On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 9:35 AM Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>
> May be off topic. I've been experiencing approximately monthly hard
> lockups on my machine. Dell Inspiron 3252 Shipped Feb 19th, 2016. Atom
> based machine with 8 gigs of ram.
>
> gcc -c -Q -march=native --help=target | grep march=
>
> ...tells me it's a "silvermont". I'm running bog standard 64-bit
> no-multilib Gentoo, a bit on the lean side. By "hard lockup" I mean...
>
> * {CTRL}{ALT}{DEL} won't reboot
> * Magic SysRq won't reboot
> * The Power button powers down, but is unable to reboot (there's a light
> inside the case that stays on)
> * I have to flip off the power bar, wait, flip power bar back on, and
> press the power button
>
> Are there any utilities I can use to possibly diagnose the problem?
> Let's just say, I'm now somewhat fanatical about backups every couple of
> days.
>
> --
> Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
Is there nothing in the system logs? What's near the end before whatever
you get from booting after this issue?
