Manjaro Gnome freezes random

[acutbal]

Hello!!
I think this is the last quirk to iron in my migration from KDE to Gnome on my little ThinkPad.

I’m experiencing some annoying little freezes randomly, I can’t move the cursor during 4 o 5 seconds, regardless of I use the mouse, trackpad, or pointer. After a few moments, everything continues normal.

In my previous KDE install, this issue didn’t happen.

This is the output to inxi -Fazy:

System:
  Kernel: 6.7.7-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.7-x86_64
    root=UUID=60a9bdd0-965e-4b5a-80cd-98ea2c6bd70e rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 45.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 45.0.1 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20KFS0YM08 v: ThinkPad X280
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20KFS0YM08 v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: LENOVO_MT_20KF_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad X280
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N20ET67W (1.52 )
    date: 11/15/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 35.7 Wh (79.3%) condition: 45.0/47.9 Wh (94.0%)
    volts: 12.2 min: 11.4 model: LGC 5B10W13920 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: not charging cycles: 196
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-8130U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1150 high: 3401 min/max: 400/3400 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 3401 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
    bogomips: 17605
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  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: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional,
    RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Lite-On Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:3 chip-ID: 04ca:7070
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x226d built: 2015 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 177 gamma: 1.2 size: 276x155mm (10.87x6.1") diag: 317mm (12.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11:
    drv: iris inactive: gbm
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.2-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:5917 memory: 7.35 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.7-1-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: 1.0.3 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp59s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: httpd, NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd,
    wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 357.72 GiB used: 93.23 GiB (26.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1L2QEXD7 temp: 29.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Generic model: SD MMC size: 119.25 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> fw-rev: 1.00
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 233.38 GiB (97.99%)
    used: 69.87 GiB (29.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat 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: file size: 4 GiB used: 35.8 MiB (0.9%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 43.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.52 GiB used: 4.74 GiB (63.0%)
  Processes: 272 Power: uptime: 18h 16m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 3 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 3 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1333 libs: 373 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Bash
    v: 5.2.26 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.33

I’ve searched in the forum, there are a lot of threads about freeze issues, but none like mine.

What info extra could apport?

Best regards!!

[Salvodif]

Hi,
I’ve the same issue too.
Sometimes the screen freeze and cannot unfreeze just moving the mouse or typing on the keyboard. I need to restart the computer.
Anybody knows why?

[cscs]

In both cases it may be related to memory/swap.

@acutbal

Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.52 GiB used: 4.74 GiB

So not much memory to begin with, and seems to be using over 60% during casual use.

Next to a pretty small SWAP

@acutbal

  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 35.8 MiB (0.9%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile

Assuming everything was working properly … this means a load of 11.5G memory would be the maximum.

Actual logs from during the occurrence would be more helpful.

But @Salvodif should probably produce something like system info, if not also start their own thread.

[acutbal]

@cscs

Actual logs from during the occurrence would be more helpful.

Hi!!
Could you suggest what I command I should use to?

Best regards!!

[cscs]

You could increase the size of the swapfile.
Essentially just disable (sudo swapoff -a), delete and recreate it.
Here is an old walk-through (just note you want a larger size)

Manjaro Freezing BAD

I still dont think SWAP is your issue … but we can take care of it. Lets also assume you dont need hibernate, so we dont need to make it too big. (you can increase this later) We will also use a swapfile … so you dont have to mess with partitions or anything. The following are step-by-step instructions in the terminal. Please copy each line and enter them, if you wish to create a 4GB SWAP file. Take care. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096 status=progress sudo chmod 600 /swa…

[1efaf7d71a8637c6800a]

Test your memory from the GRUB menu (Memtest). Have you recently installed new memory?

[acutbal]

Hi!!
After some days of test, I confirm that the issue has gone away at least a 99,99%, thank you very much for your help!!

I only have one question:
Previously, I have had enabled a 4GB swap file with this method:

fallocate -l 4G /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
chmod u=rw,go= /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
bash -c "echo /swapfile none swap defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab"

Following you guide, now I have a 16 GB file swap:

However, I don’t understand it. Do this means that only 18% of this file is used and the real size of this file is 3 GB? Or the swap file has a real size of 17,2GB?

Best regards!!

[cscs]

@acutbal

Following you guide, now I have a 16 GB file swap:

However, I don’t understand it. Do this means that only 18% of this file is used and the real size of this file is 3 GB? Or the swap file has a real size of 17,2GB?

I do not know where that photo is from, but my guess is it is showing percent used.

As in your swapfile is 17.2GB and you are currently using 18% of it.

[acutbal]

@cscs

I do not know where that photo is from, but my guess is it is showing percent used.

Hello!!
From Disk Usage Analyzer, aka Baobab:

Best regards!!