I'm tired of random freezes.....

pinguin20 · 02-03-2022, 10:12 AM

Did you disconnect the OM drive?

Don't forget post #5. Hardware issues are a common cause of freezing, which here seems all the more likely because different distros misbehave similarly.[/QUOTE]

I didn't because I'm afraid I'll end up ruining the computer because I've never messed with its parts and I don't have a good knowledge

pan64 · 02-03-2022, 10:20 AM

steam and gnome are both running? Yes, 3.7 GB RAM is just insufficient. You might want to add some swap, probably that will help a bit.
What is the result of a simple free -h ?

pinguin20 · 02-03-2022, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by pan64

steam and gnome are both running? Yes, 3.7 GB RAM is just insufficient. You might want to add some swap, probably that will help a bit.
What is the result of a simple free -h ?

Mem

Total 3,7 Gi
Used 1,8 Gi
Free 710 Mi
Shared 266 Mi
Buff/cache 1,2 Gi
Avaiable 1,5 Gi

Swap:

Total 2,0 Gi
Used 155 Mi
Free 1,8 Gi

ondoho · 02-03-2022, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by pinguin20

In my case when freeze issue happens the entire system gets frozen even keyboard and mouse.

Have you ever tried waiting it out?
Maybe 10, 20 minutes?
Have you tried switching to another tty (Ctrl-Alt-F2), execute 'top' or 'htop' to see what's eating resources, and kill that?

pinguin20 · 02-03-2022, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ondoho

Have you ever tried waiting it out?
Maybe 10, 20 minutes?
Have you tried switching to another tty (Ctrl-Alt-F2), execute 'top' or 'htop' to see what's eating resources, and kill that?

Less than 10 minutes, but still I don't think waiting for some more minutes is really necessary. And tty's commands doesn't work when it freezes, only REISUB works

pan64 · 02-03-2022, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by pinguin20

Less than 10 minutes, but still I don't think waiting for some more minutes is really necessary. And tty's commands doesn't work when it freezes, only REISUB works

Waiting more may help to identify if it was a real crash/lockup or just the host was busy with some very important task. Next time you may try to wait an hour or even more (just go to have a lunch or whatever) to see if it can recover. Also you may try to use a smartphone or other pc to connect to it.

stevecre · 04-11-2022, 10:44 AM

Another possible issue could be excessive swapping, or just insufficient memory. I would expect the disk drive light to stay on when this happens if that is the case. If so you might check the output from this command.

Code:

cat /proc/swaps

rokytnji · 04-11-2022, 06:56 PM

Have you checked hard drive yet?

Using the smartcntl tools open-suse provides.

Maybe dmesg entry line with hardrives name on it showing something?

panorain · 02-01-2024, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pinguin20

Yes, no errors found

Try memtest again and let it run for 9 passes if you can.

michaelk · 02-01-2024, 10:12 PM

FYI this is a two year old thread and the OP has not been active either.