My system is hanging intermittently

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Please I need help and my system keeps frustrating me and hanging intermittently

$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=ea367113-5862-4a13-bcdf-cf4cf93de586 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    cryptdevice=UUID=ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723:luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723
    root=/dev/mapper/luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723 splash
    apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 42.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 42.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5450 v: 01
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0DCPV1 v: A00 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: A06 date: 04/10/2015
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 40.4/52.4 Wh (77.1%)
    volts: 8.6 min: 7.4 model: LGC-LGC3.4 DELL K9GVN63 type: Li-poly
    serial: <filter> status: full
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.52 GiB used: 5.28 GiB (34.0%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-5300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell
    gen: core 5 built: 2015-18 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61)
    stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F
  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: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2357 high: 2458 min/max: 500/2900 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2428 2: 2304 3: 2238
    4: 2458 bogomips: 18366
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon
    avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
    de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
    flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr hle ht ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
    invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
    pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good rtm sdbg sep
    smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  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 status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen8 process: Intel 14nm built: 2014-15 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8d class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x2a3c built: 2013 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.49-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:15a2 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-1.3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
  Device-1: luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723 maj-min: 254:0
    type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 223.57 GiB
  Components:
  p-1: sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 223.57 GiB
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 150.59 GiB (67.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A240G
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 223.57 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 150.59 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723 label: N/A
    uuid: ea367113-5862-4a13-bcdf-cf4cf93de586
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 223.57 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 150.59 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723 label: N/A
    uuid: ea367113-5862-4a13-bcdf-cf4cf93de586
  ID-3: /swap raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 223.57 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 150.59 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723 label: N/A
    uuid: ea367113-5862-4a13-bcdf-cf4cf93de586
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 223.57 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 150.59 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723 label: N/A
    uuid: ea367113-5862-4a13-bcdf-cf4cf93de586
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 223.57 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 150.59 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-ba966926-1fe2-4ff7-b267-fa7b78b89723 label: N/A
    uuid: ea367113-5862-4a13-bcdf-cf4cf93de586
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 512 MiB (100.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swap/swapfile
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 8087:8001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.3:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Device-2: 1-1.6:4 info: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD
    type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8d class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 11 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1:2
    info: SHARKOON GmbH 2.4GHz Wireless rechargeable vertical mouse [More&Better]
    type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1ea7:0064 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 2-7:3 info: Broadcom BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor
    type: Smart Card driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a5c:5800 class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: 45.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2495
Info:
  Processes: 306 Uptime: 3h 30m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1
  Packages: pacman: 1316 lib: 335 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.19
Manjaro 21.3 Ruah released!
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You cache may be insufficient

Check if your system’s fstrim.timer is enabled

systemctl status fstrim.timer

Possibly run fstrim manually - you can use the –dry-run argument to see if it is needed

sudo fstrim --all --verbose --dry-run

If it is rerun above without –dry-run

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Have you monitored your system for heavy CPU / RAM + Swap / Disk usage?

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 $ systemctl status fstrim.timer                               
â—‹ fstrim.timer - Discard unused blocks once a week
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer; disabled; vendor pre>
     Active: inactive (dead)
    Trigger: n/a
   Triggers: â—Ź fstrim.service
       Docs: man:fstrim
lines 1-6/6 (END)

$ sudo fstrim --all --verbose --dry-run

How can I start fstrim.timer as I can see it’s not enabled
sudo fstrim --all --verbose --dry-run printed out no output when i ran it.

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Yes I do and always checking the system monitor interface

I do notice that when I clear-up the snapshot inside timeshift the lagging will be minimal.

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Were you on KDE, i would have suspected baloo to be responsible, taking resources for scanning those snapshots. But since you’re on Gnome, that’s more surprising; though i am not a Gnome user nor know everything about it…

From your system information, i see you use partition encryption on a SSD – i don’t think Kingston make hard drives…? Since using drive encryption requires the system to encrypt/decrypt whenever it writes/reads from the disk, i wonder if your CPU (hyperthreaded dual core) is strong enough to handle that on an active workload…

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I am a GNOME user and my SSD is encrypted upon booting up.

However, this issue on lagging started like 2-3 weeks ago and it getting worse, Opening Firefox and even file-manager I will get an error to Force Quit or Wait*

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I can’t say why - an expected output would be something like this example

$ sudo fstrim --all --verbose --dry-run
boot/efi: 0 B (dry run) trimmed on /dev/nvme0n1p1
/a/projects: 0 B (dry run) trimmed on /dev/sdc1
/: 0 B (dry run) trimmed on /dev/nvme0n1p2

I con’t use btrfs - perhaps it is due to how btrfs handles the discard in mount options - in which case you don’t need the fstrim timer

But the usage of btrfs begs another question

Have you done any maintenance of btrfs? If you haven’t you should - as the reason may be a disk which has been filled with old file versions.

sudo systemctl enable fstrim.timer

No wonder the system is slow - especially when you have next to no swap.

With a two core cpu you should configure a lot more swap at least 2-4G

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How come? I thought big Swaps were for compensating “low” RAM amount… :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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And you are correct - perhaps I am wrong.

The system uses swap to offload memory but with the default swap configuration the system immediately offload memory to disk even if not needed.

cache_pressure = 100
swappiness = 60

With that a lot more swap space is needed to avoid the system throttling due disk io in this case both btrfs and encrypted - which is putting a lot of pressure on a 7y old 2-core cpu.

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Thanks @linux-aarhus

I think I found where the problem is, I would need to increase my swap size, I noticed few hours ago that my swam got to full and the system start lagging.

Can you point to me any good article on how to increase the swap size?

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Manjaro Swap

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