Firouziam's questions

I was moving a bunch of large files from my home directory to an external HDD. Suddenly the GUI crashed and I had no choice but to hard reset the computer. After booting up I found out that almost half of my files haven't been moved to HDD and they are removed from the source directory as well!!! I'm using Kubuntu 18.04 with kernel 4.15.0-23. My question is how is it even possible? Because logically if the kernel was crashed no moving should have been done and if the kernel didn't crash and it moved the files, then what happened to the rest of my files?

I used kde file manager(dolphin) to move the files from a ext4 filesysetm(source) to a ntfs file system(destination)

Is there a way to retrieve the files?

BTW, I'm curious how moving mechanism works in Linux. Is it possible that kernel started to move the files(physical blocks) to the destination and then it tends to update the destination FAT but it crashed and didn't have the chance? So is there a chance that my files are physically placed in the HDD but there are no records in allocation table so I can't see them?

I recently switched from Kubuntu 17.10 to Kubuntu 18.04 (fresh installed). The problem is the process systemd-udevd is constantly running and consuming 90-100% CPU load. After tinkering around with all devices I found out that it is because of WiFi! Once I turn on WiFi the process starts running and CPU load goes up to 100%. But whenever I turn off the WiFi it gets down to zero! here is the top results when WiFi is on:

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND                                                           
  338 root      20   0   94336  51744   3120 S  44.7  0.6   0:35.50 systemd-udevd                                                     
  24957 root    20   0   67936  25248   2860 R  40.4  0.3   0:23.85 systemd-udevd                                                     
  328 root      19  -1  150720  53068  52264 S   4.3  0.7   0:07.61 systemd-journal

and running: strace -p 338 makes the following output repeatedly:

strace: Process 338 attached
strace: [ Process PID=338 runs in x32 mode. ]
strace: [ Process PID=338 runs in 64 bit mode. ]
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}, {EPOLLIN, {u32=4010060672, u64=94544830180224}}], 11, 0) = 2
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=484799898}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=112300760}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=112454363}) = 0
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}, {EPOLLIN, {u32=4010060672, u64=94544830180224}}], 11, 0) = 2
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=485376240}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=112893238}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=113047679}) = 0
recvmsg(7, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base="", iov_len=0}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type=SCM_CREDENTIALS, cmsg_data={pid=24957, uid=0, gid=0}}], msg_controllen=32, msg_flags=0}, MSG_DONTWAIT) = 0
recvmsg(7, {msg_namelen=0}, MSG_DONTWAIT) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
sendmsg(3, {msg_name={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, nl_pid=-853365251, nl_groups=00000000}, msg_namelen=12, msg_iov=[{iov_base="libudev\0\376\355\312\376(\0\0\0(\0\0\0\315\0\0\0\5w\305\345\261\2Ge"..., iov_len=40}, {iov_base="ACTION=unbind\0DEVPATH=/devices/p"..., iov_len=205}], msg_iovlen=2, msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 245
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}], 11, 0) = 1
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=495431807}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=123814890}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=123945023}) = 0
recvmsg(3, {msg_name={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, nl_pid=0, nl_groups=0x000001}, msg_namelen=128->12, msg_iov=[{iov_base="unbind@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:"..., iov_len=8192}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type=SCM_CREDENTIALS, cmsg_data={pid=0, uid=0, gid=0}}], msg_controllen=32, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 243
getrandom("\x9c\x6d\x41\x2b\xb5\xf0\xf1\x9a\x32\xb3\x4a\x73\xee\x04\xff\x90", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=126971116}) = 0
getrandom("\xaf\x35\x7a\x36\x01\x32\xa6\xe6\x13\x46\x4e\x22\xcc\x48\x77\x9b", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\x48\x0b\xeb\xf1\xf0\x1c\xf1\x78\x89\xb7\x48\xe1\x84\x38\xc9\x3c", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\x11\x06\x8c\x4a\xeb\xff\x84\x8e\x0c\x09\x00\x84\x62\x74\xfc\xd7", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\xb5\x8e\x19\x16\xad\xf6\x16\x7e\x21\x66\x90\x12\x2d\x43\x46\x45", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\x84\x7d\x47\x96\x50\x36\xad\x28\x06\x6e\xed\x33\xe0\x05\x57\x20", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}, {EPOLLIN, {u32=4010060672, u64=94544830180224}}], 11, 0) = 2
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=504542288}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=131992368}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=132096027}) = 0
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}, {EPOLLIN, {u32=4010060672, u64=94544830180224}}], 11, 0) = 2
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=504955877}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=132438717}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=132555928}) = 0
recvmsg(7, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base="", iov_len=0}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type=SCM_CREDENTIALS, cmsg_data={pid=24957, uid=0, gid=0}}], msg_controllen=32, msg_flags=0}, MSG_DONTWAIT) = 0
recvmsg(7, {msg_namelen=0}, MSG_DONTWAIT) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
sendmsg(3, {msg_name={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, nl_pid=-853365251, nl_groups=00000000}, msg_namelen=12, msg_iov=[{iov_base="libudev\0\376\355\312\376(\0\0\0(\0\0\0\23\1\0\0\5w\305\345\261\2Ge"..., iov_len=40}, {iov_base="ACTION=bind\0DEVPATH=/devices/pci"..., iov_len=275}], msg_iovlen=2, msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 315
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}], 11, 0) = 1
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=512870505}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=140367037}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=140494166}) = 0
recvmsg(3, {msg_name={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, nl_pid=0, nl_groups=0x000001}, msg_namelen=128->12, msg_iov=[{iov_base="bind@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00"..., iov_len=8192}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type=SCM_CREDENTIALS, cmsg_data={pid=0, uid=0, gid=0}}], msg_controllen=32, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 311
getrandom("\x21\xcd\x52\xae\x20\xa4\xe9\x0f\x2c\x3f\x68\x8a\x77\x65\xfb\x22", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\xb5\x1f\x43\xf7\x14\x3e\x29\x6c\xdd\x95\xd5\x64\xec\xec\x66\xca", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=141295429}) = 0
getrandom("\xe7\x73\x2e\xc2\x5d\x71\x93\x8a\xd0\xf4\x5f\xd7\x91\x1f\x7b\x00", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\xe4\xd4\xd3\x2c\xa2\xa1\x0c\x96\x6e\x6a\x34\x9c\x50\x06\x3d\x43", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\xb0\x7f\xf7\x93\x1f\xa6\x6d\x2e\x01\xfb\x21\x97\x4b\xe8\x85\x14", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
getrandom("\x3f\x94\x2b\x17\x01\x8f\x88\x2e\x08\xa0\x9d\xd0\xef\x4f\x0e\x9a", 16, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 16
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}, {EPOLLIN, {u32=4010060672, u64=94544830180224}}], 11, 0) = 2
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=519062044}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=146474265}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=146513033}) = 0
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}, {EPOLLIN, {u32=4010060672, u64=94544830180224}}], 11, 0) = 2
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=519231922}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=146636530}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=146675297}) = 0
recvmsg(7, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base="", iov_len=0}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type=SCM_CREDENTIALS, cmsg_data={pid=24957, uid=0, gid=0}}], msg_controllen=32, msg_flags=0}, MSG_DONTWAIT) = 0
recvmsg(7, {msg_namelen=0}, MSG_DONTWAIT) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
sendmsg(3, {msg_name={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, nl_pid=-853365251, nl_groups=00000000}, msg_namelen=12, msg_iov=[{iov_base="libudev\0\376\355\312\376(\0\0\0(\0\0\0\315\0\0\0\5w\305\345\261\2Ge"..., iov_len=40}, {iov_base="ACTION=unbind\0DEVPATH=/devices/p"..., iov_len=205}], msg_iovlen=2, msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 245
epoll_wait(10, [{EPOLLIN, {u32=4010170080, u64=94544830289632}}], 11, 0) = 1
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {tv_sec=1524848329, tv_nsec=525080911}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=152528058}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, {tv_sec=1045, tv_nsec=152611810}) = 0
....

running udevadm monitor prints the following repeatedly:

KERNEL[1464.842652] bind     /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[1464.844393] unbind   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [1464.845340] bind     /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[1464.857728] bind     /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[1464.858361] unbind   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0 (usb)
....

and running journalctl returns repeatedly:

Apr 27 05:22:09 amir-pc systemd-udevd[359]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3
Apr 27 05:22:09 amir-pc upowerd[1339]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0
-- Logs begin at Fri 2018-04-27 05:22:09 +0430, end at Fri 2018-04-27 21:37:15 +0430. --
Apr 27 05:22:09 amir-pc systemd-udevd[359]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3
Apr 27 05:22:09 amir-pc upowerd[1339]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0
Apr 27 05:22:09 amir-pc systemd-udevd[359]: Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3
Apr 27 05:22:09 amir-pc upowerd[1339]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0
....

running dmesg returns:

[  441.582359] usb 3-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  441.582361] usb 3-1.3: Product: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card
[  441.582363] usb 3-1.3: Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corp
[  450.803644] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.811642] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.819653] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.826650] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.833668] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.841644] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.848630] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.856628] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.863632] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.871611] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.881629] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.888616] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.896634] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.903596] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.910611] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.917595] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.926603] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.933598] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.942616] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.949606] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.957363] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.964607] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.973581] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.980582] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.987582] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  450.994561] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  451.004574] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  451.009525] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_scan : 
[  451.009527] WLC_SCAN error (-22)
[  451.010550] usb 3-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hid2hci rqt 33 rq 9 len 4 ret -71
[  451.020078] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 14
[  451.020081] usb 3-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 15
[  451.076974] usb 3-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 16
[  451.077105] usb 3-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 19
[  796.468102] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 20 using uhci_hcd
[  796.672318] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=4500
[  796.672322] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  796.672325] usb 3-1: Product: BCM2046B1
[  796.672328] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Broadcom
[  796.674239] hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
[  796.676385] hub 3-1:1.0: 3 ports detected
[  796.976059] usb 3-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 21 using uhci_hcd
[  797.109323] usb 3-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=8157
[  797.109332] usb 3-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[  797.116785] input: HID 413c:8157 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1:1.0/0003:413C:8157.000B/input/input25
[  797.176461] hid-generic 0003:413C:8157.000B: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [HID 413c:8157] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input0
[  797.256314] usb 3-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 22 using uhci_hcd
[  797.396307] usb 3-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=8158
[  797.396315] usb 3-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[  797.405072] input: HID 413c:8158 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0/0003:413C:8158.000C/input/input26
[  797.464858] hid-generic 0003:413C:8158.000C: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [HID 413c:8158] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2/input0
[  797.564507] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp4s0: link is not ready
[  797.944045] usb 3-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 23 using uhci_hcd
[  803.296508] usb 3-1.3: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
[  803.296515] usb 3-1.3: can't read configurations, error -110
[  803.376039] usb 3-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 24 using uhci_hcd
[  808.672986] usb 3-1.3: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
[  808.672993] usb 3-1.3: can't read configurations, error -110
[  808.673984] usb 3-1-port3: attempt power cycle
[  809.280029] usb 3-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 25 using uhci_hcd
[  809.340944] usb 3-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=8156
[  809.340948] usb 3-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  809.340951] usb 3-1.3: Product: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card
[  809.340954] usb 3-1.3: Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corp
[ 1337.985097] perf: interrupt took too long (2508 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79500
[ 1387.269440] perf: interrupt took too long (3140 > 3135), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 63500
[ 1454.553305] perf: interrupt took too long (3927 > 3925), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50750
....

and running /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd -D returns below results repeatedly:

IMPORT builtin 'hwdb' /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:14
RUN 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p' /lib/udev/rules.d/97-hid2hci.rules:11
starting 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0'
seq 284188 queued, 'bind' 'usb'
seq 284189 queued, 'unbind' 'usb'
'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0'(err) 'error: switching device '/sys//devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0' failed.'
Process 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0' failed with exit code 1.
seq 284184 processed
seq 284185 running
RUN 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p' /lib/udev/rules.d/97-hid2hci.rules:11
starting 'hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.0'
seq 284190 queued, 'bind' 'usb'
seq 284191 queued, 'unbind' 'usb'

My fresh installed Kubuntu is using kernel version 4.15.0-20-generic and my laptop is a Dell Studio XPS 1640. WiFi is using bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu4 driver (downgrading to a previous working driver didn't solve the problem).

It's worth mentioning that no USB devices are connected, only a wireless mouse, which makes no problem (disconnecting it doesn't affect the problem). But as mentioned turning off WiFi always make the high CPU load disappear.

My laptop (dell studio xps 1640) is running a kubuntu 17.04 with kernel 4.10.0-42-generic. Most of the times when i connect a USB or HDD device, after safe removing the device when i physically remove the device the os freezes and there is nothing i can do except shutting down the system using power button. It happened before with other versions of ubuntu too, but now that I have a fresh install of kubuntu 17.04 it happens all the time. What do you think is the problem and where should i look for it. I don't have a clue! It's worth mentioning that i don't think it's a hardware problem because i tested it on windows and there was nothing wrong about it.

Thanks in advance.

I recently installed kubuntu 16.04 on my laptop. Everything works fine except that i can't play videos with vlc player! the default player(Dragon) has no problem but when i open videos with vlc the only thing i see is a pink screen with video playing underneath. My graphic card is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 and i haven't install the driver because of the conflict with kernel version. but i didn't install the driver in older versions and everything worked just fine.

Except the video playback issue, i have no Graphic related problems in plasma and everything works smoothly.

I have to mention that i installed ubuntu-restricted-extras and ffmpeg and gstreamer codecs.

I would really appreciate it if you would help me to fix this problem, because without vlc, life is really hard! I'm just wondering if it's some package(codec) problem or vlc can't adapt to this version yet! or, its because of my graphic card driver.

Thanks in advance

I recently installed kubuntu 16.04 on my Dell studio xps 1640 that has 8GB of Memory installed. Everything is working fine but Something is really bothering me. After a fresh boot up, when i check the system resources, mysqld occupies about 150~200MB of RAM and a bunch of akonadi services are running(contacts, birthday,mail*, sendalter & ...) and i really don't need and use any of these services and it's a waste of Memory. But the serious problem is with mysqld, after a while(3-4 hours) mysqld occupies about 800MB~1GB of RAM and it won't release that until i reboot the system. I should mention that i don't have any running databases and don't use mysql at all! So only ubuntu is using that.

So my Question is that:

• First, how can i disable (remove) the unwanted akonadi services and don't let them to autostart and run at all (I disabled akonadiserver but didn't help). The only service that I'm using from akonadi is krunner and i really don't need the kMail, Calendar and ... .

• Second, why mysqld is taking this amount of memory(although i guess its related to the akonadi issue mentioned above because the Parent of mysqld process is akonadiserver) and how can i prevent it. because my work is related to RAM usage and i really need the Memory so i can't let that unwanted services use this amount of resource.

I really appreciate it if you would help me to fix this problem. Thanks in advance for your kind help.

I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 (near windows 7) on my laptop(Dell studio xps 1640 with Ati Radeon HD 3670) and everything is working fine, but when I want to shutdown my computer it freezes!

I don't know what to do after that, then I have to use power button to power off the computer and it's not good at all. I don't know what's the problem and I don't know how to figure this out.

I installed the graphic card driver (12.6 version) from ATI website and it fixed my problem with playing videos but I think after that this shutdown problem appears!

Would you tell me what's the problem and how can I fix it?

I want to start download using aria2c everyday at 02:00 am and stop it at 08:00 am.

I know I should use

at 02:00 
at>aria2c ....

I don't know how to tell 'at' to stop it! Actually aria2c stops downloading with Ctrl+C and I don't know how to tell this to 'at'!

And when aria2c starts downloading at the given time, it runs at the backgrounds and I don't know how to stop it manually either!

Any suggestions?

By the way, is there any way to do this automatically? I mean create some sort of scheduled task to do it every day.