I am using garuda dragonized, and here firefox would occasionally - for seemingly no reason - stop rendering. There are many similar issues like this, but nowhere i could see people mentioning it was an explicitly rendering issue or that it would do that with seemingly no immediate user input required.
The render only stops for the firefox window, but works fine for everything else (e.g. cursor hovering over elements inside the firefox window would change accordingly).
I am sure it is only rendering that stops working and not app freeze - if i were to type anything into text field while it is frozen, unfreezing it (alt-tab twice) shows me what i typed in. I have tried turning off hardware acceleration that was mentioned as a solution on collateral issue, but that didn’t seem to help.
As seen in inxi below, i have nvidia 570.133.07 driver, wayland renderer, dragonized DE and two displays.
inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.14.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=685e13de-1daa-43f1-a4c5-8b4503aa7954 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG B550 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C56) v: 1.0
serial: <filter> uuid: a49d6505-6346-bc1a-a838-d8bbc139f029 BIOS: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 1.70 date: 06/23/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
gen: 2 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
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: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1723 min/max: 550/4208 boost: enabled
base/boost: 3600/4200 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave
volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1723 2: 1723 3: 1723 4: 1723
5: 1723 6: 1723 7: 1723 8: 1723 9: 1723 10: 1723 11: 1723 12: 1723
bogomips: 86397
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
active: none off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 2b:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2182 class-ID: 0300
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3200x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 847x286mm (33.35x11.26")
s-diag: 894mm (35.2")
Monitor-1: DP-1 note: disabled pos: primary,left model: HP Z23i
serial: <filter> built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") diag: 584mm (23")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 note: disabled pos: right
model: ViewSonic VA926 Series serial: <filter> built: 2007 res:
mode: 1280x1024 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 86 gamma: 1.2
size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85") diag: 482mm (19") ratio: 5:4 modes:
max: 1280x1024 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 5.86 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2182 surfaces: xcb,xlib
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 TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb 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: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 5
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 1038:12aa class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.14.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: n/a (root, process) 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: 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, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.95 TiB used: 102.31 GiB (5.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B4QFXO7 temp: 35.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 22d 4h cycles: 4,013
read-units: 12,183,613 [6.23 TB] written-units: 17,599,432 [9.01 TB]
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: OCZ model: VERTEX4
family: Barefoot_2/Everest/Martini based SSDs size: 119.24 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.5 scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 2y 340d 19h cycles: 8929
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512G39TND-N210A
family: SATA SSDs size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1P10 temp: 31 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 282d 21h cycles: 5510
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 family: Caviar Black size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.0 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: N/A
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1D05 temp: 43 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 5y 52d 6h cycles: 7122
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.31 GiB (22.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /home raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.31 GiB (22.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.31 GiB (22.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.31 GiB (22.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.54 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.6 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 4.69 GiB (30.2%)
Processes: 342 Power: uptime: 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.15 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1480 pm: pacman pkgs: 1454 libs: 422 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 26 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo)
default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-03-08
Last full system update: 2025-04-14
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
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