At this point, I’m starting to fear that either this might be the case, or that it broke in some way i haven’t been able to diagnose, and for both the solution is “replacement”
At this point, I’m starting to fear that either this might be the case, or that it broke in some way i haven’t been able to diagnose, and for both the solution is “replacement”
Always, this laptop was initially installed with i think Mint 15 and had been upgraded several times
Will try those htop settings, kinda had forgotten it even had any settings 😅
It’s happening with whatever is the heaviest process at the moment and has happened for months, MANY reboots since then. Usually the heaviest process is the browser, but not always
Nope, that’s what i suspected but no, half of the 32Gb of RAM and zero or very little swap are in use when it happens, very good part of why i’m stumped
Given that as i mentioned elsewhere i did not separate the /home into it’s own partition like I’ve been doing since the 90s, formatting this thing right now would likely lead to losing stuff, i need to organize the files first before i do the nuclear option: A full reformat/reinstall. If that makes no difference in the end, I’ll have to consider the possibility of getting a new one. No idea how long will each step take so not the foggiest on when will i do each thing, and that’s even without taking procrastination into consideration… 😅