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looking at the log, it appears to be your hdd failing or a faulty sata cable. I would try another sata cable and if the issue persists dd the drive to replace it On Friday, 28 November 2025 at 13:56, dcnlx via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Sometimes its the simple things that cause problems. Failing BIOS battery can show > as boot, time and other problems. > Duncan Baker > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Thursday, November 27th, 2025 at 2:55 PM, comrade meowski mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > On 27/11/2025 10:41, Julian Hall wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I'm running kernel 6.8.0-88-generic on Mint 22.3, and every morning run > > > 'sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove' to > > > keep the system up to date. Yesterday I ran it and all seemed OK, but a > > > few minutes later I was spontaneously logged out. I entered my password, > > > which was accepted without error /but/ not logged in, I was just asked > > > for my password.. repeatedly. I did a soft reset, and that time the > > > computer hung up during boot and wouldn't log me in. Eventually after a > > > hard reset and taking longer than usual to log me in, the system behaved > > > so I thought all was OK. > > > > > > Not so as it did exactly the same this morning. I logged in, perfectly > > > OK initially, then threw me out without warning. Has anyone else > > > experienced this problem? Is it just transitory or will it misbehave / > > > every/ morning? > > > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZm5tz_dRhLGMc_WdwG0pXq_Zb9fs2H7/view? > > > usp=sharing <- output of 'journalctl -b' > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > Julian > > > > I glanced at your log and it's full of ata2.00 disk errors - filter on > > that in journalctl or dmesg and you'll see them. If you're lucky it's a > > cable or connection, otherwise your disk is dying. > > > > You had a reply advising using a "proper" filesystem with snapshotting > > which is excellent advice. They suggested BTRFS however which is > > terrible advice - ignore that and use ZFS instead. > > > > Cheers > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/ > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/