Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages

From	Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages
Date	2021-06-03 09:00 +0200
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Debian Buster here. My laptop is aging and has only 4BG Ram, however 
that should be sufficient for a couple of instances of Firefox (no 
streaming, etc) and an instance of Chromium.

It has happened a few times in the last few days that the system becomes 
irresponsive, the screen is frozen, I can't shut X down nor go into text 
mode. I can't hear any drive activity. The only way out is to shut the 
laptop from the power button and reboot. I then check in 
/var/log/messages and there is absolutely nothing that can give me any hint.

I thought I knew how to troubleshoot a crash but it appears I don't.

Lenovo diagnostic tools can't find anything wrong.

The only possible culprit is maybe tlp [1]? Maybe there is something in 
power management that makes the laptop freeze? Or maybe the RAM is 
gone/going and the diagnostic tools are not picking it up?


[1] https://linrunner.de/tlp/

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Ottavio Caruso

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Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-06-03 09:00 +0200
  Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-03 09:10 +0200
    Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-06-03 10:00 +0200
      Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-06-03 10:10 +0200
        Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Marc Auslander <marcausl@gmail.com> - 2021-06-03 17:50 +0200
          Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-06-03 18:30 +0200
            Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-06-03 19:40 +0200
              Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-04 02:10 +0200
                Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-06-04 04:30 +0200
                Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-04 08:20 +0200
        Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-06-03 16:20 +0200
      Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-03 10:20 +0200
        Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-06-03 13:00 +0200

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