On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:08:39 -0800 William Morder via tde-users users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
[snip tales of system flakiness]
If anybody can offer some insights, of suggestions about how to unravel this mystery, I would be grateful.
If all else fails . . .
I'd start by keeping notes on when it freezes—day, time of day, how long the computer was on, what software was open. Maybe there's a commonality you haven't spotted yet.
When you have time, attach it to a different network (there doesn't have to be an exit to the Internet—just borrow an old WRT54G or something). If it's still freeze-prone, you'll know for certain that the issue is internal to the machine and the building network has nothing to do with it. If it suddenly becomes healthy, start checking for local wireless ISPs you can use to avoid the building network.
The level of this misbehaviour makes me think it's more likely to be a core system component (CPU/mobo/RAM/root drive) going on the fritz. There's a good chance that the network hardware is part of the mobo, which could account for why the network *seems* to be the source of all this. If it's a wired network, unexpected conditions on the cable during the flooding might have damaged a chip. Maybe switching to an add-on network card or dongle will be enough to keep it limping along, I don't know.
Run memtest on it when you can, since that will eliminate one possible source of trouble (although not the most likely) with minimal effort. Good luck.
E. Liddell