Entire system freezing during games

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Hello,
I’m experiencing an issue similar to the one described in this post while trying to play more demanding games on Steam (Age of Empires II DE, Deep Rock Galactic, etc.). Although the post mentions downgrading to kernel version 5.10 as a potential fix I’m trying to avoid doing that if at all possible.
Oftentimes during games everything will freeze, leaving only the ability to move the mouse cursor, the game audio, and the ability to use SysReq keys. Other programs such as Discord seem to freeze with the game.

inxi output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.4.6-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.4-x86_64
    root=UUID=b76c0e69-80c2-4968-a9bf-b9c2e9dcc5fe rw nosplash debug
    --verbose sysreq_always_enabled=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
    dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 15 9500 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 05XYW7 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: 1.23.1 date: 05/11/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 75.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 75.0/84.3 Wh (88.9%)
    volts: 12.6 min: 11.4 model: SMP DELL 70N2F95 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: full
  Device-1: nintendo_switch_controller_battery_0003:057E:2009.0002
    model: N/A serial: N/A charge: Full status: full
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.25 GiB
    used: 4.87 GiB (31.9%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
    gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xF6
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
    L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2573 high: 3497 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1396 2: 3033 3: 2600
    4: 2815 5: 3325 6: 2869 7: 3497 8: 986 9: 2600 10: 2476 11: 3247 12: 2042
    bogomips: 62431
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt 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 ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs
    ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat
    pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts
    rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sgx sgx_lc smap smep 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 xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
    xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
  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 / Automatic IBRS, IBPB:
    conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
    active: DP-4 off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-5, DP-6
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell
    driver: nvidia v: 535.86.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-07) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f95 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:2
    chip-ID: 0c45:6d14 class-ID: 0e02
  Device-4: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-2.3.1.4:12
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 507x285mm (19.96x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: DP-4 mapped: DP-1-1 pos: primary model: BenQ XL2430T
    serial: <filter> built: 2014 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
    size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled model: Sharp 0x14d1 built: 2020
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 145 gamma: 1.2 size: 336x210mm (13.23x8.27")
    diag: 396mm (15.6") ratio: 16:10 modes: 1920x1200
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Corsair VOID ELITE USB Gaming Headset
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-2.3.1.2:8 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a52 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-2.3.1.4:12
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Realtek USB Audio driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-2.3.4:13 chip-ID: 0bda:402e
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.4.6-1-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: 0.3.75 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks Wi-Fi 6
    AX1650s 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 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 RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver: r8152 type: USB
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 6-2.4:4
    chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp59s0u2u4 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full 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
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:3 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 656.47 GiB (68.8%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2200S NVMe 1024GB
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 22001070 temp: 37.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 937.53 GiB (98.32%)
    used: 656.4 GiB (70.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: b76c0e69-80c2-4968-a9bf-b9c2e9dcc5fe
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 74.8 MiB (25.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: N/A uuid: 1F7A-CB7F
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: 16 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: 1-11:2 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6d14 class-ID: 0e02
  Device-2: 1-14:3 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth 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: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 5-2:2 info: Realtek Dell dock ports: 5 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 0bda:5487
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-2.3:3 info: Realtek Dell dock ports: 6 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 0bda:5413
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 5-2.3.1:5 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 045b:0209
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 5-2.3.1.1:7 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 045b:0209
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-2.3.1.1.3:9 info: Arduino SA Uno R3 (CDC ACM)
    type: abstract (modem),CDC-data driver: cdc_acm interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 2341:0043 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 5-2.3.1.1.4:10 info: Nintendo Switch Pro Controller type: HID
    driver: nintendo,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 057e:2009 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 5-2.3.1.2:8 info: Corsair VOID ELITE USB Gaming Headset
    type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1b1c:0a52 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 5-2.3.1.3:11 info: Logitech G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse
    type: mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c08b class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: 5-2.3.1.4:12 info: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: video,audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-6: 5-2.3.2:6 info: Corsair STRAFE RGB Gaming Keyboard
    type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1b1c:1b20 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-7: 5-2.3.4:13 info: Realtek USB Audio type: audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:402e class-ID: 0102
    serial: <filter>
  Device-8: 5-2.3.5:14 info: Dell dock type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 413c:b06f class-ID: 0300
  Device-9: 5-2.5:4 info: Dell dock type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 413c:b06e class-ID: 0300
  Hub-10: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 6-2:2 info: Realtek Dell dock ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 0bda:0487
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-12: 6-2.3:3 info: Realtek Dell dock ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 0bda:0413
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-13: 6-2.3.1:5 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 045b:0210
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-14: 6-2.3.1.1:6 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 045b:0210
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 6-2.4:4 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
    type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 288mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C pch: 60.0 C mobo: 55.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2773
Info:
  Processes: 289 Uptime: 31m wakeups: 8 Init: systemd v: 253
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 alt: 12
  clang: 15.0.7 Packages: 1338 pm: pacman pkgs: 1313 libs: 367 tools: pamac
  pm: flatpak pkgs: 25 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.28

mhwd:

> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!
> 0000:01:00.0 (0302:10de:1f95) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
          video-nvidia            2023.03.23               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-470xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:9bc4) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

Below is more information related to an instance of the crash occurring with Deep Rock Galactic. I was running the latest build with Proton experimental and prime-run.
Relevant system journal entry:

░░ Subject: Process 3516 (steamwebhelper) dumped core
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ Documentation: man:core(5)
░░ 
░░ Process 3516 (steamwebhelper) crashed and dumped core.
░░ 
░░ This usually indicates a programming error in the crashing program and
░░ should be reported to its vendor as a bug.

Core dump of the process that seems to be linked to the crash:

           PID: 3516 (steamwebhelper)
           UID: 1000 (ezuharad)
           GID: 1000 (ezuharad)
        Signal: 11 (SEGV)
     Timestamp: Fri 2023-07-28 19:36:14 EDT (52min ago)
  Command Line: /home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=3469 -buildid=16>
    Executable: /home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper
 Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-steam-f88a0cbacbbe40839ab78c1e90191625.scope
          Unit: user@1000.service
     User Unit: app-steam-f88a0cbacbbe40839ab78c1e90191625.scope
         Slice: user-1000.slice
     Owner UID: 1000 (ezuharad)
       Boot ID: 43c690a21eda4da7b0a09ee293917880
    Machine ID: 497c7cc279c94501a4d5aa00b0eb14d8
      Hostname: S-Shell
       Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.steamwebhelper.1000.43c690a21eda4da7b0a09ee293917880.3516.1690587374000000.zst (present)
  Size on Disk: 7.7M
       Message: Process 3516 (steamwebhelper) of user 1000 dumped core.
                
                Stack trace of thread 3769:
                #0  0x00007f99d18095f2 n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x1c095f2)
                #1  0x00007f99d8e56d49 n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x9256d49)
                #2  0x00007f99d406a61b n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x446a61b)
                #3  0x00007f99d64a4372 n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x68a4372)
                #4  0x00007f99d64a657b n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x68a657b)
                #5  0x00007f99d528f817 n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x568f817)
                #6  0x00007f99d528efec n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x568efec)
                #7  0x00007f99cee4fab0 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x39ab0)
                #8  0x00007f99d18095f2 n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x1c095f2)
                #9  0x00007f99d8e56d49 n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x9256d49)
                #10 0x00007f99d406a74a n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x446a74a)
                #11 0x00007f99cf5a4dce n/a (libX11.so.6 + 0x4cdce)
                #12 0x00007f99cf59f30a n/a (libX11.so.6 + 0x4730a)
                #13 0x00007f99cf59fdeb XrmGetFileDatabase (libX11.so.6 + 0x47deb)
                #14 0x00007f99cf57c493 n/a (libX11.so.6 + 0x24493)
                #15 0x00007f99cf57c561 XGetErrorDatabaseText (libX11.so.6 + 0x24561)
                #16 0x00007f99cf57c6d0 XGetErrorText (libX11.so.6 + 0x246d0)
                #17 0x000000000050ffe2 n/a (/home/ezuharad/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper + 0x10ffe2)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64
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Did you do the above?

A little swap is always better than no swap at all because no swap often causes lockup when coredumping.

Depending on your use case 2G-4G should suffice.

If you want to ensure you swap as late as possible add the following config to sysctl.d

echo vm.swappiness=10 | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf

Reload the system configuration

sudo sysctl --system
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Can you check the temperature of the CPU and GPU ?

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Hello,
I have not made a report, but you’re right in that I should. I will go to Valve after posting this.
Will try creating a swapfile and let you know what I find; thanks for the help.

UPDATE
Made a bug report on the repository here. Also linked proton logs I recently obtained in the report if you believe that could be useful.

UPDATE 2:
Sadly the swapfile didn’t seem to change anything :confused: At least I have one now I suppose.

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I have checked the sensors during this issue before. The CPU temperature runs to about 95 C, which seemed high to me but is evidently not unusual for an XPS with Turbo-boosting enabled.
I couldn’t recall the GPU temperature, so I just tested with nvidia-smi and found the game crashed at 82 C. This is the information provided by the output (taken after the game crashed, so the current temp is just idling after restarting):

        GPU Current Temp                  : 49 C
        GPU T.Limit Temp                  : N/A
        GPU Shutdown Temp                 : 102 C
        GPU Slowdown Temp                 : 97 C
        GPU Max Operating Temp            : 75 C

Not sure how to interpret the slowdown temp being well above the max operating temp. According to this source it’s still below max operating temperature. Do you believe this is outside the range of safe operability?

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Modern GPUs can operate up 100 °C, but this is a bit high.
The maximum temperature of a CPU is at ~70 °C.

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Thanks for letting me know. I’ll see if I can reduce the CPU load.

I don’t personally believe this to be a heating issue, as sometimes the games do run fine for as long as I’m playing them, while other times they crash within about 3-4 minutes. The problem also seems to resolve itself if I play in windowed mode of all things. But I suppose it is possible there’s some kind of underlying issue that leads to CPU overuse.

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Maximum temperature for modern CPUs is higher than that. Exact number depends on model but AMD Ryzen is usually 90-95 and Intel is 100-105.

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Decided to look into this and my machine is currently set to throttle the CPU at 100C. I haven’t tried overclocking the CPU or anything, so I imagine this is the default for the computer. Still, there is something to be said for not running it near the absolute limit, so I might try underclocking it a little.

In any case I just experienced the issue playing Disco Elysium, which is definitely not a game that should be CPU intensive enough to cause overheating.

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The wiki link showed me there are still sections for systemd-swap … which had some issues … became a warning on Arch wiki … and is now removed completely.
Manjaro should probably revisit this.

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The package is in the official repo https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/systemd-swap/

Could you please elaborate?

The difference compared to zram is that zswap works in conjunction with a swap device while zram is a swap device in RAM that does not require a backing swap device.
– zswap - ArchWiki

One should not mix zram and zwap

A while back - when I was going over performance - I have chosen to use zram because it bypasses disk completely - I still have swap space though - but have disabled zswap…

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Note the removal from the wiki (after being moved around) here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Zswap&action=history
You can also reference the project page here:

systemd-swap

Current code quality and commit frequency is low

Users should migrate to systemd/zram-generator since zram should be enough in most systems

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I would consider getting an external cooler for your PC, mine does too when I play lots of games like bc game apostas at bcgamebrasil.com , Skyrim and Elden ring. It might be heating up a little too fast for your device’s liking. Much like what Keruskerfuerst said. CPU coolers are designed to reduce heat produced by the processor that sits at the heart of your PC.

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I’ll look into it; everyone seems to be bringing it up and you all seem experienced :slight_smile:

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Seems the external cooler doesn’t help :confused:. Just experienced the problem in Downwell of all games as well, so I’m almost certain the issue is not a cooling one.

A common attribute of all the games I experience this in is that they run using some version of DirectX 10 or greater; could that be the culprit?

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Finally gave up and ended up downgrading to kernel 5.15 and the issue ceased. Although this isn’t the outcome I’d hoped for, I’m happy to finally be able to play all my games.
I’ll mark this as the resolution for now, but if I ever find the cause of the issue I’ll try to update this thread.

EDIT: Nevermind; the issue has returned after a few hours for some reason :frowning:

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Going to hopefully close this by saying that switching to kernel 5.10 resolved the issue. Will try to update this thread if the original source of the problem is found.

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