Okay I removed VMware tools as requested too. I thought we had it cracked then as the Ctrl-C took a lot more of them, maybe 30 then it froze again. The crash happened at 10:45 before the gap in the logs below. Not sure they provide much info which is annoying.
david@debian:~$ sudo journalctl -f [sudo] password for david: Jul 16 10:37:42 debian systemd[1]: Reload requested from client PID 2068 ('systemctl') (unit session-2.scope)... Jul 16 10:37:42 debian systemd[1]: Reloading... Jul 16 10:37:42 debian systemd[1]: Reloading finished in 162 ms. Jul 16 10:37:43 debian sudo[1692]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Jul 16 10:38:27 debian sshd-session[2135]: Accepted password for david from 192.168.0.203 port 34516 ssh2 Jul 16 10:38:27 debian sshd-session[2135]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user david(uid=1000) by david(uid=0) Jul 16 10:38:27 debian systemd-logind[751]: New session 4 of user david. Jul 16 10:38:27 debian systemd[1]: Started session-4.scope - Session 4 of User david. Jul 16 10:38:40 debian sudo[2148]: david : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/david ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/journalctl -f Jul 16 10:38:40 debian sudo[2148]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by david(uid=1000) Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[731]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.timedate1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service' requested by ':1.56' (uid=1000 pid=2158 comm="x-www-browser") Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1]: Starting systemd-timedated.service - Time & Date Service... Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1]: Started systemd-timedated.service - Time & Date Service. Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[731]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.timedate1' Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' unit='xdg-desktop-portal.service' requested by ':1.42' (uid=1000 pid=2158 comm="x-www-browser") Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service... Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' unit='xdg-permission-store.service' requested by ':1.44' (uid=1000 pid=2225 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal") Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-permission-store.service - sandboxed app permission store... Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-permission-store.service - sandboxed app permission store. Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' unit='xdg-document-portal.service' requested by ':1.44' (uid=1000 pid=2225 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal") Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-document-portal.service - flatpak document portal service... Jul 16 10:38:51 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' Jul 16 10:38:51 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-document-portal.service - flatpak document portal service. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:18 GOTO="alsa_restore_std" has no matching label, ignoring. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:18 The line has no effect any more, dropping. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:22 GOTO="alsa_restore_std" has no matching label, ignoring. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd-udevd[364]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules:22 The line has no effect any more, dropping. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' unit='xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service' requested by ':1.44' (uid=1000 pid=2225 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal") Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service - Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation)... Jul 16 10:38:52 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service - Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation). Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian xdg-desktop-portal[2225]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: No such file or directory Jul 16 10:38:52 debian xdg-desktop-portal[2225]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: No such file or directory Jul 16 10:38:52 debian xdg-desktop-por[2225]: Failed connect to PipeWire: Couldn't create PipeWire context Jul 16 10:38:52 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' Jul 16 10:38:52 debian systemd[1272]: Started xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Successfully made thread 2292 of process 2158 owned by '1000' RT at priority 10. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:52 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:53 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:53 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:38:56 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:39:09 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:39:09 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:39:21 debian systemd[1]: systemd-timedated.service: Deactivated successfully. Jul 16 10:41:34 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.daily' started Jul 16 10:41:34 debian anacron[2554]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2025-07-16 Jul 16 10:41:34 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Jul 16 10:41:47 debian systemd[1272]: tumblerd.service: Consumed 1.302s CPU time, 158.7M memory peak. Jul 16 10:42:51 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:42:51 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:43:04 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:43:04 debian rtkit-daemon[1217]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 1 users. Jul 16 10:45:21 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Activating via systemd: service name='org.xfce.Xfconf' unit='xfconfd.service' requested by ':1.38' (uid=1000 pid=1684 comm="xfce4-terminal") Jul 16 10:45:21 debian systemd[1272]: Starting xfconfd.service - Xfce configuration service... Jul 16 10:45:21 debian dbus-daemon[1302]: [session uid=1000 pid=1302 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.xfce.Xfconf' Jul 16 10:45:21 debian systemd[1272]: Started xfconfd.service - Xfce configuration service. Jul 16 10:46:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.weekly' started Jul 16 10:46:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated Jul 16 10:46:33 debian anacron[2704]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.weekly' to 2025-07-16 Jul 16 10:51:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.monthly' started Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd[1]: Starting systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service - Cleanup of Temporary Directories... Jul 16 10:51:33 debian anacron[726]: Job `cron.monthly' terminated Jul 16 10:51:33 debian anacron[2779]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.monthly' to 2025-07-16 Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd-tmpfiles[2776]: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf:14: Duplicate line for path "/run/lock", ignoring. Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service: Deactivated successfully. Jul 16 10:51:33 debian systemd[1]: Finished systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service - Cleanup of Temporary Directories.