Zorin OS 18 Pro crashes when unlocking from lockscreen

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Hello,

I switched to Zorin a while ago; it is an overall great OS, so I really have to give praise there.

Unfortunately I am experiencing an annoying bug:

Whenever my PC goes to sleep or automatically locks screen, when I try to wake it from sleep and login, my session crashes. This happens intermittently on my my desktop.

I have done quite some searching to find a solution to this, tried things as different Linux kernels etc, but the problem persists.

All solutions I encounter are workarounds to prevent the screen from locking, or prevent the PC from going to sleep, of which neither is a solution for me.

It makes the OS borderline unusable for me, which is a shame for such a good OS (and a waste of the money I paid for pro).

Is there anyone around here who knows what is going, and how this can be fixed, or can point me in the right direction?

Desktop specs: https://imgur.com/JrjblmS

I think I was somewhat too fast. I haven't seen the behavior on my laptop, think I was just tired.

I changed my Desktop to Wayland instead of X11, lets see if that helps.

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Try disable Zorin AppIndicators from extension manager. See if that helps. Only thing is you won't see apps that close to taskbar. You'll need to minimize them to be visible on taskbar.

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Welcome to the Forum!

Are Secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOs disabled? Does this only happen when the Machine goes automatically into Lock or Sleep or does it happen too when You manually bring it to Lock or sleep?

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Thanks for your reply.

Since I switched to Wayland it hasn't happened, but when the issue occurs I'll try that right away let you know. I'll give it another few tries tonight by letting it lock/lock myself and then unlock again.

So far no issues so I hope that was the fix.

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Yeah i have disabled fast boot.

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Alrighty,

It seems switching to Wayland has fixed the issue. No crashes have occurd in the past 14 hours.

For my understanding, where in the installer does it decide to use X11? Is that on basis of hardware present? Or is it a choice I ignored and clicked past as a beginning Linux user?

Regardless, thanks all for replying.

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You can't choose Xorg/X11 or Wayland during the installation. Wayland is set as default except for users with new nvidia cards which choose the installation with proprietary nvidia drivers.

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Do You have installed Zorin with Nvidia Graphics Drivers? If yes, then it could be that the System goes to X11.

What Options to You have when You click on the Gear Icon on the Login Screen?

  • Zorin Desktop
  • Zorin Desktop on Xorg

or:

  • Zorin Desktop
  • Zorin Desktop on Wayland
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That's weird, Cause I have an Intel® UHD Graphics 630 (CML GT2) graphics card. I think I then accidently clicked "install with Nvidia drivers" at setup. User error so to say.

Switching to Wayland has solved the issue. It doesn't anymore. This one can be marked as fixed for me.

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I have marked Your Post as Solution.

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