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My PC freezes a third time and I have to shut it down forcibly. Why doesn't journalctl save the boot logs before forced shutdown? When I do journalctl --list-boots I only get the boot after crash.

I'm not sorting well or misconfiguration?

System: ArchLinux (5.4.8-arch1-1)

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It depends on the freeze, and it's not clear to me what do you mean by "shut it down forcibly". If this means a power off, definitely, there is no way for your PC to sync data in a proper way. The recommended way to force reboot, is by using the magic SysRq key and the REISUBsequence. More details are at

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sysctl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

Also, check that /var/log/journal exists, writable, persistent and you have enough free space

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  • Thanks for the answer. And what should I do to keep past boot logs? Because now I only have the log for the current boot session.
    – dlag
    Jan 10, 2020 at 13:29
  • @dlag: Actually, you don't need to do any thing. By default Arch Linux would save the logs if your using a persistent file system. You can tweak the log size by creating /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/custom.conf and add SystemMaxUse=1G e.g. For more information wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Journal
    – Munzir Taha
    Jan 10, 2020 at 15:31

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