I've been using garuda for 3 months. And it worked perfectly and I love it. But now I'm having some troubles. Since two days ago, the system started to stuck. First I thought it's because of the numerous tabs in browser. But now even with no apps running it stuck. Can anyone help me?
Followings are my system specification
PS: When I look at the system monitoring app it shows the memory goes 2-3gb and the cpu goes 40-65%.
Does my pc is the problem? (I mean the system requirements)
filo
8 October 2021 07:52
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Hi there, welcome!
I have not opened anything on my system but then too it always lags. So, I downloaded a Task manager to find out the CPU usage of each application. I rebooted my system then I wait for 10-15 seconds then I opened the Task Manager and I see this :
[Screenshot_Task Manager_2]
can anyone explain this?
Also, please, provide the output of inxi -Faz formatted with ~~~ before and after the text block.
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Please open up htop and show a screenshot of it so we know what processes are running.
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Yeah, I haven't update the system for month. I'll update it and here is the output of inxi -Faz. (I didn't get a screenshot cz it's quite big.)
╰─λ inxi -Faz
System: Kernel: 5.13.13-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=31462efd-23b4-43d9-9128-7cb5083a1f03
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 resume=UUID=37a06802-8265-4d92-901e-28812d45594f loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop System: SAMSUNG product: Samsung DeskTop System v: CAAAAAAF serial: <filter>
Chassis: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD type: 3 serial: <filter>
Mobo: SAMSUNG model: Samsung DeskTop System serial: <filter> BIOS: SAMSUNG v: 00PE
date: 11/12/2009
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core Merom family: 6
model-id: F (15) stepping: B (11) microcode: BA cache: L2: 4 MiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19155
Speed: 2394 MHz min/max: 1600/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2394 2: 2394 3: 2394 4: 2394
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Samsung Co driver: i915 v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2e32 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.6x8.0") s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
Monitor-1: VGA1 res: 1024x768 dpi: 63 size: 410x230mm (16.1x9.1") diag: 470mm (18.5")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G41 (ELK) v: 2.1 Mesa 21.2.1 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.13-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.34 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: mt7601u bus-ID: 1-8:4
chip-ID: 148f:7601 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s29f7u8 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives: Local Storage: total: 409.88 GiB used: 47.6 GiB (11.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3320820AS size: 298.09 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: D scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: AITC KSM 120GB size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2A0 scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 103.43 GiB size: 103.43 GiB (100.00%) used: 47.6 GiB (46.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-2: /home raw-size: 103.43 GiB size: 103.43 GiB (100.00%) used: 47.6 GiB (46.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 103.43 GiB size: 103.43 GiB (100.00%) used: 47.6 GiB (46.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 103.43 GiB size: 103.43 GiB (100.00%) used: 47.6 GiB (46.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.8 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (38.7%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb2
maj-min: 8:18
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 70.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 262 Uptime: 1h 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 3.8 GiB used: 2.46 GiB (64.7%) Init: systemd
v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1308 lib: 334
Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06
Just update your system and check whether the problem still persist or not! Also find process in
htop
with high ram usage as suggested by dragonfire.
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SGS
8 October 2021 21:02
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Hello guys I have updated the system but still its lagging...
filo
9 October 2021 09:23
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So now is the time to check htop, to see what processes are taking the most of your CPU and RAM.
I will be updating this guide from time to time with new information as I come accross it or correct old mis/information that exist as I wrote this while being a newbie. So check back every month or so if you need.
Garuda Linux by default is configured to provide the best performance out of the box on your Desktop machine. With a little setup you can use garuda on your laptop just fine as well.
My laptop has an i7 9750H processor which on the default pstate driver thermal throttles very badly…
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I'm sorry for not informing, but I solved it yesterday. The reason for lagging is the baloo file extractor. It uses 24% of the memory and 60% of cpu. Also when I execute balooctl statatus it shows more than 2.5Gb in the file extractor. So I disable the baloo file extractor with balooctl disable. And now its fine.
Btw Thank you all for helping me.
SGS
11 October 2021 07:27
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You are using an older computer with a weak CPU and integrated GPU if I see correctly. The RAM size is also undersized for Garuda KDE.
If there is more than one browser open, it becomes sluggish.
I have marked the solution, htop, to find the culprit.
That it was baloo in this case does not help searchers when the system starts to stutter.
system
13 October 2021 07:27
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