[SOLVED] System very slow

yH200 · 2021-06-12 14:40:08

Hello everyone!

I just installed Arch linux a couple of days ago and my system suddenly became very very slow. Even Windows with its aweful new updates was running better. Whenever I open any application as basic as Dolphin, it takes like ~15 sec to open; moreover, at first, it shows me only the border of the application with everything inside being transparent , then another ~15 sec later, it finally shows me the whole application. Of course trying to click on any file or folder is a nightmare. My computer gets very hot after a short while of booting, which has almost never happened before. I tried figuring out the problem by reading previous posts, but nothing worked so far for me. I would be very grateful if anyone found a solution. :)

Here are some relevant info:
Computer model: Lenovo ideapad 320
Processors: 4 x Intel Core i5 CPU @ 2.50 GHz
Memory: 7.6 GiB RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GEFORCE

Output of htop:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/150CfNJ … sp=sharing

PS: I am a complete beginner so go easy on me :)
Thank you in advance

Last edited by yH200 (2021-06-13 12:00:47)

ewaller · 2021-06-12 15:16:44

That it is hot sounds like a run away process. But nothing looks wrong in htop. I see you are using Plasma, you might try turning off file indexing (baloo). It would explain the heat up, but not the terrible lags (at least not in their entirety.) You can control that through Plasma's Systems Settings tool.

Is your host name set correctly? What is the output of hostnamectl ?

seth · 2021-06-12 16:05:20

Do the fans spin up?

yH200 · 2021-06-12 18:27:27

ewaller wrote:

I see you are using Plasma, you might try turning off file indexing (baloo). It would explain the heat up, but not the terrible lags (at least not in their entirety.)

Yes, I am using KDE Plasma Framework.
I disabled baloo and it's already so much better :D. The heating problem is completely solved and the lagging problem is significantly reduced.
I still don't understand why the borders of the application appear first before the rest of the application. Does it have something to do with the GPU? I read that linux doesn't fully support hybrid graphics, so does it have anything to do with my problem or is it only noticable in gaming?

Is your host name set correctly? What is the output of hostnamectl ?

Yes it is set correctly

yH200 · 2021-06-12 18:29:24

seth wrote:

Do the fans spin up?

Yes they are always on the max speed

seth · 2021-06-12 20:52:24

I still don't understand why the borders of the application appear first before the rest of the application.

The window borders are supplied by a different process (the WM) - if the client is slow to start, some asynchronity can be "normal" (though there's a SYNC protocol where the client can tell the WM that it's now ready to do some painting. The window has been mapped before since that's what triggers the WM to wrap a frame around it)

However delays of 15 seconds are definitively not normal.
What times are we talking, now that baloo doesn't stall your system any longer?

I read that linux doesn't fully support hybrid graphics

I read that this isn't true.

It is however also only ever relevant when the dedicated GPU is invoked - how did you configure the system?
(in doubt post the xorg log and read up https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus )

yH200 · 2021-06-13 12:00:08

Thank you for the information.
I restarted the computer and optimised the disk, and now its working just great. There is no lagging anymore and its working perfectly.
Thank you for your help

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