I have just moved from Ubuntu to Garuda Linux due to freezing issues with Ubuntu, but the same thing is happening in Garuda as well. Garuda Linux also freezes—sometimes just after login, and other times a short while after logging in.
I tried switching from the Zen kernel to the LTS kernel, but then the system automatically chooses the “Advanced options for Garuda” during boot, and it gets stuck at a point where the screen is black with just two lines in the top-left corner:
Loading linux-lts
Loading initial ramdisk
When I use the normal boot mode (not “Advanced options for Garuda”), the freezing issue starts again. I have to force shutdown the system to log in again.
Here is the output of garuda-inxi
:
System:
Kernel: 6.14.7-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=f07fxxxx-1x59-xxxx-866e-11dad4xxxxx rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Dell G15 5530 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 04TT83 v: A01 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0BF8
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.23.0 date: 03/04/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.5 Wh (74.1%) condition: 37.1/54.9 Wh (67.6%)
volts: 12.6 min: 11.4 model: SMP DELL P8P1P38 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: charging cycles: 365
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13450HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x12F
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 7 cores: 10 threads: 16 mt: 6 tpc: 2
st: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 864 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32
KiB, 4x64 KiB L2: 9.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 20 MiB
desc: 1x20 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 967 min/max: 800/4600:3400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 967 2: 967 3: 967 4: 967 5: 967 6: 967 7: 967
8: 967 9: 967 10: 967 11: 967 12: 967 13: 967 14: 967 15: 967 16: 967
bogomips: 83558
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a78b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107BM / GN20-P0-R-K2 [GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU]
vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 570.153.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25ec
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6d1a
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x005f built: 2021 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 120 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia
platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: nouveau
device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
device-ID: 8086:a78b memory: 14.94 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 6 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:a78b surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 570.153.02
device-ID: 10de:25ec surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.1-arch1.1 (LLVM
19.1.7) 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: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs,
snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.7-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 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 Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026
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: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 11.83 GiB (2.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: BC901 NVMe 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 51007151 temp: 50.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 137.58 GiB size: 137.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.8 GiB (8.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 31.1 MiB (32.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 137.58 GiB size: 137.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.8 GiB (8.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 137.58 GiB size: 137.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.8 GiB (8.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 137.58 GiB size: 137.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.8 GiB (8.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 72.0 C mobo: 60.0 C sodimm: 56.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1715 fan-2: 2022
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.3 GiB used: 2.23 GiB (14.5%)
Processes: 373 Power: uptime: 0m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 6.05 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon,
upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1313 libs: 365 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-05-26
Last full system update: 2025-05-27
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
I have also changed the few digits of the root UUID code because I don’t know that it is safe to share it pubically or not