Re: HP Laptop freezes while using Xorg sporadically.

> Can you shutdown the computer if you press and hold the power button for
~10 seconds?

I can.

> Can you log in to the computer over the network via SSH when the desktop
freezes?

Well, i've never used SSH but i will try to find a way to log in to the
laptop, as soon as I can find an adequate device for it. It will probably
take a few days for me...

On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM David Christensen <
dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:

> On 7/13/25 18:43, Mauricio wrote:
> > I have an HP 255-G7 Laptop running FreeBSD 14.3 RELEASE which every now
> and
> > then freezes entirely while using Xorg. When the laptop freezes, the only
> > thing that gives me a response is mouse and graphic tablet movement.
> >
> > At that point, I can't jump to a virtual console with
> CTRL+ALT+FUNCTIONKEY.
> > I can't even shut the computer down by pressing the shutdown button for
> > less than a second as I usually do.
>
>
> Can you shutdown the computer if you press and hold the power button for
> ~10 seconds?
>
>
> > But trying to do both things makes the disk activity light indicator
> start
> > blinking a lot for a moment.
> >
> > The laptop doesn't seem to get back to work even after half an hour of
> > waiting or more.
> > Something that i have been noticing is that the freeze seems to be
> > triggered by an increase of resources use. I noticed that because the
> > freezing starts usually after opening a program like a terminal emulator
> > while there are already some programs running in other windows. It also
> > happened one time while trying to use my laptop while copying 23GBs of
> data
> > in a virtual console.
> >
> > I leave some routine files here for you to check up if you feel the need
> of
> > it:
> >
> > dmesg output: https://pastebin.com/C27M5K0F
> > rc.conf: https://pastebin.com/9wX0sKsa
> > loader.conf: https://pastebin.com/wBrdL8NL
> >
> > As always, thanks to whoever that takes the time to help me with this.
>
>
> Can you log in to the computer over the network via SSH when the desktop
> freezes?
>
>
> David
>
>
>