[Karmic Beta] - Ghosts

[NoOp]

On 10/12/2009 10:04 AM, Rashkae wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> I have ghosts in my karmic beta test machine... While doing today's
>> updates, which included some kernel stuff, the screen had gone blank
>> while downloading & installing the updates (standard power saver).  Next
>> thing I know karmic *reboots* all by itself, comes back up with a
>> default screen & *then* tells me that a restart is required w/option
>> buttons 'Restart Later' & 'Restart Now'. Well, duh, the POS just fully
>> rebooted!
>> 
>> Opps... I waited to long to try one of the options; screen has gone
>> black again & now doesn't respond to anything on the keyboard. No
>> Ctrl-Alt-F(x), nothing. Only way to recover was to pop the power switch
>> & then the system shut down.
>> 
>> Wow, I'm impressed! This is just like... *Windows*!
>> 
>> 
> 
> Yup, windows behaves much the same way when you have an overheating or
> otherwise malfunctioning piece of hardware.  That first 'automatic
> reboot' should be a big clue there.
> 

The machine is pretty reliable.

I'm wondering if it was due to a timeout (I'd ignored the machine during
the update & only noticed it when it rebooted). From my dameon logs:

ct 12 09:25:59 karmic acpid: client 1059[103:105] has disconnected
Oct 12 09:25:59 karmic acpid: client connected from 2242[103:105]
Oct 12 09:26:10 karmic dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Oct 12 09:27:59 karmic dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Oct 12 09:28:28 karmic dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Oct 12 09:30:06 karmic dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Oct 12 09:30:08 karmic dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Oct 12 09:31:06 karmic dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Oct 12 09:34:35 karmic dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Oct 12 09:35:01 karmic AptDaemon.Worker: CRITICAL: Killing child since
timeout of 600 s
Oct 12 09:35:01 karmic init: Disconnected from system bus
Oct 12 09:35:01 karmic console-kit-daemon[802]: WARNING: no sender#012
Oct 12 09:35:02 karmic modem-manager: Caught signal 15, shutting down...
Oct 12 09:35:02 karmic init: dbus main process ended, respawning

Possibly:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/438797
[aptdaemon should not idle shutdown on a waiting authentication]