W. Pepperdine, Here are outputs of a few queries on log entries from one of my XFCE installations. How do they compare with your logs? Can you see any reports on your computer that could point to what is causing your issue?
# lightdm --show-config [Seat:*] B greeter-session=lightdm-greeter B greeter-hide-users=true B session-wrapper=/etc/X11/Xsession Sources: B /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf B /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf C /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf # journalctl -b -u lightdm -- Boot c01f3dd27127484f9e69dda6f7cc7144 -- Mar 27 09:12:08 tugll03 systemd[1]: Starting lightdm.service - Light Display Manager... Mar 27 09:12:08 tugll03 systemd[1]: Started lightdm.service - Light Display Manager. Mar 27 09:12:09 tugll03 lightdm[1283]: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm(uid=111) by (uid=0) Mar 27 09:12:16 tugll03 lightdm[1445]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file Mar 27 09:12:16 tugll03 lightdm[1445]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session Mar 27 09:12:17 tugll03 lightdm[1445]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user myusername(uid=1000) by (uid=0) Mar 27 09:12:17 tugll03 lightdm[1445]: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring # journalctl | grep -i "broken pipe" Jan 13 02:00:50 tugll03 libvirt-guests.sh[11395]: error: Cannot write data: Broken pipe Feb 04 15:54:14 tugll03 libvirtd[2658]: Unable to write to monitor: Broken pipe Feb 17 22:37:37 tugll03 libvirtd[1501]: Unable to write to monitor: Broken pipe # journalctl -u syslog -- No entries -- # journalctl --since "3 hours ago" | grep -i error Mar 27 09:12:09 tugll03 kernel: hp_wmi: query 0x4c returned error 0x6 Mar 27 09:12:10 tugll03 wireplumber[1312]: <WpPortalPermissionStorePlugin:0x557f149b69c0> Failed to call Lookup: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for camera Mar 27 09:12:17 tugll03 wireplumber[1473]: <WpPortalPermissionStorePlugin:0x55af5a6dff10> Failed to call Lookup: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for camera On Thursday, 27-03-2025 at 07:26 George at Clug wrote: > Hi, > > Is anyone using similar hardware to Pepperdine ? If you are, do you have > issues? > > Can anyone give useful suggestions where Pepperdine could start looking for > issues? > > I tried "$ journalctl | grep -i error" and the output was not in a useful > format on my computer for searching for issues. > > Does anyone know where lightdm and xorg sends it log out put to? > > I have found two suggestions for lightdm, "/var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log" and > "journalctl -b -u lightdm" (or "journalctl -u lightdm") ? > > And for xorg /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? > > Some thoughts that I have for searching for issues: > > $ sudo lightdm --test-mode --debug > > $ sudo lightdm --show-config > > # journalctl _PID=630 (for xorg?) > # journalctl _PID=630 | grep -i error (I do not see any error messages on > my computer) > > I found someone on the Internet with a similar issue and a recommendation for > a reinstall, though I doubt this will help. > sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-fbdev > sudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm > > This was another log check I noticed someone doing: > journalctl | grep -i "broken pipe" > > > https://www.loggly.com/ultimate-guide/using-journalctl/ > > George. > > > On Wednesday, 26-03-2025 at 12:51 W. Pepperdine wrote: > > Debian+XFCE freezes randomly either just before, during, or a couple > > seconds after the login screen. It happens about a third the time, both on > > booting and on changing users. During a freeze, the screen displays but is > > not updated and the USB ports appear inactive. There is no mouse or > > keyboard input, not even from SysRq. The only thing to do is a hard > > shutdown with the power button. > > > > I first installed Trixie and had this problem and others. Downgraded to > > Bookworm and have just this problem left. The machine is a ThinkCentre > > M920q with i5-9600T, 8GB RAM, and UHD Graphics 630. > > > > Have already had some discussion of log output on Debian User Forums. > > > > Computer freezing because of > > LightDM?https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=162147 > >
