[ubuntu-za] Spontaneous Logout in 14.04

[Robin Bownes]

Thanks for the explanation. I'll try that.

On 07/04/2015 07:57 PM, Ashton van Niekerk wrote:
> 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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