[ubuntu-za] Spontaneous Logout in 14.04

[Ashton van Niekerk]

Kill -1 -9 kills all the processes associated with the user issuing the 
command. It also causes your session to log out (because nothing is 
running under the session any-more).

I thought maybe some process gives the same command when it finishes. 
Try creating a new User and see if it still does the same when you are 
logged in as that user.

Love
Ashton
Praise the Lord!

On 04/07/2015 14:12, Robin Bownes wrote:
> Hi Ashton,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I'm not even sure if the ACPI thing is linked in 
> any way - just something that came up in one of the many online 
> threads I followed. I'll try the "kill -9 -1" thing just now, after a 
> couple of downloads have finished. What exactly does "kill -9 -1" do?
>
> Robin
>
> On 07/04/2015 01:24 PM, Ashton van Niekerk wrote:
>> Hello Robin.
>>
>> For the ACPI problem try resetting your BIOS.
>>
>> I don't see how ACPI settings can keep logging you out though.
>> Does it do the same as when you type in "kill -9 -1" in your terminal?
>>
>> Love
>> Ashton
>> Praise the Lord!
>>
>> On 04/07/2015 11:36, Robin Bownes wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I hope that someone can help. I've been using 14.04 (64bit) on my 
>>> Dell Inspiron 7520 laptop for quite some time now, and all has been 
>>> well. However, relatively recently - the past few weeks - the system 
>>> spontaneously, and seemingly randomly logs me out. This has happened 
>>> while doing several different things, so I've not been able to tie 
>>> it to a specific activity.
>>>
>>> I've tried Googling for an answer, but haven't come up with anything 
>>> other than a few other people who also cannot find solutions for 
>>> similar problems. (doesn't seem to be a direct hardware link)
>>>
>>> Somewhere along the line, I was advised to run "dmesg| tail", which 
>>> produced the following output, including the warning and advisory 
>>> shown in red, below.
>>>
>>> Any help appreciated. Please use single syllable words and short 
>>> sentences. I'm not an expert. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Robin
>>>
>>>
>>> /robin at robinthedell:~$ dmesg| tail//
>>> //[129224.979867] psmouse serio1: Touchpad at isa0060/serio1/input0 
>>> - driver resynced.//
>>> //[129228.982874] psmouse serio1: Touchpad at isa0060/serio1/input0 
>>> lost sync at byte 6//
>>> //[129229.006188] psmouse serio1: Touchpad at isa0060/serio1/input0 
>>> - driver resynced.//
>>> //[129524.822699] ACPI Warning: 
>>> 0x0000000000004040-0x000000000000405f SystemIO conflicts with Region 
>>> \_SB_.PCI0.SBUS.SMBI 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
>>> [129524.822705] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this 
>>> device, you should use it instead of the native driver//
>>> //[129524.826943] i2c /dev entries driver//
>>> //[129534.659631] [drm] GMBUS [i915 gmbus dpc] timed out, falling 
>>> back to bit banging on pin 4//
>>> //[129541.739583] [drm] GMBUS [i915 gmbus dpd] timed out, falling 
>>> back to bit banging on pin 6//
>>> //[129747.091667] psmouse serio1: Touchpad at isa0060/serio1/input0 
>>> lost sync at byte 6//
>>> //[129747.112956] psmouse serio1: Touchpad at isa0060/serio1/input0 
>>> - driver resynced./
>>>
>>>
>>>
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