I have my home directory linked to a folder in a different partition: $HOME bash: /home/rad: Is a directory In /home/ ls -lh gives: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 20 2016 rad -> /Files/rad/ In /Files/ ls -lh gives: drwx--x--x 90 rad users 4.0K Oct 16 04:03 rad drwx------ 2 root root 16K Jul 19 2016 lost+found In System Settings->File Search I have "Files" listed as in "Do not search in these locations." Date of build of baloo_file_extractor. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 120K Oct 11 03:08 baloo_file_extractor I see this location after freezing occurs and I switch to a different console with alt+ctrl+F2, and then back again to alt+ctrl+F1. I block group "users" internet with firewall. I have a separate group that I switch to when I want internet. In this case I used a script provided by Carnegie Mellon University to get required files for Festival program and a result the downloaded files are owned by a different group. pwd: /home/rad/Source/Festival/build/cmu_us_rms100 ls -lh drwxr-xr-x 44 rad allowinternet 4.0K Apr 24 16:15 cmu_us_rms100 Every time I have to kill X using ctrl+alt+F2 and switch back to ctrl+alt+F1 I see cmu_us_rms100 folder listed and files in that folder in console in a wall of text.