Arch Linux

7845 readers

14 users here now

The beloved lightweight distro

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Arch crashing randomly?? (newbie, please no "RTFM") (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Every once in a while my system just randomly crashes with just a blank screen, its not when I do something specific, just randomly

Additional info: OS: Bedrock Linux 0.7.30 poki x86_64 Host: vostro 5471 Kernel: arch Uptime: 4mins Shell: bash DE: enlightenment Terminal: cool-retro-term CPU: Intel i5 GPU: Intel UHD 620 Memory: 588MiB/7839Mib

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Have to agree with the other replies: this could be any number of things. I’d start with the basics by making sure it’s not a hardware issue, then looking at software. Vostro is Dell’s budget business line, and my experiences with Vostro have been lackluster at best.

That’s not to say it’s purely a hardware issue. I’m a hardware guy so I tend to look at hardware first. Any number of software issues could also be causing your issue, including drivers, driver configuration, data corruption on your storage device, a setting or config from your distro or upstream provider, or even some random utility you installed.

Does it crash under other operating systems? Does it crash only after sitting idle for a certain time? Are you able to open another TTY and use the system from a prompt even though your screen is black?