Starting only about 1 week ago, my computer has been freezing and locking up, forcing me to reboot.
The computer typically freezes during work hours, when I've got the following apps up and running:
MatterMost
VSCode
Gnome Terminal
Files
Firefox
Brave
When the computer freezes:
If there is audio currently playing, the audio will start repeating that last half second or so.
My cursor will remain in place, but if I move my mouse around, after about 10 seconds, I might see a tiny bit of movement of the cursor onscreen.
I cannot alt + tab to anything, force quit, etc. Everything appears to be completely locked up.
I have been achieving a reboot by:
hold alt + printscr
press r, e, i, s, u, b
After the most recent freeze + reboot, I immediately ran the following: journalctl -b -1 -e
Here is the output:
I am no expert on parsing this information. There are a few things in there that could be culprits? This line in particular is interesting: /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[3659]: (EE) client bug: timer event2 debounce short: scheduled expiry is in the past (-5ms), your system is too slow
My specs:
OS: Zorin OS 16 x86_64
Kernel: 5.11.0-40-generic
Monitors: 3 connected, with primary monitor running at 3440x1440@100hz via DP
DE: GNOME
WM: Mutter
CPU: Intel i7-4790K (8) @ 4.400GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (also have Intel HD Graphics)
GPU Driver: 495.44
Memory: total 31984MiB
If anyone can offer advice I would greatly appreciate it.
Could you tell me which version of NVidia driver you are using?
I remember some members did have some issue with 470 (propitiatory, tested) driver. I am OK with this driver since I have no integrated GPU.
Try a different DE... gnome has been causing many issues as of late... may i recommend KDE or cinnamon?
My specs are very similar to yours, using KDE i have no issues. I left gnome installed, just never use it. Since the gtk framework exists, it's usable (all currently installed apps and extensions) while having the option and benefit of QT as well.
My RAM on idle is between 2.4 and 2.8 GB in use... not to much more than gnome (without the leaks).
Since gnome is so restrictive and trying to be for Linux what windows is... you may find it beneficial to switch. You can find a how to in the tutorials section of the forum.
His machine would support all of them....kde wouldn't be that much a difference (until he opens the settings... similar to xfce but everything is listed and customizable mostly graphically) from gnome.
@FrenchPress thank you for the link, I'll take a look and see if this GPU switcher makes any difference.
And as @Bubby confirmed, it is the nvidia-driver-495 (proprietary) version which is installed
@Bubby yes to early to tell if the problem is fixed, but it has been happening consistently every day for the last week... so I think if I can go a full day of work tomorrow without freezing, I'll be throwing a celebration! Will report back my results.
@337harvey I will look into the tutorial you referenced - thanks for the suggestion. I will hold off however until I can confirm the freeze is still happening after performing the update + upgrade that @Bubby suggested. I will report back if/when I switch DE.
Thanks again to everyone for jumping in to offer advice so quickly!