My freezing issue with Pop!_OS and need advice.

[Elektra57]

I love Pop!_OS. I have used it for a while. My Motherboard was dying so I upgraded to a new one and reinstalled Pop. It KEPT freezing. I would be doing my programming homework and it would freeze, just browsing the internet, freeze. Each time I would have to shut it off because the kill command did nothing. I did all the trouble shooting, spoke with support staff. There were zero hardware issues and no one could figure out what was happening. I made the painful decision to uninstall my beloved Pop and install Mint. Guess what? After I installed everything I needed for school, which took a couple of hours, it froze again. I was beginning to think my PC was just cursed. Then I stumbled across this blessed post and fixed the issue https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2278146 . Now the question is, do I reinstall Pop? Also what is a good anti malware for Linux. TIA!

 

UPDATE: Issue not fixed still trying to find a solution.

Edited April 19, 2023 by Elektra57
issue not fixed

[LloydLynx]

When you download PopOS, make sure it's the Nvidia iso. 

[Elektra57]

As soon as I said my issue was fixed, I came back and it was frozen again. No idea what is going on. It was fine until I downloaded Discord. I just now trurned off the hardware acceleration. Fingers crossed.

[Elektra57]

40 minutes ago, LloydLynx said:

When you download PopOS, make sure it's the Nvidia iso. 

I am going to wait to reinstall Pop until I get this freezing issue fixed. This is super annoying. 

[LloydLynx]

Maybe it's a hardware issue since you did replace the motherboard when it started happening. Try reseating the RAM and graphics card, and down clock the RAM and CPU. 

[The Hope]

On 4/17/2023 at 7:04 PM, Elektra57 said:

I made the painful decision to uninstall my beloved Pop and install Mint. Guess what? After I installed everything I needed for school, which took a couple of hours, it froze again. I was beginning to think my PC was just cursed. 

 

Pop and Mint are very similar under the hood, so it makes sense that you see the problem again. The problem is not really solved because the workaround is to use only the Nvidia GPU which is not the intention of Nvidia Optimus technology. Since you have a stability problem I would recommend testing the most stable systems currently available. Since you're a fan of Pop and Mint, I assume you're looking for something that's easy to install. I would recommend these systems.

 

1. Mageia

2. GhostBSD

3. MX Linux

 

You can also try Nobara Project as it is easy to install but is basically not as stable as the above systems.

 

If you don't mind that the installation would be more difficult than Ubuntu's, you can also test the following systems.

 

Void Linux, Artix Linux and NixOS

 

Also what is a good anti malware for Linux. 

Anti-malware apps are often an additional attack vector for hackers. What I mean by this is that hackers often break into a computer by exploiting one of the many vulnerabilities in anti-malware software. I'm talking about vulnerabilities that wouldn't be there if the anti-malware app wasn't installed. Anti malware apps also make securing browsers and other apps much more complicated. Many new attack methods are no longer stopped by anti-malware apps. Another common problem with anti-malware apps like Avast is that they can block security updates to your operating system. Consider the fact that Avast has been holding back Meltdown/Spectre mitigations for windows for months. Anti malware software is something that generally adds nothing to your PC's security.

[Elektra57]

On 4/17/2023 at 7:15 PM, LloydLynx said:

Maybe it's a hardware issue since you did replace the motherboard when it started happening. Try reseating the RAM and graphics card, and down clock the RAM and CPU. 

Thank you. I am going to check everything today. I had already reseated the ram but doing it again won't hurt. Sent a log to Nvidia and they didn't see any errors.

[Elektra57]

3 hours ago, The Hope said:

 

Pop and Mint are very similar under the hood, so it makes sense that you see the problem again. The problem is not really solved because the workaround is to use only the Nvidia GPU which is not the intention of Nvidia Optimus technology. Since you have a stability problem I would recommend testing the most stable systems currently available. Since you're a fan of Pop and Mint, I assume you're looking for something that's easy to install. I would recommend these systems.

 

1. Mageia

2. GhostBSD

3. MX Linux

 

You can also try Nobara Project as it is easy to install but is basically not as stable as the above systems.

 

If you don't mind that the installation would be more difficult than Ubuntu's, you can also test the following systems.

 

Void Linux, Artix Linux and NixOS

 

Also what is a good anti malware for Linux. 

Anti-malware apps are often an additional attack vector for hackers. What I mean by this is that hackers often break into a computer by exploiting one of the many vulnerabilities in anti-malware software. I'm talking about vulnerabilities that wouldn't be there if the anti-malware app wasn't installed. Anti malware apps also make securing browsers and other apps much more complicated. Many new attack methods are no longer stopped by anti-malware apps. Another common problem with anti-malware apps like Avast is that they can block security updates to your operating system. Consider the fact that Avast has been holding back Meltdown/Spectre mitigations for windows for months. Anti malware software is something that generally adds nothing to your PC's security.

So there isn't a fix for Pop or Mint? I have to change is again? That stinks. Thank you for your help!

 

I don't like popular malware or antivirus. I thought clam was a good free one for linux?

[Elektra57]

Okay. I just took everything apart and put it back together. The response from the Nvidia forum was "There are no error messages which would explain the freezes so I guess your notebook is broken. Rather send it in for repair or have it replaced, if still under warranty."

 

*notebook* I sent them my specs. They should know it is a desktop. lol. 

[10leej]

9 hours ago, The Hope said:

 

Pop and Mint are very similar under the hood, so it makes sense that you see the problem again. The problem is not really solved because the workaround is to use only the Nvidia GPU which is not the intention of Nvidia Optimus technology. Since you have a stability problem I would recommend testing the most stable systems currently available. Since you're a fan of Pop and Mint, I assume you're looking for something that's easy to install. I would recommend these systems.

 

1. Mageia

2. GhostBSD

3. MX Linux

 

You can also try Nobara Project as it is easy to install but is basically not as stable as the above systems.

 

If you don't mind that the installation would be more difficult than Ubuntu's, you can also test the following systems.

 

Void Linux, Artix Linux and NixOS

 

Also what is a good anti malware for Linux. 

Anti-malware apps are often an additional attack vector for hackers. What I mean by this is that hackers often break into a computer by exploiting one of the many vulnerabilities in anti-malware software. I'm talking about vulnerabilities that wouldn't be there if the anti-malware app wasn't installed. Anti malware apps also make securing browsers and other apps much more complicated. Many new attack methods are no longer stopped by anti-malware apps. Another common problem with anti-malware apps like Avast is that they can block security updates to your operating system. Consider the fact that Avast has been holding back Meltdown/Spectre mitigations for windows for months. Anti malware software is something that generally adds nothing to your PC's security.

First of all, good luck trying to get help with ANY of those distros. Second to add to the antimalware message, just bear in mind while not malware free linux by nature is far more secure than windows through permission sandboxing (aka root vs a standard user) and egenrally a cleaner code base.

 

1 hour ago, Elektra57 said:

Okay. I just took everything apart and put it back together. The response from the Nvidia forum was "There are no error messages which would explain the freezes so I guess your notebook is broken. Rather send it in for repair or have it replaced, if still under warranty."

 

*notebook* I sent them my specs. They should know it is a desktop. lol. 

Can you share the log here?