msknight
January 21st, 2011, 03:30 PM
Odd situation this.
Ubuntu 10.10 - 64 bit. Updates are ... um ... up to date.
Periodically, like every fifteen to twenty minutes-ish ... the keyboard is frozen out and none of the pull down menus or task bar items respond. This is with the exception of some of the icons I've put in the top panel for the sysmonitor, etc.
All applications seem to continue running and everything operates, however I can't "move" any of the windows, Alt+Tab doesn't work and I can't switch virtual desktops. Fortunately I've got cairo-dock running so I can start/stop processes.
The only easy way out of this is to switch to a TTY window for a few moments, and then switch back to the graphical window, then everything is back to normal for a few minutes more.
I've already done the, " System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications and added gnome-settings-daemon" in another thread and that hasn't done anything.
Recently, the only thing I've really done is change the visual effects to "extra", then VLC played up (a long standing, known problem apparently) and I lived with it for a few days, then switched it back to normal ... then I got fed up, wanted the graphical candy back so switched it back to extra again.
... but I'm at a loss as to what is causing this.
This is the last chunk from my syslog...
Jan 21 14:17:01 michelle CRON[6886]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client 1346[0:0] has disconnected
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client 1346[0:0] has disconnected
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client connected from 1346[0:0]
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client connected from 1346[0:0]
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.327073] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.336285] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.531879] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.542103] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.047513] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.058754] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
...and there are a lot of these in my messages....
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.327073] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.336285] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.531879] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.542103] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.047513] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.058754] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:28:51 michelle kernel: [ 3450.395265] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:28:51 michelle kernel: [ 3450.411569] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Ubuntu 10.10 - 64 bit. Updates are ... um ... up to date.
Periodically, like every fifteen to twenty minutes-ish ... the keyboard is frozen out and none of the pull down menus or task bar items respond. This is with the exception of some of the icons I've put in the top panel for the sysmonitor, etc.
All applications seem to continue running and everything operates, however I can't "move" any of the windows, Alt+Tab doesn't work and I can't switch virtual desktops. Fortunately I've got cairo-dock running so I can start/stop processes.
The only easy way out of this is to switch to a TTY window for a few moments, and then switch back to the graphical window, then everything is back to normal for a few minutes more.
I've already done the, " System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications and added gnome-settings-daemon" in another thread and that hasn't done anything.
Recently, the only thing I've really done is change the visual effects to "extra", then VLC played up (a long standing, known problem apparently) and I lived with it for a few days, then switched it back to normal ... then I got fed up, wanted the graphical candy back so switched it back to extra again.
... but I'm at a loss as to what is causing this.
This is the last chunk from my syslog...
Jan 21 14:17:01 michelle CRON[6886]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client 1346[0:0] has disconnected
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client 1346[0:0] has disconnected
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client connected from 1346[0:0]
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: client connected from 1346[0:0]
Jan 21 14:22:43 michelle acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.327073] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.336285] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.531879] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.542103] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.047513] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.058754] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
...and there are a lot of these in my messages....
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.327073] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:23:17 michelle kernel: [ 3116.336285] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.531879] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:14 michelle kernel: [ 3293.542103] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.047513] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:26:17 michelle kernel: [ 3296.058754] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:28:51 michelle kernel: [ 3450.395265] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!
Jan 21 14:28:51 michelle kernel: [ 3450.411569] NVRM: os_raise_smp_barrier(), invalid context!