For some reason when I connect a HDD to my laptop, it takes a while to connect, it’s the same thing when creating a new volume/deleting one, KDE Partition Manager is scanning for like a minute after every reload/refresh even with no changes. Size of the drive doesn’t seem to matter, I tried 2 older 3TB drives and one of them actually took longer I think? When my dad tried it on windows pc it was only few seconds.
It’s not really an issue for me I just thought that my adapter doesn’t work for large drives, if I remember correctly 2 years ago it worked flawlessly in Garuda for drives up to 8TB, which loaded very quickly, and my 18TB Toshiba didn’t, but now I think I just didn’t wait long enough.
Any ideas on why this happens?
garuda-inxi:
honza@honza-garuda-dragonized
OS Garuda Linux x86_64
├ Kernel Linux 6.18.5-zen1-1-zen
├ Packages 1566 (pacman)[stable]
└ Shell fish 4.3.3
DE KDE Plasma 6.5.5
├ Window Manager KWin (Wayland)
├ Login Manager sddm 0.21.0 (Wayland)
├ WM Theme Sweet-Dark
├ Color Themes Dr460nized (Sweet) [Qt], Sweet-Dark [GTK2/3/4]
├ System Icons BeautyLine [Qt], BeautyLine [GTK2/3/4]
├ System Fonts Fira Sans (10pt) [Qt], Fira Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
└ Terminal konsole 25.12.1
PC Notebook (ThinkBook 13x G4 IMH)
├ CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 185H (22) @ 5.10 GHz
├ GPU Intel Arc Graphics @ 2.35 GHz [Integrated]
├ OpenGL 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.3.3-arch1.3
├ Vulkan 1.4.328 - Intel open-source Mesa driver [Mesa 25.3.3-arch1.3]
└ Display(s) 2880x1920 @ 1.7x in 13", 120 Hz [Built-in]
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System:
Kernel: 6.18.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=1aeafeea-7f63-4d26-a722-5d3a5eb1bb5e 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: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21KR v: ThinkBook 13x G4 IMH
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: ThinkBook 13x G4 IMH
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76528 WIN
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_MT_21KR_BU_idea_FM_ThinkBook
13x G4 IMH uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: LENOVO
v: MTCN51WW date: 04/07/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 71.4 Wh (99.9%) condition: 71.5/74 Wh (96.6%) volts: 17.7
min: 15.6 model: Simplo BASE-BAT type: Li-poly serial: <filter> charging:
status: not charging type: standard avail: long_life,standard cycles: 81
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core Ultra 9 185H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Meteor Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2023+ process: Intel 4 (7nm)
family: 6 model-id: 0xAA (170) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x25
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 9 cores: 16 threads: 22 mt: 6 tpc: 2
st: 10 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.6 MiB desc: d-10x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-16x64
KiB L2: 18 MiB desc: 9x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4800:5100:3800:2500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 13: 400 14: 400
15: 400 16: 400 17: 400 18: 400 19: 400 20: 400 21: 400 22: 400
bogomips: 135168
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe-LPG process: Intel 4 (7nm+)
built: 2023+ ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:7d55 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: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: California Institute of eDP-1-0x1319 built: 2023
res: mode: 2880x1920 hz: 120 scale: 170% (1.7) to: 1694x1129 dpi: 257
gamma: 1.2 size: 285x190mm (11.22x7.48") diag: 343mm (13.5") ratio: 3:2
modes: 2880x1920
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.3-arch1.3
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Arc Graphics (MTL)
device-ID: 8086:7d55 memory: 30.22 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 6 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
Arc Graphics (MTL) driver: mesa intel v: 25.3.3-arch1.3
device-ID: 8086:7d55 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 21.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.3.3-arch1.3 (LLVM
21.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake IPU vendor: Lenovo driver: intel-ipu6
alternate: intel_ipu6 bus-ID: 00:05.0 chip-ID: 8086:7d19 class-ID: 0480
Device-2: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_mtl,snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7e28 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.18.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 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 Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7e40 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.4 lmp-v: 13
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 27.33 TiB used: 1.22 TiB (4.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZAL81T0HDLB-00BL2 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 6L1QKXD7 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler Max
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1000 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST28000NM003K-3TE133
size: 25.47 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 47.64 GiB size: 47.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.76 GiB (56.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 600 MiB size: 598.8 MiB (99.80%)
used: 45.1 MiB (7.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 47.64 GiB size: 47.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.76 GiB (56.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 47.64 GiB size: 47.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.76 GiB (56.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 47.64 GiB size: 47.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.76 GiB (56.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.95 GiB used: 20 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 64.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.95 GiB used: 6.32 GiB (20.4%)
Processes: 488 Power: uptime: 3h 5m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.37 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1566 libs: 405 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 default: fish v: 4.3.3 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.12.3-2):
System install date: 2026-01-09
Garuda release: 251103
Last full system update: 2026-01-24 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
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