Computer freezing for a second every few seconds. About thirty.

Samohttnias · 2024-10-21 23:32:20

So I do not know where this is coming from or when it started exactly. At first I thought it was cause by my minecraft, because the game and computer would lock up for a second and them catch up. The I began doing school work and D&D prep without the game running the computer still does this resulting is encounters like thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis, This happens every few seconds, about thirty seconds to a minute. Even now as I am typing the computer locks up and then catches up to me, luckily right now I'm getting none of thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis efffffffffffffffffect.
As I said, I'm not even sure where to start looking. I'm relatively comfortable in arch now, but I still don't know where and what is the best method of watching and managing tasks. I could use advice I think. Cheers.

Additionally, anyone who can point me in the direction of CPU and RAM management, in the sense of allocation. I know I can push my system harder, bt not sure how to implement my intentions.

Last edited by Samohttnias (2024-10-21 23:34:21)

V1del · 2024-10-22 10:27:53

Check your journal/system usage on whether these stalls leave any traces in logs, e.g. after reproduction, if you want us to have a look at it do a

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

and post the URL you're getting, maybe also keep track of CPU usage during these with top/htop or similar on whether there's any obvious spikes. 30secs sounds suspiciously like a DBUS timeout maybe throw in a

printenv DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

Last edited by V1del (2024-10-22 10:30:15)

Samohttnias · 2024-10-23 02:20:06

Dude, V1del, (Pardon the assumption)
Thanks, that's a great place to start. I did a little tracing of the last day or two and got rid of some background noise, but this might put me where I need to be. I was, at one time, not a Luddite, but its been like a decade.
Blessings.

V1del · 2024-10-23 13:20:32

For "live tracking" you can leave a

sudo journalctl -f

running in some terminal to see whether any messages that correspond to those show up.

Arch Linux

#1 2024-10-21 23:32:20

Computer freezing for a second every few seconds. About thirty.

#2 2024-10-22 10:27:53

Re: Computer freezing for a second every few seconds. About thirty.

#3 2024-10-23 02:20:06

Re: Computer freezing for a second every few seconds. About thirty.

#4 2024-10-23 13:20:32

Re: Computer freezing for a second every few seconds. About thirty.

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