Hello all,
I have just migrated from Mint Cinnamon to Manjaro KDE, trying several other distributions along the way. I absolutely love this distro, except that it runs unbelievably slow. All of the others that I tried, including Kubuntu - also KDE-based, were quite snappy. My trial run of Manjaro KDE off the USB stick also ran ridiculously fast. However, upon installing it, it was really sluggish. There had been a number of other posts requesting help with similar problems, but I was unable to find a solution from them.
Jumping from one workspace to another, or to another app, either already open or launching a new one, can often take a minute or two. The first bit of using an app that I just jumped to may be sluggish, but then it seems to become more responsive over time - until going to another app. I found that Xorg may go up to 100% for a while, but then come back down again.
I have attached a segment of a top command, and the inxi -Fza printouts.
%Cpu(s): 10.4 us, 12.1 sy, 0.0 ni, 77.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.2 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
MiB Mem : 15951.5 total, 9733.8 free, 2914.7 used, 3303.0 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 32000.0 total, 32000.0 free, 0.0 used. 12615.6 avail Mem
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
711 root 20 0 6494072 73076 40992 R 83.1 0.4 39:08.79 Xorg
865 alex 20 0 230300 24340 21156 S 51.2 0.1 25:57.28 xembedsniproxy
828 alex 20 0 702940 94472 73864 R 32.6 0.6 14:55.13 kwin_x11
352 root 20 0 134592 67968 66664 S 13.0 0.4 7:46.41 systemd-journal
853 alex 20 0 2418456 355680 175260 S 1.7 2.2 0:51.60 plasmashell
908 alex 20 0 3814632 547956 205204 S 0.7 3.4 2:30.84 thunderbird
738 root -51 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 0:07.32 irq/43-nvidia
2777 alex 20 0 2664240 235292 118308 S 0.3 1.4 0:15.51 Isolated Web Co
3041 alex 20 0 831620 91808 74656 S 0.3 0.6 0:02.12 konsole
1 root 20 0 166696 11924 8752 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.89 systemd
and the inxi -Fza results
System:
Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=c55ffde1-a5bc-4aef-a8a8-1cfe40b76fe2 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=2d6c327b-61b7-416a-9491-837909e813a6
udev.log_priority=3
Console: pty pts/1 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: XPS 8700 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0KWVT8 v: A03 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: A09
date: 11/22/2014
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-4790 socket: BGA1155 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3672 high: 3793 min/max: 800/4000 base/boost: 3600/3600
scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 1.5 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3792 2: 3793 3: 3788 4: 3631 5: 3600 6: 3592
7: 3593 8: 3592 bogomips: 57494
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
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: 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 status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 745] driver: nvidia v: 510.68.02
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1382
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: HP HP Webcam HD 4310 type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-2.2:6
chip-ID: 03f0:e807 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3200x1200 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 874x321mm (34.41x12.64")
s-diag: 931mm (36.66")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 pos: primary,top-right res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76") diag: 611mm (24.05") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: VGA-0 pos: bottom-l res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 86
size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85") diag: 482mm (18.96") modes: N/A
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.68.02 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbc
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: HP HP Webcam HD 4310 type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-2.2:6
chip-ID: 03f0:e807 class-ID: 0300
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n + BT 4.0 driver: wl v: kernel
modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:4365 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp5s0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-13:4 chip-ID: 0a5c:21d7 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 27.29 TiB used: 13.53 TiB (49.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104
family: BarraCuda 3.5 (SMR) size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5425
serial: <filter> rev: 0001 temp: 34 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 337h+06m+08.555s cycles: 37
read: 954.52 GiB written: 3.81 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104
family: BarraCuda 3.5 (SMR) size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5425
serial: <filter> rev: 0001 temp: 32 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 18128h+02m+59.795s
cycles: 162 read: 56.16 TiB written: 64.27 TiB Pre-Fail:
attribute: Spin_Retry_Count value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1ER164
family: Barracuda 7200.14 (AF) size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> rev: CC25 temp: 32 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 6y 216d 17h cycles: 373
read: 216.21 TiB written: 3.44 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
ID-4: /dev/sdh maj-min: 8:112 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EFRX-68N32N0 family: Red size: 3.64 TiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD
rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 82.00A82 temp: 36 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 3y 126d 9h cycles: 91
ID-5: /dev/sdi maj-min: 8:128 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EFRX-68N32N0 family: Red size: 3.64 TiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD
rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 82.00A82 temp: 36 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 243d 15h cycles: 32
ID-6: /dev/sdj maj-min: 8:144 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Elements 25A3 drive model: WD60EDAZ-11U78B0 size: 5.46 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> drive serial: <filter> rev: 1031
drive rev: 80.00A80 temp: 36 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 51d 16h cycles: 2081
ID-7: /dev/sdk maj-min: 8:160 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Elements 25A3 drive model: WD60EDAZ-11U78B0 size: 5.46 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> drive serial: <filter> rev: 1031
drive rev: 80.00A80 temp: 33 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 29d 9h cycles: 944
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 3.61 TiB size: 3.55 TiB (98.40%) used: 511.82 GiB (14.1%)
fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 31.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 758 mobo: 913 gpu: nvidia fan: 20%
Info:
Processes: 276 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 29 Memory: 15.58 GiB
used: 3.05 GiB (19.6%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1446 lib: 386 flatpak: 0
Shell: Zsh (sudo) v: 5.8.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.15
I have spent several days on this one - any help would be appreciated.
