Computer Freezing

[wibble]

Hi all,

I am relatively new to linux. I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a home PC. I have recently found that my PC has been locking up causing a range of problems including virtual drives to unmount. I'm reasonably confident that it isn't a system resources issue. When all services are running netdata shows CPU sits at around 2% and RAM typically between 40-50%.

More often than not the PC will eventually come back to life and I can restart my services. However yesterday it remained locked for longer than usual so I did some digging around online and I came across this forum thread: https://www.linux.org/threads/computer-keeps-freezing.35966/

So to answer some of those questions if I run

inxi -Fnx

I get the following:

System: Host: homeserver Kernel: 4.15.0-163-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.5.0 Console: tty 2
Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
Machine: Device: desktop System: MEDION product: P62024 serial: N/A
Mobo: MEDION model: B460H6-EM v: 1.0 serial: N/A
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 460H6W0X.105 date: 05/19/2020
CPU: 6 core Intel Core i5-10400 (-MT-MCP-) arch: N/A cache: 12288 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 34798
clock speeds: max: 4300 MHz 1: 4045 MHz 2: 3780 MHz 3: 3225 MHz 4: 3756 MHz 5: 3364 MHz 6: 3980 MHz
7: 3910 MHz 8: 3856 MHz 9: 3934 MHz 10: 3823 MHz 11: 4010 MHz 12: 3728 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Device 9bc8 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: N/A drivers: (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 116x35 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Audio: Card Intel Device a3f0 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 Sound: ALSA v: k4.15.0-163-generic
Network: Card-1: Intel Device 2723 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1024.2GB (46.6% used)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: E12 size: 1024.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915G used: 444G (52%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1
ID-2: /boot size: 705M used: 227M (35%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-3: swap-1 size: 1.02GB used: 0.41GB (40%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 401 Uptime: 2:24 Memory: 3752.3/7709.9MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.5.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.201) inxi: 2.3.56

My /var/log/boot.log gives me the following error:

WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning.
Volume group "ubuntu-vg" not found
Cannot process volume group ubuntu-vg

My PC is turning on and booting OK, but it displays a 'system error' when it has booted up. I found several posts about this error but the remedy involves updating the kernel (https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-failed-to-connect-to-lvmetad-error-on-ubuntu/) which I am reticent to do as I don't really understand this process or why it might be broken, or even if it's likely to be causing a problem. I'm therefore not 100% sure if I want to go digging into something that could make the issue worse, so thought I'd get a sense check from you lovely peeps and see what you might suggest.

TIA

 

[Brickwizard]

Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
the R8169 driver dosn't always play nicely [depending on which kernel you have]
see this thread for one answer

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www.linux.org

ADDENDUM when using inxi Fnx always put a z on the end [inxi -Fnxz] if your posting to forums

 

[wibble]

Thanks for the link. I'll try that fix. Failing that, would it be worth buying a different network card, and if so can you recommend one?

 

[Brickwizard]

can you recommend one

older rtl in the main are ok, but those with atheros chips are normally better supported in linux

 

[wibble]

Hey man, just to follow up on this. I downgraded the driver as per the other post and things have been stable for a good few weeks.
Thanks very much for the advice.