I didn't remeber I had seen anything relevant in log files. Here is the most recent record in /var/log/messages files (I pressed reset button to reboot at Jul 15 20:37) with "-- MARK -- \" message lines skipped: Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191008] PGD 10b42e067 PUD 0 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191011] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191015] CPU 0 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191016] Modules linked in: fuse pci_stub vboxpci(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxdrv(O) snd_hda_codec_realtek nvidia(PO) r8169 snd_hd a_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd soundcore microcode psmouse i2c_i801 serio_raw intel_agp processor pcspkr iTCO_wdt coretemp mii evdev inte l_gtt iTCO_vendor_support button i2c_core ext4 crc16 jbd2 mbcache raid0 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor xor async_tx raid6_pq raid1 md_mod sr_mod cdr om sd_mod usbhid pata_jmicron hid pata_acpi ahci libahci uhci_hcd ata_piix ata_generic ehci_hcd libata scsi_mod usbcore usb_common floppy Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191057] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191059] Pid: 1373, comm: gnome-shell Tainted: P O 3.4.4-2-ARCH #1 Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS3R/P35-DS3R Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191063] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa06deb9e>] [<ffffffffa06deb9e>] _nv003990rm+0x4160/0xa790 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191186] RSP: 0018:ffff88010b6efa88 EFLAGS: 00010246 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191188] RAX: 00000000ffffffbb RBX: ffff88011742e008 RCX: 0000000000088004 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191190] RDX: ffff88011742e378 RSI: ffff88011742e008 RDI: 000000201875d808 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191192] RBP: ffff880118a8dfe0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff880118a8dfec Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191194] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000088004 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191196] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88011742e378 R15: 0000000000000000 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191199] FS: 00007f8f3df8e940(0000) GS:ffff88011fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191201] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191203] CR2: 000000201875dac0 CR3: 000000010b42b000 CR4: 00000000000007f0 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191205] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191208] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191210] Process gnome-shell (pid: 1373, threadinfo ffff88010b6ee000, task ffff8801103d7710) Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191212] Stack: Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191213] ffff88011742e008 ffff88011742e008 0000000000000000 0000000000088004 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191218] ffffc90005144008 ffffffffa06deaac ffff88011875f800 ffff88011742e008 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191222] 0000000000000000 ffff880118a8b000 ffffc90005144008 ffffffffa09067a1 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191226] Call Trace: Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191347] [<ffffffffa06deaac>] ? _nv003990rm+0x406e/0xa790 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191400] [<ffffffffa09067a1>] ? rm_check_pci_config_space+0x499/0xa44 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191450] [<ffffffffa0921930>] ? nv_verify_pci_config+0x60/0x80 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191502] [<ffffffffa08fbaab>] ? _nv014590rm+0x22/0x27 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191553] [<ffffffffa09080f7>] ? _nv014633rm+0x31/0x538 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191675] [<ffffffffa06be7e3>] ? _nv009673rm+0xf7/0x134 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191795] [<ffffffffa06df156>] ? _nv003990rm+0x4718/0xa790 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191846] [<ffffffffa0906bdf>] ? rm_check_pci_config_space+0x8d7/0xa44 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191915] [<ffffffffa0360736>] ? _nv014429rm+0x9/0x21 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.191964] [<ffffffffa0921930>] ? nv_verify_pci_config+0x60/0x80 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192015] [<ffffffffa08fbaab>] ? _nv014590rm+0x22/0x27 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192078] [<ffffffffa031eefa>] ? _nv000529rm+0x62/0x98 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192146] [<ffffffffa03639a2>] ? _nv016127rm+0x2c/0x67 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192214] [<ffffffffa0362eaa>] ? _nv016521rm+0x14aa/0x14fb [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192282] [<ffffffffa0363458>] ? _nv016148rm+0x55d/0x58b [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192349] [<ffffffffa0363495>] ? _nv001046rm+0xf/0x14 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192416] [<ffffffffa0348b2e>] ? _nv000945rm+0x31/0x59 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192470] [<ffffffffa08f6a2e>] ? _nv001095rm+0xa3e/0xa9f [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192521] [<ffffffffa09035d0>] ? rm_ioctl+0x76/0xf3 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192570] [<ffffffffa0921e0e>] ? nv_kern_ioctl+0x15e/0x480 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192619] [<ffffffffa0922181>] ? nv_kern_unlocked_ioctl+0x21/0x30 [nvidia] Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192624] [<ffffffff81180787>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x97/0x530 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192627] [<ffffffff81170097>] ? fget_light+0x97/0x100 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192630] [<ffffffff81180cb9>] ? sys_ioctl+0x99/0xa0 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192634] [<ffffffff8146a8e9>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b ul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192636] Code: 20 00 00 00 44 89 f9 44 89 e2 44 89 ee 48 89 df e8 42 7d 00 00 f6 45 0c 02 75 16 45 89 f8 44 89 e1 4c 89 f2 48 89 de 48 8b 7d 00 <ff> 97 b8 02 00 00 48 83 c5 10 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 41 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192788] RSP <ffff88010b6efa88> Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192789] CR2: 000000201875dac0 Jul 14 20:36:15 phelps kernel: [111935.192821] ---[ end trace e8b17fa2032ffeeb ]--- ... Jul 15 13:31:45 phelps dhcpcd[873]: eth0: renewing lease of 172.18.200.52 Jul 15 13:31:45 phelps dhcpcd[873]: eth0: acknowledged 172.18.200.52 from 172.17.254.30 Jul 15 13:31:45 phelps dhcpcd[873]: eth0: leased 172.18.200.52 for 86400 seconds ... Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.4.4-2-ARCH (tobias@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.7.1 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 24 18:59:47 CEST 2012 Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/md2 ro initrd=../initramfs-linux.img BOOT_IMAGE=../vmlinuz-linux Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable) Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) Jul 15 20:37:17 phelps kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) ... These are the record from /var/log/errors: Jul 13 13:42:23 phelps kernel: [ 703.602239] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:42:23 phelps kernel: [ 703.602246] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 Jul 13 13:42:35 phelps kernel: [ 715.772126] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:42:35 phelps kernel: [ 715.772133] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 Jul 13 13:42:47 phelps kernel: [ 727.935544] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:42:47 phelps kernel: [ 727.935551] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 Jul 13 13:43:00 phelps kernel: [ 740.098959] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:43:00 phelps kernel: [ 740.098965] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 Jul 13 13:43:12 phelps kernel: [ 752.262394] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:43:12 phelps kernel: [ 752.262401] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 Jul 13 13:43:24 phelps kernel: [ 764.428886] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:43:24 phelps kernel: [ 764.428891] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 Jul 13 13:43:36 phelps kernel: [ 776.598318] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:43:48 phelps kernel: [ 788.758826] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:44:00 phelps kernel: [ 800.922217] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 2 Jul 13 13:44:00 phelps kernel: [ 800.922241] EXT4-fs (fd0): unable to read superblock Jul 13 13:44:13 phelps kernel: [ 813.089021] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:44:25 phelps kernel: [ 825.255519] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 2 Jul 13 13:44:25 phelps kernel: [ 825.255541] EXT4-fs (fd0): unable to read superblock Jul 13 13:44:37 phelps kernel: [ 837.435621] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 13 13:44:49 phelps kernel: [ 849.602125] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 2 Jul 13 13:44:49 phelps kernel: [ 849.602143] EXT4-fs (fd0): unable to read superblock Jul 13 13:45:01 phelps kernel: [ 861.778900] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Thanks a lot for your help. On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Victor Silva <vfbsilva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2012/7/15 Not To Miss <not.to.miss@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Dear Arch users, > > > > I have latest Arch installed on my desktop at work. In recent two weeks, > > the system randomly "suspends" at night (I call it "randomly" because it > > didn't happen every night. And it seems to happen after a random period > > idle time) when I am off. I can't wake it up in the next morning thru > mouse > > or keyboard. > > > > I tried to disable suspension and hibernation by editing > > /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.upower.policy to change > > from > > <allow_active>yes</allow_active> > > to > > <allow_active>no</allow_active> > > > > But it doesn't work. > > > > While I call it "suspend", I am not sure it suspend to RAM or hibernate > to > > disk, because I find the CPU fan and power fan still spin normally. RAM > > light is also on. So it might be a video driver / setting related issue. > > For your information, I am using nvidia-302.17-2-x86_64 and have dual > > monitor set up with nvidia-utils-302.17-1-x86_64 > > > > This really bothers me a lot. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! > > > > -- > > Best, > > Zech > > > Any hint on /var/log/messages or /var/log/errors? > -- Best, Zech