Hey! With a next to flawless experience with Garuda so far I have a few remaining issues. The largest one being that games sometimes do micro stutters for < 1 sec, 1-2 times a minute. During this microstutter, audio from discord stutters as well, but not music from spotify.. o.O. Factorio is one of the games, Dota 2 menu (but not in game) is another.
I've fiddled with ingame graphics settings, I've tried turning off picom to no avail, but except for this I'm at a loss for how to troubleshoot this. Pointers are most welcome! I want to become better at solving issues like this in Linux, so any general pointers to how I could educate myself are welcome too.
Edit: inxi -Fza
System: Kernel: 5.12.11-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=69c29b79-da5a-4df5-a53b-917ce7295884 rw
rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: i3 4.19.1 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570 AORUS ULTRA v: -CF serial: <filter>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 AORUS ULTRA serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F33i date: 04/23/2021
CPU: Info: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33)
stepping: 0 microcode: A201009 cache: L2: 6 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 177600
Speed: 4654 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4654 2: 3670 3: 3600 4: 3592 5: 3602
6: 3597 7: 3732 8: 3698 9: 3597 10: 3590 11: 3739 12: 3598 13: 3828 14: 3592 15: 3740 16: 3701 17: 3593 18: 3796
19: 3594 20: 3601 21: 4063 22: 3589 23: 3598 24: 3597
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 465.31
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2484 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-4:3 chip-ID: 046d:0843
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: picom v: git-dac85 driver: loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 602x342mm (23.7x13.5") s-diag: 692mm (27.3")
Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 686mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 465.31 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech G933 Wireless Headset Dongle type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-6.1:4
chip-ID: 046d:0a5b class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-4:3 chip-ID: 046d:0843
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.11-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-3: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.30 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-5:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: no
address: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.48 TiB used: 176.47 GiB (11.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2CT120A3 size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 300i scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-00Y5B1 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 78.12 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.06 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 998 MiB (99.80%) used: 560 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.93 GiB size: 476.93 GiB (100.00%) used: 160.4 GiB (33.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc1
maj-min: 8:33
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 78.12 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.06 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 78.12 GiB (100.00%) used: 16.06 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
maj-min: 8:2
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 75 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram1
ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram2
ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram3
ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram4
ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram5
ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram6
ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram7
ID-9: swap-9 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram8
ID-10: swap-10 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram9
ID-11: swap-11 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram10
ID-12: swap-12 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram11
ID-13: swap-13 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram12
ID-14: swap-14 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram13
ID-15: swap-15 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram14
ID-16: swap-16 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram15
ID-17: swap-17 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram16
ID-18: swap-18 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram17
ID-19: swap-19 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram18
ID-20: swap-20 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram19
ID-21: swap-21 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram20
ID-22: swap-22 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram21
ID-23: swap-23 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram22
ID-24: swap-24 type: zram size: 1.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram23
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 46.8 C mobo: 16.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info: Processes: 499 Uptime: 3h 21m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.36 GiB used: 6.17 GiB (19.7%) Init: systemd v: 248
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1562 lib: 456 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: kitty
inxi: 3.3.04