Solved Short Freezes after moving mouse/typing

[Otito]

Hi guys, i have this issue where if im watching a video, everything works ok, but when i move the mouse (or press keys to type or something like alt+tab)after watching for a bit, the pc freezes for like 2 secconds, audio still works for like a second and then also freezes, and then it unfreezes and works normal again. This also happens sometimes when im using the system normally, mosly when i click on something to type and press the first letter, or when i alt tab. The freezes happen a lot more when im watching discord streams for some reason.

I started using linux like 2 weeks ago. I started with manjaro cinnamon and now im using Archcraft.

The first time in installed linux, i installed it on an hdd and i thought it was because of that, then i installed it on a ssd and it still happens. Then i installed it again on the ssd but with non open-source drivers and it still happened. Now im using Archcraft and its still happening.

Here is my system info

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After the small freezes i have used the command "journalctl --since "2 minutes ago", but i recieve no entries. My cpu/gpu temperatures are always ok and i have 32gb of ram, and im only using like 8gb
How do i fix this issue?
If you guys need any more info let me know

 

[Sky071111]

grub command is a command-line shell tool for multi-boot program grub. Use the grub command to start the damaged Linux system. You need to start the system with the grub command.

The systemctl command s a system service manager command which actually combines the two commands - service and chkconfig.
-To start the service enter systemctl start httpd.service.
-To check the service status enter service https status.

 

[Otito]

What do you mean by starting the system with grub?

 

[Sky071111]

What do you mean by starting the system with grub?

Type <grub into your terminal to multi-boot. Using the grub command helps to repair your damaged Linux system.

 

[Otito]

Im sorry if im a little annoying, im still new to this, here are my doubts:
1. Typing <grub on terminal prints the stuff that i typed if i typed >grub
2. If i type systemctl start httpd.service on terminal i get "Failed to start httpd.service: Unit httpd.service not found"
3. if i type systemctl start httpd.service. on >grub, nothing happens.

 

[osprey]

Just to clarify this output from the inxi command:

  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
    compositor: Picom v: git-b700a driver: X: loaded: amdgpu

If X is running, what is Xwayland doing there, since there doesn't appear to be any wayland running?

 

[Otito]

I dont even know what xwayland is. I installed this distro yesterday, i installed discord, vivaldi, lutris&wine,neovim, audiorelay, input-remapper and obsidian. I had this programs exept lutris&wine on the other installs too

 

[osprey]

I dont even know what xwayland is. I installed this distro yesterday, i installed discord, vivaldi, lutris&wine,neovim, audiorelay, input-remapper and obsidian. I had this programs exept lutris&wine on the other installs too

Xwayland is software that emulates the X server on machines that are running wayland, but where the user needs to still run programs that only run under X. Your machine appears to be running X though, so it wouldn't need xwayland.

Since you are running picom, here is some information from Bard which may be useful in the first instance:

Short intermittent freezes on screen can be caused by a variety of factors, including hardware problems, software bugs, and driver issues. It is unlikely that picom can fix all types of screen freezes, but it is possible that it can help to reduce the frequency or severity of freezes caused by certain factors.

For example, picom can be used to disable shadows on windows. This can reduce the load on the GPU and improve performance, which may help to reduce the frequency of screen freezes. Picom can also be used to dim inactive windows, which can reduce the amount of video processing that needs to be done, which may also help to reduce the frequency of screen freezes.

If you are experiencing short intermittent freezes on screen, you can try the following:

1. Disable picom and see if the freezes persist. If not, then picom is likely the cause of the freezes.
2. Try enabling or disabling different picom features, such as shadows, blur, and transparency. See if any particular feature seems to be causing the freezes.
3. If you are using the glx backend, try switching to the xrender backend. The glx backend can be more efficient, but it can also be more prone to causing screen freezes.
4. Try updating your graphics drivers.
5. If you are still experiencing screen freezes, try running a hardware diagnostic tool to check for hardware problems.

Another item to try is to disable hardware acceleration in the browser, if it is enabled, and see if that makes a difference.

 

[Otito]

Okay i did "killall picom" and i havent had a freeze yet, exept one when i ran that command, im going to try to cause freezes and see if i get them. Ill update tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone for the help!

 

[Otito]

Alright it seems like doing "killall picom" solved the issue, is there any way to make the terminal seethrough while avoiding the freezes caused by picom? If not i will mark this thread as solved

 

[osprey]

Alright it seems like doing "killall picom" solved the issue, is there any way to make the terminal seethrough while avoiding the freezes caused by picom? If not i will mark this thread as solved

Good result. You could try the compton compositor.

 

[Otito]

Alright ive been testing a little with the picom config and it seems like vsync was the problem, i changed the value to false and it solved the issue. Thanks!