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EndeavourOS keeps freezing (lemdro.id)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by governorkeagan@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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This started today and hasn’t happened before. Initially I thought it was an application from work that was causing issues. I SSHed into the machine and didn’t see anything strange - I used btop.

I updated the system and rebooted. A few minutes later when I got to the machine to check everything, was frozen again. I hadn’t even logged in.

I’ve used the eos-sendlog feature to get the logs and it seems like it might be GPU related.

I was using KDE with X11 when this happened, but I’ve been using that combination for months at this point. Nothing that I’m aware of has changed or been updated recently to possibly cause this issue.

Update: I’ve done a complete shutdown (turned the PSU off) and rebooted with the LTS kernel. So far so good. It doesn’t seem to be a hardware issue as it worked fine on the live USB.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

GPU has fallen off the bus.

If you're lucky, it's an nvidia driver problem. If you're not, it's a hardware problem.

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 6 points 2 months ago

I booted into a live usb and haven’t had issues so it seems like a driver issue (thankfully).

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You tried updating, but do you have snapshots set up to roll back to a time you're sure it was working?

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m 80% sure I do. I hadn’t updated for a few days (before today) and it had been working up until earlier today.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Still worth trying a known good os install. If not a snapshot from earlier, some live iso sessions.

If the problem persists even there, it'll indicate that your hardward is bowing out.

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I spent some time in a live ISO and had no issues. Haven’t tried a snapshot yet though.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Good sign.

[–] BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I recommend booting into a live usb and seeing if everything is frozen.

If it does it even on the live usb it may be a hardware issue.

And if it's hardware a lot of things can explain random freezing. I had similar freezing issues and it turned out to be a dying psu

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

RAM is another common culprit of random freezes.

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago

I booted into an EndeavourOS live USB (just to keep it all the same) and there hasn’t been any freezing. So it seems like a driver issue then.

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What GPU are you using? Did you change anything in your computer hardware recently? Have you tried moving it to a different PCIe slot?

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’m using a GTX 1660 TI.

Nothing has changed hardware wise for months. Last software update (before today) was 4-7 days ago.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

If you ever get tired of fixing broken things, try Bazzite Nvidia spin.