[Swlug] What's causing this system freeze and is it fixable?

Julian Hall linux at kaotic.co.uk
Tue Feb 1 15:01:04 UTC 2022


I'm running the same and mine has never frozen. I'd be looking to see if 
it's repetitive and any common factors such as memory, graphics, Chrome, 
the website itself etc.

Julian

On 01/02/2022 08:47, Marcus Davage via Swlug wrote:
> Hi
> I've been running Mint+Cinnamon since it was in single digits, and 
> mine used to freeze randomly too. Sometimes it would be Chrome, but 
> mostly Cinnamon. If you've been tinkering with widgets, you may have 
> to delete your Cinnamon related folders and reinstall Cinnamon.
> My current issue is that I have duplicate icons on my task bar, and no 
> mint-update icon.
>
> Marcus
>
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022, 08:15 Keith Edmunds via Swlug, 
> <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>     Colin's questions are pertinent. If it really does freeze and you
>     can't to anything, run memtest86+ overnight (you can download an
>     .iso and boot from it).
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