Depending on which kernel I’m using, I either get a blank screen on boot (include TTY; black or dark green with no response to anything but power/reset), or a seemingly normal desktop environment. However, after a certain amount of uptime, all graphics experience stuttering, regardless of what applications were open, with the severity over time depending on the kernel. I was able to manage when I was getting a day or two of uptime before I needed to reboot, but with the updates that went out December 11, 2021, I only get a maximum of 4 hours of uptime, and I’ve only got one kernel left that gives me a useable desktop environment.
By stuttering, I mean that every 30 seconds or so, my screen freezes completely for a fraction of a second to a few seconds, including games, text editors, the clock, the cursor - everything. At the same time, closing applications that have been open for a long time similarly freezes the entire desktop for several seconds. None of these issues occur (at least to a noticeable degree) immediately after startup, and restarting applications does not resolve the issue. The applications I leave running for long periods don’t have much in common besides being graphical applications - ksysguard, SyncThing, Back In Time, Folding at Home (when it launched; I’m using gnome-terminal until it updates), Firefox, Chrome.
# inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 5.4.163-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
root=UUID=8217d87e-827c-4c03-bfca-9d637ae531f2 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Pro WS X570-ACE v: Rev X.0x
serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1104 date: 10/29/2019
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.34 GiB used: 5.92 GiB (18.9%)
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 32 GiB
note: est.
Device-1: DIMM_A1 size: No Module Installed
Device-2: DIMM_A2 size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s type: DDR4
detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) bus-width: 64 bits
total: 64 bits manufacturer: G-Skill part-no: F4-3600C16-16GTZNC serial: N/A
Device-3: DIMM_B1 size: No Module Installed
Device-4: DIMM_B2 size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s type: DDR4
detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) bus-width: 64 bits
total: 64 bits manufacturer: G-Skill part-no: F4-3600C16-16GTZNC serial: N/A
CPU:
Info: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 2 family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0
microcode: 8701013 cache: L1: 768 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 64 MiB bogomips: 182135
Speed: 2977 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz base/boost: 3800/4650 boost: enabled
volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2284 2: 2185 3: 2200
4: 2196 5: 2218 6: 1898 7: 2180 8: 3588 9: 2454 10: 2051 11: 2195 12: 2190
13: 2191 14: 2197 15: 2191 16: 2194 17: 2196 18: 4310 19: 2472 20: 2053
21: 2196 22: 2196 23: 2191 24: 2196
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm
mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc
nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
pse36 rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sha_ni skinit smap
smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm
svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload vgif
vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
xsaves
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:
conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT]
vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:731f
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 6-4:2 chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
size: 510x290mm (20.1x11.4") diag: 587mm (23.1")
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab38 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 6-4:2 chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.4.163-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-3: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: 5.6.0-k
port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A modules: r8169 port: d800 bus-ID: 05:00.1
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
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: 5.5 TiB used: 3.54 TiB (64.3%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW020T8
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 002C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B1 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1K02 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 96 GiB size: 96 GiB (100.00%) used: 87.96 GiB (91.6%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
label: manjaro uuid: 8217d87e-827c-4c03-bfca-9d637ae531f2
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 975.9 MiB (95.30%)
used: 197.3 MiB (20.2%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5 label: grub uuid: fdaa6b27-7fc8-4a36-80bb-dc59027e7a50
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 25.2 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A uuid: 3C48-F1E0
ID-4: /home raw-size: 96 GiB size: 96 GiB (100.00%) used: 87.96 GiB (91.6%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
label: manjaro uuid: 8217d87e-827c-4c03-bfca-9d637ae531f2
ID-5: /media/backup raw-size: 3.64 TiB size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%)
used: 2.18 TiB (60.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1 label: Backup uuid: 62cc6af4-2c85-4000-bf4c-774e54d65f2c
ID-6: /media/dropbox raw-size: 10 GiB size: 9.78 GiB (97.81%)
used: 2.2 GiB (22.5%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
maj-min: 259:6 label: Dropbox uuid: 73bc951a-6895-4579-a486-6e82243f0619
ID-7: /media/home raw-size: 1.45 TiB size: 1.45 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.27 TiB (87.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8
maj-min: 259:8 label: home uuid: 2e405383-cab8-4231-954d-58263e4d7733
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A
uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 300 GiB fs: ntfs label: Windows
uuid: D23C5A5C3C5A3BA3
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 505 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 26524FBF524F930B
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1:2 info: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 045e:0768 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 2-4:3 info: Holtek USB Laser Game Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d9:fa56 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 2-5:4 info: Cooler Master AMD SR4 lamplight Control
type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 2516:0051 class-ID: 0300
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-1:2 info: Arduino SA Uno R3 (CDC ACM)
type: Abstract (modem),CDC-Data driver: cdc_acm interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 2341:0043 class-ID: 0a00
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 4-2:3 info: Cyber Power System PR1500LCDRT2U UPS type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 2mA
chip-ID: 0764:0601 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 6-4:2 info: Logitech Webcam C310 type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 72.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C
mem: 54.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 556 Uptime: 1h 9m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1862 lib: 525
flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.1.12 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.09
journalctl -p 3 -xb
-- Journal begins at Wed 2021-08-11 18:00:01 EDT, ends at Mon 2021-12-13 18:51:01 EST. --
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: cgroup2: Unknown parameter 'memory_recursiveprot'
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:373 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:384 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:385 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:387 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:389 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:390 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:528 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:545 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:546 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:549 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:619 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:768 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:769 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:770 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openrgb.rules:771 Invalid key/value pair, ignoring.
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[491]: /etc/udev/rules.d/99-openrgb.rules:10 Unknown group 'i2c', ignoring
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[521]: vboxdrv: /etc/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:1 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrv".
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[505]: vboxdrvu: /etc/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:2 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrvu".
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: sp5100-tco sp5100-tco: Watchdog hardware is disabled
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: r8169 0000:05:00.1: unknown chip XID 54a
Dec 13 16:53:02 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[521]: vboxnetctl: /etc/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:3 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxnetctl".
Dec 13 16:53:03 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[541]: vboxdrv: /etc/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:1 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrv".
Dec 13 16:53:03 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[502]: vboxdrvu: /etc/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:2 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrvu".
Dec 13 16:53:03 Tim-Desktop-4 systemd-udevd[556]: vboxnetctl: /etc/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:3 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxnetctl".
Dec 13 16:53:11 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: proc: Bad value for 'hidepid'
Dec 13 16:53:57 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: proc: Bad value for 'hidepid'
Dec 13 16:53:58 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: proc: Bad value for 'hidepid'
Dec 13 16:53:58 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: proc: Bad value for 'hidepid'
Dec 13 16:54:11 Tim-Desktop-4 lightdm[1708]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Dec 13 16:54:14 Tim-Desktop-4 pulseaudio[1815]: module-rescue-stream is obsolete and should no longer be loaded. Please remove it from your configuration.
Dec 13 16:55:17 Tim-Desktop-4 pulseaudio[1815]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security polic>
Dec 13 17:26:56 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: proc: Bad value for 'hidepid'
Dec 13 17:34:58 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: proc: Bad value for 'hidepid'
Dec 13 17:38:42 Tim-Desktop-4 kernel: proc: Bad value for 'hidepid'
5.15.6-2 boots into a black screen. Num lock/cap slock keys toggle their respective lights, but I get no further response.
Before December 11th’s update, I was able to run 5.15 for about a day before the stuttering was bad enough to force me to restart.
5.14.21-2 boots into a black screen. Num lock/cap slock keys toggle their respective lights, but I get no further response.
No previous version of the 5.14 kernel has let me boot into a graphical environment.
5.10.83-1 boots into a dark green screen, with no response to input whatsoever.
Before December 11th’s update, I had the same symptoms 95% of the time - but once or twice I was able to boot into a normal desktop environment that ran for a week with no stuttering. Then a kernel update arrived and I was unable to boot into this kernel version again.
5.4.163-1 can run for 4 hours before the stuttering becomes bad enough I’m forced to restart.
Before December 11th’s update, I was able to run 5.4 for 24-48 hours before that point.
This has been the only kernel that has not failed to boot into a graphical environment so far.
4.19 failed to boot, I can’t remember in what way. I attempted this because all the 5.x kernels had these issues, and didn’t honestly expect this to go well.
Windows 10 works! But no thank you. I’ve been a full-time Linux user since 2009, and I don’t plan to go back except to play the fewer and fewer games that don’t run on Linux one way or another.
Any help would be deeply appreciated. I don’t have a functioning laptop, and my old desktop, while it doesn’t have these issues on Manjaro, has started to show its age. Also note that I’ve partitioned my SSD so that I can distro hop and/or try other versions with minimal downtime, though I’d still prefer to avoid this if possible.
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