Hard crash to login screen

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Which Linux distro are you using? Fedora 41

Which release version? 41

(If rolling release, last date updated?) 2-14-2025

Which kernel are you using? 6.12.11-200.fc41.x86_64

Which BIOS version are you using? 3.05

Which Framework Laptop 13 model are you using? AMD 7040 series

Symptom:
while actively working, system will drop to login screen, closing all applications (like running VM’s, browser windows, terminal, etc) as if it was a fresh boot. but system does NOT reboot. its as if XDG or w/e is just crashing and restarting.

so my question is: where can i start looking to find a cause? this happens frequently enough that i’d like it resolved. i CAN reload if needed (i have backups) but if i end up down that road ill prob not go back to Fedora (im more a fan of Debian)

any hints or guidance or even anecdotal stories of similar experience is helpful. TIA

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Fedora 41 is NOT a rolling release distro…AFAIK.

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First/obvious place to look is the journal; after the crash:

journalctl --since '5 minutes ago'

should show anything interesting if anything made it to the journal - which it should have since the system didn’t reboot/the kernel stayed up.

Another place to look is the crash reporter: When back in the desktop, run Problem Reporting (aka abrt). There might be some crashes logged there too. Look for ones that (re)occurred most recently.

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i will try this when it happens again. its been a few days at this point (i didnt use the machine over the weekend) and report back