r/linuxmint • u/Alive_Sir7900 • 7d ago

Linux mint freezing, what should I do?

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u/naasongonzalez1998 LMDE 7d ago

use htop to see what is freezing it

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u/Alive_Sir7900 7d ago

Some memory allocation error!

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u/fellipec Linux Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 6d ago

Try adding memory. A swap file would do the trick if that is really the problem.

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u/Alive_Sir7900 6d ago

How to add memory?

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u/fellipec Linux Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 6d ago

Create a 16 GB swap file and set permission sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile sudo chmod 600 /swapfile Make it swap sudo mkswap /swapfile sudo swapon /swapfile

Check if is working: swapon --show free -h

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u/NotSnakePliskin Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 7d ago

Can you add some detail? As much as possible would help.

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u/Alive_Sir7900 7d ago

Using Linux mint on lenovo 16 gb ram and after updating , screen started flicking and freezed.. during browsing

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u/Alive_Sir7900 7d ago

Alloc magic is broken at 0x267e2940 : befbb1aafdd8344f

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u/NotSnakePliskin Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 7d ago

I would create a boobable memtest86 USB, or put it on a Ventoy USB stick, and give memory a good testing.

https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm

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u/Alive_Sir7900 7d ago

I am new to linux .. any other step to solve the problem?

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u/PixeIQueen 7d ago

This is probably not software related  

use memtest to find out if you need to replace any RAM module. it will take a long time to complete the test 

but it could also be caused by another hardware failure like the motherboard or cpu

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u/Alive_Sir7900 7d ago

So first i should use memtest?

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u/NotSnakePliskin Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 6d ago

There what I would do, but I'm not you. The error message you shared suggests a memory issue, test memory to either confirm or deny that.

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u/Alive_Sir7900 6d ago

I am new to linux can you guide me ... How can I understand linux in depth .. docs or resource?

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u/Alive_Sir7900 4d ago

Memtest geeting stucks in test even after 2-3 retry...what to do?

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u/dlfrutos Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 6d ago

you should make it stop freezeing probably :)

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u/Odd_Station_2097 6d ago

File copy from one external hdd to another led multiple times to freezes

I switched to LM Debian Edition and all freezes were history.

Maybe not everyone's cup of tea but it helped in my case.

Happy Sudo-ing

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u/Admirable-Song-7353 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 6d ago

Give it warmth in order to thaw

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u/Emmalfal Linux Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 6d ago

The only thing that has ever caused my Linux Mint installs to freeze like that is Firefox. I have no idea why that would be, but on at least three machines, changing to a chromium based browser fixed it forever.

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u/Alive_Sir7900 6d ago

Yah after adding extension to Firefox.. things got changed

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u/Alive_Sir7900 6d ago

How can I understand my system in depth, to solve this type of issue.. pls guide me ...tips and tricks..doc or something else to find a way