Problem Launching Multiple Programs

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System:
Kernel: 6.10.9-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b78f0ace-4b76-4ecb-911e-371d2a924668 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=fad1c9fd-e4b0-4830-9857-17676d6daf30 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.5.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Swift SFX14-42G v: V1.00
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: BC model: Orion_BCU v: V1.00 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.00
date: 01/27/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 35.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 35.1/38.1 Wh (92.0%)
volts: 16.9 min: 15.4 model: COMPAL type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA50000C
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: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 629 high: 2469 min/max: 400/4546 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400
4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 2469 12: 1996
13: 400 14: 400 15: 400 16: 400 bogomips: 63880
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 560.35.03
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current (as of
2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a0 class-ID: 0302
Device-2: AMD Barcelo vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15e7
class-ID: 0300 temp: 45.0 C
Device-3: Quanta Acer FHD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0408:4036
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu 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: eDP model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1408 built: 2019
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81")
diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.2-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
renoir LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.57 6.10.9-zen1-2-zen) device-ID: 1002:15e7
memory: 500 MiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 15 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.2.2-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:15e7 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 560.35.03
device-ID: 10de:25a0 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.2.2-arch1.1 (LLVM
18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.10.9-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.3 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: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 04ca:3802
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 277.58 GiB (58.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GD3JX016N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41020C20 temp: 43.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 277.58 GiB (60.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 277.58 GiB (60.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 277.58 GiB (60.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 277.58 GiB (60.3%) 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: 14.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.48 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.2 C mobo: 40.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.98 GiB used: 4.69 GiB (31.3%)
Processes: 367 Power: uptime: 10m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 5.92 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon,
upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 2176 pm: pacman pkgs: 2170 libs: 590 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 6 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 alt: 13
Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.32 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-07-28
Last full system update: 2024-09-12
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

I can’t seem to have much more than one application run at a time. Example had to close Konsule to open LibreWolf. Have to close LibreWolf to launch Thunderbird. If I have any decent sized program running, everything else including Dolphin will give and error and not launch.

I’m not sure exactly what started this problem. I had restored to a previous snapshot yesterday when it started but that didn’t work.

I found this thread Cant start any app - #44 by petsam in the forum and tried changing RuntimeDirectorySize=8G from the default 10% but the problem still persists after restart

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Hi @GoblinMindset , i would refer you to this thread , it looks similar :

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Thank you. I went over this this again just in case I missed something. After rebooting I am still not able to launch any other programs until I close the currently running program. Maybe I should back up everything and do a fresh install. Is it possible I’m not using a distro suitable to my hardware? I had been running well for many month but this year I’ve been having more performance issues after major updates.

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No.

Your issue is not the same as the linked one (not enough memory or disk space).

You should try and get relevant error logs from journal (filtering journalctl`), or start your applications with terminal commands (and save error output from the terminal).

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So weirdly, I can start an application from terminal and get no errors.
Here is and example of what happens:
I launch Thunderbird from terminal. Thunderbird launchers normally.
I then attempt to launch LibreWolf from terminal. Nothing happens.
I close Thunderbird. LibreWolf immediately starts.

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Let’s take a look.

df -h
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λ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p2  461G  281G  176G  62% /
devtmpfs        4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /dev
tmpfs           7.5G  103M  7.4G   2% /dev/shm
efivarfs        148K   52K   92K  37% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
tmpfs           3.0G  1.9M  3.0G   1% /run
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-udev-load-credentials.service
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-sysctl.service
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-vconsole-setup.service
tmpfs           7.5G   48K  7.5G   1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p2  461G  281G  176G  62% /var/tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p2  461G  281G  176G  62% /srv
/dev/nvme0n1p2  461G  281G  176G  62% /var/cache
/dev/nvme0n1p2  461G  281G  176G  62% /root
/dev/nvme0n1p2  461G  281G  176G  62% /var/log
/dev/nvme0n1p2  461G  281G  176G  62% /home
/dev/nvme0n1p1  300M  584K  299M   1% /boot/efi
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
tmpfs           1.5G  1.5G     0 100% /run/user/1000
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There is the smoking gun. This confirms your issue is the same as the thread you linked.

It looks like your method for making this change did not work; it’s only showing a size of 1.5G.

Make a drop-in file for /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/:

sudo micro /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/runtime_dir_size.conf

It doesn’t have to be called runtime_dir_size.conf, it can be called whatever you want as long as it ends in .conf.

Add the desired override to your file.

[Login]
RuntimeDirectorySize=8G

Don’t forget to add the bracketed [Login] line at the top, it won’t work without that.

Save and exit the file, then restart the computer. When it comes back up, check df -h /run/user/1000/ again to confirm it is now showing 8G for the filesystem size.

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Well thank you for all of the help. I’m not sure what caused the problems but everything got worse and I was unable to launch anything plus my snapshots stopped working so I could even boot to a previous. I ended up booting from usb and grabbed files from my hard drive and doing a fresh install of Mint Cinnamon that I had on hand. I’m pretty sure my low skill level is a fault somewhere. Since this laptop is my main daily driver I was in a rush to get it workable again.

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