Hi all,
New to Manjaro, so far I am very impressed, but looking to get more out of my (aging) laptop.
ASUS N56V
8Gb Ram
Quad core i7-3630QM 2.4Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GT650M 4gb
Linux experience - I dual booted Win8/10 with Ubuntu for years, but never really used Ubuntu at all really. I installed Manjaro KDE Plasma 5.19.5 a few days ago using the clean (erase) install option, so I am not running the Win10 OS anymore. So let’s work through this as I know nothing about Linux.
Problem:
1 minute to log in screen
Another minute until I am on the desktop and able to click through to Firefox, etc.
Once the computer is running, even just clicking to open folders, the terminal, or browsing Firefox it just seems sluggish, even compared to Win10 that I uninstalled recently.
I’m very open and enthusiastic at the idea of playing around and seeing what’s wrong and investigating so if there’s any step by step/wiki/guide or any information you may have I can use to try to see what is the matter would be great.
Thanks guys!
boot on USB iso manjaro ,
inxi -Fza
mhwd -li
Wollie
October 23, 2020, 6:39am
4
Run the commands @stephane provided but don’t boot into a live ISO when doing it.
After installing a new distro it’s good practice to update, have you done this already?
@Wollie so do I just run that command now, no need to boot from usb?
Also yes I’ve ran the updater and updated the programs to updated.
Here is what the console returned when I ran the command
stephane:
inxi -Fza
mhwd -li
System: Kernel: 5.8.16-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 root=UUID=eadda773-af59-4a4e-94ad-b915231e1b73 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=56761846-4903-4238-8729-b946b7d40d81 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 tk: Qt 5.15.1 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: N56VZ v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: N56VZ v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: N56VZ.215 date: 11/02/2012
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.7 Wh condition: 22.5/57.7 Wh (39%) volts: 11.1/11.1 model: ASUSTeK N56--52 type: Li-ion
serial: N/A status: Unknown cycles: 577
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-3630QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58)
stepping: 9 microcode: 21 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 38335
Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 1200/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1356 2: 1198 3: 1197 4: 1344 5: 1197 6: 1197 7: 1811
8: 1339
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK N56VZ driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:0166
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M] vendor: ASUSTeK N56VZ driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:0fd1
Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Asus Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 2-1.3:4 chip ID: 1bcf:2883
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: intel,nouveau unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nv,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: LVDS1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 143 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") diag: 389mm (15.3")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 20.1.8 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK N56VZ driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0e1b
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.16-2-MANJARO
Network: Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:0887
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK N56VZ driver: alx v: kernel port: d000
bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 1969:1091
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 215.04 GiB (30.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB size: 698.64 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 689.54 GiB size: 677.72 GiB (98.29%) used: 215.04 GiB (31.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.80 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 61 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2500
Info: Processes: 224 Uptime: 25m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 1.31 GiB (17.1%) Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0
Packages: pacman: 1210 lib: 345 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: konsole inxi: 3.1.05
and
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
Wollie
October 23, 2020, 10:04am
6
No.
But please, also show us result of
sudo parted -l
sudo systemd-analyze blame
sudo cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
You have hybrid graphics, i.e.
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK N56VZ driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M] vendor: ASUSTeK N56VZ driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0fd1
In your case I would try to install a corresponding driver.https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Configure_Graphics_Cards
Some more background infos:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hybrid_graphics
Thanks, okay so I ran the command
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
It returned " Successfully installed video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-418xx-bumblebee"
I will run those commands you have just posted and get back to you shortly.
Model: ATA ST750LM022 HN-M7 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2097kB 317MB 315MB fat32 boot, esp
2 317MB 741GB 740GB ext4
3 741GB 750GB 9449MB linux-swap(v1) swap
12.415s snapd.service
10.408s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
9.207s lvm2-monitor.service
8.563s polkit.service
7.781s dev-sda2.device
5.609s avahi-daemon.service
5.606s NetworkManager.service
5.342s systemd-logind.service
4.274s systemd-journal-flush.service
3.621s apparmor.service
3.534s bluetooth.service
3.380s ModemManager.service
2.782s systemd-udevd.service
1.641s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
1.030s systemd-random-seed.service
942ms wpa_supplicant.service
911ms systemd-backlight@leds:asus::kbd_backlight.service
810ms systemd-modules-load.service
747ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-4F32\x2d64E2.service
674ms modprobe@drm.service
646ms udisks2.service
644ms tlp.service
632ms systemd-journald.service
611ms systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service
604ms upower.service
582ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
573ms org.cups.cupsd.service
520ms systemd-sysctl.service
456ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
367ms snapd.apparmor.service
357ms dev-hugepages.mount
355ms dev-mqueue.mount
354ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
354ms sys-kernel-tracing.mount
353ms kmod-static-nodes.service
331ms user@1000.service
330ms systemd-rfkill.service
312ms boot-efi.mount
307ms dev-disk-by\x2duuid-56761846\x2d4903\x2d4238\x2d8729\x2db946b7d40d81.swap
293ms systemd-binfmt.service
267ms rtkit-daemon.service
258ms linux-module-cleanup.service
224ms systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
log file: udo cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
chomsky
October 23, 2020, 10:42am
9
I would stop, disable and mask NetworkManager-wait-online.service and stop, disable snapd.service if you don’t use or intend to use snaps on your system.
Wollie
October 23, 2020, 10:42am
10
This service you can stop, disable and mask by
systemctl disable --now NetworkManager-wait-online.service
systemctl mask NetworkManager-wait-online.service
rocket19:
lvm2-monitor.service
If you don’t use any encrypted disks you also can stop, disable and mask lvm2-monitor.service:
systemctl disable --now lvm2-monitor.service
systemctl mask lvm2-monitor.service
Please run (again)
sudo cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
rocket19:
snapd.service
Snapd takes a lot of your boot time. Do you use snaps ?
Done.
3643
And snaps - no I’m not using them currently, don’t think I am planning to.
Wollie
October 23, 2020, 10:54am
12
rocket19:
3643
This is fine (because larger than 1000), so you don’t have an entropy issue. (relates to admdb’s post )
Then also stop snapd.service:
systemctl disable --now snapd.service
systemctl mask snapd.service
And don’r forget to report any improvements after a reboot!
Done.
Okay I just went for a reboot. No signs of improvement. More or less the same.
Wollie
October 23, 2020, 11:11am
14
You use a hdd which certainly is not as fast as a ssd, so I have no comparison what is normal for a hdd. Please provide output of
sudo fdisk -l
Maybe you have an alignment issue with your partitions.
Wollie:
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 698.64 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 sectors
Disk model: ST750LM022 HN-M7
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 07ED1A8A-3900-904A-9379-412EC64306B1
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 4096 618495 614400 300M EFI System
/dev/sda2 618496 1446689125 1446070630 689.5G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3 1446689126 1465144064 18454939 8.8G Linux swap
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Wollie
October 23, 2020, 11:16am
16
Here we go, this partition is unaligned.
Two alternative procedures how to fix this:
Edit your /etc/fstab and comment out by adding # at the start of the entry for your swap partition. Reboot. Use GParted or another GUI based partition manager to move the unmounted swap partition to a position being aligned with your physical sector size. Reboot. Remove # from your swap entry of /etc/fstab, save the file and reboot.
Boot into a live ISO, delete /dev/sda3 and make a new but aligned partition. No file system, only swap flag to be set. Before booting chroot into your OS and adujust the UUID=… setting for your swap partition in /etc/fstab as it has changed. If you feel more comfortable in avoiding this step just delete the swap entry from your /etc/fstab file upfront. You can add the entry again after making the new swap partition.
References
I would use the command parted for it, but I canot provide exact syntax to do it, right now.
Ok I will give this a shot.
Thanks for yours (and everyone’s) help so far Wollie. Much appreciated.
So how I should boot with a live ISO? Am I creating a bootable USB, or? (sorry haha)
How do I edit the /etc/fstab. I’ve got GParted installed to go after that.
Yeah I’m lost haha.
So in 1. I opened the /etc/fstab file, put a # before the swap partition, and rebooted.
Wollie
October 23, 2020, 12:17pm
19
Is it still mounted? Could be as systemd is mounting swap partitions if it finds them. Try to disable swap by
sudo swapoff -a
and then to unmount it (if needed, not be 100% sure if needed).
Wollie:
sudo swapoff -a
Okay that worked. There is plenty more options now in GParted for the linux-swap partition.