Subject: Re: bug#48604: Linux-libre 5.12.5 freezes

From: Maxime Devos <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 15:36:31 +0200

Yusuf Talha via Bug reports for GNU Guix schreef op zo 23-05-2021 om 11:22 [+0200]:
> hello.  i am using a librebooted thinkpad x200 laptop with gnu guix.
> if i use the latest kernel on my system, my computer suddenly freezes
> without a reason after a while of usage.

Maybe your computer is experiencing an OOM (out-of-memory).

Maybe keep a system monitor visible (e.g. gnome-system-monitor or htop)
and keep an eye on the memory & swap usage. Does the freeze coincide with
high memory usage?

Also, can you still hear your disk spinning after a freeze?
(IIUC, that would indicate Linux is still issuing I/O to the disk
so Linux did not OOP? I'm not an expert on these matters though.)

> it is probably a kernel panic. older kernels don't have that problem. [...]

What was the latest kernel version that worked for you?

Greetings,
Maxime.