, 40, 0, 40, 0) + 284
fee6575c _start   (5941d0, fa1a1600, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 134
ff3758c0 lwpstart (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
=============================================================================================
Also when it's having this problem, the "VM Thread" is always using a lot of processor time. We did a couple of pstacks today while it was having this problem, and this thread was stuck in the ONMethodSweeper.sweep for over 15 minutes when we finally killed the server.
From the thread dump:
"VM Thread" prio=5 tid=0x000e2d20 nid=0x2 runnable
From the first pstack:
=============================================================================================
----------------- lwp# 2 / thread# 2 --------------------
fed40c04 __1cXvirtual_call_RelocationIparse_ic6FrpnICodeBlob_rpC5rppnHoopDesc_pi_nNRelocIterator__ (42a2f4, fa5fa46d, ffffffff, fc4ffcb8, 42a2f4, 42a324) + 124
fed46318 __1cKCompiledIC2t5B6MpnKRelocation__v_ (42a2f0, fc4ffd24, fc4ffd4c, e802, 0, 6) + 38
fed90c38 __1cHnmethodVcleanup_inline_caches6M_v_ (fa5f7f88, fa608940, 1, 0, fa400000, 6) + 1ac
fede18b4 __1cONMethodSweeperFsweep6F_v_ (2cf38, 0, ffffffff, ff1cf1fc, ff1c66e8, fede1d44) + 1b0
fede1e6c __1cUSafepointSynchronizeFbegin6F_v_ (2cf38, ff1ba138, 5000, 50dc, 5000, 525c) + 248
feef1fd4 __1cIVMThreadEloop6M_v_ (4400, 4000, 4324, 4000, 42b0, 3800) + 3d4
feef1ae4 __1cIVMThreadDrun6M_v_ (e2d20, 2, 40, 0, 40, 0) + 8c
fee6575c _start   (e2d20, ff270200, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 134
ff3758c0 lwpstart (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
=============================================================================================
Second pstack
=============================================================================================
----------------- lwp# 2 / thread# 2 --------------------
fed41180 __1cXvirtual_call_RelocationIparse_ic6FrpnICodeBlob_rpC5rppnHoopDesc_pi_nNRelocIterator__ (0, ff1b9664, ffffffff, fc4ffcb8, a6f2cc, fc4ffbd0) + 6a0
fed46318 __1cKCompiledIC2t5B6MpnKRelocation__v_ (a6f2c8, fc4ffd24, fc4ffd4c, e802, 0, 6) + 38
fed90c38 __1cHnmethodVcleanup_inline_caches6M_v_ (faded4c8, fadf2c80, 1, 0, fa400000, 6) + 1ac
fede18b4 __1cONMethodSweeperFsweep6F_v_ (2cf38, 0, ffffffff, ff1cf1fc, ff1c66e8, fede1d44) + 1b0
fede1e6c __1cUSafepointSynchronizeFbegin6F_v_ (2cf38, ff1ba138, 5000, 50dc, 5000, 525c) + 248
feef1fd4 __1cIVMThreadEloop6M_v_ (4400, 4000, 4324, 4000, 42b0, 3800) + 3d4
feef1ae4 __1cIVMThreadDrun6M_v_ (e2d20, 2, 40, 0, 40, 0) + 8c
fee6575c _start   (e2d20, ff270200, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 134
ff3758c0 lwpstart (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
=============================================================================================
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I'm trying to figure out if this is caused by something we're doing, or something relating to our environment and jvm options. Any ideas?

Thanks for the reply - I'm testing our app with the +UseConcMarkSweepGC now in our test environment to make sure it doesn't cause any problems there. Unfortunately the only place we've had this problem is on the production server, so it's extra difficult debugging this.
We're using the following memory options:
-ms512m -mx512m -XX:NewSize=128m -XX:PermSize=192m -XX:MaxNewSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=192m -XX:SurvivorRatio=8and the following debugging options, as we've also been seeing OutOfMemoryErrors ( see http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=37&thread=522354&tstart=45&trange=15 )
-verbosegc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintHeapAtGCBTW, which c++filt version and options are you using? Our Solaris boxes only seem to have the GNU version installed. I was trying to run that on some of the other stack traces and wasn't getting anywhere, and didn't know if because it was GNU version wouldn't work on something compiled with the Sun compiler.
Thanks!
--Andy

Problem with System Control Manager on MSI GX660

HI.
I am new
I have problem with my MSI GX660.
Since yesterday SCM didn't work for me.
When windows starts, SCM have appcrash error and FN, and touchpad(eco,turbo,wifi) didn't work.
I installed the newest version of SCm but still didn't work.
I have Windows 7 x64
Sory for my English-I am from Polish

Quote from: Bas on 03-March-11, 02:24:11
Did you install SP1 yesterday?
I don't know did SP1 but I install some new updates yesterday.
This is the problem?

Problem with Photoshop hangs/freezing for users on a terminal server

Dear Forum!
I'm having some trouble with Photoshop freezing over a period of ~20 minutes when you (1.) user the eraser with special brushes and (2.) copy and paste material from a PDF to Photoshop. As you might notice by the size of this post i'm getting quite depserate over here and need some help.
A Little background information...
Photoshop CS6 is installed on a terminal server with ~25 Active users where 3 of them are using Photoshop.
The operating system on the server is Windows Server 2012 R2.
There are no additional add-ons just a plain installation of Photoshop in that matter.
The server uses 40-60% of the memory most of the time (mostly a bit less, some times a bit more but never 100%) and 40% of the CPU.
There's enough space free on the disc.
The problem in detail...
There are two occasions where the freezing has occured most of the time. After it hangs for the first time, it will happen everytime you do any of the operations over a period of ~20 minutes and it's Mutual for all users. When it freezes, the whole terminal session freezes but the program i still responding (it's not getting set to "not responding") when viewed from Another user through the task manager. Ending the process as an administrator sometimes work, although from the moment i end he proces it takes about 10-60 seconds Before the program actually Closes and the user gets back Control. The easiest thing to do most of the time is if an administrator forces them to log out.
1. The first occasion is when you use the eraser with a brush that's not standard but manually added. The names of the brush packages used are:
Extacy__Elemental
KKC_Fractal
Kornkid's_Grunge_Set
and the problem is with all brushes inside those packages. The way i evoke the problem is the following:
     1. Start Photoshop
     2. Create new
     3. Fill the background with any color
     4. Select the eraser tool
     5. Change the brush to one of the ones mentioned above
     6. Program freezes
2. The second scenario when the problem occurs is when the users copy something from a PDF to Photoshop. The way i evoke this is:
     1. Open a PDF
     2. Select area and copy it
     3. Open Photoshop
     4. Create new
     5. Paste into Photoshop
     6. Program freezes
Solutions we have tried so far...
I've been working on this for several round now and i'm not entirely sure on what exactly i have done. I will try and do the following solutions once more but i'm pretty sure that i have tried most of them.
Update graphic card drivers.
Resetting all Tools:
     1. Select options for a tool
     2. choose "Reset all Tools"
Resetting presets:
     1. Hold ctrl + shift + alt while Photoshop is starting
     2. select "yes"
Tested if it matters if i have a pen connected or not, which it doesn't.
Removed the special brushes (but it still freezes when copy/paste from PDF)
Removed "save in background" and "automatically save recovery information" options
Updated to latest version.
Turned off OpenGL
Solutions i haven't, but will try...
Reinstall Photoshop
Change font preview size
     1. Go to "type"
     2. select "Font prview size"
     3. select "none"
Delete system font cache
Close all Adobe applications including the Creative Cloud desktop app (if installed).
Navigate to \Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\Appdata\Local
Delete the *FNTCACHE*.DAT or *FontCache*.dat files.
NOTE: The asterisk (*) indicates various numbers, letters, or words, such as FontCache-S-1-5-21.dat or COFFfntCache.dat.
Delete Photoshop font cache
Exit Photoshop and the Creative Cloud desktop app (if installed).
Navigate to the appropriate folder
Photoshop CS6 and earlier.
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe
Windows 7: \Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Adobe
Photoshop CC and CC 2014
Windows 7 and 8: \Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC or CC 2014
     3. Delete the TypeSupport folder (Photoshop CS6 and earlier) or the CT Font Cache folder (Photoshop CC and CC 2014), and empty the trash.
Some links i have been using...
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cs6-gpu-faq.html#troubleshoot
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-fonts-photoshop-cs5.html

Hi Mylenium!
Thanks for your reply but since the users work on the terminal server via remote dektop the only data sent through the network is a "Picture" of what is happening on the server. All the operations are handled on and by the server and nothing is executed on the users local machine. Also all files are stored on the server therefore the load on the network is minimum.
We are not the first in the World to run this setup and i know that this is possible to do since i've read about others running PS like this.
Kind Regards,
J. Alm

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