[SOLVED]desktop freezes when opening YT video or disabling screen lock

lolus · 2025-04-08 21:11:34

I have changed from Nouveau drivers to NVIDIA Open (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA). This was done to fix Minecraft crashing issues—which it did—but it also introduced a new issue. The desktop freezes for 30-60 sec. when opening YT video or disabling screen locking after inactivity. This has happened after installing the open drivers, but it fixed itself after a restart. The issue came back today after I put my PC to sleep, started it back up, and tried to play a video on YT, this time restarting did not fix it. I have searched for what could cause this issue, but I have been unable to find/fix the issue.

thx in advance

[lolus@wypierdalac ~]$ sudo lshw -class video | grep driver=
[sudo] password for lolus:
configuration: depth=32 driver=nvidia latency=0 resolution=1920,1080

importan (I think) suff from fastfetch :

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: MS-7B44 (1.0)
Kernel: Linux 6.13.8-arch1-1
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.4
WM: KWin (Wayland)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K (12) @ 4.80 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A [Discrete]

TLDR;

disable vrr

Last edited by lolus (2025-04-09 20:57:44)

seth · 2025-04-09 15:07:31

qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation

and please also test the behavior on X11.
Also please post your complete system journal for the affected boot, eg.

sudo journalctl -b -1 | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

for the previous (-1) one.

lolus · 2025-04-09 15:41:41

thx below is he info You requested, I'll chandge to X11 and reply in next post in like 5 mins.

i use pastebin as IP in our ISP is shared and someone got it baned on 0x0.st ...

qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation
https://pastebin.com/vK9pu0cz

sudo journalctl -b -1 >> dump.txt

i had to upload it to google drive as it was 1,8 MB, sorry
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rPP41 … sp=sharing

lolus · 2025-04-09 15:51:02

switched to x11 and it works, restarted- still works, switched to wayland and it works.... idk, but it seems like something that can comeback so if you can see anything in those logs lmk, thx

seth · 2025-04-09 16:21:00

Screens
=======
Number of Screens: 2

Screen 0:
---------
Name: DP-2
Enabled: 1
Geometry: 1080,286,1920x1080
Physical size: 527x296mm
Scale: 1
Refresh Rate: 74973
Adaptive Sync: always
Screen 1:
---------
Name: DP-1
Enabled: 1
Geometry: 0,0,1080x1920
Physical size: 527x296mm
Scale: 1
Refresh Rate: 74973
Adaptive Sync: automatic

Probably around https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Variable_refresh_rate

i had to upload it to google drive as it was 1,8 MB, sorry

0x0.st has a time-based quota, you can upload 512MB (but they'll only stay very short) - 1.8MB is nothing to phone home about.

lolus · 2025-04-09 16:34:55

oh, yup disabled it now, will see. I could not use 0x0 ... and pastebin has 512 kb limit so that is why I used gdrive. I guess I should mark it as solved now. if the issue comes back (and i cannot fix it), can I just remove the [SOLVED] or should I make another post?

Last edited by lolus (2025-04-09 16:45:57)

seth · 2025-04-09 20:03:06

if the issue comes back (and i cannot fix it), can I just remove the [SOLVED]

Yup, and ideally preserve the logs from that run.

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#1 2025-04-08 21:11:34

[SOLVED]desktop freezes when opening YT video or disabling screen lock

#2 2025-04-09 15:07:31

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