ok, here is prevboot.txt it was too big, over 8M lines, because of one buggy sw; Interactive Brokers TradeStation floods the log.
wc prevboot.txt 5089905 91689782 962690406 prevboot.txt with entries like this: head prevboot.txt -- Logs begin at Tue 2020-07-14 17:11:55 EEST, end at Fri 2020-07-17 07:38:59 EEST. -- heinä 14 17:11:55 Aorus-Ultra-Ryzen install4j_17tjtje-tws.desktop[793522]: JTS-usfarmDispatcherS10-129S10-130: Couldn't write to log file - java.io.IOException: write beyond end of stream heinä 14 17:11:55 Aorus-Ultra-Ryzen install4j_17tjtje-tws.desktop[793522]: JTS-usfarmDispatcherS10-129S10-130: Couldn't write to log file - java.io.IOException: write beyond end of stream heinä 14 17:11:55 Aorus-Ultra-Ryzen install4j_17tjtje-tws.desktop[793522]: JTS-usfarmDispatcherS10-129S10-130: Couldn't write to log file - java.io.IOException: write beyond end of stream So I removed those tradestation lines and resulting prevboot is 8203 lines ** Attachment added: "prevboot.txt with Interactive Brokers Tradestation lines removed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1887821/+attachment/5393321/+files/prevboot_no_IB.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887821 Title: gnome-shell GUI freezes totally To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1887821/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs