Garuda OS keeps freezing when it is connected to KVM device

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Hello,

I am using Garuda as my primary OS and macOS BIg Sur as my scondary OS. I wanted to share mouse and keyboard among these two OSs. So I bought KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) of "Cable Matters" brand. SInce I have been using KVMalong with these OS I notice that Garuda OS freezes after few mins of running. When Garuda OS freezes nothing responds not even keyboard hot keys to launch terminal in order to restart GUI. Wierdly KVM is not affecting or freezing macOS its just Garuda which is being affected by the KVM.

I cannot provide you the terminal logs because when it freezes I can't even copy paste from terminal. However I have taken a picture of the terminal where it can be seen why it is being frozen. Here is the link of the terminal's picture :

Here are the specs of my computer :

Name: Intel Core i5-8500T
Microarchitecture: Coffee Lake
Technology: 14nm
Max Frequency: 3.500 GHz
Cores: 6 cores
AVX: AVX,AVX2
FMA: FMA3
L1i Size: 32KB (192KB Total)
L1d Size: 32KB (192KB Total)
L2 Size: 256KB (1.5MB Total)
L3 Size: 9MB
Peak Performance: 672.00 GFLOP/s

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The messages appear to indicate that the GPU does not like the KVM as an output device, or there is some other fault.

Unfortunately you missed out any information about your GPU or kernel which could be key to an issue related to graphics. There was an inxi command you were asked to provide the output from - this would have included the necessary information.

Here it is again:

inzi -Faz
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Thanks for your reply. Here are the missing informations which may help you fix me this issue.

CPU:
Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-8500T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 9E (158)
stepping: A (10) microcode: EA cache: L2: 9 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 25199
Speed: 3300 MHz min/max: 800/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3300 2: 3300 3: 3174 4: 3291 5: 3300 6: 3300
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
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: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:3e92 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: 5759x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1519x285mm (59.8x11.2") s-diag: 1546mm (60.8")
Monitor-1: DP1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 size: 540x300mm (21.3x11.8") diag: 618mm (24.3")
Monitor-2: DP2 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 530x300mm (20.9x11.8") diag: 609mm (24")
Monitor-3: HDMI1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 size: 540x300mm (21.3x11.8") diag: 618mm (24.3")

Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: HP E243m type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-8.4:7 chip-ID: 03f0:2147
class-ID: 0300 serial:
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.8-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: 0.3.37 running: yes

Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:3 chip-ID: 0cf3:e009 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: no
address:

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Where is

System:
Machine:
Network: 
Drives:
Partition:
Swap:
Sensors:
Info:

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z masks out personally identifying information like MAC and IP addresses.

If you include terminal outputs in your post please use the proper output format in your post.

Using “~” 3 times above and “~” 3 times below the text block will provide a readable, raw look.

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System:    Kernel: 5.14.8-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 3060 v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Dell model: 03KWTV v: A02 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.9.1 date: 12/11/2020
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-8500T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake
           note: check rev: A cache: L2: 9 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 25199
           Speed: 3300 MHz min/max: 800/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3300 2: 3300 3: 3272
           4: 3297 5: 3365 6: 3400
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel CometLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915
           v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting
           resolution: 1: 1920x1080 2: 1920x1080~60Hz 3: 1920x1080
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.2
           direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Device-2: HP E243m type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-8.4:7
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.8-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: 0.3.37 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
           IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell
           driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-1: anbox0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:3
           Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
           rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 66.47 GiB (27.9%)
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SK Hynix model: SC401 SATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 120 GiB used: 66.44 GiB (55.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4
           ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 32.3 MiB (33.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-3: /home size: 120 GiB used: 66.44 GiB (55.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4
           ID-4: /var/log size: 120 GiB used: 66.44 GiB (55.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4
           ID-5: /var/tmp size: 120 GiB used: 66.44 GiB (55.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.18 GiB used: 1.8 MiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 291 Uptime: 4h 46m Memory: 31.18 GiB used: 8.82 GiB (28.3%) Init: systemd
           Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 1593 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 inxi: 3.3.06

Thanks for helping me formatting the terminal output on this forum.

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Apart from the terminal output, I also want to share that I am using Garuda in dual boot with Wndows 10. But I almost never switched to WIndows. It's just secondary OS on the system.

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How does having three displays using different connectors work with a KVM switch?

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Should I buy using all of 3 monitors either with HDMI or with DisplayPort ?

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I would try with one display first and see if that works.

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Actually since more than 12 hours I am using OS without KVM but I still encounter the same problem. Now there is no KVM. I have doubt that It might be occurring because of my keyboard. I am using this keyboard since I am encountering this problem. Maybe its not KVM but keyboard. Is there a way to find which specific component is making OS frozen or it's coming from itself ?

For reference, that's the keyboard I am using via a USB type c cable :

Thanks

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Sounds reasonable.

Use a different keyboard?

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