Re: Frequent freezing around login screens
Hi,
Is anyone using similar hardware to Pepperdine ? If you are, do you have issues?
Can anyone give useful suggestions where Pepperdine could start looking for issues?
I tried "$ journalctl | grep -i error" and the output was not in a useful format on my computer for searching for issues.
Does anyone know where lightdm and xorg sends it log out put to?
I have found two suggestions for lightdm, "/var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log" and "journalctl -b -u lightdm" (or "journalctl -u lightdm") ?
And for xorg /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
Some thoughts that I have for searching for issues:
$ sudo lightdm --test-mode --debug
$ sudo lightdm --show-config
# journalctl _PID=630 (for xorg?)
# journalctl _PID=630 | grep -i error (I do not see any error messages on my computer)
I found someone on the Internet with a similar issue and a recommendation for a reinstall, though I doubt this will help.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
sudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm
This was another log check I noticed someone doing:
journalctl | grep -i "broken pipe"
https://www.loggly.com/ultimate-guide/using-journalctl/
George.
On Wednesday, 26-03-2025 at 12:51 W. Pepperdine wrote:
> Debian+XFCE freezes randomly either just before, during, or a couple seconds after the login screen. It happens about a third the time, both on booting and on changing users. During a freeze, the screen displays but is not updated and the USB ports appear inactive. There is no mouse or keyboard input, not even from SysRq. The only thing to do is a hard shutdown with the power button.
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> I first installed Trixie and had this problem and others. Downgraded to Bookworm and have just this problem left. The machine is a ThinkCentre M920q with i5-9600T, 8GB RAM, and UHD Graphics 630.
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> Have already had some discussion of log output on Debian User Forums.
>
> Computer freezing because of LightDM?https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=162147
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