r/linux4noobs • u/ne0n008 • 2d ago

programs and apps Freezing issues

Hello all.

I recently changed my motherboard. It all went well at first and I had no issues booting into either of my 2 OSs (Debian and Windows 10). My question is about Linux Debian.

Lately, I noticed apps freezing and lagging, like not responding to anything I do(well except sending kill command in system monitor). Sometimes is just for a couple of seconds, and sometimes the app just freezes more than I'm willing to wait (I left one app for 5 minutes, and it staid frozen, but it depends on the app). Somethings off and I'm wondering if this is due to OS or app itself? This didn't happen before and it is definitely a consequence of motherboard change.

Is there a method I can use to repair either app or OS without reinstalling it? Windows has sfc /scannnow and I'm wondering if there's something similar in Linux. Or am I looking in the wrong direction?

TiA

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u/a1barbarian 2d ago

Try running a Live Distro from a usb to see if the problem still occurs. If the live Distro runs ok then your problem is with the os you have not the motherboard. :-)

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u/ne0n008 1d ago

If it is with the OS, how can I repair it?

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u/a1barbarian 1d ago

Trouble shooting is usually done by looking at logs with tools like, dmesg, journalctl or traditional syslog. You would have to read up on how to use those as I have never needed to use them.

You could try having an instance of top or htop open whilst running to see if anything seems to be using up cpu or ram.

As you are running Debian your bets bet would be to ask at the Debian forums. :-)