Webpages/Internet lock up

HI
Been having this problem for a while. Web PAges lock and I get the whirly circle.
If I open a new page eg Youtube, the only thing that moves is my mouse, and I have found that if I click on the speaker/sound icon, it miraculously clears and I can continue.
What was happening occasionaly, now happens regularly and I cannot find an answer.
I first contacted the internet provider to check and they found a fault on the line and they reset the ports etcetc. No improvement.
I sent my pc in to have it checked. After a day of running on machines, and reseating, they could not find a fault.
I reinstalled garuda with a fresh download from sourceforge - I have done this twice.
I tried linux mint - I have a dual boot system and it ran flawlessly and smoothly - no locking - no issue.
Please advise
Thanks

System:
Kernel: 5.19.13-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=643ac3a0-b64f-4928-b8cd-5a141d160ce6 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.6 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: N/A model: N/A serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5.12 date: 11/10/2018
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8350U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF0
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: 937 high: 1900 min/max: 400/3600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 1900 8: 800 bogomips: 30399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
alternate: fbdev,intel dri: iris gpu: i915 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: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Samsung C32F391
serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 70 gamma: 1.2
size: 698x393mm (27.48x15.47") diag: 801mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa
22.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.19.13-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0034 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Toshiba Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 0930:021c class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 1.66 TiB (55.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Indilinx model: IND-S3MP 256G
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: B1T2 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Backup+ SL
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 0143 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD
Elements 10B8 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1012 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 188.95 GiB size: 188.95 GiB (100.00%) used: 80.86 GiB
(42.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 7.2 MiB
(1.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 188.95 GiB size: 188.95 GiB (100.00%) used: 80.86
GiB (42.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 188.95 GiB size: 188.95 GiB (100.00%) used: 80.86
GiB (42.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 188.95 GiB size: 188.95 GiB (100.00%) used: 80.86
GiB (42.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.55 GiB used: 1.32 GiB (17.5%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C pch: 43.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 284 Uptime: 5h 3m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.56 GiB used: 5.16 GiB
(68.3%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: 1850 pm: pacman pkgs: 1844
libs: 407 tools: gnome-software,octopi,pamac,paru,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
Shell: fish v: 3.5.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.22

This is an interesting clue. Does the issue occur on websites that are not broadcasting audio, or only if there is an audio component?

The first thing that comes to mind is some of the issues folks have been having with JamesDSP, such as in these other recent threads:

Check to see if it is running on your system, and if you are not using it disable it or remove it.

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I have the same issue some time, but I found out it only happens with partial system updates.
When I do a garuda-update and a reboot the problem goes away.

I will look into this again when it happens again.


And I have to revert my above statement.
After the last update the issue persists.

System:
Kernel: 5.19.13-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=4f3937b5-6c07-4580-8883-8cef1f42d4f5 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=3d769afd-2828-481c-8e36-8aba99397d5a:luks-3d769afd-2828-481c-8e36-8aba99397d5a
root=/dev/mapper/luks-3d769afd-2828-481c-8e36-8aba99397d5a quiet splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-a59fcb28-cd12-4a13-abcf-1ad9ee0585a5 loglevel=3
Console: pty pts/1 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Framework product: Laptop v: AB serial: <filter>
Mobo: Framework model: FRANBMCP0B v: AB serial: <filter> UEFI: INSYDE
v: 03.07 date: 12/14/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 54.2 Wh (99.4%) condition: 54.5/55.0 Wh (99.0%)
volts: 17.6 min: 15.4 model: NVT Framewo type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 socket: U3E1 bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check
built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140)
stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2352 high: 2800 min/max: 400/4700 base/boost: 2800/4700
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.8 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2800 2: 2800 3: 2800 4: 2800 5: 2800 6: 2800
7: 1066 8: 950 bogomips: 44851
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Realtek Laptop Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-7:2
chip-ID: 0bda:5634 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2256x1504 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 596x397mm (23.46x15.63")
s-diag: 716mm (28.19")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x095f built: 2019 res: 2256x1504
hz: 60 dpi: 201 gamma: 1.2 size: 285x190mm (11.22x7.48")
diag: 343mm (13.5") ratio: 3:2 modes: 2256x1504
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.7
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.19.13-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: aa:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp170s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: virbr1 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 116.85 GiB (12.5%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QGXA7
temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 23 hrs cycles: 73 read-units: 1,687,435
[863 GB] written-units: 1,426,985 [730 GB]
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 896.96 GiB size: 896.96 GiB (100.00%) used: 116.85 GiB
(13.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-3d769afd-2828-481c-8e36-8aba99397d5a
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 720 KiB
(0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 896.96 GiB size: 896.96 GiB (100.00%) used: 116.85
GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-3d769afd-2828-481c-8e36-8aba99397d5a
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 896.96 GiB size: 896.96 GiB (100.00%) used: 116.85
GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-3d769afd-2828-481c-8e36-8aba99397d5a
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 896.96 GiB size: 896.96 GiB (100.00%) used: 116.85
GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-3d769afd-2828-481c-8e36-8aba99397d5a
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.14 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-a59fcb28-cd12-4a13-abcf-1ad9ee0585a5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 327 Uptime: 15m wakeups: 1710 Memory: 31.14 GiB used: 6.55 GiB
(21.0%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1733 libs: 374
tools: octopi,pamac,paru,yay Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.22
Garuda (2.6.8-1):
System install date:     2022-05-10
Last full system update: 2022-10-12
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       NetworkManager
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Snapshots:               Snapper
Failed units:

And YES JamesDSP is the culprit! After quitting that everything works as expected.

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Thanks for a reply. I was doing daily updates. But Okay will remove James Dsp and feed back.

I’m somewhat puzzled this seems to happen a lot :eyes: works flawlessly for me since a quite long time, however it seems reasonable to even remove it from the package list completely given it causes these issues :confused:

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could this possibly be a amd/intel thing? my systems with the issue are ryzen 3000 or newer

Other posts I read indicate that JamesDSP gives this problem when it is set to autostart.
I don't know if that's the case because I haven't tried it yet.

#49 in the project's issues is about a crash on autostart, but nothing about lockups.
A wild guess: could it be it starts too early?

On a side note, I sometimes use EasyEffects when I won't bother to connect the amplifier and so far I did not have similar issues. It also has a "start service at system boot" option and it is disabled.

It could be a viable alternative, though some say JamesDSP has a better UI and audio quality.

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i wonder if that would work for me(EasyEffects). part of what really made me enjoy JamesDSP was the fact that it "fixed" my laptop speakers. take GamersNexus for instance, watching his recent 4090 review reminded me of this whole JamesDSP issue as listening to him without JamesDSP running actually makes my ears "hurt". but only on my laptop's speakers, as soon as i plugged my "cheap" headphones in and listened the "pain" went away.

Disabling DSP has worked - I have also removed it from the autostart setup.
I have noticed that my internet cabled gets enabled and disabled randomly. I was hoping this would stop too. Any ideas.

Thanks for the input so far.

We like to have one problem per topic here, as it is easier for people searching later. Please mark the post that solved your first issue (BlushishHumility noticed it was most likely due to a bug with JamesDSP running), and then open up a new topic with your other issue. Since that is a networking related issue, start a new topic at https://forum.garudalinux.org/c/issues-assistance/wifi-ethernet-bt/37 and follow the template as usual.

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