Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.8.18-1-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NV168
GTX 1660 Super
Over the last few months, this system has been crashing with increasing frequency. For instance, browsers and other programs stop to respond, the panel disappears from the bottom of the screen, the system update icon is permanently gone. The computer freezes and throwing the power switch is the only solution that works. I am not an expert Linux user, but a refugee from Windows 7. In the past, this computer was used as a budget graphics station, but now I have it mostly for browsing, email and light office work. I don’t even know where to begin to troubleshoot it. If I can’t have a reliable Linux PC, I will have to go back to Windows. I really want to avoid Windows 10. I will be grateful for any pointers to get this machine to work properly. Kind Regards.
This kernel is EOL, please change to 5.4 or 5.10 any or another still supported and maintained kernel. When you have changed the kernel, remove kernel 5.8. Then update using
sudo pacman-mirrors -f && sudo pacman -Syyu
Reboot.
To help you better, please post
inxi -Fxxxza --no-host
mhwd -l
Please provide more details, such as what browser, what program and what panel you mean here.
Thank you for your fast reply. I have installed the 5.4.85-1 kernel, but after the download and re-installation of packages, the 5.10.2-2 is listed as presently running.
As to programs:
Firefox slows down to a crawl and behaves as if my WIFI here was very slow, but I seem to be the only one affected by it. Vivaldi and Brave browsers just crash, but the desktop continues to work. FreeCad crashes frequently and often takes Manjaro with it. When it happens, the Task Manager panel disappears. I can move my cursor on the screen but nothing responds to my clicks. Sometimes, my desktop just goes haywire and freezes after I close my browser for instance. I have not looked at the logs yet. I will do it next.
Split the inxi output in several blocks, could be that all together is too much for one post.
Use 3 backticks ` in a single line in front and at the end to format it, nicely.
Check journalctl logs and KDE (/var/log/Xorg.0.log). Also dmesg command could be useful.
“Warning: No installed USB configs!” - My USB ports work OK. Does this warning relate to something other than the USB ports? Thank you for your help and patience.