Hello everyone
I’ve recently had some problems on my new PC where I’ve been experiencing random wayland crashes.
Most frequently when I use spectacle to make a screenshot and click “Copy”, though one time it happened when I opened a folder on my desktop.
My system is up to date, I’ve tried using linux-zen, linux-lts and linux-mainline.
I also tried switching to X11, but I just end up on a gray screen where even the CTRL+ALT+F1…6 doesnt work.
When these crashes, I always get a wayland segfault as such:
wrz 03 21:48:44 BigBoss kernel: kwin_wayland[27736]: segfault at 1 ip 00007f1a55c371dc sp 00007fffce2d3bf0 error 6 in libgallium-25.2.1-arch1.5.so[a371dc,7f1a55219000+1a97000] likely on CPU 8 (core 10, socket 0)
Here is my garuda-inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.16.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=87e8ed4a-251a-46e5-97db-6c9285a17f48 rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.17.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B650 GAMING X AX V2
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: F36 date: 07/31/2025
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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: 2 clusters: 2x1 cores: 12 threads: 24 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 12 MiB
desc: 12x1024 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4949 min/max: 415/5738 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 4949 2: 4949 3: 4949
4: 4949 5: 4949 6: 4949 7: 4949 8: 4949 9: 4949 10: 4949 11: 4949 12: 4949
13: 4949 14: 4949 15: 4949 16: 4949 17: 4949 18: 4949 19: 4949 20: 4949
21: 4949 22: 4949 23: 4949 24: 4949 bogomips: 225168
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 [Radeon RX 9070/9070
XT/9070 GRE] vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-4
code: Navi-4x process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2025+ pcie: gen: 5
speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-2
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7550
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: Gigabyte
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: Writeback-2 bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300
temp: 37.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,left model: Acer KG241Q S serial: <filter>
built: 2020 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 pos: right model: Samsung LC24RG50 serial: <filter>
built: 2020 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 532x304mm (20.94x11.97") diag: 613mm (24.1") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
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: 25.2.1-arch1.5
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (radeonsi
gfx1201 LLVM 20.1.8 DRM 3.64 6.16.4-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:7550
memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 9070 XT (RADV GFX1201) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.1-arch1.5
device-ID: 1002:7550 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) driver: mesa radv
v: 25.2.1-arch1.5 device-ID: 1002:164e surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 25.2.1-arch1.5 (LLVM 20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: amd-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab40 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
[Rembrandt/Strix] 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: Gigabyte 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
API: ALSA v: k6.16.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 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 Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp9s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp10s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.22 TiB used: 2.32 TiB (44.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 126 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2B2QKXG7 temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SHSS37A240G
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 02.H scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 20WD scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SA510
2.5 1000GB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 6100 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 00WD
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.33 TiB size: 1.33 TiB (100.00%) used: 840.94 GiB (61.7%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 25.6 MiB (26.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.33 TiB size: 1.33 TiB (100.00%)
used: 840.94 GiB (61.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.33 TiB size: 1.33 TiB (100.00%)
used: 840.94 GiB (61.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.33 TiB size: 1.33 TiB (100.00%)
used: 840.94 GiB (61.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.45 GiB used: 7.3 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.9 C mobo: 35.5 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 37.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 47.0 C mem: 48.0 C
fan: 3 watts: 34.00
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.46 GiB used: 4.83 GiB (15.9%)
Processes: 576 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.15 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1816 libs: 494
tools: octopi,paru Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3
default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.8.2-2):
System install date: 2025-08-14
Last full system update: 2025-09-05
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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Any idea how I can diagnose this further?