Hello, First post after give or take 1 year of using manjaro kde! Today I updated a bunch of applications via the Add/Remove Software app. During the update process I started experiencing delays/lag in either small or larger actions, etc. mouse getting stuck for 1 sec, before actually moving, free…

To disable the Baloo file indexer: $ balooctl suspend $ balooctl disable The indexer will be disabled on next login. Baloo - ArchWiki But I think it’s better workaround disabling only the index of file contents, as told in this topic: [image] …

Can you post some hardware info ? inxi -Fza on console.

Thank you for your reply! Here is some info, System: Kernel: 6.0.6-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.0-x86_64 root=UUID=ebe16e52-381c-4112-8fd9-dcf8b15135bf rw cryptdevice=UUID=13daf1e2-dad5-4de7-a9f2-53daa9a8a98b:luks-13da…

You are using 92.7% of 12GB RAM and Swap is used nearly full. What programs are you using ?

I currently have open, brave browser (4 tabs), 3 settings windows, 1 konsole window and thunderbird. No downloading/streaming or such, as we speak. I’ve tried restarting but this happens directly when i login to the kde desktop. I have no idea what is draining my system of memory. Is there anythin…

[image] panos91txc: I have no idea what is draining my system of memory. Is there anything else I could post in order to aid you? Use “top” command in terminal and press shift+m to sort processes by memory use. [image] How to Make Top Command Sort by Memory Usage This article pr…

Thank you for your reply! top - 20:25:23 up 1:52, 4 users, load average: 2,46, 2,91, 3,23 Tasks: 299 total, 1 running, 298 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 0,4 us, 4,9 sy, 0,3 ni, 77,5 id, 16,4 wa, 0,4 hi, 0,2 si, 0,0 st MiB Mem : 11856,5 total, 250,3 free, 10855,6 used, …

Baloo reindexing files. Wait until ends reindexation (see with “balooctl status”) or change Baloo behaviour: [image] Baloo indexing high CPU and memory usage when idle KDE Plasma Hi there. baloo_file_extractor uses 3.0 GB of memory when it is idle as shown below: [Scree…

Thank you for the clarification! Could it be because I altered the indexing settings (Added the Index hidden files and folders option) the other day? And I observed this anomaly today, because I haven’t really used my laptop for a couple of days. Current Index status is “idle” and at 83% complete. …

You can use the resume parameter: [image] balooctl man | Linux Command Library balooctl linux command man page: File indexing and searching framework for KDE Plasma. May be due the change you made, but it’s the second slow baloo issue I see today. …

Thank you for your reply! I tried running the balooctl disable I get this respond, “Disabling and stopping the File Indexer” but then, when I run again top the process is still there, still consuming every resource…

Laggy system after update 02.11.2022

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Baloo reindexing files. Wait until ends reindexation (see with “balooctl status”) or change Baloo behaviour: