-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 OK - I've been able to establish that it's actually firefox and/or thunderbird that hand up the server. I kept a ssh login alive and active all day and when it hung again, I started killing processes. Gettign rid of Firefox returned the system to being responsive. Oddly, thunderbird died too (shared library? no clue). Still don't know what to do about it. But there we are . . . On 03/20/2014 12:26 PM, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote: > Have you tried the the noveau drivers temporarily? I don't > understand why but os drivers worked better for me when I was > splitting between TV (HDMI) and a monitor (DVI). The strange thing > was, Windows nvidia drivers had support for modes I needed (720p), > but Linux nvidia drivers refused to take them. nouveau drivers let > me add them and worked just fine. I know this is different than > your lockup problem, however this could be a driver root cause > problem. Also using xfce4 + Arch. > > On another note, the only time Arch ever locked up on me was from > Firefox and Adobe Flash plugin. Had to ssh in, kill proc sucking > plugin container, and OS would come back to life. -- Jeremy > MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:17 AM, David Wagle > <david.wagle at gmail.com> wrote: My Arch box is giving me fits at the > moment. Every now and then, for no reason I can discern, Xorg just > locks up. This started only after I added a second monitor, so I'm > fairly certain that the issue has to do with Xorg config and dual > monitor issues. > > The observed symptoms are always the same, my "main" monitor goes > black, and no keyboard input is processed, so I can't even get out > of X. I have to telnet in, kill all my hung log-in and X, and can > usually recover that way. > > It seems to be intimately related to a certain subset of > applications being on the main monitor: firefox and canopy being > the two big offenders. > > I can find no useful log information as to what is causing this.. > > My desktop environment is a tad 'customized:' Xfce4 with xmonad as > the WM. Everything is fired up off of KDM (why KDM? -- 'cause I had > KDE installed before I fell in love with xmonad) > > Any help/insight/troubleshooting suggestions are appreciated!! > > So, here's my box's critical stats: > > System: Host: gandalf Kernel: 3.13.6-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit) > Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: Arch Linux Machine: Mobo: ASRock > model: Z87 Extreme4 Bios: American Megatrends v: P2.30 date: > 07/03/2013 CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-4670K CPU (-MCP-) > cache: 6144 KB Clock Speeds: 1: 3400 MHz 2: 3400 MHz 3: 3400 MHz 4: > 3466 MHz Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GK104 [GeForce GTX 760] Display > Server: X.Org 1.15.0 driver: nvidia Resolution: 3840x1080 GLX > Renderer: GeForce GTX 760/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA > 334.21 Audio: Card-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High > Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Card-2: NVIDIA > GK104 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Card-3: Logitech > driver: USB Audio Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v:: > k3.13.6-1-ARCH Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless > Network Adapter driver: ath9k IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: > 10:fe:ed:26:81:07 Card-2: Intel Ethernet Connection I217-V driver: > e1000e IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: bc:5f:f4:f8:b6:f9 Drives: > HDD Total Size: 2750.6GB (7.3% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: > ST2000DX001 size: 2000.4GB 2: id: /dev/sdb model: Samsung_SSD_840 > size: 750.2GB Partition: ID: / size: 447G used: 20G (5%) fs: ext4 > ID: /home size: 1.6T used: 169G (11%) fs: btrfs ID: swap-1 size: > 51.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap Sensors: System Temperatures: > cpu: 35.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 31C Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: > Processes: 174 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 1581.2/32112.1MB Client: > Shell (zsh) inxi: 2.1.6 > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf: > > nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings > # nvidia-settings: version 334.21 > (buildmeister at swio-display-x64-rhel04-16) Thu Feb 27 14:36:51 PST > 2014 > > Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 > "Screen0" 0 0 Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" > "CorePointer" Option "Xinerama" "1" EndSection > > Section "Files" EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier > "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option > "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier > "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection > > Section "Monitor" # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: > edid Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName > "BenQ GW2750H" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - > 76.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection > > Section "Monitor" # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: > edid Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName > "BenQ GW2750H" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - > 76.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection > > Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce GTX > 760" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" Screen 0 EndSection > > Section "Device" Identifier "Device1" Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce GTX > 760" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" Screen 1 EndSection > > Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" > Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option > "Stereo" "0" Option "metamodes" "DVI-D-0: > nvidia-auto-select +0+0" Option "SLI" "Off" Option > "MultiGPU" "Off" Option "BaseMosaic" "off" SubSection > "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection > > Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "Device1" > Monitor "Monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 Option > "Stereo" "0" Option "metamodes" "HDMI-0: nvidia-auto-select > +0+0" Option "SLI" "Off" Option "MultiGPU" "Off" > Option "BaseMosaic" "off" SubSection "Display" Depth > 24 EndSubSection EndSection >> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing >> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List > - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTK59MAAoJELWzpBXk2k3w/qYIAJkjHsDYZHVrYkkNKVqD7dt9 4oKDo13dmjysL/j2cg3tt2cD8fuGOLsELsxHnKmXMX7Cag/FsyhTfRdWBrFpjm9a DEhub6DHNyO6V+BlPC65MjR+WqT0ant0AJt32prtuK2D6sapgOlL+HdlFbK25N4i udZCIeB7WS8KIFLv/+Z+ZoIMd1ovZnuocmcixr50Vt8leXY4OxotiVdIQA0i4fOz KDuO7CH0s6DYpVCkgruyarbR08ScpM+1dW6Fa/N0z/GoOZZJIHalqN0Z0ly4PHd5 PvorMya/YQtuh2+Hn0PI2kUafvaQfLFZp851D5yj38Ozc0U4E7kecQuC/58e3nA= =tzuU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----