excuse me... it didn't happen today and I started firefox instead of chrome.
On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 12:44 PM Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm beginning to think it is chrome that is causing this because it > didn't happen today..... time will tell if that is a correct > hypothesis. > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 12:35 PM Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > you know.... it seems that the first time of the day I start it it > > runs a few minutes and then freezes. but upon subsequent restarts > > everything is good. > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 8:18 PM Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have ssh installed on my system but to ssh into another system you > > > need ssh-server installed on your computer but I can't find it. I > > > guess I'm wrong. What else do you need installed? > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 8:03 PM Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think my issue might also be grafix related because when it first > > > > started doing this the dark areas on my desktop picture would turn > > > > blue when it froze. I do have another system. Could you walk me > > > > through solving the problem? > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 11:11 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It really could be about anything, hardware or software. Unplug > > > > > everything unnecessary, even usb things, and just see if it locks up > > > > > then. I've had psu's do this, video cards, ram, even usb devices > > > > > cause weird hardware-ish problems. Check dmesg and /var/log as well > > > > > for errors/events, could indicate a flaky device. > > > > > > > > > > Also software - upgrading ram recently, I also updated my system > > > > > since I had to reboot anyways, and my pc began locking up every 2 > > > > > days. I thought the new ram perhaps was bad, but memtest looked ok. > > > > > It took some digging, but guess I picked up a bug in using an old > > > > > intel graphics driver inadvertently, removed that driver, and I've > > > > > had 70 days of uptime since. > > > > > > > > > > I had to get a bit creative to diag this, including sshing into it > > > > > from another system when it did lock up. Turns out it was graphics > > > > > related, just the display froze, but the system worked otherwise > > > > > headless. This led me to investigate graphics as a source of the > > > > > lockups to fix at a driver level. If you have another system > > > > > available, I'd suggest that. > > > > > > > > > > -mb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 6:36 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> sometimes my computer freezes. is iut the power supply? > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > >> --------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > > > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
