Problems with Zen Kernel, booting with LTS Kernel

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Hi, I have problems since this november 2023 in order to boot garuda, in ultimate updates, booting Zen Kernel freezes with two monitors, also cannot return from hibernate. So, the admins tell me boot LTS. All appears to function normally with LTS Kernel, the boot don’t freeze with two monitors and reactivate from hibernate is OK. But, I use VMWare Worktation and LTS but give me an error “Could not open /dev/vmmon:” And searching, there is no vmmon in LTS for VMWare Workstation.

So, I came back to ZEN in order to work with VMWare Workstation, but, IO have to power off external monitor, when Garuda show Desktop, I power on the external monitor. Also, I can’t go to hibernate, because reactivating from hibernate is impossible with ZEN Kernel in my hardware.

I love Garuda, definetly I full migrate to this OS sinsce last 2 years I was testing some linux in order to discover the OS that fulfill my needs… and that is Garuda.

But since this november (2023 nov) I start to have the problems I described. In order to bypass the freeze of desktop an the falure of hibernate with ZEN, the admins tell me to boot with LTS… and in next update the freeze probably will be fixed, with the hibernate error.

So, for my hardware, ZEN will never be ok? The solution for me is always boot in LTS? And for special apps I will have to boot in ZEN (with the errors mentioned above)?

Please, any suggestions?

Garuda-inxi:

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=177c2ce2-bd20-4f5f-948b-8488770dd78c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=70d0a81a-fff9-4647-bf8b-72fb0b0de2ac loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20217 v: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: VIQY0Y1 v: 31900004WIN8 STD SGL
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 74CN44WW(V3.05)
date: 09/18/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 43.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 43.0/56.4 Wh (76.2%)
power: 655.4 W volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: LENOVO PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-4700MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled 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: 2772 high: 3400 min/max: 800/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 2395
4: 2395 5: 2394 6: 2396 7: 3400 8: 2396 bogomips: 38311
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports:
active: VGA-1,eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia
v: 470.223.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-2018 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:0fe4 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Lenovo EasyCamera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:58b9
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: intel,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2966x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 783x237mm (30.83x9.33")
s-diag: 818mm (32.21")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 pos: left model: LG (GoldStar) 20EN33
serial: <filter> built: 2013 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 440x250mm (17.32x9.84") diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1600x900 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 pos: primary,right model: LG Display 0x033a
built: 2011 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: crocus device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW
GT2) device-ID: 8086:0416 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M driver: nvidia v: 470.223.02
device-ID: 10de:0fe4 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) driver: mesa intel
v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 device-ID: 8086:0416 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2
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: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Lenovo 8 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 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: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a1 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 5.1 Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4.1:7
chip-ID: 0bda:a725 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci1 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Device-2: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
bus-ID: 3-4.2:9 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: ID: hci2 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6
status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Device-3: 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: 3-7:6
chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6
status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 1.62 TiB (71.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 34.84 GiB (34.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1.86 GiB size: 1.86 GiB (99.80%)
used: 59.7 MiB (3.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 309.96 GiB size: 309.96 GiB (100.00%)
used: 257.54 GiB (83.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 34.84 GiB (34.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 34.84 GiB (34.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.53 GiB used: 90 MiB (0.6%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 20.12 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 66.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 307 Uptime: 14m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.53 GiB used: 4.46 GiB (28.7%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 2056 libs: 556 tools: octopi,paru pm: rpm pkgs: 0
Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date:     2023-09-12
Last full system update: 2023-11-16
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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Try other kernels too, to see if you have better luck. Like you say, maybe it is just a Zen kernel thing. LTS is commonly suggested for troubleshooting because it is all the way back on 6.1.

An easy way to find and install alternate kernels is with the Garuda Settings Manager app. Or if you know the name of the packages you can just install with Pacman:

sudo pacman -Syu linux linux-headers

Be sure to keep track of the kernels you try, so you can update the thread later.

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Done sudo pacman -Syu linux linux-headers

But, definetly, vmmon is not available for kernel 6.1 LTS.
image

╰─λ systemctl enable vmware-networks

╭─siegfried@siegfried in ~ took 4s
╰─λ modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon
modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.62-1-lts

Garuda-inxi:

garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.1.62-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=177c2ce2-bd20-4f5f-948b-8488770dd78c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=70d0a81a-fff9-4647-bf8b-72fb0b0de2ac loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20217 v: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: VIQY0Y1 v: 31900004WIN8 STD SGL
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 74CN44WW(V3.05)
date: 09/18/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 43.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 43.0/56.4 Wh (76.2%)
power: 655.4 W volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: LENOVO PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-4700MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled 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: 2332 high: 3400 min/max: 800/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3400 2: 2277 3: 1887
4: 1356 5: 1635 6: 3400 7: 2310 8: 2393 bogomips: 38334
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports:
active: VGA-1,eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-2018 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0fe4 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Lenovo EasyCamera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:58b9
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
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: 2966x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 784x237mm (30.87x9.33")
s-diag: 819mm (32.25")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 pos: left model: LG (GoldStar) 20EN33
serial: <filter> built: 2013 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 440x250mm (17.32x9.84") diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1600x900 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 pos: primary,right model: LG Display 0x033a
built: 2011 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW
GT2) device-ID: 8086:0416 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 10 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:0416 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: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Lenovo 8 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.62-1-lts status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 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: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a1 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 5.1 Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4.1:7
chip-ID: 0bda:a725 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci1 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Device-2: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
bus-ID: 3-4.2:8 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: ID: hci2 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6
status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Device-3: 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: 3-7:6
chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6
status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 1.62 TiB (71.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.23 GiB (35.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1.86 GiB size: 1.86 GiB (99.80%)
used: 59.7 MiB (3.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 309.96 GiB size: 309.96 GiB (100.00%)
used: 257.79 GiB (83.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.23 GiB (35.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.23 GiB (35.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.54 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 20.12 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 76.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 291 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.54 GiB used: 4.22 GiB (27.1%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 2057 libs: 556 tools: octopi,paru pm: rpm pkgs: 0
Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date:     2023-09-12
Last full system update: 2023-11-17
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:            vmware-networks.service

It is possible to try another ZEN Kernel?

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linux is not the LTS kernel, and is not the Zen kernel either. That’s what I am saying: try some other kernels, to see if you can get a different result.

In your screenshots you have not booted the linux kernel, you have booted the LTS kernel again.

5

Yes, in order to try VMWare Workstation, I booted with LTS.

But, in order to install another ZEN kernel (downgraded version) How I can do that?

6

Search for Garuda Settings in the application menu and choose kernel from the interface. Then click on refresh and a more recent/old zen kernel or try other kernels.

7

Cannot show old zen kernels. I want to ttry older zen kernel that zen 6.6, because that kernel works ok on my hardware, but the interface don’t show old zen kernels.

Any help?

8

Did you click on refresh in the interface, at the right of the interface?

9

The tool will never show old versions of any kernel. It is supposed to be used to change kernel, not downgrading.
Downgrading kernel is highly discouraged. You can brick your system easily.
Anyway, if you want to give it a try, check here.
You can use pacman cache or the downgrade package:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages
In case of troubles, restore the latest working snapshot.

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Just try different kernels from the tool brother

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Your computer is getting rather long in the tooth. The bios is ancient by today’s standard. Your bios version is from 2013. From a cursory search I found a newer version available from Lenovo. I located a version 74CN47WW dated 26 Mar 2015, whereas your current bios is dated 09/18/2013.

The bios has a great bearing on how your hardware functions, so you definitely want to update your bios to the most current version. Garuda is really intended for modern hardware, and with a laptop this old you are definitely going to run into issues eventually. In an effort to streamline the Linux kernel’s code, support for old hardware is being removed (if it is deemed to be rarely used). Over time this will lead to support for very old hardware being dropped from the kernel. I’m not saying this has happened/going to happen with your hardware as I cannot predict which hardware support will be deprecated by the kernel team.

What I am saying, is that your bios/hardware is very old, and you may want to think about replacing your laptop in the near future. Garuda is also not the best choice for a laptop this old without making many alterations to its defaults. I have run Garuda on hardware as old as yours, but that is with a desktop where many components were upgraded to more modern standards. With a laptop, it is not possible to upgrade most components, so you are basically stuck in the past. Even with upgraded components on an older desktop I still had to disable many Garuda effects and make alterations to Garuda’s configuration to get adequate performance on hardware this old.

You need to take into consideration that with hardware this old, there’s only so much that can be done to make it performant with a modern OS. Your computer was designed to operate with Windows 7, and hardware has advanced a great deal since then. Perhaps it’s time to temper your expectations, switch to a distro designed for old hardware, or consider updating your hardware in the near future.

Sorry for such a grim assessment of your plight, but there’s only so much that can be expected of hardware this old.

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@tbg Thanks, I need a response like yours.

So, I get kertel ernel: 6.5.11-lqx1-1-lqx an that was all right. All my stuff runs ok.

But in another order, I know that I have to move to other hardware. And my BIOS is hacked, I cannot put another BIOS, because my new wifi card it suppose to be banned with official BIOS, so I flash to a BIOS that support new or another hardware, specially a new wifi card.

Meanwhile, I will do all my effort in order to keep Garuda OS, because it is the only OS that give me the posibillity to use my actual hardware and my configurations.

Indeed… I have, with my actual kernel, vmware, new games, and all my needs.

Thanks all the team for tips and suggestions. And yes, in near future I will change my notebook.

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