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 <
bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <jim.nantz15@comcast.net> 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. Any ideas as to why?
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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