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Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:49 am
by kite
if that's the case, then you perhaps need a new board. I am assuming that you are either testing this outside a case or have already put some tape over the wifi module (as it gets a bit close to the back board), and if so then if you no longer see the issue we'll replace your board :) send me an email and we can go from there

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:07 am
by smoothoperator
I am also experiencing this issue. Seems to happen when I transfer a large amount of data (games) over wifi to the roms folder. Not sure if this matters but they are psx games. It then freezes if I let it go into sleep mode and the screen dims. If I keep playing it while it downloads and it doesn't go into sleep mode, then no issues. If I shut it off it stays frozen until I push the mode button. When I turn it back on, everything returns to normal. It plays games fine and always returns to normal from sleep mode if I'm not downloading anything. Not a huge issue for me, just something to look into and be aware of.

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:34 am
by whachu
+1
Mine also freezes when idle for a while.. uploading roms over wifi, scraping,...

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:27 pm
by edwardthehuman
Just wanna let Kite know that this happens to me as well when idle like transferring roms via SSH for example.

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:52 am
by kite
When this happens does a USB keyboard allow any interaction?

If this has recently happened, please collect the messages log file https://github.com/kiteretro/Circuit-Sw ... e-log-file as I'm expecting to see some kind of kernel panic/dump.

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:34 pm
by edwardthehuman
kite wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:52 am
When this happens does a USB keyboard allow any interaction?
Transferring large files over as a share? Can you try using WinSCP instead?

If this has recently happened, please collect the messages log file https://github.com/kiteretro/Circuit-Sw ... e-log-file as I'm expecting to see some kind of kernel panic/dump.
Yes, I am transferring files over WinSCP. I don't have a USB keyboard, maybe the others would have an answer. Next time it happens I'll send you the log file. Thanks!

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 2:30 pm
by c_hri_s
Hi,

I just gave it a go - if you plug in a USB keyboard when it's frozen then it's unresponsive (alt-f4 did nothing).

You can, however, SSH into the unit if you ctrl-c the processing of .bashrc and the PI seems responsive to most commands with some exceptions.

The PI did detect the keyboard okay even in the odd state: /var/log/messages

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Apr  8 20:23:29 retropie kernel: [  983.736327] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: Dell
Apr  8 20:23:29 retropie kernel: [  983.755329] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:413C:2003.0002/input/input1
Apr  8 20:23:29 retropie kernel: [  983.820663] hid-generic 0003:413C:2003.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell USB Keyboard] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input0

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root@retropie:~# lsusb

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2341:8036 Arduino SA Leonardo (CDC ACM, HID)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0d8c:0103 C-Media Electronics, Inc. CM102-A+/102S+ Audio Controller
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:32 am
by kite
Pressing just "F4" (without alt) ?

What does this command return: vcgencmd measure_temp

Does it return in frozen state? It might be worth replacing your compute module. I think you've sent me an email, I haven't been through my mails yet so I'll reply there shortly

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:36 am
by c_hri_s
I tried just pressing F4 - nothing happened (actually tried all the keys).

I also tried killing all the ES processes, but the process hung and didn't seem to want to die.

I don't see this as an ES issue, as the hang is reproducible even if you terminate ES before the Pi gets into the state - you then just get a hung terminal prompt.

vcgencmd measure_temp hung.

I did email, yep. No rush :)

Re: CSO Freezes when idle

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:47 pm
by sygyzy
I have seen this too, during long SFTP transfers but I am not sure if it's because of the wifi on the CSO cutting out or the device actually freezing. I don't think heat is a problem, so there's something going on. For the most part though, I am not seeing much freezing in regular gameplay. I should mention that I rarely have this on for more than 30 minutes at a time.