Continuous Error Code in TTY consoles

[Larry Hartman]

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http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=6750.0


On Saturday 11 November 2006 19:57, Larry Hartman wrote:
> > Take a look at what "dmesg" tells you about these errors, should be
> > mentioned there somewhere. Another place to keep an eye on is
> > "/var/log/messages" which you can follow using : 'tail -f
> > /var/log/messages' as command.
> >
> > Another thing is to check system services (system settings -> advanced ->
> > system services) and look if  'laptop-mode" is running. If it is, stop it
> > and see if these error messages go away. If so, disable that service at
> > boot time ........ your laptop will run fine without it. It's only
> > needed/used for power saving by spinning down a drive that hasn't been
> > accessed for a while.
>
> Laptop mode was disabled.
>
> My KSystemLog reports an ongoing series of errors--there appears to be no
> further data as to what causes this.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--------------------------------------------
>
>
> 11/11/2006 07:26:05 PM	localhost	kernel	[17187634.960000] hdc: error code:
> 0x70  sense_key: 0x02  asc: 0x30  ascq: 0x00
>
>
> At one point (after several hundred of the above lines) it reports this
> error
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----------------------------------------
>
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved
> address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only
> configuration source at position 2
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved
> address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only
> configuration source at position 0
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved
> address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only
> configuration source at position 3
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved
> address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration
> source at position 4
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved
> address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at
> position 1
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	starting (version
> 2.14.0), pid 7838 user 'root'
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:53 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Exiting
>
> 11/11/2006 07:36:53 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	GConf server is not in
> use, shutting down.
>
>
> KSystemLog also reports the following xorg.conf errors
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>----------
>
> 	information	drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1023
>
> 	information	drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card93
>
> 	information	drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
>
> 	information	drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
>
> 	information	drmOpenDevice: Open failed
>
>
> Which I am assuming that the above began with /dev/dri/card0 and continues
> to /dev/dri/card254.  There are also a bunch of errors at the end
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--------------------------------------------
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:29:14 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:29:15 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:30:55 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:30:55 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:33:54 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:33:54 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:25 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:26 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:36 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:36 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:36 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:55:40 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:55:55 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:56:06 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:56:45 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 18:12:01 2006: 5221 X: client 35 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 18:12:01 2006: 5221 X: client 35 rejected
> from local host
>
> 	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 18:12:01 2006: 5221 X: client 35 rejected
> from local host
>
>
>
> KSystemLog reports that there is no /var/log/boot.log.  I'll let you mull
> over this.  Still exploring the system tools in KDE.  I do appreciate your
> help.