I have the X.org.0.old log from a crash about an hour ago, which is probably due to me using Adobe connect for a course I am taking. The panel froze, then the programs began to fail one at a time. What's the standard way of attaching the log to the mailing list? On Monday, September 21, 2015 10:12:52 AM Jiri Slaby wrote:
On 09/21/2015, 03:23 AM, Chan Ju Ping wrote:
Yes. When it froze up, that's the first thing I tried. Sometimes if I am lucky, I get to switch to the other tty, otherwise it just freezes in place.
Or in the case when video is playing, the scene gets stuck in a loop and I am unable to get the desktop back, even after killing the process in tty. Getting to the other terminals is only useful for a reboot, without having to reach for the reboot button.
Luckily with an SSD, I am not as concerned with physical damage to the hard drive as I would with a normal spinning disk.
Is there a way to log these events so I can give useful debugging information? Most likely Xorg crashes, not the kernel, guessing from your description. So /var/log/Xorg.log should be helpful (.0.old if you reboot first).
regards,