Black screen when playing Garry's Mod

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After 10 minutes of normal game play system hangs, Black screen, last sound repeating in a loop

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.19-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=c4444d52-5d6c-4291-baef-69a9b2663d72 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=234570bc-a9a2-4436-9468-14e557ecc336
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: 970A-DS3P serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F1 date: 04/08/2013
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.73 GiB used: 2.23 GiB (28.9%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD FX-6300 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
    family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: 0 microcode: 0x6000852
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 smt: enabled cache: L1: 288 KiB
    desc: d-6x16 KiB; i-3x64 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 3x2 MiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1505 high: 1986 min/max: 1400/3500 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1422 2: 1986
    3: 1406 4: 1406 5: 1406 6: 1406 bogomips: 42212
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
    cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
    msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat
    pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean
    vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cayman PRO [Radeon HD 6950] vendor: PC Partner Limited
    driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6719 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
    loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Cayman/Antilles HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6930/6950/6970/6990]
    vendor: PC Partner Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aa80 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.19-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.45 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 763.85 GiB used: 179.39 GiB (23.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 size: 298.09 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 3E01
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    speed: <unknown> type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0002
    scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ASUS model: SDRW-08D2S-U rev: A801
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 456.66 GiB size: 448.43 GiB (98.20%)
    used: 179.39 GiB (40.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
    uuid: c4444d52-5d6c-4291-baef-69a9b2663d72
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: A324-3A23
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: swap
    uuid: 234570bc-a9a2-4436-9468-14e557ecc336
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 450 MiB fs: ntfs
    label: \xd0\x92\xd0\xbe\xd1\x81\xd1\x81\xd1\x82\xd0\xb0\xd0\xbd\xd0\xbe\xd0\xb2\xd0\xb8\xd1\x82\xd1\x8c
    uuid: A06E2F366E2F051E
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 7E31-23E8
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 296.97 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 823033FB3033F4AF
  ID-5: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 576 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: BAB48455B48415D3
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: MediaTek Slim Portable DVD Writer type: Mass Storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0e8d:1887 class-ID: 0802 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 7-3:2 info: Elan Micro Gaming KB type: Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f3:152e class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 7-4:3 info: [Maxxter] Optical gaming mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 18f8:0f99 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 8-1:2 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 2109:3431 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 9-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 57.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 226 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: 1280 pacman: 1273 lib: 353
  flatpak: 0 snap: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.12
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Hi @Piskojuy, and welcome!

As frustrating as that I imagine that is for you, I’m going to have to tell you we need more information for there to be a chance to figure out what’s going on. To that end, see [HowTo] Provide System Information, [HowTo] post screenshots and links and [HowTo] Increase your chances of solving your issue.

Hope you manage!

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Ok, done

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Does this happen only in the game, or other times as well?

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only in-game

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Hmmm. Well, to be 100% honest, I don’t see anything wrong quickly. But, I’m first to admit I’m not an expert and might be missing something, just because I don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there. We’ll have to wait and see if someone can tell us what’s going on with it.

P.S.: Have you tried a different Kernel version? Like 5.4 or 5.10, the previous two LTS versions.

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haven`t tried other kernel versions, but i will try to install another kernel version

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Do so, and see if that helps.

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it worked for 20 minutes and than black screen

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OK, ONLY other thing I can possibly think of, id trying another network driver, if the one you’re using wasn’t installed from the AUR?

Edit:

Doesn’t look that way:

So let’s blacklist that one first:

sudo sh -c 'echo blacklist r8169 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf'

Followed by installing the one from the AUR:

pamac build r8168-dkms

And rebooting. If that doesn’t work, follow @maycne.sonahoz’ advice about the journal.

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The system journal might give some clue.

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What is AUR and how is my network driver is linked to crashing?

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Launch game from terminal and share output after it crashes.

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AUR is the Arch User Repositor, and I’ve come across many problems caused by that specific driver, this might be one, might not.

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This driver is available in Manjaro directly, in Manjaro Settings Manager → Hardware. No need to install it from external source. It does the blacklisting and all automatically, click install, done.

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I am skeptical about changing the network driver for the game problem but that may not hurt. You can always uninstall it from Manjaro Settings Manager.

//EDIT: however I see it is using the radeon video driver, maybe amdgpu would be better. I think simply installing amdgpu-experimental package would be the simplest way to try, it will add everything to force its use.

sudo pacman -S amdgpu-experimental

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Same. It isn’t guaranteed to help, but it shouldn’t do any harm either.

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second command didn`t work for me, it sayed "Failed to query https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=thea-the-awakening-bin from AUR: Socket I/O timed out
Failed to query https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=python-migen-git from AUR: Socket I/O timed out
Failed to query https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=stereokit-git from AUR: Socket I/O timed out
Failed to query https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=xcaddy-bin from AUR: Socket I/O timed out
Failed to query https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=earthly-bin from AUR: Socket I/O timed out
Failed to query https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=jitsi-meet-nightly from AUR: Socket I/O timed out
Error :object not found : r8168-dkmspamac
Error :object not found : build

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Also I have blacklisted my network driver by first command and I don’t know how to unblacklist it, help pls
Edit : blacklisting my network driver didn’t help, it still crashes
Edit 2 : I don’t know, why, but now the last Sound before crash is playing in a loop (like 1 second)

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Monitor your system resources, and your CPU/GPU temperature, you might simply crash because your hardware is boiling hot. Also if you have any kind of overclock enabled, disable it as it may be also a common reason for crashes.

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Hardware is in it’s normal temperatures, never even touched overclocking