D-10 (Buster) concerns

[mike acker]

1 twice now I've had the mouse suddenly become un-responsive on a Firefox document. I had to hit the MoBo RESET switch and reboot.

2 VLC Media player: sound garbled on certain media -- (rendered with OpenShot) -- once closed: will not re-open.

These are just "things I've noticed" -- since my switch to D-10.

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bill@Office2:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: Office2 Kernel: 4.19.0-5-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.8 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx serial: <root required> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 1201 date: 12/07/2018 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           Speed: 3632 MHz min/max: 1550/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3684 2: 3684 3: 3682 4: 3695 5: 3684 6: 3684 7: 3683 
           8: 3683 9: 3709 10: 3683 11: 1587 12: 1593 
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460] driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 560 Series (POLARIS11 DRM 3.27.0 4.19.0-5-amd64 LLVM 7.0.1) v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-5-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb 
           IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: 40:b0:76:dc:f8:ac 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce 
           IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: 9c:5c:8e:b5:e5:f1 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 1.10 TiB (48.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P1SSD8 size: 465.76 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 size: 1.82 TiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 47.81 GiB used: 11.36 GiB (23.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
           ID-2: /home size: 1.79 TiB used: 1.09 TiB (60.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 25.33 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 68.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 40 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 gpu: amdgpu fan: 508 
Info:      Processes: 268 Uptime: 3h 15m Memory: 31.41 GiB used: 4.64 GiB (14.8%) Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.32 
bill@Office2:~$ 

[L_V]

1 twice now I've had the mouse suddenly become un-responsive on a Firefox document.

Which kind of "document" ?

[mike acker]

1 twice now I've had the mouse suddenly become un-responsive on a Firefox document.

Which kind of "document" ?

just a web page. I'll make a note of the URL if it happens again

[L_V]

If this page is full of scripts and you don't block them at all, it can happen that the CPU is overloaded.
If you find a page which is not "confidential", just share it for test.

[mike acker]

If this page is full of scripts and you don't block them at all, it can happen that the CPU is overloaded.
If you find a page which is not "confidential", just share it for test.

thanks. I'm running a Rizen5/2600: it ain't likely they can busy that thing out. Even rendering video only gets about 40% utilization. But: I'll keep an eye on it; maybe I can ID a bad page. Browser is Firefox_ESR.

[L_V]

May be you miss some firmware.....

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dpkg -l |grep firmware
lspci -k | grep -A3 VGA

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I'm running a Rizen5/2600

You have installed the CPU microcode, right?

I'm running buster on a Ryzen 5 2500u with the µcode installed and it's solid as a rock.

[mike acker]

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@Office2:~$ dpkg -l |grep firmware
ii  amd64-microcode                                   3.20181128.1                         amd64        Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
ii  atmel-firmware                                    1.3-4                                all          Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips.
ii  bluez-firmware                                    1.2-4                                all          Firmware for Bluetooth devices
ii  dahdi-firmware-nonfree                            2.11.1.0.20170917-1                  all          DAHDI non-free firmware
ii  dns323-firmware-tools                             0.7.3-1                              all          build and manipulate firmware images for a range of NAS devices
ii  expeyes-firmware-dev                              4.4.4+dfsg-4                         all          hardware & software framework for developing science experiments
ii  firmware-adi                                      20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Analog Devices Inc. DSL modem chips (dummmy package)
ii  firmware-amd-graphics                             20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
ii  firmware-ath9k-htc                                1.4.0-97-g75b3e59+dfsg-3             all          QCA ath9k-htc Firmware
ii  firmware-ath9k-htc-dbgsym                         1.4.0-97-g75b3e59+dfsg-3             all          QCA ath9k-htc Firmware ELF file
ii  firmware-atheros                                  20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Atheros wireless cards
ii  firmware-bnx2                                     20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtremeII
ii  firmware-bnx2x                                    20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb
ii  firmware-brcm80211                                20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Broadcom/Cypress 802.11 wireless cards
ii  firmware-cavium                                   20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Cavium Ethernet adapters
ii  firmware-intel-sound                              20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Intel sound DSPs
ii  firmware-intelwimax                               20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Intel WiMAX Connection
ii  firmware-ipw2x00                                  20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Intel Pro Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915
ii  firmware-ivtv                                     20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for iTVC15-family MPEG codecs (ivtv and pvrusb2 drivers)
ii  firmware-iwlwifi                                  20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
ii  firmware-libertas                                 20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Marvell wireless cards
ii  firmware-linux                                    20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (metapackage)
ii  firmware-linux-free                               3.4                                  all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-linux-nonfree                            20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package)
ii  firmware-microbit-micropython                     1.0.1-1                              all          MicroPython runtime for the BBC micro:bit
ii  firmware-microbit-micropython-doc                 1.0.1-1                              all          MicroPython runtime for the BBC micro:bit (documentation)
ii  firmware-misc-nonfree                             20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-myricom                                  20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Myri-10G Ethernet adapters
ii  firmware-netronome                                20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Netronome network adapters
ii  firmware-netxen                                   20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for QLogic Intelligent Ethernet (3000 and 3100 Series)
ii  firmware-qcom-media                               20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Qualcomm graphics/video
ii  firmware-qlogic                                   20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for QLogic HBAs
ii  firmware-ralink                                   20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Ralink wireless cards (dummmy package)
ii  firmware-realtek                                  20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters
ii  firmware-samsung                                  20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Samsung MFC video codecs
ii  firmware-siano                                    20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for Siano MDTV receivers
ii  firmware-ti-connectivity                          20190114-1                           all          Binary firmware for TI Connectivity wifi and BT/FM/GPS adapters
ii  firmware-zd1211                                   1:1.5-6                              all          binary firmware for the zd1211rw wireless driver
ii  grub-firmware-qemu                                2.02+dfsg1-20                        amd64        GRUB firmware image for QEMU
ii  hdmi2usb-fx2-firmware                             0.0.0~git20151225-2                  all          FX2 firmware for hdmi2usb board development
ii  intel-microcode                                   3.20190618.1                         amd64        Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
ii  midisport-firmware                                1.2-4                                all          Firmware loader for M-Audio's MidiSport devices
ii  nxt-firmware                                      1.29-20120908+dfsg-7                 all          Improved firmware for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks
ii  sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw                           0.1.6-1                              all          Firmware for Cypress FX2(LP) based logic analyzers
ii  ubertooth-firmware                                2018.12.R1-2                         all          Firmware for Ubertooth
ii  ubertooth-firmware-source                         2018.12.R1-2                         all          Source code for the Ubertooth firmware
@Office2:~$ 

[mike acker]

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@Office2:~$ lspci -k |grep -A3 VGA
09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460] (rev e5)
	Subsystem: Tul Corporation / PowerColor Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X]
	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
	Kernel modules: amdgpu
@Office2:~$ 

[L_V]

In Firefox, can you type about:config in the url bar, and check for these values.
Start typing layers.acceleration in the search bar.
layers.acceleration.disabled
layers.acceleration.draw-fps
layers.acceleration.force-enabled

By inverting (false/true/) one by one for test, any change on the page you visit ?

[mike acker]

In Firefox, can you type about:config in the url bar, and check for these values.
Start typing layers.acceleration in the search bar.
layers.acceleration.disabled
layers.acceleration.draw-fps
layers.acceleration.force-enabled

By inverting (false/true/) one by one for test, any change on the page you visit ?

thanks; i'll check this.

there should be some kind of hot-key that would get the attention of the kernel so that a task that is hanged in a loop or in a wait-state -- can be cancelled

=> this issue only occurs once in a while so it may be a bit hard to track down.

[theblueplll]

thanks. I'm running a Ryzen5/2600: it ain't likely they can busy that thing out..

Actually javascript can be pretty evil and it could.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

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# apt install webext-noscript

[JordanL]

Hello,
VERY NEW TO Linux,
I have installed Debian 10 and there are a couple of main issues I am having.
1. My internet is connected and I may get a few seconds and sometimes minutes of surfing or installing update/packages then though it says that Wifi is connected, I am no longer able to perform the previously mentioned functions- browsing the internet or download updates.
Also, I have just noticed that when I do a reboot I see A LOT of failed messages regarding iwlwifi.

2. Going into the menu and selecting Reboot, the machine doesn't reboot just shuts down.

Neither of this issues exited with Windows 10 Home installed.
Again I am very new to linux and was wondering if anyone has experience this before? What was/is the resolve?

Kind regards,

Jordan

[mike acker]

here is a link to a page that seemed to cause a Firefox hang:

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/ ... 884771001/

the problem was not reproduceable: when I returned to that page it loaded OK -- although -- it is a nasty busy page

I notice Alt-Q will terminate Firefox; next time I'll try that. we should have a hot-key that will let us break out of such hangs

[Head_on_a_Stick]

we should have a hot-key that will let us break out of such hangs

Did you try switching to a console screen and killing FF from there?

Or you could try xkill (from the x11-utils package) and bind that to a key.

[mike acker]

we should have a hot-key that will let us break out of such hangs

Did you try switching to a console screen and killing FF from there?

Or you could try xkill (from the x11-utils package) and bind that to a key.

I'll try that when(if) this happens again. I would note though that when it has hung pressing the menu key does not display the program selections menu. I had hoped to get to the process monitor that way, but, no. this would indicate the whole X-Window is hanged.

trying the console thing will be the right next step. I suspect we may be dealing with a wait on and incomplete and inactive event. the last time I had one of these it was on an IBM 2319 storage array: the system missed an I/O complete signal -- and would hang -- waiting for the signal. A PTF fixed it.

On this system I'm running the D-10 from a Crucial 500G SSD that is M.2 mounted. The system runs beautifully: from the power switch to the National Weather Service completes in less than a minute. Timing could be an issue in this. I'll continue to do whatever I can here. Thanks for helping!