I just installed the GNOME version of Garuda Linux. Every 20 to 40 seconds, the screen will freeze for a couple of seconds. With these freezes also comes a spike in activity from 1 thread (according to system monitor). If you want, I can try to take a video to show you. The only thing that seems to freeze is the screen. I'm listening to music and it doesn't stop.
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╭─cody@g5 in ~
╰─λ inxi -Fxxxza
System: Kernel: 5.12.1-zen2-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d679223a-8ffb-4fca-a57b-1f8f6801d3f7 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
loglevel=3
Desktop: GNOME 40.1 tk: GTK 3.24.29 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.0 Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G5 5500 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D1G65 v: A02 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.7.1 date: 12/04/2020
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 48.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 48.8/51.0 Wh (95.7%) volts: 13.0
min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL M4GWP01 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Full
CPU: Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: E2 cache: L2: 12 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 62399
Speed: 3714 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3714 2: 4802 3: 4800
4: 4802 5: 4338 6: 4472 7: 4782 8: 4803 9: 4802 10: 4801 11: 4801 12: 4507
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 and seccomp
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 UHD Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia
v: 465.27 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f95
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:4
chip-ID: 0bda:5678 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3")
s-diag: 583mm (23")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6")
diag: 395mm (15.5")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.0
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0401
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.1-zen2-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell
driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:003e
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5
chip-ID: 0cf3:e007 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 16.78 GiB (7.0%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: BC511 NVMe 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 11004101 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 238.22 GiB size: 238.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.78 GiB (7.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 546 KiB (0.2%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 238.22 GiB size: 238.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.78 GiB (7.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 238.22 GiB size: 238.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.78 GiB (7.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 238.22 GiB size: 238.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.78 GiB (7.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 75 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 15.3 MiB (1.2%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 13.8 MiB (1.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram1
ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 14 MiB (1.1%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram2
ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 14.1 MiB (1.1%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram3
ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 13.8 MiB (1.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram4
ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 13.6 MiB (1.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram5
ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 11.2 MiB (0.9%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram6
ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 11.6 MiB (0.9%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram7
ID-9: swap-9 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 12.6 MiB (1.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram8
ID-10: swap-10 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 10.6 MiB (0.8%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram9
ID-11: swap-11 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 13.2 MiB (1.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram10
ID-12: swap-12 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 12.7 MiB (1.0%) priority: 32767
dev: /dev/zram11
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 375 Uptime: 13h 59m wakeups: 2480 Memory: 15.42 GiB used: 3.56 GiB (23.1%)
Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages:
pacman: 1487 lib: 373 Shell: fish v: 3.2.2 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.04
Here's the output of the command.
Try another kernel.
Try another DE.
Which GPU is in use?
Laptop with 2 GPU is not my world 
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The Intel inttegrated graphics is the main one. I only use the dedicated one (GTX 1650 Ti Mobile) for games using NVIDIA Prime.
Also, how do I change the kernel that's used? And how do I change the DE? It's GNOME, so don't I have to use GDM?
Pick another DE from the list of the many Garuda offerings and reinstall. I would personally recommend KDE, but that’s a matter of user preference. Do not try to simply install an alternate DE on top of (or swich DE’s) this can cause major issues that are very difficult to troubleshoot remotely.
The Kernel is easily switched through the Garuda Settings Manager. You can use more than one kernel with Garuda. It is best to always have two installed. I would suggest testing the following kernels:
linux
linux-mainline
linux-next-git
linux-lts
linux-hardened
I would test them in that order.
Also double check that your bios is up to date.
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Before anything else, update your system. There have been many updates since the installer was prepared and - correspondingly - many fixes.
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