I try to do the opposite, and reboot only as a last resort.

If I reboot it and it starts working again, then I haven't fixed it at all.

Whatever the initial problem was is likely to still present after reboot -- and it will tend will pop up again later even if things temporarily seem to be working OK.

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fc417fc802 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

How do you avoid sinking time into chasing illusory bugs?

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close04 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Whatever the initial problem was is likely to still present after reboot

You only know this after the reboot. Reboot to fix the issue and if it comes back then you know you have to dig deeper. Why sink hours of effort into fixing a random bit flip? I'll take the opposite position and say that especially for consumer devices most issues are caused by some random event resulting in a soft error. They're very common and if they happen you don't "troubleshoot" that.

	▲	ssl-3 a day ago \| parent [-]
		With any system: When I can find and correct the problem out of the gate, then it remains corrected the issue does not recur.