I have been using Manjaro on my Asus FX566HEB-HN249T laptop for the last two years. I have an external monitor and a few peripherals connected over a thunderbolt dock.
Recently, when I am trying to use certain applications like Chrome, GIMP, Shotcut my 2nd monitor (connected over thunderbolt) freezes. The primary monitor keeps working but the second one doesn’t work unless I unplug and re-plug my thunderbolt dock. Interestingly, this freezing behavior is triggered by certain actions, like right clicking on a link in chrome or resizing an image in GIMP, or often even resizing a window to be full screen leading me to believe this is something to do with software rather than hardware.
Here are some details
inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 6.1.62-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=2dc1aead-efcd-4b0a-9cab-d13b0c8c0d48 rw quiet
resume=UUID=55a4bfc8-2bef-4478-be36-a0e9946e9f1d udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506HEB_FX566HEB
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX506HEB v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FX506HEB.310 date: 11/25/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 71.7 Wh (82.3%) condition: 87.1/90.2 Wh (96.5%)
volts: 16.4 min: 15.9 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x4E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 837 high: 1039 min/max: 800/4500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 1039 6: 800 7: 1016 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
bogomips: 64536
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
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 status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a68
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 535.129.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:25a0 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-7:4 chip-ID: 322e:202c
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1013x285mm (39.88x11.22")
s-diag: 1052mm (41.43")
Monitor-1: DP-1-0.2 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 551mm (21.68") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.55") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
device-ID: 8086:9a68 memory: 14.99 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 535.129.03
device-ID: 10de:25a0 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech G435 Wireless Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4.2:9 chip-ID: 046d:0acb class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.1.62-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: active tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000
bus-ID: 0000:03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8162 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver: r8152 type: USB
rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 4-4.1:6
chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: enp0s20f0u4u1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3 lmp-v: 12
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 92.85 GiB (19.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GD3JX013N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41000C20 temp: 46.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 100 GiB size: 97.87 GiB (97.87%) used: 41.5 GiB (42.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 361.79 GiB size: 355.04 GiB (98.14%)
used: 51.34 GiB (14.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 14.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2400
Info:
Processes: 308 Uptime: 2h 29m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est.
available: 15.35 GiB used: 3.41 GiB (22.2%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
Packages: 1544 pm: pacman pkgs: 1537 libs: 394 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
pkgs: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.31
mhwd -l -li ✔ basic
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:25a0) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:9a68) Display controller Intel Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
This is getting to be extremely annoying. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.