OK.... well, I ran stress and gearsglx and the computer ran fine for about 5 minutes and then it froze. so this means it is the hardware? so I guess.... is it the power supply? what else could it be? how can I verify or else is it a shot in the dark?
On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 10:17 PM Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks for shaaring your experiances with me! > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 10:58 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That is about how my laptop was acting using the i915 driver vs. the intel > > kernel mode driver... Maybe make sure you're not using that, by default > > you shouldn't. I ended up with it trying to make prime gpu switching work. > > > > It could be gpu related still, most browsers use hardware acceleration that > > could be hitting it. > > > > Try running glx-gears for a while in full-screen to see how it acts if it > > dies when heating up. > > > > I also had an older system that was locking up seemingly whenever I'd hit > > the graphics. Turns out the gpu fan went bad, with ambient case fans > > keeping it cool enough off the heatsink, but watching a movie or something > > that hit the gpu, it would crash. Tearing it open it was then obvious the > > fan wasn't working. Of course I couldn't find a fan that fit the stupid > > thing, so I ended up buying a new gpu for it, all was well. > > > > Only ever had one PSU that got wonky on me to crash intermittently in some > > 25 years of building pc's, but it happens... > > > > Also, boot up and in grub run memtestx86 on it, bad memory sectors can > > cause grief too with intermittent locks, usually the more ram you invoke, > > you'll hit the bad spot. > > > > -mb > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 9:36 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > > <[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~(-: > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> 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~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
