First off, I'm not sure I've posted in the correct board. I apologize if I've posted this in the wrong place and any moderator can feel free to move it.
I've recently upgraded my computer with a new motherboard and cpu (specs at end of post). This resulted in a new OS install because my old system didn't support the hardware.
I don't want to buy Windows 10, but I'm running out of hope with Linux.
I've used Linux for two years on Kubuntu 14.04 with my old system without any major issues.
I don't stray far from default ppa:s and I don't think of myself as en experienced Linux user.
I've googled my ass off for days without success.
I have 4 issues, while 2 of them are major. I will give a summary and then break down the problems and list what I've tried so far.
* Freezes. Computer locks up and everything becomes unresponsive, even the reset button. I have to hold the power button to shut down.
* No sound. About 3 out of 4 times I have no sound when I boot up.
* Network doesn't autoconnect, even though I've checked the option for it.
* Autostart doesn't work. The only thing starting on boot is the browser. But Steam (or network) does not.
My first problem, the freezes.
Since the freezes completely locks the system the logs are also empty. I can't find any entries in kern.log or syslog from when the freezes occur.
One common factor that MIGHT be present, is that some audio has always been playing, either video through VLC or sound through Clementine. Note that since I also have audio issues, there hasn't always been any actual audio output.
My second problem, the audio.
So it works sometimes, maybe 25% of the time, and if I boot up with sound then it will stay until I reboot. It sometimes disappear from VLC when I skip forward in a video, but it only disappears from VLC and will come back if I skip a few more times.
I was getting an error on boot: "failed to add i915 component master (-19)". I installed "oem-audio-hda-daily-dksm" which got rid of that error message but the audio is still a problem.
Note that "oem-audio-hda-daily-dksm" is the only non-default driver-related package I've installed.
I've checked alsamixer and the volume is not muted. The sound cards are always detected, they show up in alsamixer and under playback devices even when there is no sound.
I've tried running "pulseaudio -k". I've also tried running "service also restart" and "service also-utils restart" but none of those seem to even exist.
My third problem and fourth problem.
These might be related since they both SHOULD happen at login.
The network doesn't always automatically connect, I have to click "connect" manually. It connects maybe 25% of the time, but not related to the 25% times my audio works.
Steam is listed under autostart and the setting in steam itself is also checked.
I also have "Restore session" active under my system settings, but only Firefox starts even though I 5+ other programs running when I reboot.
As I'm writing this I have my audio working. It did not work 10 minutes ago but then my system froze and I had to reboot. The randomness of it all is what makes it even harder, if I try something and it works on reboot I don't know if it's a lucky boot or if the problem was fixed. Until the sound is gone when I startup the next day that is.
I suspect the drivers for my motherboard are far from perfect which is causing this.
I'm happy to provide any logs, output, or information as fast as I can.
Any help is appreciated, even suggestions for other channels where I can ask for help!
My setup is as follows
* Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 7 rev 1.0, bios version F5 (default).
* Intel i6600k
* Nvidia 770gtx
* 32GB RAM which is listed as supported by Gigabyte.
* Samsung 500gb ssd
* Kubuntu 15.10, fresh install with latest updates. (Kernel 4.2.0-35-generic)
* Nvidia 352.63 drivers (Recommended)
* OpenGL 3.1 and GLX as rendering backend
I also posted this on reddit for additional help.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs...zes_and_audio/
I've recently upgraded my computer with a new motherboard and cpu (specs at end of post). This resulted in a new OS install because my old system didn't support the hardware.
I don't want to buy Windows 10, but I'm running out of hope with Linux.
I've used Linux for two years on Kubuntu 14.04 with my old system without any major issues.
I don't stray far from default ppa:s and I don't think of myself as en experienced Linux user.
I've googled my ass off for days without success.
I have 4 issues, while 2 of them are major. I will give a summary and then break down the problems and list what I've tried so far.
* Freezes. Computer locks up and everything becomes unresponsive, even the reset button. I have to hold the power button to shut down.
* No sound. About 3 out of 4 times I have no sound when I boot up.
* Network doesn't autoconnect, even though I've checked the option for it.
* Autostart doesn't work. The only thing starting on boot is the browser. But Steam (or network) does not.
My first problem, the freezes.
Since the freezes completely locks the system the logs are also empty. I can't find any entries in kern.log or syslog from when the freezes occur.
One common factor that MIGHT be present, is that some audio has always been playing, either video through VLC or sound through Clementine. Note that since I also have audio issues, there hasn't always been any actual audio output.
My second problem, the audio.
So it works sometimes, maybe 25% of the time, and if I boot up with sound then it will stay until I reboot. It sometimes disappear from VLC when I skip forward in a video, but it only disappears from VLC and will come back if I skip a few more times.
I was getting an error on boot: "failed to add i915 component master (-19)". I installed "oem-audio-hda-daily-dksm" which got rid of that error message but the audio is still a problem.
Note that "oem-audio-hda-daily-dksm" is the only non-default driver-related package I've installed.
I've checked alsamixer and the volume is not muted. The sound cards are always detected, they show up in alsamixer and under playback devices even when there is no sound.
I've tried running "pulseaudio -k". I've also tried running "service also restart" and "service also-utils restart" but none of those seem to even exist.
My third problem and fourth problem.
These might be related since they both SHOULD happen at login.
The network doesn't always automatically connect, I have to click "connect" manually. It connects maybe 25% of the time, but not related to the 25% times my audio works.
Steam is listed under autostart and the setting in steam itself is also checked.
I also have "Restore session" active under my system settings, but only Firefox starts even though I 5+ other programs running when I reboot.
As I'm writing this I have my audio working. It did not work 10 minutes ago but then my system froze and I had to reboot. The randomness of it all is what makes it even harder, if I try something and it works on reboot I don't know if it's a lucky boot or if the problem was fixed. Until the sound is gone when I startup the next day that is.
I suspect the drivers for my motherboard are far from perfect which is causing this.
I'm happy to provide any logs, output, or information as fast as I can.
Any help is appreciated, even suggestions for other channels where I can ask for help!
My setup is as follows
* Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 7 rev 1.0, bios version F5 (default).
* Intel i6600k
* Nvidia 770gtx
* 32GB RAM which is listed as supported by Gigabyte.
* Samsung 500gb ssd
* Kubuntu 15.10, fresh install with latest updates. (Kernel 4.2.0-35-generic)
* Nvidia 352.63 drivers (Recommended)
* OpenGL 3.1 and GLX as rendering backend
I also posted this on reddit for additional help.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs...zes_and_audio/
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