> Try blacklist the audio > driver (snd-hda-intel) and test without audio for a while whether > you get the same problem. I can do only on weekends, but sure, I will do. What I should execute to disable it, and then to enable it. > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96 > > [GeForce 9400 GT] (rev a1) > > So it's Nvidia. Are you using nouveau driver, or nvidia > binary-only driver? In either way, it's too bad for debugging. > It's almost impossible to debug these (especially without logs). Ok, but we are forgetting, I didn't change hardware or video setup. For several months this video card with the driver was OK (audio card didn't change as well, but the setup might have changed). I was/am using nouveau driver, nvidia is nowhere on the list. > > How to turn back dmesg to its default level? I.e. I know how to > > set it, I don't what level of messages was the default on > > installation. > > Just drop the dmesg command you added. Wait, there is something wrong here. You asked me to 'Run "dmesg -n 8" once'. So I run dmesg once, and restarted computer. I didn't add it anywhere.