Re: New Buster install crashing
On 2019-10-31, J.W. Foster wrote: > > So this is the issue. This is a newly built system hardware that is > all cutting edge and I have other Linux OS as well as windows > installed and all wo rk well. I have had a consistent issue with > Buster crashing the system. I can only tell that it is losing control > of the keyboard and mouse which leaves me with a reboot situation > with journal recovery. It's been years since I encountered an issue > like this and I have been using Debian since the ear ly floppy drive > days. The thing I am seeking is where to look for logs that indicate > specifically what is occurring. I know this is a vague question, so > if you need more specific info just let me know.Thanks!John What astounds me is why you wouldn't spontaneously reveal the specific nature of your hardware so that others here who might have the same or similar material could offer a clue, or, if eventually you resolve anything, receive one. -- We do not remember what we might have been before birth. This, and only this, gives hope of oblivion.--Insufficient! William T. Vollmann, "Supernatural Axioms"
Re: New Buster install crashing
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:45:59 + (UTC) "J.W. Foster" wrote: > So this is the issue. This is a newly built system hardware that > is all cutting edge and I have other Linux OS as well as windows > installed and all work well. I have had a consistent issue with Buster > crashing the system. I can only tell that it is losing control of the > keyboard and mouse which leaves me with a reboot situation with journal > recovery. It's been years since I encountered an issue like this and I > have been using Debian since the early floppy drive days. > The thing I am seeking is where to look for logs that indicate > specifically what is occurring. I know this is a vague question, so if > you need more specific info just let me know.Thanks!John Cutting-edge hardware can be a problem for Linux. It takes a few months for open-source drivers to be written. You should post your hardware specs, including the graphics card. There may be known issues. Did you install the firmware appropriate to your motherboard (Intel or AMD)? I had to do this to get Buster to work 100% correctly even though it was on Virtualbox on this very old (almost 13 years, but numerous upgrades) box of mine. You may have to enable the non-free repos to get the appropriate firmware. Or reinstall using the "Non-free" install disk. Graphic cards can be a problem, particularly if they are the super-duper, cutting-edge (there's that word, again) gamer kind. The driver the Buster installer picked may not be suitable. You could have a corrupted drive or a bad controller chip on the MB. I experienced the latter on a brand new board. POST would hang at the keyboard with a "bad keyboard" error reported with the appropriate number of beeps. All keyboards used were good. Worked fine on other systems. Bad controller chip. I doubt if you will find a log report of the problem. Computer boots, then at sometime freezes or becomes unresponsive, that is, kernel crashes or gets in an infinite CPU cycle eating loop. Log probably doesn't or can't be written. B
Re: New Buster install crashing
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:45:59 + (UTC) "J.W. Foster" wrote: > The thing I am seeking is where to look for logs that indicate > specifically what is occurring. Try /var/log/syslog. Although if the system crashes, it may not write the last few lines to the file, and those are likely to be what you want. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
Re: New Buster install crashing
Hi John, Quoting J.W. Foster (2019-10-31 16:45:59) > So this is the issue. This is a newly built system hardware that is > all cutting edge and I have other Linux OS as well as windows > installed and all work well. I have had a consistent issue with Buster > crashing the system. I can only tell that it is losing control of the > keyboard and mouse which leaves me with a reboot situation with > journal recovery. It's been years since I encountered an issue like > this and I have been using Debian since the early floppy drive days. You probably didn't use _this_ bleeding edge hardware back in the day. > The thing I am seeking is where to look for logs that indicate > specifically what is occurring. I know this is a vague question, so if > you need more specific info just let me know. Sounds like something happening in the kernel, so try either "journal" or more directly "dmesg" - both as root. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
