Laptop rebooting every other day while screen is off

[RayDude]

I had this problem last year for a while where the laptop would randomly reset about once a week, but then it went away.

I think it's related to the latest kernel: Linux name 6.10.3-gentoo #1 SMP Tue Aug 6 00:16:53 PDT 2024 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon Graphics AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

I'm doing an @world update at the moment.

I'll try to dig into /var/log/messages to see if I can see the error message.

Any advice on how to attack this would be appreciated.

Actually I can't see evidence of a reboot in messages. Maybe KDE is crashing... But I don't see anything like that in the logs either. It did reboot. uptime shows three hours, so at about 6:37 AM PDT.

I found the start of the reboot in syslog. I must have the debug level too low... There's nothing to indicate any reoboot.

Maybe related question: how do I stop NetworkManager from trying to connect to wifi? I have no wifi profiles set and it still tries to connect:

Aug 18 07:04:33 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723989873.6206] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 5A:6D:D9:EF:1A:41 (scanning)
Aug 18 07:04:33 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723989873.6953] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:04:33 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723989873.7138] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:11:28 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723990288.6246] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 6E:C6:1A:43:DC:7C (scanning)
Aug 18 07:11:28 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723990288.6989] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:11:28 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723990288.7088] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:18:23 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723990703.6241] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 26:E9:D1:3B:CB:0D (scanning)
Aug 18 07:18:23 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723990703.6980] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:18:23 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723990703.7087] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:25:18 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991118.6251] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to C6:1A:70:0F:D2:83 (scanning)
Aug 18 07:25:18 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991118.6990] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:25:18 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991118.7053] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:32:13 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991533.6387] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to A6:1D:23:E4:C0:CC (scanning)
Aug 18 07:32:13 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991533.7122] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:32:13 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991533.7184] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:39:08 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991948.6310] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 1A:41:5C:06:50:13 (scanning)
Aug 18 07:39:08 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991948.7051] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:39:08 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723991948.7150] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:46:03 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723992363.6246] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to FE:31:54:1D:6B:E3 (scanning)
Aug 18 07:46:03 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723992363.6983] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:46:03 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723992363.7078] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:52:58 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723992778.6281] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 8E:8D:02:66:8D:C8 (scanning)
Aug 18 07:52:58 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723992778.7018] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:52:58 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723992778.7118] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Aug 18 07:59:53 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723993193.6263] device (wlo1): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 06:03:3B:16:F7:21 (scanning)
Aug 18 07:59:53 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723993193.7002] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Aug 18 07:59:53 name NetworkManager[1742]: <info> [1723993193.7099] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive

It does this often and is the most verbose redundancy in my messages file. the other thing is the unknown multimedia plugs

Aug 18 06:40:03 name root[2802]: ACPI event unhandled: jack/lineout LINEOUT unplug
Aug 18 06:40:03 name root[2805]: ACPI event unhandled: jack/videoout VIDEOOUT unplug
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[RayDude]

Thanks for the reply.

I deleted all the wifi connections so it would stop trying to connect.

I enabled debug logging in the kernel and so far it hasn't crashed since...
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[musv]

Just an alternative hint:

I didn't like NetworkManager exactly due to this behaviour.

If you are using Systemd, switch to systemd-networkd. It's light weight and easy to use. And in critical environments with a low wifi connectivity it seems to work more stable than NetworkManager.