All linux distros freeze, briefly run sluggish, and some cannot be installed

Issues & Assistance
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Hello! :vulcan_salute:

My Problem
I tried multiple Linux distros: Manjaro (KDE, Xfce), Garuda (KDE, Xfce), Lubuntu, Kubuntu.

With Arch based I can get them installed but eventually they will freeze, sometimes they get sluggish before this happening but it's not a rule. Other times changing kernel or doing other settings would not apply or got stuck.

With Debian I can’t even get past Calamares installation as it freezes. Sometimes the cursos can be moved, other times it won't.

I also had issues with snapshots. When I tried doing this on Garuda sometimes I would receive “/var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc” not writable, Please contact your system administrator.

  1. No other OS installed on it 2) Fast boot turned off 3) Secure boot turned off 4) It has latest Bios update 5) mtestram showed no incompatibilities - green pass (here CPU was 60/92/79 where the last one is the average)

They were verified with Checksum and everything was okay there. I used Rufus and also Ventoy. I went for Standard installation - swap with hibernate.

My specs are:

Laptop Asus X541U(V) (BIOS version 2019, latest - 309 with Vbios version 1036.I019X541UV.003)
Intel i5 6198DU 2.30GHz (I have never overclocked anything, but in the past an IT guy worked on my laptop)
It has 8 GB RAM (4+4)
It has two hard disks (SSD + mechanical)
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Laptop was purchased in 2016 but in 2020 I had an original Assus battery purchased and replaced by an authorized IT guy at a tech shop.

My specs with ixi output:

  1. paste bin with it’s dxdiag when it had Windows 10 on it - pastebin1
  2. sudo journalctl -f -pwarning (when it was on Garuda KDE Dragonized) - pastebin3
  3. sudo journalctl -b -pwarning (when it was on Garuda KDE Dragonized) - pastebin4

Memory test with memtest86- passed with brio - absolutely no issues

I just entered Garuda KDE dragonized. It has a switch button between integrated dedicated and hybryd. With integrated I was able to run a video in VLC from mechanical hardware (which is NTFS and I have data there) but when I switched to Nvidia, VLC would not open it, it would briefly try to open it for milisecond then it was closing itself. But my GPU is not dead.

pastebin - Motherboard info Lipsci info

Issues summary
I installed from USB - tried with Hama 3.0 and Emtec 2.0
I went for standard installation, so no manual partition. It automatically went for 8GB swap. I chose swap with hibernate.
I went for SSD and always connected to the internet via wifi in live Calamares.
Sometimes it was freezing in Live, other times in distro during mouse hovering or when trying to switch to a different kernel or when trying to snapshot. It takes a lot of time to restart or shutdown from distro too.
So freezes were happening all the time - live, when installed, after installation, before installation etc. as I mentioned in my first post.

About memory sticks
BalenaEtcher always failed to work for me. I used Rufus and Ventoy.
I checked them with MD5_and_SHA_Checksum_Utility
Emtec 2.0 - is a stick from 2015.
Hama 3.0 - but this one I purchsed in 2020 and I have barely used it until now.

On Windows 10 I never had any issues.

I really want to become a Garuda penguin :penguin:. I really like Linux but I don’t know why it is so very hard to make it work. I really like Garuda Dragonized.
If you can help me I will greatly appreciate your effort. Also I want to mention that I am not a tech savvy so if you can help me, please provide some baby steps :hearts:

Thank you ! :pray:

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We need, as required in the template

garuda-inxi

Use live ISO :wink:

and

:slight_smile:

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garuda-inxi

     Time of this report: 2/3/2022, 00:23:15
             Machine name: DESKTOP-RO0IHVM
               Machine Id: {D081F433-1AA9-4826-A10F-FBDC8D3D7DA6}
         Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 19043) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
                 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
      System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
             System Model: X541UV
                     BIOS: X541UV.301 (type: UEFI)
                Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6198DU CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
                   Memory: 8192MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 7862MB RAM
                Page File: 3586MB used, 6514MB available
              Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
          DirectX Version: DirectX 12
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
         User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
                 Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported
 DirectX Database Version: 1.3.3
           DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.0928 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
------------
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
      Display Tab 2: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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           Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 510
        Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
           Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
            DAC type: Internal
         Device Type: Full Device (POST)
          Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1906&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_07
       Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER] 
 Device Problem Code: No Problem
 Driver Problem Code: Unknown
      Display Memory: 4058 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
       Shared Memory: 3930 MB
        Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
         HDR Support: Not Supported
    Display Topology: Internal
 Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
     Color Primaries: Red(0.569336,0.332031), Green(0.328125,0.581055), Blue(0.159180,0.140625), White Point(0.313477,0.329102)
   Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
        Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
       Monitor Model: unknown
          Monitor Id: CMN15CA
         Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (60.003Hz)
         Output Type: Internal
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
      Advanced Color: Not Supported
         Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_a086f01cc7be643a\igdumdim64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_a086f01cc7be643a\igd10iumd64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_a086f01cc7be643a\igd10iumd64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_a086f01cc7be643a\igd12umd64.dll
 Driver File Version: 27.20.0100.8681 (English)
      Driver Version: 27.20.100.8681
         DDI Version: 12
      Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
        Driver Model: WDDM 2.1
 Hardware Scheduling: Supported:False Enabled:False 
 Graphics Preemption: Triangle
  Compute Preemption: Thread
            Miracast: Supported
      Detachable GPU: No
 Hybrid Graphics GPU: Integrated
      Power P-states: Not Supported
      Virtualization: Not Supported
          Block List: DISABLE_HWSCH
  Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True 
   Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Driver Date/Size: 9/5/2020 2:00:00 AM, 1461696 bytes
         WHQL Logo'd: n/a
     WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
   Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-5A46-11CF-1A52-9432BCC2D635}
           Vendor ID: 0x8086
           Device ID: 0x1906
           SubSys ID: 0x12F01043
         Revision ID: 0x0007
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      Rank Of Driver: 00CF2001
         Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_C 
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                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend 
                     {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering 
                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend 
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                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend 
                     {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC1,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering 
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                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend 
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                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend 
                     {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering 
                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 
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        D3D9 Overlay: Supported
             DXVA-HD: Supported
        DDraw Status: Enabled
          D3D Status: Enabled
          AGP Status: Enabled
       MPO MaxPlanes: 3
            MPO Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB
         MPO Stretch: 5.000X - 0.334X
     MPO Media Hints: 
         MPO Formats: YUY2,R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,R10G10B10A2_UNORM,R8G8B8A8_UNORM,B8G8R8A8_UNORM
    PanelFitter Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB
 PanelFitter Stretch: 5.000X - 0.334X
   Extension Drivers: 
             Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_ext.inf_amd64_2d82d13243bfde96\iigd_ext.inf
          Driver Version: 26.20.100.7529
             Driver Date: 11/13/2019
         Driver Provider: Intel Corporation
      Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True 
   Component Drivers: 
             Driver Name: Unknown
          Driver Version: Unknown
             Driver Date: Unknown
         Driver Provider: Unknown
      Catalog Attributes: N/A
             Driver Name: Unknown
          Driver Version: Unknown
             Driver Date: Unknown
         Driver Provider: Unknown
      Catalog Attributes: N/A

           Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
        Manufacturer: NVIDIA
           Chip type: GeForce 920MX
            DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Type: Render-Only Device
          Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_134F&SUBSYS_11EE1043&REV_A2
       Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER] 
 Device Problem Code: No Problem
 Driver Problem Code: Unknown
      Display Memory: 5940 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 2010 MB
       Shared Memory: 3930 MB
        Current Mode: Unknown
         HDR Support: Unknown
    Display Topology: Unknown
 Display Color Space: Unknown
     Color Primaries: Unknown
   Display Luminance: Unknown
         Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvami.inf_amd64_8592088b0b875d85\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvami.inf_amd64_8592088b0b875d85\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvami.inf_amd64_8592088b0b875d85\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvami.inf_amd64_8592088b0b875d85\nvldumdx.dll
 Driver File Version: 27.21.0014.5638 (English)
      Driver Version: 27.21.14.5638
         DDI Version: 12
      Feature Levels: 11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
        Driver Model: WDDM 2.7
 Hardware Scheduling: Supported:False Enabled:False 
 Graphics Preemption: DMA
  Compute Preemption: DMA
            Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
      Detachable GPU: No
 Hybrid Graphics GPU: Discrete
      Power P-states: Not Supported
      Virtualization: Paravirtualization 
          Block List: No Blocks
  Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:False 
   Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Driver Date/Size: 9/14/2020 2:00:00 AM, 1037840 bytes
         WHQL Logo'd: n/a
     WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
   Device Identifier: Unknown
           Vendor ID: 0x10DE
           Device ID: 0x134F
           SubSys ID: 0x11EE1043
         Revision ID: 0x00A2
  Driver Strong Name: oem37.inf:0f066de37b2e6e7b:Section006:27.21.14.5638:pci\ven_10de&dev_134f&subsys_11ee1043
      Rank Of Driver: 00D10001
         Video Accel: Unknown
         DXVA2 Modes: {33FCFE41-DE46-4A49-861B-AC71110649D5}  
      Deinterlace Caps: n/a
        D3D9 Overlay: Unknown
             DXVA-HD: Unknown
        DDraw Status: Enabled
          D3D Status: Enabled
          AGP Status: Enabled
       MPO MaxPlanes: 0
            MPO Caps: Not Supported
         MPO Stretch: Not Supported
     MPO Media Hints: Not Supported
         MPO Formats: Not Supported
    PanelFitter Caps: Not Supported
 PanelFitter Stretch: Not Supported

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Sound Devices
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            Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0256&SUBSYS_104312F0&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: N/A
             Product ID: N/A
                   Type: N/A
            Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
         Driver Version: 6.0.8746.1 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 7/2/2019 2:00:00 AM, 6886992 bytes
            Other Files: 
        Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
         HW Accel Level: Emulation Only
              Cap Flags: 0x0
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

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Sound Capture Devices
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            Description: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
            Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
         Driver Version: 6.0.8746.1 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Date and Size: 7/2/2019 2:00:00 AM, 6886992 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x0
           Format Flags: 0x0

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Video Capture Devices
Number of Devices: 1
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           FriendlyName: USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam
               Category: Camera
           SymbolicLink: \\?\usb#vid_04f2&pid_b52b&mi_00#6&2ca746eb&0&0000#{e5323777-f976-4f5b-9b55-b94699c46e44}\global
               Location: Front
               Rotation: 0
           Manufacturer: Microsoft
             HardwareID: USB\VID_04F2&PID_B52B&REV_9552&MI_00,USB\VID_04F2&PID_B52B&MI_00
             DriverDesc: USB Video Device
         DriverProvider: Microsoft
          DriverVersion: 10.0.19041.1387
      DriverDateEnglish: 6/21/2006 00:00:00
    DriverDateLocalized: 6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM
                Service: usbvideo
                  Class: Camera
          DevNodeStatus: 180200A[DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
            ContainerId: {00000000-0000-0000-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}
            ProblemCode: No Problem
  BusReportedDeviceDesc: USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam
                 Parent: USB\VID_04F2&PID_B52B\0x0001
      DriverProblemDesc: n/a
           UpperFilters: n/a
           LowerFilters: WdmCompanionFilter
                  Stack: \Driver\ksthunk,\Driver\usbvideo,\Driver\ACPI,\Driver\usbccgp
      ContainerCategory: n/a
          SensorGroupID: n/a
                   MFT0: n/a
                   DMFT: n/a
    CustomCaptureSource: n/a
  DependentStillCapture: n/a
     EnablePlatformDMFT: n/a
              DMFTChain: n/a
 EnableDshowRedirection: n/a
     FrameServerEnabled: n/a
        AnalogProviders: n/a
             ProfileIDs: n/a

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DirectInput Devices
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      Device Name: Mouse
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Keyboard
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: ASUS Wireless Radio Control
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: HIDI2C Device
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x04F3, 0x301A
        FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

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USB Devices
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+ USB Root Hub (USB 3.0)
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x9D2F
| Matching Device ID: USB\ROOT_HUB30
| Service: USBHUB3
| Driver: USBHUB3.SYS, 9/16/2021 22:05:45, 648016 bytes
| 
+-+ USB Input Device
| | Vendor/Product ID: 0x0458, 0x003A
| | Location: Port_#0003.Hub_#0001
| | Matching Device ID: USB\Class_03&SubClass_01
| | Service: HidUsb
| | Driver: hidusb.sys, 4/15/2021 21:40:18, 44032 bytes
| | Driver: hidclass.sys, 4/15/2021 21:40:18, 225792 bytes
| | Driver: hidparse.sys, 4/15/2021 21:40:18, 46080 bytes
| | 
| +-+ HID-compliant mouse
| | | Vendor/Product ID: 0x0458, 0x003A
| | | Matching Device ID: HID_DEVICE_SYSTEM_MOUSE
| | | Service: mouhid
| | | Driver: mouhid.sys, 12/7/2019 11:07:56, 35328 bytes
| | | Driver: mouclass.sys, 12/7/2019 11:07:56, 67600 bytes

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Gameport Devices
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PS/2 Devices
------------
+ PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
| Matching Device ID: *PNP030B
| Service: i8042prt
| Driver: i8042prt.sys, 12/7/2019 11:07:56, 118272 bytes
| Driver: kbdclass.sys, 12/7/2019 11:07:56, 71480 bytes
| 
+ HID-compliant mouse
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x04F3, 0x0000
| Matching Device ID: HID_DEVICE_SYSTEM_MOUSE
| Service: mouhid
| Driver: mouhid.sys, 12/7/2019 11:07:56, 35328 bytes
| Driver: mouclass.sys, 12/7/2019 11:07:56, 67600 bytes

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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      Drive: C:
 Free Space: 158.7 GB
Total Space: 228.3 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: KINGSTON SA400S37240G

      Drive: D:
 Free Space: 0.5 GB
Total Space: 0.5 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB

      Drive: F:
 Free Space: 78.1 GB
Total Space: 352.8 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB

      Drive: G:
 Free Space: 84.6 GB
Total Space: 600.0 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB

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System Devices
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     Name: Synaptics SMBus Driver
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D23&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_21\3&11583659&0&FC
   Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\Smb_driver_Intel.sys, 19.05.0010.0020 (English), 2/3/2020 12:24:41, 56840 bytes

     Name: Mobile 6th/7th Generation Intel(R) Processor Family I/O LPC Controller (U Premium SKU) - 9D48
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D48&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_21\3&11583659&0&F8
   Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\msisadrv.sys, 10.00.19041.1202 (English), 9/16/2021 22:05:45, 20280 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) Processor Power and Thermal Controller - 1903
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1903&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_08\3&11583659&0&20
   Driver: n/a

     Name: Mobile Intel(R) Processor Family I/O PCI Express Root Port #5 - 9D14
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D14&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_F1\3&11583659&0&E4
   Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 10.00.19041.1387 (English), 12/17/2021 23:42:49, 469840 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - 9D60
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D60&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_21\3&11583659&0&A8
   Driver: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\ialpss2_i2c_skl.inf_amd64_5b7885d62ac7afad\iaLPSS2_I2C.sys, 30.100.1943.0002 (English), 6/2/2020 08:48:13, 185232 bytes

     Name: Mobile Intel(R) Processor Family I/O PMC - 9D21
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D21&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_21\3&11583659&0&FA
   Driver: n/a

     Name: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_200F1043&REV_06\01000000364CE00002
   Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rt640x64.sys, 10.43.0723.2020 (English), 10/28/2020 10:05:18, 1146456 bytes

     Name: PCI standard host CPU bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1904&SUBSYS_12F01043&REV_08\3&11583659&0&00
   Driver: n/a

garuda-inxi

lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08) 
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 510 (rev 07) 
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08) 
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21) 
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21) 
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21) 
00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 21) 
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21) 
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21) 
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1) 
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1) 
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1) 
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 21) 
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21) 
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21) 
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21) 
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 920MX] (rev a2) 
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5286 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) 
02:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 06) 
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

garuda-inxi

# dmidecode 3.3 
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. 
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present. 

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes 
Base Board Information 
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 
Product Name: X541UV 
Version: 1.0        
Serial Number: BSN12345678901234567 
Asset Tag: ATN12345678901234567 
Features: 
Board is a hosting board 
Board is replaceable 
Location In Chassis: MIDDLE               
Chassis Handle: 0x0003 
Type: Motherboard 
Contained Object Handles: 0 

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 10, 26 bytes 
On Board Device 1 Information 
Type: Video 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  VGA 
On Board Device 2 Information 
Type: Ethernet 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  GLAN 
On Board Device 3 Information 
Type: Ethernet 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  WLAN 
On Board Device 4 Information 
Type: Sound 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  Audio CODEC  
On Board Device 5 Information 
Type: SATA Controller 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  SATA Controller 
On Board Device 6 Information 
Type: Other 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  USB 2.0 Controller 
On Board Device 7 Information 
Type: Other 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  USB 3.0 Controller 
On Board Device 8 Information 
Type: Other 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  SMBus Controller 
On Board Device 9 Information 
Type: Other 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  Card Reader 
On Board Device 10 Information 
Type: Other 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  Cmos Camera 
On Board Device 11 Information 
Type: Other 
Status: Enabled 
Description:  Bluetooth
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Please. :smiley:

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as @SGS asked you can we have your

garuda-inxi

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Okay then I will go live and get inxi. be right back. Now i fully understood, I am very tired. I've been trying to make it work ifor like 1 week now.
I have the laptop at my other house, I will go take it. Be right back.

thank you!!

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Maybe the problem is the kernel as that is the one common thing across all distros although different variants. Maybe try a different kernel? And check this out?

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From above link:

Bad memory - try removing all memory except 1 piece

That was my first thought, incompatible ram sticks.

Sometimes mix-n-match causes issues.

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He said that Windows was fine though right? What could possibly be different in Windows and Linux that bad memory only seems to be the cause in Linux? Wouldn't it also affect Windows?

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When are poeple going to learn:

-- WINDOWS IS NOT LINUX!!!
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Yeah I know lol but it's the same hardware so if hardware is bad then shouldn't all software running on it suffer similar problems?

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Not at all.

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Can you give an example how please? I'm not questioning you I'm just genuinely curious.

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Anyway OP, if you find out it is bad ram then a temporary solution might be to blacklist the bad ram until you get working ram.

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The first thing I get when I tell someone on an Ethernet support thread to replace their Ethernet cable with a better grade of cable is:

"It can't be my cabling because it works in Windows"

When dealing with wifi issues:

"It can't be my router, because all my Windows machines work fine with my router"

I hear this kind of stuff all the time and it is regularly wrong.

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λ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.15.12-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X541UV v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X541UV v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X541UV.309 date: 04/17/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 12.9 Wh (49.6%) condition: 26.0/34.6 Wh (75.1%)
volts: 10.8 min: 10.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-6198DU bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake rev: 3 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 603 high: 643 min/max: 400/2800 cores: 1: 570 2: 600
3: 643 4: 600 bogomips: 19200
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 510 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 920MX] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 495.46 bus-ID: 01:00.0
Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-6:3
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 driver: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.12-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.42 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.2
IF: enp2s0f2 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
driver: rtl8723be v: kernel port: c000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-8:4
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.19 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB
size: 931.51 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB model: Specific STORAGE DEVICE size: 58.59 GiB
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 40.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2400
Info:
Processes: 177 Uptime: 8m Memory: 7.2 GiB used: 3.85 GiB (53.5%)
Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: 1234
Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 inxi: 3.3.11

λ hwinfo --short
cpu:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6198DU CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2400 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6198DU CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2400 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6198DU CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2753 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6198DU CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2400 MHz
keyboard:
/dev/input/event5    AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
mouse:
/dev/input/mice      KYE NetScroll+ Mini Traveler / Genius NetScroll 120
/dev/input/mice      ELAN1200:00 04F3:301A Mouse
/dev/input/mice      ELAN1200:00 04F3:301A Touchpad
monitor:
N156BGE-E42 LCD Monitor
graphics card:
nVidia GM108M [GeForce 920MX]
Intel HD Graphics 510
sound:
Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
storage:
Floppy disk controller
Intel Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
network:
wlp3s0               Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
enp2s0f2             Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
network interface:
enp2s0f2             Ethernet network interface
lo                   Loopback network interface
wlp3s0               Ethernet network interface
disk:
/dev/sdb             ST1000LM024 HN-M
/dev/sdc             Specific STORAGE DEVICE
/dev/sda             KINGSTON SA400S3
/dev/zram0           Disk
partition:
/dev/sdb1            Partition
/dev/sdb2            Partition
/dev/sdc1            Partition
/dev/sdc2            Partition
/dev/sda1            Partition
/dev/sda2            Partition
/dev/sda3            Partition
/dev/sda4            Partition
usb controller:
Intel Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
bios:
BIOS
bridge:
Intel Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1
Intel Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller
Intel Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6
Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
Intel Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5
hub:
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
memory:
Main Memory
bluetooth:
Realtek Bluetooth Radio
unknown:
FPU
DMA controller
PIC
Keyboard controller
Intel Sunrise Point-LP PMC
Intel Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1
Realtek RTS5286 PCI Express Card Reader
Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem
Intel Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1
Intel Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0
Intel Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem
Intel Sunrise Point-LP SMBus
/dev/input/event8    Chicony Electronics USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam

Thanks for your understanding. BTW I am not really tech savy so baby steps would be much appreciated.
As I said in my first post, I have already run a perfect memtest86 memory test which took me more than 2 hours to do. And it was done in BIOS.

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So, you have to install on old kernel

sudo pacman -Syu garuda-update
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This exact command, like this did not work in terminal. This template is killing me #lol
I tried it in Konsole.

Thanks, will try. But should I do it in live or after installation?

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Just try, do you use old ISO?

I mean less CPU, more freeze

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I used garuda-dr460nized-linux-zen-220101
But also got the problem is Xfce. I also increased the VRAM in bios from 64 to 512.

I will try it and I will come back with info and let you know.