I mentioned the issue here:
Also note that when i kill the kwin_x11 (kwin_x11 --replace) process, it starts again automatically but goes back to normal and using very little GPU.
System info
System:
Kernel: 6.10.6-10-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.10-x86_64
root=UUID=d37c6e4a-949c-4370-8055-0f9e011a3409 rw quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=99cf4234-a381-4eff-9a33-abb366e019d2:luks-99cf4234-a381-4eff-9a33-abb366e019d2
root=/dev/mapper/luks-99cf4234-a381-4eff-9a33-abb366e019d2 splash
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-97e9302e-784a-4db6-a839-80af7dbb8188
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 with: krunner
dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (MS-7C91)
v: 1.0 serial: <filter> uuid: be5679e8-c7c8-c813-a8b1-047c16beaab1
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.60 date: 10/10/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120E
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 16 threads: 32 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32 KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 16x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3400 min/max: 2200/5083 boost: enabled
base/boost: 3400/5050 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 3400 4: 3400
5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3400 8: 3400 9: 3400 10: 3400 11: 3400 12: 3400
13: 3400 14: 3400 15: 3400 16: 3400 17: 3400 18: 3400 19: 3400 20: 3400
21: 3400 22: 3400 23: 3400 24: 3400 25: 3400 26: 3400 27: 3400 28: 3400
29: 3400 30: 3400 31: 3400 32: 3400 bogomips: 217718
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
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 status: Not affected
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; IBRS_FW;
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 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 550.107.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-2
empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2487
class-ID: 0300
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 602x333mm (23.70x13.11")
s-diag: 688mm (27.09") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: DP-2 model: MSI G274QPF serial: <filter> built: 2023
res: 2560x1440 dpi: 108 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: Unknown-1 size-res: N/A modes: 1024x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: gbm,wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.107.02
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 550.107.02
device-ID: 10de:2487 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.10.6-10-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: 1.2.3 status: n/a (root, process) 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: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wgpia0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 230.38 GiB (12.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: MSI model: M480 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EIFM80.0 temp: 43.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 110d 22h cycles: 287
read-units: 10,216,935 [5.23 TB] written-units: 22,612,661 [11.5 TB]
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.76 TiB (98.37%) used: 230.38 GiB (12.8%)
fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-99cf4234-a381-4eff-9a33-abb366e019d2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 448 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.39 GiB used: 768 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-97e9302e-784a-4db6-a839-80af7dbb8188
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.1 C mobo: 50.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 56 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 11.21 GiB (35.9%)
Processes: 628 Power: uptime: 15h 21m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.48 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1582 pm: pacman pkgs: 1532 libs: 400 tools: pamac pm: appimage
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 50 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.15p5 default: Bash v: 5.2.32 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.36