When watching content streamed from thecomedynetwork.ca my laptop locked up. The sound began to repeat, video froze, mouse non-responsive, no entry accepted from keyboard. This required a hard reset.
I was unable to see anything in my log files (occurrence should be at about 18:06 Dec 16). I suspect the main cause is either graphics or sound related. Possible relation to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/495322 (reported when on Jaunty). This is a FRESH install of Karmic, not upgraded. No hardware changes. Memory tested OK. ubuntu-restricted-extras is installed, otherwise this system is basically out-of-the-box.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: ian 1482 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: ian 1482 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xc0500000 irq 16'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC861-VD'
Components : 'HDA:11c13026,11790001,00100700 HDA:10ec0862,11791105,00100001'
Controls : 14
Simple ctrls : 9
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x8d7'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x8d7 at usb-0000:00:13.0-1, full speed'
Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
Components : 'USB046d:08d7'
Controls : 3
Simple ctrls : 2
Date: Wed Dec 16 18:11:44 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e17b2265-d41c-4fa4-90b6-f4ad63fd9684
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A100
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic 2.6.31-16.53
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=f70b778b-217e-4627-84b9-3b3931f89485 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-16-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.25
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:1499): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:1499): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
(nautilus:1599): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1618): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(gnome-panel:1598): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -5 and height 24
dmi.bios.date: 09/30/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 5.60
dmi.board.name: SB450
dmi.board.vendor: ATI
dmi.board.version: Rev0.4b
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: ATI
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr5.60:bd09/30/2008:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA100:pvrPSAAKC-VA104C:rvnATI:rnSB450:rvrRev0.4b:cvnATI:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Satellite A100
dmi.product.version: PSAAKC-VA104C
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
Happened again at 2:53 Dec 17. Same scenario (different site, but same software). Was not in full screen this time. Still nothing indicated in log files (hard reset again).
At this point I suspect this is graphics or flash related. Would like to know how I could get some information on what precisely my laptop was trying to do when it locked up. Is there some sort of verbose logging I can enable for my graphics?