I used for some time Manjaro KDE Plasma and had the problem that my Laptop was randomly freezing, I always had to do a hard reboot. I thought the problem was that I pushed my Laptop to hard ( It’s not very powerful, 4gb ram, Intel celeron and no graphics card). After some time I installed Manjaro XFCE because it’s mor lightweight, but I had th same problem again. Except from this my Laptop runs really good.
I would be glad for help because I am not really experienced with Linux.
Is the freezing really random or maybe usually after some minutes of inactivity? In the latter case it could be related to power savings features, which you could try to turn off in the settings.
Some times it happens randomly and sometimes after some inactivity.
What’s the output of:
inxi -Fz
Some information about the system
this my system information from inxi
System: Kernel: 6.1.26-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64 root=UUID=48daf8a0-4464-402e-964a-de1406b6dd37 rw quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81HL v: Lenovo V130-15IGM serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo V130-15IGM serial: <superuser required> Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40700 WIN serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 6VCN43WW date: 11/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.7 Wh (78.6%) condition: 27.6/30.6 Wh (90.0%) volts: 8.5 min: 7.6 model: CPT-COS L17C2PB3 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: charging Memory: System RAM: available: 3.65 GiB used: 2.72 GiB (74.5%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: model: Intel Celeron N4000 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Goldmont Plus level: v2 built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x7A (122) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x3E Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 112 KiB desc: d-2x24 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 931 high: 1063 min/max: 800/2600 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 800 2: 1063 bogomips: 4378 Flags: 3dnowprefetch acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept ept_ad erms est flexpriority fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected Type: retbleed 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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel GeminiLake [UHD Graphics 600] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3185 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b624 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31") Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15db built: 2015 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768 API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing. Audio: Device-1: Intel Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo V130-15IGM Laptop - Type 81HL driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_apl bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:3198 class-ID: 0403 API: ALSA v: k6.1.26-1-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: 0.3.70 status: off tools: pw-cli Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol Network: Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3166 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo V130-15IGM Laptop - Type 81HL driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 1000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> WAN IP: <filter> 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: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001 Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: see --recommends Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 27.36 GiB (22.9%) SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS128G32TNF-N3A0A size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0P10 scheme: GPT Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PLDS model: DVD-RW DA8AESH rev: XL6M dev-links: cdrom Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 116.52 GiB (97.96%) used: 27.35 GiB (23.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A uuid: 48daf8a0-4464-402e-964a-de1406b6dd37 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: 63CF-035B Swap: Alert: No swap data was found. Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found. USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 9 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: 1-5:2 info: Chicony Integrated Camera 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: 04f2:b624 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001 Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 7 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 231 Uptime: 50m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1073 libs: 324 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.27
Well thats your problem right there.
You have a pretty small amount of RAM … and absolutely no SWAP.
When you reach the end of your 3.65G of memory … lockups are expected.
See here for an example fix:
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