This may not actually be a Graphics issue.
When running on an external USB SSD, I do not experience this issue.
Here’s the computer details.
tracy@daphne ~]$ inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 6.18.33-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
root=UUID=fced3a62-fe08-4b92-b6b1-ac0f6f2e1b49 rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=3c71ffc0-8c40-4e43-9a0e-fe1b1e34287b udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.26.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: SLIMBOOK product: Elemental15-I13D5 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: SLIMBOOK model: Elemental15-I13D5 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: INSYDE v: 1.07.02TGO
date: 10/28/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 48.2 Wh (100%) condition: 48.2/48.3 Wh (99.8%)
volts: 17.11 min: 15.2 model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
charging: status: full cycles: N/A
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.46 GiB used: 4.06 GiB (54.5%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Controller0-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous
size: 8 GiB speed: 5200 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Wilk Elektronik S.A. part-no: GR5600S564L46S/8G
serial: <filter>
Device-2: Controller1-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core 5 120U bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake
level: v3 note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6
model-id: 0xBA (186) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x6134
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 10 threads: 12 mt: 2 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 928 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 2x48 KiB; i-2x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 6.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB
desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/5000:3800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400
8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 bogomips: 59904
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep smx split_lock_detect
ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip user_shstk vaes vme vmx
vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
xtopology xtpr
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 mitigation: Clear Register File
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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
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: Intel Raptor Lake-U [Intel Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 7 (10nm)
built: 2022+ ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a7ac class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony USB2.0 Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b729
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.22 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.11
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15e7 built: 2020 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
x: 0.592 y: 0.349 green: x: 0.329 y: 0.557 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.118 white:
x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.1.1-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-U)
device-ID: 8086:a7ac memory: 7.28 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.350 layers: 2 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-U) driver: mesa intel v: 26.1.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:a7ac surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/H cAVS vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51ca class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.18.33-1-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: 1.6.5 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 Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f1 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 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: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
IP v4: <filter> scope: global
IP v6: <filter> scope: global
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 24.59 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: GOODRAM
model: SSDPR-PX600L-01T-80 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: EJFME0.0 temp: 20.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide
size: 14.59 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 63.48 GiB size: 62.18 GiB (97.96%) used: 10.21 GiB (16.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: fced3a62-fe08-4b92-b6b1-ac0f6f2e1b49
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 328 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 5127-A586
ID-3: /home raw-size: 832.58 GiB size: 818.44 GiB (98.30%)
used: 14.38 GiB (1.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
uuid: c084f514-34a5-41ef-91e6-98c6aa025f18
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 35.16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: 3c71ffc0-8c40-4e43-9a0e-fe1b1e34287b
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 2E32-AD6A
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 63.48 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: f11f2354-595a-4518-88d4-f2e0498acc46
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 20.02 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: da167c2a-300a-485b-b202-959f946a116f
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 847.72 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 4634127b-b874-49cf-944d-be311c3556a9
ID-5: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 4.56 GiB fs: iso9660
ID-6: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
uuid: 3353-174A
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 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: [Maxxter] Optical gaming mouse 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: 18f8:0f99 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-3:3 info: SanDisk Cruzer Glide type: mass storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 224mA chip-ID: 0781:5575 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-7:4 info: Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b729 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-10:5 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth 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: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 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
Device-1: 2-3:2 info: ASMedia ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s bridge type: mass storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 174c:1153 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.2 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1215 libs: 336 tools: pamac
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirrors.ft.uam.es/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 326
1: cpu: 10.6% command: firefox pid: 2153 mem: 527.4 MiB (6.9%)
2: cpu: 9.8% command: firefox pid: 2529 mem: 404.3 MiB (5.2%)
3: cpu: 5.6% command: kwin_wayland pid: 946 mem: 248.2 MiB (3.2%)
4: cpu: 4.2% command: firefox pid: 2386 mem: 611.0 MiB (7.9%)
5: cpu: 3.1% command: plasmashell pid: 1112 mem: 365.7 MiB (4.7%)
Memory top: 5 of 326
1: mem: 611.0 MiB (7.9%) command: firefox pid: 2386 cpu: 4.2%
2: mem: 527.4 MiB (6.9%) command: firefox pid: 2153 cpu: 10.6%
3: mem: 408.1 MiB (5.3%) command: firefox pid: 1263 cpu: 2.7%
4: mem: 404.3 MiB (5.2%) command: firefox pid: 2529 cpu: 9.8%
5: mem: 365.7 MiB (4.7%) command: plasmashell pid: 1112 cpu: 3.1%
Info:
Processes: 326 Power: uptime: 5m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.93 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 260 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 default: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40
[tracy@daphne ~]$
This is currently running on the external SSD. Both the internal and external SSDs have the same version of Manjaro installed from the same USB key.
smartctl reports the nvme health is good
[tracy@daphne ~]$ sudo smartctl -H /dev/nvme0n1
[sudo] password for tracy:
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [x86_64-linux-6.18.33-1-MANJARO] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
