Plasma has been crashing randomly for several months

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System:
Kernel: 6.17.7-arch1-1-znver4 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc
avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-znver4
root=UUID=ab2e7eac-3e19-40a9-b0e9-e75de481afda rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.19.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7D75 v: 1.0 serial: 
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7D75) v: 1.0 serial: 
uuid:  UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.P2 date: 08/06/2025
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 100% condition: N/A volts: 4.21 min: N/A model: Logitech G502
LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A serial:  charging: status: full cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check
built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xA60120C
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 6x1024 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4251 min/max: 427/5457 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
governor: powersave cores: 1: 4251 2: 4251 3: 4251 4: 4251 5: 4251 6: 4251 7: 4251 8: 4251
9: 4251 10: 4251 11: 4251 12: 4251 bogomips: 112797
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: 
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices \[AMD/ATI\] Navi 31 \[Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900M\]
vendor: Sapphire PULSE driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
empty: DP-2,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices \[AMD/ATI\] Raphael vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-3, Writeback-2
bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C
Device-3: MacroSilicon USB Video driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5.3.3:11 chip-ID: 534d:2109 class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:10 chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102
serial: 
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.20 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 8320x4680
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: middle-r model: Samsung LC27G5xT serial:  built: 2023 res:
mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 108 gamma: 1.2 size: 698x393mm (27.48x15.47")
diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: bottom-l model: Sony AVAMP serial:  built: 2007 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 510x290mm (20.08x11.42")
diag: 587mm (23.1") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-2 pos: top-center model: Philips FTV serial:  built: 2018 res:
mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 34 gamma: 1.2 size: 1440x810mm (56.69x31.89")
diag: 1652mm (65") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1
drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland:
drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.6-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi navi31 LLVM 21.1.4 DRM 3.64
6.17.7-arch1-1-znver4) device-ID: 1002:744c memory: 23.44 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 layers: 13 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
(RADV NAVI31) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.6-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: N/A device: 1
type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO)
driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.6-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:164e surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.4 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.6-arch1.1 (LLVM 21.1.4)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices \[AMD/ATI\] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices \[AMD/ATI\] Radeon High Definition Audio \[Rembrandt/Strix\]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 12:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices \[AMD\] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 12:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: MacroSilicon USB Video driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5.3.3:11 chip-ID: 534d:2109 class-ID: 0300
Device-5: Generalplus Nor-Tec streaming mic driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5.4:6 chip-ID: 1b3f:0329 class-ID: 0300
serial: 
Device-6: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0db0:422d class-ID: 0300
Device-7: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:10 chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102
serial: 
API: ALSA v: k6.17.7-arch1-1-znver4 status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 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: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0d:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp13s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter driver: mt7921e
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0e:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp14s0 state: down mac: 
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:8 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616 class-ID: e001 serial: 
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address:  bt-v: 5.3 lmp-v: 12 status:
discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.41 TiB used: 1.29 TiB (37.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: 
fw-rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 24.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: 
fw-rev: 3B4QFXO7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial:  fw-rev: 4B6Q
scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: 
fw-rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 21.41 GiB (9.2%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 664 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 21.41 GiB (9.2%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 21.41 GiB (9.2%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 21.41 GiB (9.2%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.45 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.2 C mobo: 36.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 64.0 C mem: 72.0 C fan: 0 watts: 78.00 device: amdgpu temp: 39.0 C
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.45 GiB used: 4.83 GiB (15.9%)
Processes: 484 Power: uptime: 23m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.17 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1766 pm: pacman pkgs: 1761 libs: 519 tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 5
Compilers: clang: 21.1.5 gcc: 15.2.1 Client: Unknown Client: electron inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date:     2025-11-08
Garuda release:          251002
Last full system update: 2025-11-08
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
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Hello,
Here is my log file from right after KDE crashed. This happens randomly and I don’t have any more information.

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Excuse me, I picked up the wrong newspaper.

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Run garuda-diag after a crash, which should include the last 512 lines of the journal.

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Hello it’s my garuda diag

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Heya. The log contains too much irrelevant spam, and it drowned out the 512-character limit.

May you upload a the full journal after the crash?

journalctl -b | garuda-privatebin
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Sorry

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Heya, please Post the Link generated by the command:

journalctl -b | garuda-privatebin

Please do not use third party file hosting.

It’s not your fault.

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That’s exactly what I did a little earlier.

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No, you posted the link from garuda-diag. But we need this after a crash:

btw:

This is a fresh installation, and you’re already experiencing crashes again?

Please answer all questions.

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This happens randomly; there are no prerequisites for it to occur.

It’s a recent installation; this also happened on another PC with the same operating system.

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You did not mention if you have tested alternate kernels.

Have you? if so which ones?

I would highly suggest testing at least four or five alternate kernels, such as:

linux-lts
linux-mainline
linux
linux-zen
linux-lqx
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I’ve only tried Zen (the default installer) and znver4, and both crash; I’ll try other kernels.

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I trying this version

Copie d'écran_20251110_173659

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Are you sure the KDE is crashing and not something else?

Random system crashes are often caused by hardware failures, so I would check the following before diving deeper into system config - especially on a rather fresh install with no breaking customizations.

  • DDR5 RAM can be unstable even when running at the advertised speed, because anything above 4800MT is technically overclocking. Sometimes other UEFI RAM optimization settings also play into this. MemTest86 is the leading one for this, keep it running for at least 30-60mins. https://www.memtest86.com/
  • I know the Linux community digs the RX 7900 XTX but I had one for a few weeks two years ago and I would crash the display driver randomly on stock clocks. Back then that was on Windows, but underclocking and overvolting (the opposite of what you usually do) fixed it so I blame the card. LACT would be the leading one for this.
    GitHub - ilya-zlobintsev/LACT: Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool
    pacman -S lact
  • I run a 7800X3D, but that’s the same architecture as yours. It’s been really stable for me even with PBO, so I would check this last. Refer to the following guide; I’d use stresscause I’m lazy. Monitor temps while it runs for good measure, but the main point of the test is to see whether the CPU will run stable for 60min under full load with your setup.
    https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-stress-test-your-cpu-on-linux

PS: It’s really annoying to track down issues like this, but still better than random crashes. :wink:

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Hello,
I think the problem is solved by setting the Arch Linux kernel as the default.

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That would be awesome if my suggestion corrected this issue for you. However, I think it’s still a little soon to say if the linux kernel is a permanent fix. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for you. :crossed_fingers:

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