# How to find logs from system freezing/crashes

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**Category:** Debian\
**Created:** [December 1, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/how-to-find-logs-from-system-freezing-crashes/4317 "2024-12-01T03:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Witenite](https://community.learnlinux.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@Witenite](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Witenite)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/how-to-find-logs-from-system-freezing-crashes/4317/1 "2024-12-01T03:27:44Z")

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On my Deb 12/Trixie system, I am getting random crashes and system lockups.

Where would I find all the logs that I need to see for the last session, before the crash/lockup and reboot?

I have looked through journalctl, but nothing stands out.

How would I see if it was a graphics issue causing it? (Hardware and or software)

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**Author:** ![ThatGuyB](https://community.learnlinux.tv/user_avatar/community.learnlinux.tv/thatguyb/32/784_2.png) [@ThatGuyB](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/ThatGuyB)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/how-to-find-logs-from-system-freezing-crashes/4317/2 "2024-12-01T14:50:10Z")

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/var/log/messages, assuming sysloging is enabled (which I believe is the default on debian).

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**Author:** ![Mr\_McBride](https://community.learnlinux.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Mr\_McBride](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Mr_McBride)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/how-to-find-logs-from-system-freezing-crashes/4317/3 "2025-06-26T12:40:53Z")

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That or try journalctl.