Freeze after opening or minimizing window

Hello.
As the title says sometimes when I open an app or minimize/maximize something my whole system freezes. I can't put it to sleep or anything, all I can do is force shut it down by holding the power button. My friend said that maybe it's an issue with SWAP but I don't know what to do with that information.

System:
Kernel: 5.16.2-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d454fcf1-f3b8-4e97-b018-0fbe02a026de rw rootflags=subvol=@
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
resume=UUID=f793db8a-e31a-4f81-8b69-7ba9b796aea6 loglevel=3 splash quiet
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk1xxx
v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8741 v: 02.34 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
v: F.21 date: 01/08/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 42.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.1/52.5 Wh (80.2%)
volts: 12.9 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: Full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
family: 6 model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xEA
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: 899 high: 900 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900
5: 899 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 9: 900 10: 900 11: 900 12: 900
bogomips: 62399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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 IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile]
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 495.46
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2191
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b627 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 950x285mm (37.4x11.2")
s-diag: 992mm (39")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 395mm (15.5")
Monitor-2: HDMI-1-0 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 89
size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.6") diag: 551mm (21.7")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.4
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.2-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 760.38 GiB (65.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLB256HBHQ-000H1 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: HPS0NEXH temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10SPSX-60A6WT0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 221.2 GiB size: 221.2 GiB (100.00%)
used: 188.33 GiB (85.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 221.2 GiB size: 221.2 GiB (100.00%)
used: 188.33 GiB (85.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 221.2 GiB size: 221.2 GiB (100.00%)
used: 188.33 GiB (85.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 221.2 GiB size: 221.2 GiB (100.00%)
used: 188.33 GiB (85.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.97 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.43 GiB used: 2.5 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C pch: 53.0 C mobo: 10.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Processes: 366 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.43 GiB
used: 4.51 GiB (29.2%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: 1951 pacman: 1942 lib: 505 flatpak: 9
Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: yakuake
inxi: 3.3.12
Garuda:
System install date:     2021-11-27
Last full system update: 2022-02-06
Is partially upgraded:   No
Using TLP:               No
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected

Very, very bad, you can destroy your system or important data files.
Try TTY first.
Ctrl + Shift + F3
Login as user and use reboot or poweroff

Open top/htop in terminal and check which app let freeze your PC.
Maybe different from

Maybe post which one it is :slight_smile:

and
:slight_smile:

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Can you describe a bit more how to reproduce your issue?

Does it happen when you have a lot of windows/apps/programs running or it happened also when you had pretty much nothing going on?

And as SGS mentioned, which app(s) caused your issue?

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First, look for any bios updates if available.

Install linux-firmware-git, then reboot.

Install and test the linux-mainline kernel then boot into it from the grub menu.

Welcome to the Garuda community.

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I think it's just when I open minimize window because it happened when I opened/minimized firefox, signal, discord, vscode, maybe even system settings or dolphine (I'm not sure about those two).
Most of the times I only had VSCode, steam, spotify and discord open.
I can't really reproduce it when I want because when I just spam open/minimize windows it's working as it should. It just sometimes catches me offguard.

Maybe you could consider a btrfs full balance.
If I remember correctly there was recently an issue on the relevant Garuda Assistant button.
From terminal this would be simply

sudo btrfs filesystem balance start /

Actually this is worth trying only for generic random freezes.
If you're sure it's only a problem with maximizing / minimizing, probably this won't help.

Are you using kwin or kwin-lowlatency? The latter has some rare issues (I actually filed one of 'em a while back) and who knows on this one... if you use the latter, I'd suggest to test with kwin.

They are very easily interchangeable/replaceable with sudo pacman -Syu kwin or sudo pacman -Syu kwin-lowlatency.

And check your Compositor settings in System Settings, or try different settings in there. Just to rule those out.

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I did sudo pacman -Syu kwin
and my Compositor settings are as follow

Scale method: Accurate
Rendering backend: OpenGL 3.1
Latency: Balance of latency and smoothness
Tearing prevention: Automatic
Keep window thumbnails: Only for Shown Windows

Have you tried disabling your compositor completely as a test?

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I can try that, but as I said, unfortunately I can't seem to replicate this issue so I can't even tell if it worked or not.

If there are no further freezes then you will know the compositor is responsible.

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