For some reason my manjaro installation takes up atleast 5-6gb(of 16gb) of RAM freshly after booting up. Is that normal? Earlier i used to have issues with my system hanging often but ive fixed that with equipping equivalent amount of swap space. Any way to reduce this?
Output of sudo inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width:
System:
Kernel: 6.1.103-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=f48d994e-c928-4379-8442-a607bddaabd8 rw quiet splash
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506IH_FA506IH
v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA506IH v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
uuid: a8b88a53-ee0a-8341-8b7e-bc8cd6176cb5 UEFI: American Megatrends
v: FA506IH.316 date: 03/12/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 30.2 Wh (96.5%) condition: 31.3/48.1 Wh (65.1%)
volts: 12.1 min: 11.7 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.05 GiB used: 7.08 GiB (47.1%)
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2
max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
part-no: M471A1K43DB1-CWE serial: <filter>
Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2
max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
part-no: M471A1K43DB1-CWE serial: <filter>
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H with Radeon Graphics socket: FP6 bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8600104
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1933 high: 3000 min/max: 1400/3000 boost: enabled
base/boost: 3000/4000 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
volts: 1.2 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400 4: 1400
5: 3000 6: 3000 7: 3000 8: 1400 9: 1400 10: 1400 11: 3000 12: 1400
bogomips: 71901
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs
irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2
sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext
tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling 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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
protection
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
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; STIBP:
always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 550.107.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f99 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636
class-ID: 0300 temp: 63.0 C
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 13d3:56a2
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.1 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0c02 built: 2023 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 143 gamma: 1.2 size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: radeonsi
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.1.5-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir
LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.49 6.1.103-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1636
memory: 500 MiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 2 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 550.107.02
device-ID: 10de:1f99 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
name: AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv
v: 24.1.5-manjaro1.1 device-ID: 1002:1636 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: N/A
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir,
snd_sof_amd_rembrandt pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.103-1-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: PipeWire v: 1.2.2 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: pipewire-media-session status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: rtw_8822ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822ce pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c822
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: mld, NetworkManager, nfsd, nginx, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 04ca:4005
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 942.7 GiB used: 480.85 GiB (51.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
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: P6MA001 temp: 45.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 1y 99d 15h cycles: 3,433
read-units: 125,319,287 [64.1 TB] written-units: 67,312,126 [34.4 TB]
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1
family: Micron Client SSDs size: 465.76 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
sata: 3.3 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: M3CR043
temp: 33 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 163d 3h cycles: 945
written: 5.34 TiB
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 273.44 GiB size: 268.08 GiB (98.04%)
used: 206.91 GiB (77.2%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A uuid: f48d994e-c928-4379-8442-a607bddaabd8
ID-2: /run/media/hydra/ExternalWin raw-size: 97.66 GiB
size: 97.65 GiB (100.00%) used: 26.5 MiB (0.0%) fs: exfat block-size: 512 B
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: ExternalWin uuid: 67FE-BC8E
ID-3: /srv/mmedia raw-size: 368.1 GiB size: 361.26 GiB (98.14%)
used: 273.78 GiB (75.8%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1 label: External-Linux
uuid: 1bcf4134-86d3-4721-9900-4bd126368ed5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 15.62 GiB used: 136.5 MiB (0.9%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A
uuid: a609475d-b410-4232-b6c3-455a25e67113
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: E465-6F98
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A
uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 187.1 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 648069A180697B06
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 674 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: B69804FD9804BE3D
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: 1-2:2 info: Holtek USB Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d9:a0ac class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 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
Hub-3: 3-0:1 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: 3-1:2 info: Lite-On Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 500mA chip-ID: 04ca:4005 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 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: 4-2:2 info: ASMedia ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge ASM1053E ASM1153
3Gb/s ASM1153E bridge type: mass storage driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 174c:55aa
class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 75.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 63.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3800
Info:
Processes: 380 Power: uptime: 3h 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2699 pm: pacman pkgs: 2655 libs: 525 tools: octopi,pamac,yay
pm: flatpak pkgs: 44 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: Sudo (sudo)
v: 1.9.15p5 default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.35
Output of ps -A u:
