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Questions tagged [freeze]

A freeze or hang is when the system becomes unresponsive for some period of time. This may relate to memory usage, graphics issues, or something else. If you are having this problem, be sure to include details of your hardware and configuration in your question.

Freezes have a variety of causes.

Adjusting your configuration may help:

  • Make sure you have enough swap space and that it is being used as needed
  • Make sure you are using the correct graphics driver for your system
  • Check for kernel / driver bugs related to your hardware specifically and try any recommended workarounds

Sometimes a transient bug is to blame and the problem goes away after an update or upgrade.

See: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?

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ubuntu 14.04 freezes randomly

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 version along side with windows 7. Ubuntu freezes randomly I am unable to use any keys on keyboard since they are not working even mouse is not working.the only solution to get off from this freeze is restarting my…
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How to do end task similar to that in Windows?

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? Sometimes Ubuntu freezes and I have no other option than to power off system directly. Is there some remedy or way like 'Ctrl + Alt + Del' similar to that in Windows. That would be very…
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Ubuntu 22.04 lts high cpu usage freeze (no tty and no userful logs)

On my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (installed on an ASUS ZenBook with Intel i5 11th gen), I get a weird thing happening. Every time I try to do something a bit more heavy, like image opening more apps at the same time, Ubuntu freezes (the mouse stops working…
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Ubuntu 18.04 is freezing randomly. How do I debug this?

I'm using a Lenovo Notebook that randomly freezes. When I mean random, it's REALLY random, the machine has been on for a week without freezing, freezing when no apps are opened, freezing when opening three tabs in Chrome, freezing when opening…
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Is there anything to check after your computer locks up or freezes?

I have a Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop with Ubuntu 14.04, that has worked very well for over a year. However, recently I have been experiencing freezes where the machine does not respond to any keyboard or mouse events and I have to power it…
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system freezes randomly and responds in a while on ubuntu 22.10

I just moved from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 22.10 on my HP Notebook - 15-ay542tu laptop which has CPU: Intel i3-6006U CPU @ 2.00GHz RAM: 12GB RAM 400 GB SSD (ubuntu installed here) 1TB storage disk Problem The system freezes randomly for a minute or two…
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Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS freezes, requiring a hard reboot

I am experiencing regular system freezes running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS on a Lenovo-Legion-5-17IMH05H with NV168 graphics card. The computer does not respond to ctrl-alt-F1 and the only way out seems to be a hard reset. I have two examples of syslog…
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Ubuntu 20.04 freezes minutes after login

I have been using Ubuntu 16.04 in the past without any issues on my desktop (dual boot with Windows 10 on separate SSD's). At point I tried upgrading to 18.04 and then my computer would freeze just a couple of minutes after login, which made me…
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Ubuntu freezes in Ryzen 3000 and X570

Good morning, I have an AMD Ryzen 7 3700x in a motherboard Gigabyte x570 ud v1.0 with Nvidia GTX 1660 Super. I'm triying to run Ubuntu but there is a lot of freeze problems, during the installation and also when I achieve to install, during the…
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Freezing Games 18.04.1

I'm not certain if this is a hardware problem or an Ubuntu problem but I'm asking here in case it's an issue someone else has dealt with: I have a Dell Latitude E6420 laptop running Ubuntu 18.04.1 and it will often freeze when running graphical…
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Freeze but can move mouse Help!

I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installed and, I left my computer downloading something and a few minutes later my computer freezes and I can still move my mouse but, Nothing would work Is there a way to fix this? And is this a Hardware problem? I have a HP…
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Ubuntu freeze at any moment

my pc (dell inspiron 15) on which ubuntu is installed frequently freezes, here is the logs before the last freeze in attachments. I hope you will see what is the problem because I have no idea.
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Ubuntu 14... freezes after kernel selection, stops on a specific line in recovery mode

I have Linux 14 something running on a Macbook and have about 10 kernels to choose from, from 4.2.0-42 down to 3.13 something. All of them were working, but after I repeatedly restarted my computer to try all the kernels about 20 times, the booting…
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Ubuntu 16.04 freezes before login screen

I am having issues with my dual boot. Ubuntu freezes on the loading screen with the dots (before it asks you to log in). I dont know how to remove resolve this. I have booted in safe mode and can view my files. Any ideas? I would really appreciate…
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Ubuntu 10.04 freezing randomly and completelty

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? I have problem with my Ubuntu 10.04 that installed on Lenovo T420 laptop. it keep freezing randomly and i don't know how to fix it. when it freeze, it freeze completely and the only way is…
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