I would run Memtest and see whats going on first. Random freezes can be a sign of bad RAM, especially if you are using older computer parts. I would first run Memtest from the boot menu of your OS and test the sticks and see if any errors throw up. On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 9:18 PM Michael wrote: > this is a new happening. the computer has hummed along nicely for more > than two years now. > $ sudo lshw > [sudo] password for bmike1: > mikesbeast > description: Desktop Computer > product: GA-MA785G-UD3H > vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > width: 64 bits > capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall32 > configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop > uuid=36434630-3439-3032-3031-3031FFFFFFFF > *-core > description: Motherboard > product: GA-MA785G-UD3H > vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > physical id: 0 > version: x.x > *-firmware > description: BIOS > vendor: Award Software International, Inc. > physical id: 0 > version: F4 > date: 09/16/2009 > size: 128KiB > capacity: 960KiB > capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot > bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 > int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer > int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification > *-cpu > description: CPU > product: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] > physical id: 4 > bus info: cpu@0 > version: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor > slot: Socket M2 > size: 1900MHz > capacity: 3GHz > width: 64 bits > clock: 200MHz > capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce > cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht > syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow > constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 > popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse > 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock > nrip_save cpufreq > *-cache:0 > description: L1 cache > physical id: a > slot: Internal Cache > size: 128KiB > capacity: 128KiB > capabilities: synchronous internal write-back > configuration: level=1 > *-cache:1 > description: L2 cache > physical id: c > slot: External Cache > size: 512KiB > capacity: 512KiB > capabilities: synchronous internal write-back > configuration: level=2 > *-cache > description: L1 cache > physical id: b > slot: Internal Cache > size: 128KiB > capacity: 128KiB > capabilities: synchronous internal write-back > configuration: level=1 > *-memory > description: System Memory > physical id: 28 > slot: System board or motherboard > size: 8GiB > *-bank:0 > description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) > product: None > vendor: None > physical id: 0 > serial: None > slot: A0 > size: 2GiB > width: 64 bits > clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) > *-bank:1 > description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) > product: None > vendor: None > physical id: 1 > serial: None > slot: A1 > size: 2GiB > width: 64 bits > clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) > *-bank:2 > description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) > product: None > vendor: None > physical id: 2 > serial: None > slot: A2 > size: 2GiB > width: 64 bits > clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) > *-bank:3 > description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns) > product: None > vendor: None > physical id: 3 > serial: None > slot: A3 > size: 2GiB > width: 64 bits > clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) > *-pci:0 > description: Host bridge > product: RS880 Host Bridge > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: 100 > bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 > version: 00 > width: 64 bits > clock: 66MHz > configuration: latency=32 > *-pci:0 > description: PCI bridge > product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0) > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: 2 > bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode > bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=pcieport > resources: irq:18 ioport:e000(size=4096) > memory:fdf00000-fdffffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456) > *-display > description: VGA compatible controller > product: RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 0 > bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 > version: 00 > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master > cap_list rom > configuration: driver=radeon latency=0 > resources: irq:25 memory:d0000000-dfffffff > memory:fdfe0000-fdfeffff ioport:ee00(size=256) memory:c0000-dffff > *-multimedia > description: Audio device > product: RV770 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4850/4870] > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 0.1 > bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1 > version: 00 > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 > resources: irq:26 memory:fdffc000-fdffffff > *-pci:1 > description: PCI bridge > product: RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: a > bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode > bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=pcieport > resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=4096) > memory:fde00000-fdefffff ioport:fdb00000(size=1048576) > *-network > description: Ethernet interface > product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet > Controller > vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > physical id: 0 > bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 > logical name: enp2s0 > version: 02 > serial: 6c:f0:49:02:01:01 > size: 10Mbit/s > capacity: 1Gbit/s > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master > cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt > 1000bt-fd autonegotiation > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes > driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no > multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s > resources: irq:18 ioport:de00(size=256) > memory:fdbff000-fdbfffff memory:fdbe0000-fdbeffff memory:fde00000-fde0ffff > *-storage > description: SATA controller > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 11 > bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: storage pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=ahci latency=32 > resources: irq:22 ioport:ff00(size=8) ioport:fe00(size=4) > ioport:fd00(size=8) ioport:fc00(size=4) ioport:fb00(size=16) > memory:fe02f000-fe02f3ff > *-usb:0 > description: USB controller > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 12 > bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: ohci bus_master > configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 > resources: irq:16 memory:fe02e000-fe02efff > *-usbhost > product: OHCI PCI host controller > vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ohci_hcd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@3 > logical name: usb3 > version: 4.15 > capabilities: usb-1.10 > configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s > *-usb > description: Keyboard > product: Logitech USB Keyboard > vendor: Logitech > physical id: 3 > bus info: usb@3:3 > version: 28.00 > capabilities: usb-1.10 > configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA > speed=2Mbit/s > *-usb:1 > description: USB controller > product: SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 12.1 > bus info: pci@0000:00:12.1 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: ohci bus_master > configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 > resources: irq:16 memory:fe02d000-fe02dfff > *-usbhost > product: OHCI PCI host controller > vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ohci_hcd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@4 > logical name: usb4 > version: 4.15 > capabilities: usb-1.10 > configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s > *-usb > description: Mouse > product: USB Optical Mouse > vendor: Primax Electronics, Ltd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@4:1 > version: 2.00 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=2Mbit/s > *-usb:2 > description: USB controller > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 12.2 > bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32 > resources: irq:17 memory:fe02c000-fe02c0ff > *-usbhost > product: EHCI Host Controller > vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ehci_hcd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@1 > logical name: usb1 > version: 4.15 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s > *-usb > description: USB hub > product: USB2.0 Hub > vendor: Genesys Logic, Inc. > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@1:1 > version: 7.02 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 > speed=480Mbit/s > *-usb:0 > description: Audio device > product: HD Webcam C525 > vendor: Logitech, Inc. > physical id: 3 > bus info: usb@1:1.3 > version: 0.10 > serial: 4E722DD0 > capabilities: usb-2.00 audio-control > configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA > speed=480Mbit/s > *-usb:1 > description: USB hub > product: USB 2.0 Hub > vendor: Terminus Technology Inc. > physical id: 4 > bus info: usb@1:1.4 > version: 1.11 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 > speed=480Mbit/s > *-usb > description: Mass storage device > product: Flash Card Reader/Writer > vendor: Generic > physical id: 4 > bus info: usb@1:1.4.4 > logical name: scsi6 > version: 1.00 > serial: 058F63666438 > capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host > configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=100mA > speed=480Mbit/s > *-disk > description: SCSI Disk > physical id: 0.0.0 > bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0 > logical name: /dev/sdb > configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 > sectorsize=512 > *-usb:3 > description: USB controller > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 13 > bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: ohci bus_master > configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 > resources: irq:18 memory:fe02b000-fe02bfff > *-usbhost > product: OHCI PCI host controller > vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ohci_hcd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@5 > logical name: usb5 > version: 4.15 > capabilities: usb-1.10 > configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s > *-usb:4 > description: USB controller > product: SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 13.1 > bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: ohci bus_master > configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 > resources: irq:18 memory:fe02a000-fe02afff > *-usbhost > product: OHCI PCI host controller > vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ohci_hcd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@6 > logical name: usb6 > version: 4.15 > capabilities: usb-1.10 > configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s > *-usb:5 > description: USB controller > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 13.2 > bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32 > resources: irq:19 memory:fe029000-fe0290ff > *-usbhost > product: EHCI Host Controller > vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ehci_hcd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@2 > logical name: usb2 > version: 4.15 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s > *-serial UNCLAIMED > description: SMBus > product: SBx00 SMBus Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 14 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 > version: 3c > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: ht cap_list > configuration: latency=0 > *-ide > description: IDE interface > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 14.1 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: ide msi bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=32 > resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 > ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:fa00(size=16) > *-multimedia > description: Audio device > product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 14.2 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2 > version: 00 > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32 > resources: irq:16 memory:fe024000-fe027fff > *-isa > description: ISA bridge > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 14.3 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: isa bus_master > configuration: latency=0 > *-pci:2 > description: PCI bridge > product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 14.4 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master vga_palette > resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff > memory:fdc00000-fdcfffff > *-network > description: Wireless interface > product: RT5362 PCI 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter > vendor: Ralink corp. > physical id: 6 > bus info: pci@0000:03:06.0 > logical name: wlp3s6 > version: 00 > serial: e4:be:ed:04:95:ca > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical > wireless > configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci > driverversion=4.15.0-39-generic firmware=0.34 ip=10.0.0.6 latency=32 > link=yes maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 > resources: irq:20 memory:fdde0000-fddeffff > *-firewire > description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) > product: TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) > vendor: Texas Instruments > physical id: e > bus info: pci@0000:03:0e.0 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 > maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 > resources: irq:22 memory:fddff000-fddff7ff > memory:fddf8000-fddfbfff > *-usb:6 > description: USB controller > product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > physical id: 14.5 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: ohci bus_master > configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 > resources: irq:18 memory:fe028000-fe028fff > *-usbhost > product: OHCI PCI host controller > vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ohci_hcd > physical id: 1 > bus info: usb@7 > logical name: usb7 > version: 4.15 > capabilities: usb-1.10 > configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s > *-pci:1 > description: Host bridge > product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: 101 > bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > *-pci:2 > description: Host bridge > product: Family 10h Processor Address Map > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: 102 > bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > *-pci:3 > description: Host bridge > product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: 103 > bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > *-pci:4 > description: Host bridge > product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: 104 > bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > configuration: driver=k10temp > resources: irq:0 > *-pci:5 > description: Host bridge > product: Family 10h Processor Link Control > vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] > physical id: 105 > bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4 > version: 00 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > *-scsi > physical id: 1 > logical name: scsi0 > capabilities: emulated > *-disk > description: ATA Disk > product: ST500DM002-1BD14 > vendor: Seagate > physical id: 0.0.0 > bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 > logical name: /dev/sda > version: KC45 > serial: Z2AV4105 > size: 465GiB (500GB) > capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos > configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 > sectorsize=4096 signature=2d180100 > *-volume:0 > description: EXT4 volume > vendor: Linux > physical id: 1 > bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 > logical name: /dev/sda1 > logical name: / > version: 1.0 > serial: a0b38ba2-188f-4efb-bbeb-33bbd9c268e2 > size: 457GiB > capacity: 457GiB > capabilities: primary bootable journaled > extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 > initialized > configuration: created=2018-04-12 21:26:24 filesystem=ext4 > lastmountpoint=/ modified=2018-12-14 15:25:15 mount.fstype=ext4 > mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2018-12-14 > 10:31:36 state=mounted > *-volume:1 > description: Extended partition > physical id: 2 > bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 > logical name: /dev/sda2 > size: 8189MiB > capacity: 8189MiB > capabilities: primary extended partitioned > partitioned:extended > *-logicalvolume > description: Linux swap / Solaris partition > physical id: 5 > logical name: /dev/sda5 > capacity: 8189MiB > capabilities: nofs > > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 4:10 PM Jim wrote: > >> I used to have an HP computer. It would lock up at random when it was >> running linux. I found out later that there was a bug in the bios it was >> using that only affected linux, and HP wasn't interested, at that time in >> fixing the bug. Others might have better luck coming up with a solution if >> you can tell the list what hardware is in this computer of yours. >> On 12/14/18 7:14 AM, Michael wrote: >> >> I start linux and everything is good. But after I start Chrome sometimes >> it freezes. 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