[resolved]Unwated/unplanned restarts

[perplexed_penguin]

Starting a few days ago, definitely within the last week, my laptop running Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit will just randomly restart.

At first I thought maybe I didn't notice the battery life running low or something. But it happens even if plugged in and the laptop is high on charge. I have zero clue why it happens. The restarts happen if I am watching YouTube or reading things online or watching something on VLC, etc...

Any ideas?

[gittiest personITW]

Hi,
First thing when posting, prob best to give the output of

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inxi -Fxz

to give ppl an idea of your hardware/desktop environment.

With older laptops, sometimes dust can block vents and lead to overheating. Always worth giving the lappy a vacuum all over. Don't be shy.
Can you also check the SMART status of your hard drive.

[perplexed_penguin]

Hi,
First thing when posting, prob best to give the output of

Code: Select all

inxi -Fxz

to give ppl an idea of your hardware/desktop environment.

With older laptops, sometimes dust can block vents and lead to overheating. Always worth giving the lappy a vacuum all over. Don't be shy.
Can you also check the SMART status of your hard drive.

System: Host: jake-X441BA Kernel: 4.15.0-64-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: X441BA v: 1.0
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X441BA v: 1.0
Bios: American Megatrends v: X441BA.301 date: 01/19/2018
CPU: Dual core AMD A9-9420 RADEON R5 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 11976
clock speeds: max: 3000 MHz 1: 1797 MHz 2: 1793 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics]
bus-ID: 00:01.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,amdgpu (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,radeon)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz, 1360x768@60.02hz
GLX Renderer: AMD STONEY (DRM 3.23.0 / 4.15.0-64-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:09.2
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Device 15b3
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-64-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
driver: rtl8723be port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 256.1GB (83.4% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Micron_1100_MTFD size: 256.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 227G used: 192G (90%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 71.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 190 Uptime: 1:20 Memory: 1597.2/7486.0MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

How do I check the SMART status?

[RIH]

I would also look at the content of your /(root) directory.
It looks like you do not have a separate /home partition, but 192G sounds big to me - unless you have a lot of personal data on there.
The issue, to me, is that it is 90% full & that is a great deal more than I would be comfortable with...
If it is personal data then I would consider getting some form of USB storage device to save data to.

Have you a lot of old kernels, logs or (worse) timeshift snapshots saved on that disk??
If so just a clean up of the disk may well make your issue go away.

[Spearmint2]

Doing video intense things can heat up a processor more. Next time using video like youtube, also check your temp values. Do you have lm-sensors installed?

[perplexed_penguin]

I would also look at the content of your /(root) directory.
It looks like you do not have a separate /home partition, but 192G sounds big to me - unless you have a lot of personal data on there.
The issue, to me, is that it is 90% full & that is a great deal more than I would be comfortable with...
If it is personal data then I would consider getting some form of USB storage device to save data to.

Have you a lot of old kernels, logs or (worse) timeshift snapshots saved on that disk??
If so just a clean up of the disk may well make your issue go away.

I will transfer some files to external hard drive. What percentage should I look to get under? Under 85%? 70%? I have no idea.

I have no timeshift snapshots. I don't know where to look for logs. In kernels, I seem to have many.

It shows I have 4.15.0-64 active, but I have everything from 4.15.0-24 to 4.15.0-62 along with 4.13.0-45

Should I uninstall all kernels prior to the current active one?


edit: I transfered some things and am down to 75% now, if that is good enough.

[perplexed_penguin]

Doing video intense things can heat up a processor more. Next time using video like youtube, also check your temp values. Do you have lm-sensors installed?

I do not have lm-sensors installed and do not know what that is. I don't know how to check temp values, but will google to see if I can figure it out!

[Larry78723]

I would delete any kernels prior to 4.15.0-58.

[RIH]

As far as kernels are concerned i only keep 2. The newest 1 that is running currently & the last one that ran with zero issues - usually the 1 that was running before the latest 1.
If you ever need an even earlier 1 then it is easy enough to install that through Update Manager.

As for how much free space I would be happy with... that is a very personal issue too, sorry..
90% would make me uncomfortable.. 80% far less so & 70% worry free.
But that also depends on the size of the partition too. 10% free space on a 4TB is obviously far less of a worry than 10% on a 120GB drive..

EDIT
i have just seen you edit & I would be comfortable with 75% but would still keep an eye on it...