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darksaber

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Registered: 2025-07-05

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Gnome crashes few minutes after logging in

System:
- Hardware: Dell Inspiron 5570 with Intel core i5-8250U and Intel UHD Graphics 620
- Kernel: 6.12.35-1-lts
- Display Server: Issue happens with both X and wayland
- DE: GNOME

Issue:
GNOME crashes 2-3 minutes after login. There are no crashes in TTY or on gnome login screen.

The first high-priority error in logs is `x86/CPU: SGX disabled by BIOS`. It is followed  `ACPI Error: No pointer` errors 

Steps Tried:

I tried reinstalling packages with this command:

sudo pacman -S --overwrite '*' linux-lts linux-firmware mesa gnome-shell 

I also tried disabling all gnome extensions and unplugging the external monitor and the keyboard.

Logs :
This is the output of `journalctl -b -p 4`: https://termbin.com/yhyk

Last edited by darksaber (2025-07-05 15:45:05)

seth

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Re: Gnome crashes few minutes after logging in

Jul 04 20:57:47 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1300 (dbus-broker) total-vm:6328kB, anon-rss:512kB, file-rss:1640kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:60kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:47 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2196 (gvfs-udisks2-vo) total-vm:433484kB, anon-rss:128kB, file-rss:2072kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:152kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:47 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1045 (pipewire-pulse) total-vm:98468kB, anon-rss:384kB, file-rss:1836kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:120 pgtables:76kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:47 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1685 (gvfsd) total-vm:324956kB, anon-rss:128kB, file-rss:1724kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:136kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:47 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1892 (gsd-datetime) total-vm:429240kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:1920kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:136kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:47 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1814 (goa-identity-se) total-vm:391708kB, anon-rss:256kB, file-rss:1912kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:120kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:47 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1921 (gsd-sharing) total-vm:459888kB, anon-rss:128kB, file-rss:2036kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:120kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:48 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2511 (wireplumber) total-vm:398992kB, anon-rss:384kB, file-rss:2316kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:132kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:48 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2439 (wireplumber) total-vm:397536kB, anon-rss:128kB, file-rss:1816kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:120 pgtables:124kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:48 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2435 (pipewire) total-vm:96212kB, anon-rss:256kB, file-rss:2192kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:120 pgtables:80kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:48 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2457 (pipewire) total-vm:95996kB, anon-rss:384kB, file-rss:1964kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:88kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:48 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2445 (pipewire-pulse) total-vm:97772kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:2164kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:120 pgtables:88kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:48 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2513 (pipewire-pulse) total-vm:97612kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:2088kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:76kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:48 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1205 (gnome-keyring-d) total-vm:181968kB, anon-rss:256kB, file-rss:1928kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:120 pgtables:92kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:49 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2560 (wireplumber) total-vm:685732kB, anon-rss:128kB, file-rss:1604kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:304kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:49 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2561 (wireplumber) total-vm:397524kB, anon-rss:128kB, file-rss:1680kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:120 pgtables:120kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:49 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2559 (pipewire) total-vm:96340kB, anon-rss:128kB, file-rss:1884kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:120 pgtables:84kB oom_score_adj:200
Jul 04 20:57:50 archlinux kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2558 (pipewire) total-vm:96112kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:1808kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:80kB oom_score_adj:200

You're either short on RAM, short on swap or something's seriously leaking RAM

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darksaber

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Registered: 2025-07-05

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Re: Gnome crashes few minutes after logging in

Thanks for the answer. My laptop has 12 GB of RAM and 4 GB swap. I never had this kind of problem before. This started happening around 3 weeks ago. Would you suggest uninstalling and then reinstalling gnome?

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Gnome crashes few minutes after logging in

Would you suggest uninstalling and then reinstalling gnome?

sudo LC_ALL=C pacman -Qkk | grep -v ', 0 altered files' | grep -v backup

If that doesn't suggest the gnome pacakges are broken, re-installing them will achieve jack-squat.

Rather maybe have a look at the memory consumption in both, "top" as well as "cat /proc/meminfo"

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