how can i check why my arch goes into a freeze loop/sound loop? | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:03 PM

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how can i check why my arch goes into a freeze loop/sound loop?

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:09 PM

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If it completely freezes I suspect a kernel issue

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kdump may be a bit overkill but will probably work

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kdump

Kdump

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You could also try living in a TTY for some time

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:11 PM

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btw i want to mention that im a total noobie in arch

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:11 PM

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The kernel messages may be hidden by X

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:11 PM

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im using arch on wayland and hyprland

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:11 PM

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You can try kdump but sorry, I don't deal with wayland stuff

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Especially hyprland

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:12 PM

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thank you anyway bro

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:12 PM

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If you get any kind of log feel free to send it over

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But don't touch me with anything about the userland graphics stack

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:14 PM

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check this out, it literally crashed after an minute

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📎 log_messages

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@charred wolf

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:16 PM

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I don't see any issues in the logfile

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The only errors are dbus moaning that it can't find schemas which you can usually ignore

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:17 PM

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yeah so i guess i'll wait till next freeze

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and then dump the log file

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:17 PM

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I'm pretty sure a media player or a screensaver can't fully hang your system

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But check if you have a screensaver on

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Or any of that hibernation stuff, that likes to break on Linux

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:18 PM

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i was watching youtube, had like 5 tabs opened in firefox

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:18 PM

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Also I don't need a normal log

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I need a dmesg

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Aka the kernel log

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:18 PM

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then i wanted to yay discord and this crap freezed

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:18 PM

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So get kdump

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:19 PM

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give me a sec ill get it for you

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:19 PM

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Well or you can hook up a kernel debugger but that requires a secondary machine and pretty deep knowledge of Linux as a whole

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 2:23 PM

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yeah now learn how do i generate kernel log

charred wolf Mar 18, 2024, 2:23 PM

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A kernel log is mostly useless until it crashes

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So just read that article

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And do what it says

meager brook Mar 18, 2024, 3:25 PM

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How much ram do you have?

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Ad do you have swap configured? If you are on a low ram system, when it gets full, it will hang

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Also check your cpu usage, and disk space

simple scarab Mar 18, 2024, 4:25 PM

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@rancid elk

rancid elk Mar 18, 2024, 5:31 PM

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meager brook How much ram do you have?

16 ram with swap

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I think it’s enough for 7 tabs in Firefox and terminal

meager brook Mar 18, 2024, 5:37 PM

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try logging cpu load, mb it is getting pegged somehow

#how can i check why my arch goes into a freeze loop/sound loop?