Video stutter on mouse movement after switching gpu (NV to AMD)

I cannot see it in Dolphin.

I cannot mount it with mount /dev/sdb4

NAME        FSTYPE FSVER LABEL     UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                                                    
├─sda1      ntfs         Win-SSD   6E9CD26C9CD22DF9                                    
├─sda2      vfat   FAT32           36E3-4747                                           
└─sda3      ntfs                   36F68638F685F7FF                                    
sdb                                                                                    
├─sdb1                                                                                 
├─sdb3      vfat   FAT32 IPM       5474-9295                                           
└─sdb4      ext4   1.0             07d318bc-dcf4-48b4-8d93-778b982890d4                
sdc                                                                                    
└─sdc1      btrfs                  ddd0a425-4318-460a-8a6e-486102175cb6  225,1G     3% /var/cache
                                                                                       /var/log
                                                                                       /home
                                                                                       /
sdd                                                                                    
├─sdd1      exfat  1.0   Ventoy    96DB-9080                                           
└─sdd2      vfat   FAT16 VTOYEFI   626B-4255                                           
nvme1n1                                                                                
└─nvme1n1p1 ext4   1.0   M.2A-2TB  c616db53-89db-417b-a3c1-a4634f601fe3  918,3G    45% /run/media/fred/M.2A-2TB
nvme0n1                                                                                
└─nvme0n1p1 ntfs         M.2-2TB-W 5BFD0EB944863891                        1,4T    26% /run/media/fred/M.2-2TB-W


 mount /dev/sdb4                                                                                ✔ 
mount: /dev/sdb4: can't find in /etc/fstab.

sudo mount /dev/sdb4 /mnt

would be the command - the content is then found below /mnt

You can definitely do this with Dolphin as well …

If that command
lsblk -f
can see it, Dolphin can see it as well.

You just need to know where to look.
(Devices is the Category it is found under in Thunar - should be very similar in Dolphin/Plasma)

With /dev/sdc1 it is a different story - because of the BTRFS file system there
which I know next to nothing about.

Dolphin begs to differ:

It’s my new Manjaro drive. I went with BTRFS for the System drive because I like the BTRFS image tools. My games are on the nvme’s anyways.

I mounted it but Dolphin is still headstrong :slight_smile:

Maybe the file system on that drive needs to be checked?

lsblk -f
says that /dev/sdb4 has got an ext4 file system on it.

Dolphin shows the labels, not the device names.
I don’t know what Dolphin would show when there is no label. :man_shrugging:

Can you mount it using the command above?
sudo mount /dev/sdb4 /mnt

sudo e2fsck -v /dev/sdb4
to check the file system for errors

well - ignore Dolphin, then …

If you hover the mouse pointer over the names (labels) there will be a small tool tip, telling you the device name (/dev/sdb123 …)

I dont know, if you do yourself a favour with all that parallel sidechanges.

Reinstall, Backup, switch from ext4 to btrfs… while your main problem relies just on video stutters.

Idd and sdb is not there. Like SDC never was there when I was on Cachy-OS, which is now Manjaro if it stays stutter free.

I kinda hoped I could copy it from here rather than going via the nvme, but well.

Thanks for your support!

Simple, I couldnt get rid of the stutters, so we went on a bit.

You just said you could mount it - just didn’t see it in Dolphin for some reason.
If it is mounted, using the command I wrote, it will be below /mnt

how about running the file system check? …
To do that, the partition cannot be mounted, though.

But as you wrote in the other Topic, you forget to check if that video problem still is there after you did a clean install.

What is the reason to overwrite and restore your settings now… when you missed that?

Just one step at a time… isn’t that easier?

Maybe its a me problem, but that doesn’t look structured.

I am not sure I understand what you mean.

I can mount it in the Konsole, but now I would have to copy everything in the console since I cannot see the drive in Dolphin. 30 years Win will make you avoid consoles as much as you possibly can. At least it did that to me.

Also I did “dir” in the console and it just shows Desktop Documents Downloads Music Pictures Public Templates Videos. Copying hidden files does not work with these.

for?

It is late here, I gotta go, thanks again!

No.

Just use Dolphin once it is mounted, go to the directory /mnt
that is where you mounted it to when you used my command

to check it and perhaps help Dolphin (or you) to see it :wink:

I was so excited to get my settings over that I forgot. $%&§ happens :slight_smile:

Also I kinda assumed that the home folder was not the issue since the problems started after the GPU change.

I like that, pls tell me how, I will try it tomorrow. GN!

I just did tell you. :man_shrugging:
Just scroll up to comment 24

I would also take a simple look in KDE Partition Manager. About that drive and the Partition.

Hmm - why easy when you can make it a bit more complicated? :wink:
I’m just way too used to using the terminal.

A nice GUI is complicated? Nah it gives a sweet overview… specially for Windows Users.

:backhand_index_pointing_down: I somehow missed that joke, problably that smiley wasn’t there in the same second as i wrote this :upside_down_face:

my comment was supposed to be a joke … :grin:

While in a Plasma X11 session, open System Settings → Colors & Themes. Set every section to the default option (by clicking on the Default button at the bottom of each section). For the Login Screen (SDDM) section, change to Breeze or Breath (you will need to enter your password for the change to take place). Then see if you can log into a Wayland session.

It probably won’t. However, I haven’t used X11 since 2022, so I can’t guarantee that your desktop layout won’t be affected by the change to Wayland.

Most settings are stored in the relevant configuration directories (usually ~/.config/, sometimes ~/.local/) so if you have them backed up, you should be able to just copy them across. If you don’t have backups, you can copy the ~/.config/ & ~/local/ directories to something like ~/.config_old/ & ~/local_old/. You might even want to just rename the original directories instead of copying them, so that all of your applications go back to their default user settings, which might fix the stuttering issue. Again, it is best to do this while all applications are closed. The optimal way would be to rename the directories via a TTY session while logged out of Plasma, so that Plasma’s settings are also properly reset.

When restoring any old configuration files to the ~/.config/ & ~/local/ directories,make sure the relevant applications are closed when you do so, otherwise they may overwrite the configurations you just restored. Try doing one at a time, and see if the stuttering recommences after any specific application had their old settings restored. That could help isolate the cause of the issue.

Firefox settings are stored in the ~/.mozilla directory. However, instead of trying to manually restore them, you could also set up Firefox browser sync (if you haven’t already) & use a recovery key to restore your data. I did that a couple of years ago when I bought my new mini-PC. Instructions are below:

Firefox has it’s own sync system which can restore your bookmarks and extensions. Assuming you had it configured, that would be the easiest.

Otherwise, you could copy the entire ~/.mozilla directory (which contains the complete Firefox profiles, etc.) to the new user account – make sure Firefox is fully closed and remove the existing directory first – the next time Firefox is started it should “just work”.

If you happen to use Thunderbird for email, that can be copied/moved using the same procedure (~./thunderbird) and likewise will open as before with email intact.

Note there is potential to mess it up if you forget to delete any existing default profiles first (the entire ~/thunderbird directory). So, don’t rush it. :wink:

For Firefox, the sync method would be my preference.


Unhide it – using Dolphin, you should be able to right-click the Devices header (under Places) and select Show Hidden Items (or however it’s listed) – then you could mount the other disk temporarily.


Regarding Wayland, there shouldn’t be any life changing issues with your desktop layout. :wink:

Regards.

Thanks and sorry that I didnt see it, when I looked at the time yesterday and mentioned how time was fleeting I seem to have overread some things.

I still do not see the drive in Dolphin but I thought that was like a protection so that data couldnt be accessed from another OS.

It always used to be like that with Arch. In Cachy-OS I cant see the Manjaro partition and the other way around. I only had access to the Kubuntu drive from Manjaro, but Kub is gone now since I wrecked it.