Hi!
I have an error in the system log, I believe it is related to something called ddcutil. How serious is this, do I need to pay attention to it?
syslog
Feb 27 10:22:46 manjkde (udev-worker)[402]: hiddev0: Process '/usr/bin/ddcutil chkusbmon /dev/usb/hiddev0 -v' terminated by signal SEGV.
Feb 27 10:22:46 manjkde (udev-worker)[402]: hiddev0: Failed to wait for spawned command '/usr/bin/ddcutil chkusbmon /dev/usb/hiddev0 -v': Input/output error
Feb 27 10:22:46 manjkde (udev-worker)[436]: hiddev0: Process '/usr/bin/ddcutil chkusbmon /dev/usb/hiddev0 -v' terminated by signal SEGV.
Feb 27 10:22:46 manjkde (udev-worker)[436]: hiddev0: Failed to wait for spawned command '/usr/bin/ddcutil chkusbmon /dev/usb/hiddev0 -v': Input/output error
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Feb 27 10:23:23 manjkde systemd[732]: Failed to start Powerdevil.
Feb 27 10:23:27 manjkde libddcutil[967]: i2c_check_businfo_connector() failed for bus 7
Feb 27 10:23:27 manjkde libddcutil[967]: i2c_check_businfo_connector() failed for bus 8
Feb 27 10:23:28 manjkde systemd[732]: Failed to start Powerdevil.
Feb 27 10:23:29 manjkde libddcutil[1061]: i2c_check_businfo_connector() failed for bus 7
Feb 27 10:23:29 manjkde libddcutil[1061]: i2c_check_businfo_connector() failed for bus 8
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System:
Kernel: 6.6.10-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=f6bdd109-d3e0-4c20-a25d-7b7b7f7246f1 rw quiet splash
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X670E Taichi serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.07 date: 09/23/2022
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.06 GiB
used: 3.09 GiB (10.0%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5
level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA601203
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 6x1024 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 666 high: 3600 min/max: 400/5453 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 3600
4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400
bogomips: 112838
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes amd_lbr_v2 aperfmperf apic arat avic avx
avx2 avx512_bf16 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni avx512_vpopcntdq
avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic
extd_apicid f16c flush_l1d flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
gfni ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv
lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx
nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat
pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
perfmon_v2 pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru
rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd
sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale umip user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes
vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vnmi vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2apic x2avic
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB: conditional,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 [GeForce RTX 4090] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-11) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2684 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 6000x3840 s-dpi: 137 s-size: 1111x711mm (43.74x27.99")
s-diag: 1319mm (51.93") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 size-res: N/A modes: 3840x2160
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 23.43 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
device-ID: 10de:2684 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22ba class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 5c:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Generic USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-8:4
chip-ID: 26ce:0a06 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.6.10-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 4c:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp76s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: ASRock driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: b000 bus-ID: 4d:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:3000 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp77s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-7:3 chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 39.61 GiB (4.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD1001FALS-00J7B0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0K05
scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 915.53 GiB (98.32%) used: 39.61 GiB (4.3%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: f6bdd109-d3e0-4c20-a25d-7b7b7f7246f1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: E866-33DC
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-5:2 info: Razer USA Basilisk V3 type: mouse,keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:0099 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 5-7:3 info: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
Device-3: 5-8:4 info: Generic USB Audio type: audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 7 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 26ce:0a06 class-ID: 0300
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 5 rev: 3.1
speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 9-1:2 info: Microsoft Microsoft SiderWinderTM X6 Keyboard
type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 045e:074b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 9-2:8 info: Cyber Power System CP1500 AVR UPS type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 50mA chip-ID: 0764:0501 class-ID: 0300
Hub-10: 10-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-11: 11-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 11-1:2 info: ASRock LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 26ce:01a2 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-12: 12-0:1 info: Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub ports: N/A rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 37.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 41 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 303 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1201 libs: 323 tools: octopi,pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.21 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31