Desktop Crashing Randomly

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Hello,
I’m a bit new to Linux so bare with me.

Been experiencing crashes where my desktop would black screen, shut down all apps and processes, and behave as though I just turned on my PC and logged in. I am unsure how to reproduce it as it seems to occur randomly whenever I do some sort of action, such as copying and pasting, using the snipping tool, opening a Steam game, etc.

I’ve tried simply rebooting, updating my system, changing kernels, removing/changing widgets in the panel config, but nothing seemed to work.

Using journalctl and information from https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/desktop-randomly-restarts/45812, it has something to do with either plasmashell or the compositor.
I still do not know what causes them to crash or how to fix it however, so any help will be appreciated.

garuda-inxi

System:
  Kernel: 6.18.5-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux
    root=UUID=c9882c61-f15e-42bd-b25c-e3238d7b50d4 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.22.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C56 v: 6.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 v: 6.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) v: 2.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.L1
    date: 09/19/2025
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA201030
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4100 min/max: 561/4654 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 4100 2: 4100 3: 4100 4: 4100 5: 4100 6: 4100 7: 4100 8: 4100
    9: 4100 10: 4100 11: 4100 12: 4100 bogomips: 88796
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GB205 [GeForce RTX 5070] driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11)
    arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s ports: active: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 empty: HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2f04 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
    gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 7680x1440 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: center model: Dell S2721DGF serial: <filter> built: 2022 res:
    mode: 2560x1440 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: primary,left model: Viewteck FI24D built: 2019 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 75
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 123 gamma: 1.2 size: 530x290mm (20.87x11.42") diag: 604mm (23.8")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  Monitor-3: DP-3 pos: right model: Dell S2417DG serial: <filter> built: 2018 res:
    mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 123 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 25.3.3-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 11.66 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 14 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
    driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01 device-ID: 10de:2f04 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 21.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.3.3-arch1.2 (LLVM 21.1.6)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GB205 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2f80
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.4
    chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech Yeti X driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 046d:0aaf class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: FiiO K3 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 2972:0047 class-ID: fe01
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.5-arch1-1 status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2.3:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no
    pairing: no
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.18 TiB used: 768.09 GiB (23.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T2B0C size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 211210WD temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 126 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 2B2QKXG7 temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1 size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 020
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 77.48 GiB (16.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 664 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 77.48 GiB (16.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 77.48 GiB (16.6%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 77.48 GiB (16.6%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.8 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 4.85 GiB (15.5%)
  Processes: 409 Power: uptime: 0m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.46 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1398 pm: pacman pkgs: 1342 libs: 353 tools: gnome-software,octopi,paru pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 56 Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Client: Unknown Client: electron inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.12.3-2):
  System install date:     2025-10-19
  Garuda release:          251002
  Last full system update: 2026-01-16
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-utils nvidia-open-dkms garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia garuda-hardware-profile-standard garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            
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But no bios update. Oudated bios you have. Pls “fix” this. Think on the right settings after.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B550-A-PRO/support

Also your psu = 750 W (not less)

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I’ve updated my BIOS and re-set the settings I’ve had before. If you’re wondering, I have secure boot disabled, no I don’t overclock, yes i have XMP set up.
I’ve also updated my garuda-iwni on my original post.

If the problem occurs again, I’ll make another reply.

I’m unsure what you mean by this. My PSU should absolutely be fine for the components that I have.

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You could turn your KDE compositor off as a troubleshooting step.

You could also test using an X11 session for comparison.

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Please do not edit your garuda-inxi. This output is a log, and if something changes, you post the logs again. Thanks.

Since when have you had this issue, from the beginning?

If this happens again, open the terminal afterwards and use

garuda-diag

and post the generated link.

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Maybe around a month since installing Garuda. I don’t exactly remember the first instance this has happened, nor do I remember installing anything substantial during that time.

I did reinstall all packages around 3 days ago using

garuda-update remote reinstall

Have yet to experience the crash, but I can’t say for sure if it is fixed.

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Hi, Had just last week a similar issue, unsure if its related,

Over two pcs, Two different kernels two different UIs (gnome and KDe)

On one it would crash. Freeze, behave weirdly.

on the other not even the update worked correctly.

Settings > Session > i set it to start an empty session, reboot. Everything works fine so far.
unsure if its related. but it fixed it for me.

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It happened again. Garuda's PrivateBin
Opened Dolphin and desktop restarted, closing all apps I had open.

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As someone else already mentioned. I’d try using X11 instead of Wayland. It might not help, but a lot of people seem to find it more stable.

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Just crashed again while launching FFXIV: Garuda's PrivateBin

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