Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

[jdm]

On Fri, 25 May 2018 05:29:28 +0000
john <jdm@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 24 May 2018 18:31:35 -0400
> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 7:21 PM john <jdm@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 20 May 2018 23:20:36 +0100
> > > Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > On Sunday, 20 May 2018 21:54:32 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > My system is an AMD Ryzen processor on an Asus Prime X370-Pro
> > > > > mainboard, and is just over a year old.
> > > > >
> > > Interesting post.
> > > Just read this and have same issue.
> > > AMD Ryzen
> > > X370 Asus motherboard
> >
> >
> > You guys don't have an early CPU with the segfault bug, do you?  I
> > don't know if they ever fully characterized the circumstances that
> > can cause it, but if it can make a compiler segfault, I don't see
> > why it couldn't make a kernel panic.  At least not without knowing
> > more about what actually triggers the bug...
> >
>
> Could be. I bought CPU only a month or so after release.
> Initially thought it was an enlightenment desktop issue but have
> reproduced on KDE and xfce. It happens usually when doing something
> quite simple like clicking on a Window to minimise or just in a
> terminal. Nothing stressful like an emerge gcc.
>
> Never found anything in logs but not sure if there is a better way to
> capture problem.
>
> Its a Ryzen 1700X
>
> John
>

And lo and behold just after writing email I closed claws mail and
went to open again and machine locked up. Unresponsive to anything and
it even corrupted some files as had to recreate claws-mail set up.

Slight annoying. It would nice to know if I can capture issue somehow.

Perhaps there is a way.

John (keeping backups up to date)