Hello Garuda users!
I recently switched to linux so im quite new to this. kwin_wayland appears to be consistently using 70 - 90% of my cpu and what other forms says do not seem to work. other forum posts say to install NVIDIA drivers to stop the such high usage but this seems to not have worked for me (i tried both open source and propriety) even after restarts and system updates nothing has changed still high cpu usage and frame drops/stutters (i think this is related to drivers and not wayland)
any help is much appreciated to help me continue my switch to linux 
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (16) @ 3.600GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
garuda-inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.6.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=6205bd81-9fc4-4afa-b9ea-00a9525432b6 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450M DS3H WIFI v: N/A serial: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M DS3H WIFI-CF v: x.x serial: N/A
UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: F50 Y1 date: 12/17/2019
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701013
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3600 min/max: 2200/4426 boost: enabled
base/boost: 3600/4400 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance
volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3600 2: 3600 3: 3600 4: 3600
5: 3600 6: 3600 7: 3600 8: 3600 9: 3600 10: 3600 11: 3600 12: 3600
13: 3600 14: 3600 15: 3600 16: 3600 bogomips: 114983
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2060] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 0a:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1e89 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Webcam
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.1
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 6-4:2 chip-ID: 046d:085e
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Display: server: X.Org v: 23.2.2 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
size: 508x285mm (20x11.22") modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: swrast
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 15.2 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 4 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02
device-ID: 10de:1e89 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM
16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2.4.1:6 chip-ID: 0c76:161e class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Webcam
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.1
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 6-4:2 chip-ID: 046d:085e
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 status: n/a (root, process) 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.75 TiB used: 13.21 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Lexar model: 1TB SSD
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: S0614B0 temp: 40.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 1y 308d 3h cycles: 1,517
read-units: 93,509,039 [47.8 TB] written-units: 96,870,099 [49.5 TB]
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1ER164
family: Barracuda 7200.14 (AF) size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC25 temp: 36 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 4y 239d 11h cycles: 1600
read: 845.69 TiB written: 88.9 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 13.21 GiB (0.7%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 13.21 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 13.21 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 13.21 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.56 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 67.4 C mobo: 34.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 371 Uptime: 28m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.56 GiB used: 4.22 GiB (27.1%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1333 libs: 379 tools: octopi,paru Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo)
default: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date: 2023-11-16
Last full system update: 2023-11-20
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
(edit : ran garuda-inxi as super user)
