Questions tagged [freeze]
A freeze or hang is when the system becomes unresponsive for some period of time. This may relate to memory usage, graphics issues, or something else. If you are having this problem, be sure to include details of your hardware and configuration in your question.
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Freezing Ubuntu: RAM fully used and CPU all busy, but active processes don't add up to more than 15% CPU capacity
I have just surface level knowledge about hardware and Ubuntu, so please correct me if I say anything wrong or unlikely.
Since January, I am using a used Dell Latitude 7490. I brought my old laptop (...
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kvm_amd: SVM disabled (by bios) error on boot
I installed Ubuntu on my windows laptop a couple of months ago, just today it decided it wasn't going to boot up, I get like 3 errors and the boot process freezes,
/dev/sda5: recovering journal
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Ubuntu 22 computer keeps freezing during suspension and on shutdown
This is a problem that seems to be getting worse, and I haven't received a single error message about it. It started with my computer refusing to come back on while suspended. I ended up having to ...
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Screen Freeze after sleep mode
When I lock my laptop using the shortcut (WINDOW + L), occasionally upon reopening, the screen freezes. It's not a consistent issue, but it occurs about one-third of the time. To resolve it, I've ...
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Flatpak install freezes when downloading resource. Can I find source URL to download file manually from browser?
I am trying to update the Gnome Web (org.gnome.Epiphany) flatpak, on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (on WSL2). One specific resource, "org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264" always freezes when downloading. ...
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What keywords should I look for finding the cause of hang+reboot?
Since few weeks my system (Ubuntu 23.10) often freezes/hangs and after few seconds reboots (usually, if it happens, it happens in the first minutes after powering up and after it reboots it does not ...
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Ubuntu, nautilus, terminal, ten thousand files
I downloaded and extracted an archive which contains about ten thousand files. Then I cd into that directory. As soon as I did this, Nautilus began to have problems displaying such a large number of ...
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How to check the process loading sequence after Gnome Desktop starts
Note that this is not related to the Boot process, for example using systemd-analyze blame or others.
This is related to, after the Gnome desktop starts, for me, it freezes for several seconds (...
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Update Manager not loading [duplicate]
The update manager is freezing.It only closes with system monitor. https://i.stack.imgur.com/3cuNF.png
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Ubuntu freezes when i move the audio volume slider
I own a gaming laptop and I am using Ubuntu LTS version.
I am experiencing this weird issue where ubuntu freezes if I move the audio volume slider, it kinda lags and sometimes freezes.
This happened ...
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Mouse cursor moves but Clicks are not working
I am using Xubuntu 22.04 LTS. When running apps like libre office, VirtualBox os etc... suddenly and very often it happens that mouse cursor moves fine but Clicks do not respond. I tried CTL+alt+F1 ...
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Please help with understanding crash logs
I have two crash logs now and I don't understand how I can interpret them. Below is the pastebin of the complete logs.
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/3xhZ5xWgjr/
This is one of them, I can post the other ...
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Laptop freezes randomly on Ubuntu 23.10
My laptop has been randomly freezing ever since I got it last year and installed Ubuntu on it. I have tried to find the problem but never could. I am now pretty sick of it as it is interfering with my ...
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SOLVED - Completely frozen on bootscreen (unresponsive)
I think I have a code red with this one - it's frozen at the worst possible point where the boot options menu has been disabled, and before it has registered the power button.
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Screen freezes whenever I open new Programm
Ryzen 5 5600, Radeon 6600, Gigabyte Gaming b550 x v2, UBUNTU 22.04.4 LTS
Whenever I click onto an application running In the background with my cursor, the whole screen including my cursor freezes for ...
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Manual suspension causing freezing in Ubuntu 22.04, while automatic suspension works fine. What could be the issue?
I'm encountering a peculiar issue with Ubuntu 22.04. Whenever I manually initiate the suspension process (by selecting Suspend from the menu or using a command), my system freezes upon waking up. ...
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KDE Plasma 5. GUI elements lag terribly after large compiles. Lag is so bad the computer must be rebooted with a script
Every time I compile a model in Simulink, the GUI elements of the "OS" GUI (roughly KDE Plasma elements) will begin to lag terribly, making the computer unusable. The lagging persists until ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 getting freezed after resuming from Suspended
I have a Dell Latitude 5500, it works perfectly fine with Windows. But on installing Ubuntu, it started freezing unexpectedly. A common pattern I observed is on resuming it from the Suspended state. I'...
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screen freeze audio loop watching YouTube on Firefox
here are my specs :
OS : Ubuntu 22.04.4 lts, 64bit
Hardware model : BIOSTAR Group A960D+v2
memory : DDR3 8gb 800Mhz
processor: AMD FX 6100 six cores
graphics: NV137
graphics card : Nvidia GTX ...
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After ssh to remote server, it freezes, if I type commands like "top", "htop", "screen -r screenname", "pipenv shell"
I try to connect to a remote server, to train a machine learning model. With my ubuntu laptop,
I can ssh to the server
I can not scp any file. It starts but freezes at 0 percent and 0kbit/sec speed
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Interface Freezing at Beginning of Text Input
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.4. A few weeks ago, there was an update that asked me to restart the computer when it completed. Since then I've been having a problem with text input.
Often, if I switch ...
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Fresh Ubuntu 22.04.04 LTS freezes randomly
I bought a refurbished dell latitude 7390 and decided to install ubuntu on it. This was my first time installing any linux distro. In the installation process, I had to do the installation in safe ...
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Errors on my huawei matebok x pro 2020
I am having problems with my Huawei matebook x pro version 2020 device using Ubuntu 22.04.
Since I installed it, my screen has frozen several times, I get a white Windows BSOD style saying "...
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Ubuntu freezes when playing games or multitasking
I installed Ubuntu in this desktop PC for the first time and I don't know what's wrong with it.
The problem is the whole system freezes often, especially when playing games like Steam Project Zomboid, ...
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Ubuntu Lockups - Ubuntu 23.10 Fresh Install
I am getting frequent lockups on Ubuntu 23.10. It's a fresh install. I have done extensive hardware testing and found no problems. No lockups on Windows when I run it (but would rather run Ubuntu). ...
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Why do cp, and nocache cp, clog up and slow down/freeze after 2-4 TB, but rsync is effective indefinitely?
Is there a setting I'm missing in CP and nocache CP that frees up resources after each file?
I looked around, and read that cp and nocache cp are MUCH faster, and use more RAM instead of CPU, but not ...
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How to debug Freezing/WiFi Disconnects
Possible duplicate from a newbie.
I am facing issues with my Ubuntu 22.0.4 Laptop. For some time now, my Laptop keeps randomly having problems. It keeps disconnecting the Wifi and Bluetooth, when I ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 freeze and audio loop
I dont know much about linux, logs show this error:
[drm:nv_drm_master_set [nvidia_drm]] ERROR [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000500] Failed to grab modeset ownership
My GPU is a GTX 1050ti and 545 driver,...
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Google Chrome edit bookmark dialog hangs the browser on Ubuntu 20.04
Opening of Google Chrome (stable) Edit bookmark dialog HANGS the browser - the browser starts to use 100% of CPU and its window slightly moves left/right. The process must be killed - it does not help ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 freezes and crashes after a whule
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.1 on an Intel CPU with an amd GPU. Recently it has started randomly freezing and subsequently (after about 20 frozen seconds) restarting a few minutes after boot. This has not ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 gui freezes intermittently and permanently. Restarting gdm via ssh fixes until next time it freezes
I have a Linux box, not a laptop.
Running "glxinfo -B" yields the following:
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer)...
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Ubuntu (22.04.03 LTS) freezes randomly - how to debug?
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and from time to time it happens that the system freezes completely. No input works (escape, ctrl + alt + delete, etc.), no app reacts. The only way out is to forcefully reboot ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS freezing with mouse active
I am facing annoying issue of freezing of Ubuntu with mouse active.
But when I turn off my XP-Pen pen tablet, its normal. But again after 10-15 min it freezes.
Here is my "about" details
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 keeps freezing with double screen
I recently updated Ubuntu to 22.04.3 LTS and when I have an external screen the system freezes while using Chrome and few other applications.
It happened several times while watching videos on Youtube,...
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Keyboard freezes for a few minutes after plugging in peripherals
I have an odd problem I cannot make heads or tails of.
My machine is running Ubuntu 22.04 with KDE Plasma desktop 5.27.10.
Whenever I plug a peripheral device (keyboard, mouse, microphone), the ...
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Update base-files issue with freeze under AMD Ryzen 7
I have troubles with Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS which run a small postgreSQL server.
It freezes very often.
As the server is under Ryzen 7 2700, I have tried many thing (cancel sleep mode, change consumption ...
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My laptop freezes when connecting external monitor via DP or HDMI
I have a new DELL 7440 laptop with Ubuntu 22.04.03 and I'm using Xorg instead of Wayland. When I connect an external monitor, via Display Port from docking station Dell WD19TB or directly using HDMI ...
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Ubuntu frozen monitor after closing a game
my english is not that good i'm slowly learning and hopefully i can type what i need to explain.
so i used to use linux a lot, and i have a good exp that a linux user needs. i used a lot of distros ...
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System occasionally freezes when starting a GNOME application
Occasionally, when I click on an application icon such as Files or Text Editor, the system freezes. Neither the mouse nor the keyboard responds. Pressing Caps Lock doesn't change the LED on the ...
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Dell Latitude 5430 freezing unpredictably, sometimes returns control. DRM errors?
My Linux environment freezes from time to time. The laptop is a Dell Latitude 5430, and I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, and using Xorg instead of Wayland (seems to work better for Discord screen ...
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Crash 23.10 after freeze and flashing
I hope anybody could help:
I’m not running any particular software (browser, Docs or PyCharm for example) and the screen freezes, goes black, comes out two three times and then stays frozen. Last time ...
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why gnomeshell's systray's menu lags so much? and how to fix it (is there any dconf or some other option I could use even to recompile gnome)?
if I hover the mouse over anything on systray, it is fast.
The moment I click in something there that shows a menu, between hovering over every menu entry, there is a whole interface freeze (...
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Ubuntu 23.10 freezes
I am using Ubuntu 23.10 for 2 months(new users) and it freezes frequently and can not can not restore it. The entire screen freezes. Does not recover by itself. Mouse does nothing. Keyboard shortcuts ...
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How do I diagnose laptop freezing with no logs?
Running Ubuntu 22.04.3 on Intel system. HP Pavilion DV4-3029TX PC i5-2410 Intel HD Graphics 3000 (with 8GB mem)
Tried both default kernel 5.15 & HWE kernel 6.2, 6.5
System will just randomly ...
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Screen Flickering and non-functional After suspend [Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, Lenovo Thinkpad 14s gen3]
I was attempting to fix an issue where the HDMI port on my lenovo does not work with Ubuntu 22.04. Two suggestions I tried were attempting to select a different Nvidia driver in software updates, and ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS freezes while booting from GRUB on HP Z2 Tower G9 Workstation Desktop PC
I recently bought a new HP Z2 Tower G9 Workstation with a mind to install Ubuntu for better performance and less bloatware. However, despite apparently being Ubuntu Certified for Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, ...
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System freezes: PCIe bus error
I've searched for similar errors here but couldn't find the same.
So, I have a dual boot (Windows 11 and Ubuntu 20.40). I never use Windows, it's just a backup system. It's been like this on this new ...
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Short freezes for touchpad on Acer Nitro 5
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The touchpad on my Acer Nitro 5 has the following issue under Kubuntu 22.04: When I start moving my finger on the touchpad, the mouse on the screen will move for ~0.5 sec, then stop for ~0.5 ...
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laptop keep freezing , then have to cold shutdown, please help
Recently my Ubuntu 20.04 freezes after using it sometimes (for 10-20 mins), and then I have to force shutdown.
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on my Dell Inspiron 7501 (dual boot with Windows). The system has ...
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Help me find out reason of Ubuntu suddenly freezes
So I have been using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my laptop for more than a year now, but recently I have experienced unexpected freezes or hangs. And when that happens, nothing works, not even virtual ...
