I started using Endeavour OS, I loved the distro, super easy to use and everything. Suddenly, my system starts crashing, like 1-5 times per day. I’ve tried other linux distros, Fedora, OpenMandriva, Opensuse Tumbleweed, ArchCraft. They don’t crash at all, I’ve never had a problem with them. I’ve tried changing disks, changing ram, to no avail. I want to use Endeavour OS, I can’t find another option and I don’t want to.
Please, help, I’m tired of this.
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TL;DR — Use What Works For You
Disclaimer? — This is my view of this, and I’m not angry; Just straight-forward.
This isn’t your first post about this. Please stop duplicating the same topic hoping you’ll get a different answer or something.
I’ll say what I said to you before (not in the same words, but close…ish):
No one is forcing you to use EndeavourOS. Yes, it’s quite possibly the most talked about distro next to Ubuntu and/or Linux Mint. And yes, it has the best tech community many of us have experienced anywhere online, not just in Linux spaces. However, that doesn’t mean you are required to use it.
Linux is not one size fits all. Linux is use what works for you.
I see you said that you tried Archcraft, and I’m guessing that is based on my suggestion from one of your previous posts. In case you don’t remember, I also said that I use Archcraft and I don’t use EndeavourOS because it doesn’t work for me in a very specific way.
Yet, here I am on this forum being active and helping out when I can.
You don’t have to use EndeavourOS to be part of the EndeavourOS community. There are Fedora, Debian, NixOS, etc. users here too.
Use what works for you.
Archcraft is a great example of just how much you can customise any distro to work the way you want to. That said, if you don’t know how to troubleshoot Linux issues, then being able to do anything means nothing in the end.
If this was an option, the only other thing we could do based on all the steps that have been taken so far would be to remotely or physically access your device to figure out what’s wrong. BUT, it’s not an option.
Use what works for you.
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Alright, thank you!
(also I’ll stop duplicating my questions, sorry about that)
When a computer is crashing all the time it’s usually hardware or some software you are running or bios settings changed or outdated bios sometimes. It is not EOS. What you need to do is install EOS and nothing else then tell me it’s crashing all the time. I doubt very much that will be the case. If you are gaming and are using Wine and other gaming platforms or whatever you are doing then you need to figure that out. Is it a hardware problem or other. Start from the beginning and work your way through it.
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If gaming is your focus and dark mode and something Arch-based, then Garuda Linux may be a great option.
You can also try AcroLinux instead if you want to use something Arch-based, but maybe don’t want all the customisations of Archcraft.
It’s what I would be using if I wasn’t using Archcraft, and I used it for a whole year before, the same way I used EndeavourOS for a whole year before it stopped doing one thing right.
Arco Linux’s maintainer even has a YT channel where he goes through everything from basic and advanced installation to many of the many of the small issues that pop up here on this forum.
Ok, I just installed arch and was using it for a bit. then it crashed. The bios is not outdated as I have the latest version for my device (Lenovo Thinkpad E585, Bios version 1.64), what tests do I run to check for a bad component in my device? i know of Memtest86, and I havent fully tested my ram with it, so should I do that? I used smartmontools to test my drive my arch installation is on, and it says its fine. what other tests should i run to find a bad component in my computer?
Thank you!
Sounds like it could be a motherboard issue.
any way to test for that or fix it? I’m on a laptop so I cant just change motherboards super easily
I’m sure there is I am just not aware of them. The issue is you need to check the electronics on the motherboard this can only be done by professionals with the correct tools.
If all those other distros work without problems, it’s unlikely to be the motherboard imo. I would check the RAM using memtest as endeavour could be using a bit of damaged ram that the others ain’t.
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no, the other distros are crashing actually. i just switch to arch and it crashed after a bit of use. but yes, ill run memtest
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also, running the command “sudo dmidecode | grep -B 2 Stat” gives this output
Max Speed: 3800 MHz
Current Speed: 2200 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Serial Number: PF1J8P7P
Asset Tag: No Asset Information
Boot-up State: Unknown
Power Supply State: Unknown
Thermal State: Unknown
Security Status: Unknown
–
On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
On Board Device Information
Type: Sound
Status: Enabled
On Board Device Information
Type: SATA Controller
Status: Enabled
On Board Device Information
Type: Unknown
Status: Enabled
Access Method: General-purpose non-volatile data functions
Access Address: 0x00F0
Status: Valid, Not Full
–
Handle 0x0031, DMI type 24, 5 bytes
Hardware Security
Power-On Password Status: Disabled
Keyboard Password Status: Not Implemented
Administrator Password Status: Disabled
Front Panel Reset Status: Not Implemented
does this give any info?
you should probably do that…
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NixOS power user here and yes I like this forum enough to pop my head in regularly.
Great community 
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You see now, you listed 4 distros that you said did not crash. Now, you’ve listed a fifth one that does, and say the “others” are crashing.
This really just seems like you are determined to get EndeavourOS working, regardless of whether something else just works out of the box for you.
But that would not make any sense, so… I dunno. 
But Tumbleweed et al are working?
A few more thoughts.
- If you did an online install, try an offline one and visa versa in case there’s corruption.
- If you are running the latest kernel try the LTS and visa versa in case it’s incompatible.
- If you have an Nvidia card and are running nouveau or the nvidia open drivers, try the nvidia dkms drivers.
Yes, absolutely. Random crashes like you describe very often have their root cause in faulty RAM or heating issue.
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Yes you should run a full test on the ram. That’s the first place to start. Make sure you run the long test.
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