Questions tagged [freeze]
when the computer or an application is not responding
422 questions
1 vote
1 answer
257 views
Unpredictable freezing with Debian 12 on Dell Latitude 7490
I'm having freezing problems with my Debian 12 install on a Dell Latitude 7490 laptop. The screen will freeze and become unresponsive. Moving the mouse during the freeze will cause the keyboard ...
0 votes
0 answers
44 views
After boot, screen freezes: Mint 22.1 Xia on Sager NHx0DB,DE, i7-10870H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 M
Just received a Sager NHx0DB,DE w/ i7-10870H CPU & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile GPU. Cinnamon Mint 22.1 Xia was preinstalled by Freegeek.org a no-support community non-profit refurbisher. I ...
4 votes
1 answer
356 views
After upgrading my Debian 11 system, Cinnamon freezes or shows lines on screen
Some weeks ago, I updated and upgraded my Debian 11 system. My desktop environment is Cinnamon. Now, very often, the entire desktop freezes or displays strange graphical artifacts (like lines or ...
0 votes
1 answer
1k views
How to fix frozen KDE Plasma Panels on CachyOS
This happens pretty much every night. My panels are working fine. I go to bed and come back the next morning with all of my panels frozen on KDE Plasma. Sometimes my whole KDE Plasma freezes and then ...
0 votes
0 answers
201 views
Ubuntu 24.04 Random Freezes / Black Screen
[Help] Ubuntu 24.04 Random Freezes / Black Screen (ASUS N552VX - Dual Boot) Hey folks, I'm struggling with an issue on my laptop and hoping someone can help. Specs: Laptop: ASUS N552VX CPU: Intel i7-...
1 vote
1 answer
118 views
Expected behaviour of GNU parallel --memfree <size> and --memsuspend <size> when size much bigger than RAM
While experimenting with GNU parallel I found that the following cases all hang with decreasing CPU usage on a Fedora 41 VM with 8GB RAM. Is this expected behaviour? parallel --halt now,fail=1 --...
2 votes
1 answer
129 views
Cannot set valid_lft to forever in Ubuntu 24.04 with diskless network boot, causes freeze
After starting Ubuntu 24.04 over the network, I have a problem where valid_lft, after going down to 0, causes the system to freeze. valid_lft can be checked by executing the command ip a. How can I ...
0 votes
0 answers
74 views
Desktop frozen after updating to KDE Neo 6.0
Desktop frozen after update installation. I was able to access Teletype screen but computer will not accept password. Any suggedtion to bypass? My software did come pre-installed. https://discuss.kde....
0 votes
0 answers
62 views
ubuntu system freeze while diff reading, SysRq REISUB not working
I've experienced total system freeze while checking if files where copied correctly by diff -rq [INTERNAL HDD] [USB HDD] This happened twice, always while running the diff. On the second occasion I ...
0 votes
1 answer
421 views
Arch freezes when watching video: "refused to change power state" in logs
This doesn't happen every time, but sometimes when watching a video, my computer seems to (almost) freeze. The screen changes every few seconds or so. Rebooting fixes the issue until the next time it ...
1 vote
2 answers
656 views
Reasons for system freeze without kernel panic
I have an embedded device/system with i.MX8M mini processor running on a Debian based Linux with kernel 6.12.8. If I run a specific software on that device, the system freezes only after 1-3 days of ...
1 vote
0 answers
105 views
Help diagnosing really obscure computer freezing issue
I have a Gigabyte Mini PC I bought back in 2017. Initially I ran Ubuntu Desktop on it, and it ran fine for a couple of years. Then all of a sudden, it started randomly freezing, and I could only ...
1 vote
0 answers
92 views
How to solve uninterruptible sleep process deadlock without reboot
I have a process stuck in uninterruptible sleep. The problematic syscall is a read syscall towards /dev/fd0, which is not backed by a real floppy drive. I am trying to use modprobe and rmmod (both ...
1 vote
0 answers
182 views
Ubuntu and Debian hard freeze, has display but no mouse and keyboard
I bought 2 rugged fanless embedded computers that appeared to be quite robust with name brand extended temperature components, vibration dampening, etc. I installed Ubuntu 24.04.1 and my desktop ...
0 votes
0 answers
306 views
Fedora gets stuck at boot logo spinner sometimes (not always)
I have a ThinkPad T480 running Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation). It works fine, but sometimes randomly during boot after entering disk encryption password the Lenovo and Fedora logo with a spinner ...