Okay I removed VMware tools as requested too. I thought we had it cracked then
as the Ctrl-C took a lot more of them, maybe 30 then it froze again. The crash
happened at 10:45 before the gap in the logs below. Not sure they provide much
info which is annoying.
david@debian:~$ sudo journalctl -f
[sudo] password for david:
Jul 16 10:37:42 debian systemd[1]: Reload requested from client PID 2068
('systemctl') (unit session-2.scope)...
Jul 16 10:37:42 debian systemd[1]: Reloading...
Jul 16 10:37:42 debian systemd[1]: Reloading finished in 162 ms.
Jul 16 10:37:43 debian sudo[1692]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for
user root
Jul 16 10:38:27 debian sshd-session[2135]: Accepted password for david from
192.168.0.203 port 34516 ssh2
Jul 16 10:38:27 debian sshd-session[2135]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session
opened for user david(uid=1000) by david(uid=0)
Jul 16 10:38:27 debian systemd-logind[751]: New session 4 of user david.
Jul 16 10:38:27 debian systemd[1]: Started session-4.scope - Session 4 of User
david.
Jul 16 10:38:40 debian sudo[2148]: david : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/david ;
USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/journalctl -f
Jul 16 10:38:40 debian sudo[2148]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for
user root(uid=0) by david(uid=1000)
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[731]: [system] Activating via systemd:
service name='org.freedesktop.timedate1'
unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service' requested by ':1.56' (uid=1000
pid=2158 comm="x-www-browser")
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1]: Starting systemd-timedated.service - Time &
Date Service...
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1]: Started systemd-timedated.service - Time &
Date Service.
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[731]: [system] Successfully activated
service 'org.freedesktop.timedate1'
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop'
unit='xdg-desktop-portal.service' requested by ':1.42' (uid=1000 pid=2158
comm="x-www-browser")
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-desktop-portal.service -
Portal service...
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Activating via systemd: service
name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore'
unit='xdg-permission-store.service' requested by ':1.44' (uid=1000 pid=2225
comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal")
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-permission-store.service -
sandboxed app permission store...
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore'
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-permission-store.service -
sandboxed app permission store.
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents'
unit='xdg-document-portal.service' requested by ':1.44' (uid=1000 pid=2225
comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal")
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-document-portal.service -
flatpak document portal service...
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents'
Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-document-portal.service -
flatpak document portal service.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]:
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:18 GOTO="alsa_restore_std" has no
matching label, ignoring.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]:
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:18 The line has no effect any more,
dropping.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]:
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:22 GOTO="alsa_restore_std" has no
matching label, ignoring.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]:
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:22 The line has no effect any more,
dropping.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk'
unit='xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service' requested by ':1.44' (uid=1000 pid=2225
comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal")
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service -
Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation)...
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk'
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service -
Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation).
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian xdg-desktop-portal[2225]: pw.conf: can't load config
client.conf: No such file or directory
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian xdg-desktop-portal[2225]: pw.conf: can't load config
client.conf: No such file or directory
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian xdg-desktop-por[2225]: Failed connect to PipeWire:
Couldn't create PipeWire context
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop'
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-desktop-portal.service -
Portal service.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Successfully made thread 2292 of
process 2158 owned by '1000' RT at priority 10.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:53 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:53 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:39:09 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:39:09 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:39:21 debian systemd[1]: systemd-timedated.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Jul 16 10:41:34 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.daily' started
Jul 16 10:41:34 debian anacron[2554]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to
2025-07-16
Jul 16 10:41:34 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
Jul 16 10:41:47 debian systemd[1272]: tumblerd.service: Consumed 1.302s CPU
time, 158.7M memory peak.
Jul 16 10:42:51 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:42:51 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:43:04 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:43:04 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes
of 1 users.
Jul 16 10:45:21 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Activating via systemd: service name='org.xfce.Xfconf' unit='xfconfd.service'
requested by ':1.38' (uid=1000 pid=1684 comm="xfce4-terminal")
Jul 16 10:45:21 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xfconfd.service - Xfce
configuration service...
Jul 16 10:45:21 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5]
Successfully activated service 'org.xfce.Xfconf'
Jul 16 10:45:21 debian systemd[1272]: Started xfconfd.service - Xfce
configuration service.
Jul 16 10:46:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.weekly' started
Jul 16 10:46:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated
Jul 16 10:46:33 debian anacron[2704]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.weekly'
to 2025-07-16
Jul 16 10:51:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.monthly' started
Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd[1]: Starting systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service -
Cleanup of Temporary Directories...
Jul 16 10:51:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.monthly' terminated
Jul 16 10:51:33 debian anacron[2779]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.monthly'
to 2025-07-16
Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd-tmpfiles[2776]:
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf:14: Duplicate line for path "/run/lock",
ignoring.
Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd[1]: Finished systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service -
Cleanup of Temporary Directories.