Hello everyone,
I am having the issue that sometimes the disk activity LED starts blinking constantly after my PC is running for a while.
I have not been able to identify the program, which is causing the issue:
A was not able to see a correlation to opened applications.
Searching for the issue, I found that baloo file indexer can cause it. However, disabling it had no effect.
Also the Firefox session restore file seems to accumulate a lot of disk io.
But increasing browser.sessionstore.interval seemingly did not help.
While Firefox is my most likely suspect, the writes also happen without firefox running (and no access with it running).
Also, I tried the following commands, suggested in answers related to this issue and guidelines:
journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog --no-pager did not show any output for the time the access happens.
sudo iotop -o
This only shows some process every few seconds (for example nextcloud, or some kworker, btrf-transactions). However, most of the time no process is shown (still while the LED is flashing).
Next, I tried
while true; do date; sudo ps aux | awk '{if($8=="D") print $0;}'; sleep 1; done
root 25560 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? D 23:10 0:00 [kworker/u64:2+events_unbound]
Di 2. Mai 23:31:24 CEST 2023
root 25560 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? D 23:10 0:00 [kworker/u64:2+events_unbound]
Di 2. Mai 23:31:25 CEST 2023
root 25560 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? D 23:10 0:00 [kworker/u64:2+events_unbound]
Di 2. Mai 23:31:26 CEST 2023
Di 2. Mai 23:31:27 CEST 2023
root 25560 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? D 23:10 0:00 [kworker/u64:2+events_unbound]
However, without the LED constantly flashing, with my (untrained) I could not see a difference, in case there was no constant access.
Below is the output of `inxi -v7azy`, in case it is relevant:
System:
Kernel: 6.0.19-4-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.0-x86_64
root=UUID=83410bdc-26c5-410c-a31b-7c8732935e32 rw rootflags=subvol=@
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570 AORUS ELITE v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 AORUS ELITE v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F33 date: 05/21/2021
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.29 GiB used: 5.33 GiB (17.0%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701021
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB
desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2815 high: 4241 min/max: 2200/4426 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 4241 2: 2139
3: 4216 4: 2142 5: 3893 6: 2196 7: 2200 8: 2191 9: 3604 10: 2132 11: 3942
12: 2146 13: 3795 14: 2053 15: 2082 16: 2069 bogomips: 115032
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 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2
sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext
tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl 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: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
protection
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3
empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.00x22.48")
s-diag: 1165mm (45.88")
Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 model: LG (GoldStar) HDR 4K
serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 140 gamma: 1.2
size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 806mm (31.7") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (navi21
LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.48 6.0.19-4-MANJARO) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
bus-ID: 1-1:2 gen: 4 chip-ID: 1235:8012 class-ID: fe01 speed: 16 GT/s
serial: <filter> lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 6i6 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
API: ALSA v: k6.0.19-4-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: pipewire-media-session status: active 3: pipewire-alsa
type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-6.2:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.08 TiB used: 382.31 GiB (18.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B2QGXA7 temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Transcend
model: JetFlash 32GB size: 29.42 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 382.31 GiB (41.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A uuid: 83410bdc-26c5-410c-a31b-7c8732935e32
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1 label: NO_LABEL uuid: 6FDC-7188
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 382.31 GiB (41.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A uuid: 83410bdc-26c5-410c-a31b-7c8732935e32
ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 382.31 GiB (41.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A uuid: 83410bdc-26c5-410c-a31b-7c8732935e32
ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 382.31 GiB (41.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A uuid: 83410bdc-26c5-410c-a31b-7c8732935e32
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 232.88 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 164ec3ea-17ab-4628-b228-b27794b464c2
ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: aa5d1605-8cd0-4858-bf68-a383fe974e20
ID-3: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 29.42 GiB fs: vfat label: Transcend
uuid: F4B4-B597
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 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: 1-1:2 info: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 6i6 type: Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio interfaces: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1235:8012 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-2:3 info: Razer USA DeathAdder Elite type: Mouse,Keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1532:005c class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 1-3:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3.1:6 info: Transcend Information JetFlash type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 300mA
chip-ID: 8564:1000 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-4:5 info: Integrated Express IT8297 RGB LED Controller
type: Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:8297 class-ID: 0301
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-6:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-6.2:3 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 5-0:1 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: 5-1:2 info: ZSA Labs Moonlander Mark I type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 3297:1969 class-ID: 0300
Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.2 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 56.0 C
mem: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 413 Uptime: 2h 13m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 252
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
Packages: 2178 pm: pacman pkgs: 2165 libs: 428 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 13 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.26
Are there any other possibilities to find out which process is responsible?
Are there any other known processes, that I could try to disable?
Let me know, if I missed some crucial information.
Many thanks in advance for your help!
