Curseforge instance causing powerdevil issues after an update

Curseforge instances and other cpu intensive games have started to make my ideapad flex 5 to shut off. Journalcte logs makes me think it is a powerdevil issue, as it is the last log before shutting off. This wasnt an issue yesterday but I installed an update overnight and now this problem exists and persists. All of my vents are clean, and when I launch these games, they are only warm to touch, and not hot, so I dont think it is an overheating problem. Thanks in advance.

  Kernel: 6.18.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
    clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=e728e032-7fc1-4fc9-aac6-a4dcb1577ffb rw rootflags=subvol=@
    resume=UUID=9b49b704-e34f-45cd-9f46-ae12af115290 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.27.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Convertible System: LENOVO product: INVALID v: Lenovo
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 31 v: Lenovo
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0K17763 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_BI_IDEAPADEE
    uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: LENOVO v: EECN44WW
    date: 09/04/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 48.7 Wh (93.7%) condition: 52/52.5 Wh (98.9%)
    volts: 12.68 min: 11.55 model: LGC L19L3PD6 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    charging: status: not charging type: standard avail: long_life,standard
    cycles: 872
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 14.99 GiB used: 2.97 GiB (19.8%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
    part-no: M471A1G44AB0-CWE serial: N/A
  Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
    part-no: M471A1G44AB0-CWE serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Zen 2 gen: 2 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x860010D
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
    desc: 2x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1400 min/max: 1400/2375 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400
    4: 1400 5: 1400 6: 1400 bogomips: 28446
  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 cppc 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 ibrs
    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 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 xtopology
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  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: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: SMT disabled
  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:
    disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series /
    Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
    code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300 temp: 37.0 C
  Device-2: Syntek Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 174f:243f
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x08d6 built: 2019 res:
    mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 105% (1.05) to: 1829x1029 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2
    chroma: red: x: 0.588 y: 0.365 green: x: 0.357 y: 0.569 blue: x: 0.161
    y: 0.110 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85")
    diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024,
    1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland:
    drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.1.4-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM
    3.64 6.18.38-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1636 memory: 500 MiB unified: yes
    display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.350 layers: 6 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 26.1.4-arch1.1
    device-ID: 1002:1636 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo
    driver: N/A alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
    snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.38-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.6.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 449.86 GiB (47.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SKC3000S1024G
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EIFK31.6 temp: 18.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 937.08 GiB size: 937.08 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 449.86 GiB (48.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e728e032-7fc1-4fc9-aac6-a4dcb1577ffb
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 664 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: BC63-5522
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 937.08 GiB size: 937.08 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 449.86 GiB (48.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e728e032-7fc1-4fc9-aac6-a4dcb1577ffb
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 937.08 GiB size: 937.08 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 449.86 GiB (48.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e728e032-7fc1-4fc9-aac6-a4dcb1577ffb
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 937.08 GiB size: 937.08 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 449.86 GiB (48.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e728e032-7fc1-4fc9-aac6-a4dcb1577ffb
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 180 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
    zswap: yes compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 14.99 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
    uuid: 9b49b704-e34f-45cd-9f46-ae12af115290
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2:2 info: [Maxxter] Optical Gaming Mouse [Xtrem]
    type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 18f8:0f97 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Syntek Integrated Camera type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 174f:243f class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-3:4 info: Synaptics type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 06cb:00be class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 37.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1570 pm: pacman pkgs: 1540 libs: 469 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 30
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 306
  1: cpu: 2.9% command: konsole pid: 2849 mem: 251.0 MiB (1.6%)
  2: cpu: 1.2% command: zsh pid: 2875 mem: 12.7 MiB (0.0%)
  3: cpu: 0.2% command: zen pid: 1661 mem: 470.4 MiB (3.0%)
  4: cpu: 0.1% command: [kworker/u25:26-btrfs-endio] pid: 2588
    mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
  5: cpu: 0.1% command: [kworker/u25:29-events_power_efficient] pid: 2591
    mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
  Memory top: 5 of 306
  1: mem: 470.4 MiB (3.0%) command: zen pid: 1661 cpu: 0.2%
  2: mem: 365.2 MiB (2.3%) command: plasmashell pid: 1031 cpu: 0.0%
  3: mem: 298.8 MiB (1.9%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 828 cpu: 0.0%
  4: mem: 254.8 MiB (1.6%) command: zen pid: 2001 cpu: 0.0%
  5: mem: 251.0 MiB (1.6%) command: konsole pid: 2849 cpu: 2.9%
Info:
  Processes: 306 Power: uptime: 4h 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 5.95 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 261 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 22.1.6 gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9.1
    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.41
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Regards.

Also, (and please note that I am not gamer), I did a quick search for the curseforge package and saw that it is only available from the AUR, and there are a couple of versions available: AUR (en) - curseforge & AUR (en) - curseforge-appimage. Could you please confirm which version you have installed on your system by providing the output of the following command:

pamac search -i curseforge

Importantly too, if you installed curseforge via the AUR, did you remember to rebuild the package on your system after any system updates you have done?

pamac build curseforge

System updates usually update system libraries, and any AUR packages relying on those libraries need to be rebuilt for them to run correctly (or at all).

AUR usage required reading - click to exand

[HowTo] Use the AUR

[Need-To-Know] About Manjaro and AUR

Arch User Repository - ArchWiki

Finally, I see that your profile says you are on Stable branch. As AUR packages are built against Arch Linux, it is strongly recommended that Manjaro users wishing to utilise the AUR should switch to Unstable branch which is more closely aligned with Arch’s current package versions than Stable branch.

@Teo

Thanks a lot for the reminder. Im new to all of this.

@scotty65

I use the app image format. As for rebuilding it, never heard of it, so I will do so and see if it gets fixed. Im surprised I went through multiple upgrades without issue

Mod edit: Consecutive posts merged, @mentions added. :wink:

If curseforge is an appimage file, you cannot rebuild it. Scotty meant if it is an aur package. And it is still valid for other aur packages you might have.

-inxi file is up

I’m not sure if this is the cause of the issue, but it probably is not helping. First, is there any specific reason why you have set your swappiness value to 180? The default value of 60 should be fine for everyday usage.

Also, zram should not be used with zswap:

My recommendation is that you disable zram instead of zswap, as zswap is built into the kernel and will better manage your swap than zram. zswap compresses data in the RAM like zram, but is much better at managing swapping pages between the RAM and disk, and deleting expired pages.

I used zram for several years, but disabled it in March this year & now rely completely on zswap working with a swapfile.

Update, just did a stress-ng, and the computer shut off. Powering it back on shows everything normally, but then it goes black. Turning it off made it show the shut off sequence of code