My laptop seems to sometimes reboot randomly (very rarely) and I’ve noticed that it seems to happen when I run ujust update manually, at the end of the process.
I can see in the log:
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Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost systemd-logind[2154]: The system will reboot now!
Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost systemd[420652]: Finished ublue-flatpak-manager.service - Manage flatpaks.
Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost systemd-logind[2154]: System is rebooting.
Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost ublue-user-setup[420709]: /root/.local/share/ublue
...
Is there ever any type of change that might cause a reboot? I was thinking maybe a firmware update, but this happens once every other month or so, which seems a bit “too often” (I doubt my laptop would have those that often).
I reviewed the logs, the first mention of a reboot is:
Jan 28 21:12:08 myhost gnome-software[3896]: /var/tmp/flatpak-cache-QT3T02/repo-blFLWu: Pulled appstream2/x86_64 from flathub
Jan 28 21:12:08 myhost gnome-software[3896]: Tried to set invalid release date: YYYY-MM-DD
Jan 28 21:12:13 myhost gnome-shell[3578]: Gio.IOErrorEnum: Error opening directory '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus': No such file or directory
execute/iter</<@file:///home/myuser/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/nvidiaUtil.
js:25:47
@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:21:20
Jan 28 21:12:16 myhost systemd[1]: rpm-ostreed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jan 28 21:12:16 myhost audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=rpm-ostreed comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/sys
temd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost audit[420633]: USER_ACCT pid=420633 uid=1400601103 auid=1400601103 ses=3 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=PAM:accounting grantors=pam_unix,pam_sss,pam_permit acct="myuser" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/0 res=success'
Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost sudo[420633]: myuser : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/usr/share/ublue-os ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/reboot
Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost audit[420633]: USER_CMD pid=420633 uid=1400601103 auid=1400601103 ses=3 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='cwd="/usr/share/ublue-os" cmd="reboot" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" terminal=pts/0 res=success'
Jan 28 21:12:17 myhost audit[420633]: CRED_REFR pid=420633 uid=1400601103 auid=1400601103 ses=3 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_env,pam_localuser,pam_unix acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/0 res=success'
Here it seems a flatpak was just pulled, then an extension (freon) fails to probe for nvidia gpus (I have booted with the GPU off so the laptop nvidia is disabled), then a pts is assigned and root seems to run reboot…