I think this was what was freezing my PC before.
All the pictures that I tried to take of conky, which showed them in action are blurry.
Here’s the best photo I could muster before I turned off my PC:
As you can see, it’s taking up all my resources. For a moment, my screen even went black.
At the top is kswapd. It’s using up around 25% of my CPU, but none of my memory.
Below them are the kworker-btrfses. while yes they take up 3-5% each, I’m pretty sure there are quite a ton of them. That would explain my CPU being used up.
Now then, the rest might be kworkers, but they might also be other stuff that I opened. Last I remember, there was one with 8:14 on the list. Thus the feeling that there are 14 of them or more.
What’s using up the memory, I have no idea. It might also be the kworkers and I faintly remember them using up at least SOME of the memory, but that’s faint.
Now then, what you can also see is that my swap usage is also at 100%. That could mean that because I ran out of swap, my entire computer died.
Now then, I don’t want that happening, and I’m not even sure if that’s actually what’s going on, but it’s my best guess.
And as for the solution I seem to have found on the internet, doing
btrfs fi show /dev/sda2 (my home drive) brings up this:
Total devices 1 FS bytes used 115.97GiB
devid 1 size 914.01GiB used 123.02GiB path /dev/sda2
and I can’t seem to figure out what to do with it.
I tried looking in journalctl but couldn’t find anything in the moment it happened.
How would I prevent my computer dying like this in the future?
garuda-inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.6.40-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=2e27aff0-7e96-4683-8ac0-9bf4806d5923 rw rootflags=subvol=@
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.4.0
wm: kwin_x11 with: krunner vt: 2 dm: 1: LightDM v: 1.32.0 note: stopped
2: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ZBook 17 G3 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 80D6 v: KBC Version 10.75 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 1MY26EC#ABA uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: HP v: N81 Ver. 01.45
date: 01/06/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.9 Wh (15.9%) condition: 74.8/74.8 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 10.2 min: 11.4 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-6440HQ bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S
gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2882 high: 3115 min/max: 800/3500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 3098 2: 3115 3: 2643
4: 2673 bogomips: 20810
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:191b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204GLM [Quadro M3000M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of
2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm
built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:13fa class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP HD Camera
driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 05c8:0383 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1738 built: 2015
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 380x210mm (14.96x8.27")
diag: 437mm (17.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.1.3-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:191b memory: 7.57 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 10 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.1.3-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:191b surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.1.3-arch1.1 (LLVM
18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbb class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.40-1-lts status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 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 Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b7 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24f3 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
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: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 152.91 GiB (13.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SanDisk model: THNSN5256GPUK
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 5KDA4103 temp: 52.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A3T0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 237.97 GiB size: 237.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.2 GiB (14.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%)
used: 454.9 MiB (88.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 914.01 GiB size: 914.01 GiB (100.00%)
used: 117.26 GiB (12.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 237.97 GiB size: 237.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.2 GiB (14.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 237.97 GiB size: 237.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.2 GiB (14.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C pch: 61.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.51 GiB used: 5.77 GiB (37.2%)
Processes: 342 Power: uptime: 4m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.19 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2164 pm: pacman pkgs: 2138 libs: 596 tools: paru,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 26 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-06-13
Last full system update: 2024-07-16
Is partially upgraded: Yes
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut(custom) mkinitcpio
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
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