Issue
I recently started encountering the following issue:
on startup, the login screen usually freezes after I start typing my password (all the gui buttons are unresponsive, though the mouse cursor is still working); if I press enter and I wait, after a bit the loading screen appears and then everything is fine.
System
inxi output:
$ inxi --filter --verbosity=8
System:
Kernel: 6.13.5-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.13-x86_64
root=UUID=98d46ec3-de60-4a2f-b4db-25705917988c ro
quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.2 tk: Qt v: N/A
info: frameworks v: 6.11.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: CM6870 v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
v: 0708 date: 12/25/2012
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 24 GiB available: 23.42 GiB
used: 3.12 GiB (13.3%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser +
dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous
size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: TeamGroup
part-no: TIMETEC-U8G-1600 serial: <filter>
Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous
size: 4 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 06c1
part-no: SLA302G08-GGNHC serial: <filter>
Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous
size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: TeamGroup
part-no: TIMETEC-U8G-1600 serial: <filter>
Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous
size: 4 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 06c1
part-no: SLA302G08-GGNHC serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-3770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15
process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58)
stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4
threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1596 min/max: 1600/3900 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1596
2: 1596 3: 1596 4: 1596 5: 1596 6: 1596 7: 1596 8: 1596
bogomips: 54273
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx
bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16
cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms est f16c
flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs
ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave
xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional
cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling 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: Retpolines; IBPB:
conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: DVI-D-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
DP-3, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland
v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: N/A
failed: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1080x1920 s-dpi: 91
s-size: 301x535mm (11.85x21.06") s-diag: 614mm (24.17")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: N/A
size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 550.144.03
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce
GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 5.86 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 5 device: 0
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1c03 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition
Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-2-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: 1.2.7 status: off
with: pipewire-media-session status: active tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active
with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack
type: module tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express
Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series
driver: r8168 v: 8.055.00-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute
scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.81 TiB used: 51.2 GiB (2.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges
required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston
model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: B1H5 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 850 PRO 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate
model: ST1000DM003-9YN162 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC4B
scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 145.35 GiB size: 142.51 GiB (98.05%)
used: 51.17 GiB (35.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb6
maj-min: 8:22 label: N/A
uuid: 98d46ec3-de60-4a2f-b4db-25705917988c
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 31 MiB (32.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb3
maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A uuid: FEBB-B855
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default)
cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB
used: 11.7 MiB (0.3%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8 GiB
used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -3 dev: /dev/sda3
maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: e0ac06ce-c509-4738-a296-b71df305e93a
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 347.13 GiB fs: ntfs
label: N/A uuid: 7B107D73041F8DFA
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 92 GiB fs: ext4
label: N/A uuid: a06b8b4a-d75b-43b6-8af6-60c210403330
ID-3: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 128 MiB
fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 300 MiB fs: ntfs
label: Ripristino uuid: 7418BB4518BB04E0
ID-5: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 size: 330.56 GiB fs: ntfs
label: N/A uuid: 3CBCCC76BCCC2BE8
ID-6: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21 size: 525 MiB fs: ntfs
label: N/A uuid: 7A745A66745A2563
ID-7: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat
label: N/A uuid: 86BF-191E
ID-8: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 128 MiB
fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-9: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 901.1 GiB fs: ntfs
label: N/A uuid: 24C8FA4DC8FA1CAC
ID-10: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 457 MiB fs: ntfs
label: N/A uuid: EE107550107520AF
ID-11: /dev/sdc5 maj-min: 8:37 size: 454 MiB fs: ntfs
label: N/A uuid: 18A4414EA4412F94
ID-12: /dev/sdc6 maj-min: 8:38 size: 28.91 GiB fs: ext4
label: N/A uuid: 9036c0a2-cad9-49e7-a9ba-259a3b3f5225
ID-13: /dev/sdc7 maj-min: 8:39 size: 400 MiB fs: vfat
label: N/A uuid: 7A22-B8EB
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: 1-1:2 info: Primax USB Optical Mouse
type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1
rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0461:4e35 class-ID: 0301
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 4-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-1.6:3 info: Primax USB Wired Keyboard
type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0461:4dbf
class-ID: 0300
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
temp: 38 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
Packages: 2464 pm: pacman pkgs: 2452 libs: 496
tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 12
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
1: https://download.sublimetext.com/arch/stable/x86_64
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
2: http://manjaro.grena.ge/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirrors.nic.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: https://mirror.dc.uz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 271
1: cpu: 27.2% command: firefox pid: 2092
mem: 557.7 MiB (2.3%)
2: cpu: 10.6% command: baloo_file pid: 1626
mem: 109.8 MiB (0.4%)
3: cpu: 8.3% command: firefox pid: 2267
mem: 279.6 MiB (1.1%)
4: cpu: 7.5% command: firefox pid: 2355
mem: 257.5 MiB (1.0%)
5: cpu: 5.0% command: kwin_x11 pid: 1685
mem: 170.6 MiB (0.7%)
Memory top: 5 of 271
1: mem: 557.7 MiB (2.3%) command: firefox pid: 2092
cpu: 27.2%
2: mem: 487.7 MiB (2.0%) command: plasmashell pid: 1720
cpu: 3.0%
3: mem: 279.6 MiB (1.1%) command: firefox pid: 2267
cpu: 8.3%
4: mem: 257.5 MiB (1.0%) command: firefox pid: 2355
cpu: 7.5%
5: mem: 241.6 MiB (1.0%) command: firefox pid: 2438
cpu: 1.9%
Info:
Processes: 271 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend,
test_resume image: 9.34 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd
v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 alt: 12 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.37
Additional Information
What I’ve Tried
- Resetting and changing the login screen configuration
- Changing Kernel (to 6.12.17-1 LTS)
- Installing all updates
Notable Things I Did Recently Before and After the Issue Presented Itself
Restored GRUB from a bootable device following the manjaro guide using chroot.
