I3WM randomly "crashes"

I’m using the 21.2.6 I3-wm community edition, and love Manjaro as a distro, except for these weird “crashes” I seem to be encountering more and more often.

So the problem I’m having is, that the OS randomly “freezes” at times. I’m still able to move the cursor and play around with the active window using the keyboard, but can’t shift window focus or tabs in the web browser. I’ve tried every possible key combination and the solution is ultimately to just reboot the computer which is a tedious task…

Writing it out, it sure sounds an awful lot like the problem is with the window manager itself.
The i3 version I’m using is the 4.20.1 (2021-11-03).

Initially I thought it occurred whenever I pressed a combination of keys (particularly the multimedia keys) but after having it happen at random idk anymore.

Ran

journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog

which gave me

[x0rec@x0rec-Desktop ~]$ journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 1.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 2.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 3.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 4.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 5.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 6.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 7.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 8.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 9.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 10.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 15:06:39 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: nouveau 0000:07:00.0: bus: MMIO write of 80000122 FAULT at 10eb14 [ PRIVRING ]
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: nouveau 0000:07:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x000f address>
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop systemd[1]: Failed to start Light Display Manager.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit lightdm.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [LINK REMOVED]
░░
░░ A start job for unit lightdm.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 1085 and the job result is failed.
maj 12 15:06:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:06:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 15:11:23 x0rec-Desktop bluetoothd[784]: profiles/input/device.c:ioctl_is_connected() Can’t get HIDP connection>
maj 12 18:34:52 x0rec-Desktop sudo[15517]: x0rec : a password is required ; PWD=/home/x0rec ; USER=root ; COMMAND=>
maj 12 18:35:21 x0rec-Desktop sudo[15584]: x0rec : a password is required ; PWD=/home/x0rec ; USER=root ; COMMAND=>
maj 12 18:56:27 x0rec-Desktop login[880]: pam_systemd(login:session): Failed to release session: Interrupted system c>
maj 12 18:56:27 x0rec-Desktop systemd-coredump[17060]: Failed to connect to coredump service: Connection refused
maj 12 18:56:28 x0rec-Desktop systemd-cryptsetup[17151]: Device luks-6122ad17-1153-42f3-ae26-e6b7a6f9ae9a is still in>
maj 12 18:56:28 x0rec-Desktop systemd-cryptsetup[17151]: Failed to deactivate: Device or resource busy
lines 1-37/37 (END)

Not sure what to make of it (nor am I sure it’s the right log)

Happened again, here’s the log:

journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 1.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 2.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 3.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 4.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 5.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 6.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 7.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 8.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 9.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:40 x0rec-Desktop kernel: __common_interrupt: 10.55 No irq handler for vector
maj 12 18:57:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: nouveau 0000:07:00.0: bus: MMIO write of 80000122 FAULT at 10eb14 [ PRIVRING ]
maj 12 18:57:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: nouveau 0000:07:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x000f address=0x0 flags=0x0000]
maj 12 18:57:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:41 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:42 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:42 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:42 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:42 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:42 x0rec-Desktop kernel: kvm: disabled by bios
maj 12 18:57:42 x0rec-Desktop systemd[1]: Failed to start Light Display Manager.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit lightdm.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: LINK
░░
░░ A start job for unit lightdm.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 1085 and the job result is failed.
maj 12 21:13:33 x0rec-Desktop systemd-coredump[9615]: Failed to connect to coredump service: Connection refused
maj 12 21:13:34 x0rec-Desktop systemd-cryptsetup[9742]: Device luks-6122ad17-1153-42f3-ae26-e6b7a6f9ae9a is still in use.
maj 12 21:13:34 x0rec-Desktop systemd-cryptsetup[9742]: Failed to deactivate: Device or resource busy

nobody??

Welcome.

I’ve also had this problem, and am eagerly awaiting replies. When it occurs, all I can do is REISUB. If you like, if it recurs, I can post my journals, too. It might also help to add your inxi.

See this thread:

Cheers,

R

I see, so we’re both basically doomed as nobody can figure it out?

Seems like it’s an uncommon/yet unencountered problem, guess I’ll be switching then… Sad because I really enjoyed everything else about manjaro

It would help you to get help if you post your inxi, as in the tutorial. Otherwise no one knows enough to suggest anything.

R

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