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Does Windows virtual machine crash due to low RAM?
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No, if you open a terminal and run:
sudo dmesg
You should get a long output which is the kernel log. Assuming the crash happened recently, there may be something in the last few lines (bottom of the output) which could indicate why the process died (or was killed). Keep in mind that this is a running log; so, if it's been a while since the crash, the entries for it may be higher up in the log. It's often best (if you can) to trigger the problem then immediately go run the
sudo dmesg
command and look at the output. With luck, there will be useful logs. If not, you may need to look elsewhere.