[SOLVED] Rhythmbox freezing my computer?

[mintybarrels]

I've just swapped my entire system over to a new SSD.

The clone didn't take - kind of buggy. So, I just went for a full re-install.

It seems to be working fine - with the only exception being that when I'm listening to Rhythmbox it will stop working after a few songs, and when I return to my computer nothing seems to be working except the mouse.

Any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this? Or, will I just have to completely reinstall... AGAIN?

Thanks,

MB




ED* The problem was a faulty SSD - ADATA XPG FURY ... junk, don't buy.

[motoryzen]

see that section above surrounded in pink ( virtually impossible to miss) and that blue font and link called how to get help, click it. Step 5 talks about one way to post your system details which we need some info involving how Linux Mint sees/deals with your hardware.

Rhythmbox has never caused any of my systems to freeze in my 12+ years of using it regardless of the hardware, but that's just been my experience.

if you prefer the gui way...

1. Windows logo aka start button on your keyboard, type without quotes " system reports"
2. "System information" button in upper left, " copy " button bottom right.
3. Come back here. paste into the reply white area

This won't provide any personally identifiable info so no worries

[mintybarrels]

Apologies, I should know better....

I just never know what report I'm supposed to run.

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System:    Kernel: 5.14.0-1058-oem x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 
           wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Convertible System: LENOVO product: 20WE v: ThinkBook 14s Yoga ITL 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 31 v: ThinkBook 14s Yoga ITL serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO 
           v: FNCN34WW(V2.04) date: 08/09/2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 52.4 Wh condition: 56.0/60.0 Wh (93%) volts: 17.4/15.4 
           model: Celxpert L19C4PDB serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Tiger Lake rev: 1 L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 38707 
           Speed: 1154 MHz min/max: 400/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1154 2: 2615 3: 3279 
           4: 2646 5: 2793 6: 1676 7: 3661 8: 2086 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           chip ID: 8086:9a49 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl bus ID: 00:1f.3 
           chip ID: 8086:a0c8 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.14.0-1058-oem 
Network:   Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:a0f0 
           IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.85 TiB used: 2.92 TiB (157.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: 00000 size: 29.28 GiB serial: <filter> 
           ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS2000G size: 1.82 TiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
           lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: A-Data model: SX8100NP size: 3.64 TiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
           lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 182.28 GiB used: 10.86 GiB (6.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 
           ID-2: /home size: 3.40 TiB used: 1.44 TiB (42.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 3-5:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse 
           driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:c534 
           Device-2: 3-7:3 info: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo 
           rev: 2.0 chip ID: 13d3:56ff 
           Device-3: 3-9:4 info: Elan Micro ELAN:Fingerprint type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A 
           rev: 2.0 chip ID: 04f3:0c4d 
           Device-4: 3-10:5 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb rev: 2.0 chip ID: 8087:0026 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
           2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:      Processes: 301 Uptime: 1h 42m Memory: 38.99 GiB used: 4.07 GiB (10.4%) Init: systemd 
           v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client 
           inxi: 3.0.38 

I ended up just doing a full re-install anyways.... about the 3rd time I've done it in the past 48 hours - I'm getting good at it!

But, yes, if anyone can tell me why my system is hanging/freezing from time to time, would be great.

Since I have 40GB of RAM, I decided not to put a swap file on these latest installs.

Other than that, I'm using the same kernel that was working great before I switched drives...

What else....?

Thanks for your help,

MB

[motoryzen]

Apologies, I should know better....

I just never know what report I'm supposed to run.

*nods appreciatively * It's cool. Just know that System Report usually covers 99.9% of everything so it's always a solid choice.

If you're up for a reasonable challenge that will let you post/prep your system details faster from now on. I made a turtorial here viewtopic.php?t=386621

You may need to adjust the " sleep " numerical values to something larger depending on your system.

, I decided not to put a swap file on these latest installs

It automatically creates swap space ( 2GBs last I recall), but you also have the option to change that amount.

I ended up just doing a full re-install anyways.... about the 3rd time I've done it in the past 48 hours - I'm getting good at it!

That's a good attitude to keep. I've had to do clean reinstalls often throughout the years. I didn't learn how Linux worked overnight or even over a week either. I used it off and on for now over 12 years and switched 100% July 28 2020 and couldn't be happier overall. I'll try to get back to you later today. It's family day and laundry day for me.

[mintybarrels]

How do I change the sleep values?

MB

[motoryzen]

How do I change the sleep values?

Just change the number to a different number.

If you need further help on this. please post a comment on that link I gave you so we can keep the conversation coherent to the topic involved. Mods, understandably, want to keep things coherent.

[mintybarrels]

Rhythmbox was not freezing my computer, it was a bad SSD ADATA Fury XPG - JUNK, don't buy. Possibly not Linux compatible.

MB

[motoryzen]

Rhythmbox was not freezing my computer, it was a bad SSD ADATA Fury XPG - JUNK, don't buy. Possibly not Linux compatible.

MB

I don't think it was an issue of not being Linux compatible, I have yet to find any storage drive that wouldn't work with Linux save for the exception of not being formatted to EXT4 ( which is what is the common dime a dozen format type )


That ssd isn't very old either. That has me scratching my head. (shrugs). I usually stick to Samsung 860 and 870 evo for sata ssd's . Unsure of the best m.2 ultra pci express ssd's yet, but my corsair 4TB mp600 pro has been solid so far for this entire year.