21 GB for swap alone is way too much. Normally the size should be twice the
size of the memory - or in your case 2x8 =16GB. If you can replace your hard
drive to SSD one the system will run much faster,
Finally. I used to run my laptops with dual-boot. No longer. I simply replaced
the Win10 on my new DELL Insiron 3180 with ubuntu-only laptop. (With backup /
Restore capabilities - you can restore it back to Win10 anytime)
As for the freeze. I religiously update my ubuntu - particularly for security
updates. Also, try to change the suspend time to a longer period (30min) and
say if helps.
good luck
On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 1:40:55 PM PST, d0bby
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
I have the same problem with random freezes. My Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
(kernel: 5.8.0-44-generic) enjoys crashing randomly without any apparent
reason.
I have 8 GB of RAM and started with 2 GB of swap when I installed it
parallel to my Win 10 (dual boot, they share a harddrive). Recently, I
added another hard drive, and today, I have managed to upgrade my swap
to 21 GB in total (I "cut off" a part of my second hard drive (which is
used as storage) and turned it into a swap partition with priority 1
that is automatically mounted at system start).
However, since I have my 21 GB of swap (it is working and shows up in
the system monitor window and with swapon -show), the system froze
twice: The first time when my machine was simply being idle (I had some
firefox windows and an R session open but was AFK, I just realized that
it was frozen when I came back) and the second time while I was starting
to write another comment about this problem (nothing big was running,
just a few firefox windows).
So I don't think that swap will solve this problem (at least it
obviously didn't solve it for me). I've also got an AMD processor and
the same problems, so maybe it is due to the processor?
I have always blamed the updates because there was often a note about new
updates or a really long start-up time with the "Ubuntu-is-loading"-screen
during the restart).
Since I suspected LivePatch to cause these freezes, I have already disabled
LivePatch and check for updates manually on a regular basis. Just before the
freeze, I had installed the current update (via the built-in software updater
program), and it seemed as if everything was OK with the update.
Is there anything to log whatever happens when the system freezes?
Because whenever the system freezes, all I can do is move the mouse, but
clicking and the keyboard don't work. Sometimes I was lucky enough to be
able to see the System monitor window, but that didn't indicate any
problems (e.g., only 12% of CPU used and less than 1.6 GB of memory).
And, more importantly, is there any fix yet?
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This is a repeat problem to which I attribute to AMD display driver. The
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Thanks
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: linux-image-5.8.0-26-generic 5.8.0-26.27
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-26.27-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: admin-meir 7349 F.... pulseaudio
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CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Sun Nov 8 15:00:55 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-03 (66 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
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