Linux crashing (Im a complete noob help)

[JasKinasis]

If it's potentially hardware related, the dmesg command might also be worth a look. That will give you access to any messages in the kernels ring-buffer.

sudo dmesg | less

Above pipes the output from dmesg to less, so you can scroll through the output. Or if you prefer, you could pipe it to an alternative pager like more, or a terminal based browser like w3m, or lynx, if you have them installed.

Also, is it possible that this could be a graphics card/driver related issue?
It may be that the graphics stack is crashing, either through a hardware bug, or a driver bug - the underlying system is running, but the screen is just not updating because the graphics card has locked up. Making it look like the system has completely frozen.
Then perhaps the power management settings are kicking in and locking the screen, before eventually shutting down, or sleeping/hibernating.

 

[TITAN]

So i ran that comment the dmesg and i see this at the end of the output

[22355.560307] mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged
[22355.560311] EDAC sbridge MC0: HANDLING MCE MEMORY ERROR
[22355.560313] EDAC sbridge MC0: CPU 0: Machine Check Event: 0 Bank 7: 8c00004000010091
[22355.560314] EDAC sbridge MC0: TSC 3e872928fa16
[22355.560314] EDAC sbridge MC0: ADDR 123378cc0
[22355.560315] EDAC sbridge MC0: MISC 2450727286
[22355.560316] EDAC sbridge MC0: PROCESSOR 0:306e4 TIME 1678243622 SOCKET 0 APIC 0
[22355.560330] EDAC MC0: 1 CE memory read error on CPU_SrcID#0_Ha#0_Chan#3_DIMM#0 (channel:3 slot:0 page:0x123378 offset:0xcc0 grain:32 syndrome:0x0 - areaRAM err_code:0001:0091 socket:0 ha:0 channel_mask:8 rank:1)

I would personally take this as a yank the stick situation but, being new to linux idk if this is concerning or not

 

[TITAN]

Is the above readout cause for concern or no?

 

[MikeWalsh]

<snip>....its just i have been a windows/windows server power user....</snip>

Heh.

Coincidentally, Windows "power users" are the very people who tend to have the biggest issues when it comes to making the transition across to Linux. More often than not, the attitude is normally along the lines of "Well, if I can't get the hang of a different operating system, what hope does anybody else have of doing so?"

This very assumption has the unfortunate side-effect of blinding them to the fact that, when it comes to learning a new system from the ground up, they're invariably in the same position as the majority of noobs, although they've probably got a few steps up the ladder.....after all, operating systems do work along broadly the same lines, and they do at least have experience. It's the fine details that usually stump them, because power-users tend to be so used to doing things in a particular, specific way.

It's human nature, I'm afraid; at base, we're ALL creatures of habit. Nothing to be ashamed of.

You, at least, have 'come clean' and admitted this at an early stage. Kudos for that....good for you. The guys will definitely help you as far as they're able, more so if you're prepared to keep an open mind.

(It's not intended as an insult, more of an observation. I've been on various fora ever since the 'bulletin boards' of the late 90s, and I've seen it all over the years!)

We have command-line experts; you've met JasKinasis. We have installation experts. We have software experts. We have hardware experts.....you've met Brickwizard. I'm regarded - apparently! - as something of an 'expert' on 'Puppy' Linux, though more from a decade of usage than from any innate expertise; I'm mostly a packager, and probably more of a 'generalist' than anything else. I help out noobs on the Puppy Forums, help out other members with issues, and produce a whole range of 'portable' applications that suit Puppy's method of operation.

Everybody's welcome here.....regardless of ability OR background.

Welcome to Linux.org.


Mike.

 

[JasKinasis]

So i ran that comment the dmesg and i see this at the end of the output

[22355.560307] mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged
[22355.560311] EDAC sbridge MC0: HANDLING MCE MEMORY ERROR
[22355.560313] EDAC sbridge MC0: CPU 0: Machine Check Event: 0 Bank 7: 8c00004000010091
[22355.560314] EDAC sbridge MC0: TSC 3e872928fa16
[22355.560314] EDAC sbridge MC0: ADDR 123378cc0
[22355.560315] EDAC sbridge MC0: MISC 2450727286
[22355.560316] EDAC sbridge MC0: PROCESSOR 0:306e4 TIME 1678243622 SOCKET 0 APIC 0
[22355.560330] EDAC MC0: 1 CE memory read error on CPU_SrcID#0_Ha#0_Chan#3_DIMM#0 (channel:3 slot:0 page:0x123378 offset:0xcc0 grain:32 syndrome:0x0 - areaRAM err_code:0001:0091 socket:0 ha:0 channel_mask:8 rank:1)

I would personally take this as a yank the stick situation but, being new to linux idk if this is concerning or not

Yes, it looks to me like it might be the RAM that needs replacing, unless I’m misreading things!

 

[Brickwizard]

I know this is for RHEL, but it will give you some idea!

EDAC Errors in 'messages' Log in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and PowerEdge | Dell UK