There is only one website that gives me this problem. When I open an email from PCWorld. my computer becomes slightly unresponsive. If I click on a link to read a story, my computer locks up so badly, I sometimes have to hit the power switch to get back control. The mouse stops responding. The hard drive churns loud and constantly. I was hoping there was a setting for memory (or something else) that would stop PCWorld links from taking control of my pc.
There may be other issues involved. I am fully updated in TW with the latest kernel. I use Chrome Beta because regular Chrome will not run. It crashes upon startup. I have 8GB of ram. I have Nvidia GT 730. I have both G05 and nouveau drivers installed. I keep 4-5 tabs open in Chrome.
Problems Detected
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* Accelerated video encode has been disabled, either via blocklist, about:flags or the command line.
Disabled Features: video_encode
* Disable webgpu on vk via gl interop:
(http://crbug.com/442791440), (http://crbug.com/475935650)
Disabled Features: webgpu_on_vk_via_gl_interop
* Program link fails in NVIDIA Linux if gl_Position is not set:
(http://crbug.com/286468)
Applied Workarounds: init_gl_position_in_vertex_shader
* NVIDIA fails glReadPixels from incomplete cube map texture:
(http://crbug.com/518889)
Applied Workarounds: force_cube_complete
* Framebuffer discarding can hurt performance on non-tilers:
(http://crbug.com/570897)
Applied Workarounds: disable_discard_framebuffer
* Unpacking overlapping rows from unpack buffers is unstable on NVIDIA GL driver:
(http://crbug.com/596774)
Applied Workarounds: unpack_overlapping_rows_separately_unpack_buffer
* Disable KHR_blend_equation_advanced until cc shaders are updated:
(http://crbug.com/661715)
Applied Workarounds: disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced),
disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent)
* Expose WebGL's disjoint_timer_query extensions on platforms with site isolation:
(http://crbug.com/808744), (http://crbug.com/870491)
Applied Workarounds: enable_webgl_timer_query_extensions
* Some drivers can't recover after OUT_OF_MEM and context lost:
(http://crbug.com/893177)
Applied Workarounds: exit_on_context_lost
* Disable GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y for desktop GL:
(http://crbug.com/964010)
Applied Workarounds: disable(GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y)
* Disable RGB to YUV hardware conversion on NVIDIA Linux:
(http://crbug.com/447709687)
Applied Workarounds: disable_rgb_to_yuv_conversion
Clicking on one of the numerical references takes me to a web page that denies access or seems not directly related to the title reference. The "Out of MEM’ problem says “exit on lost content” as seen in the list above. I don’t know if that applies to my issue or, if it does, how to correct the issue.
So what driver is running, can you show the output from inxi -GSaz likewise is your user a member of the video and render groups? What vulkan packages re installed?
Very likely you run out-of-memory. You likely have swap on triggering the hard drive.
I would install earlyoom, run that from the console and leave it visible. See the github page you can also run it as systemd unit so it will kill processes that use a lot a memory.
For the browser I would see if installing an Add blocker like uBlock origin helps, add typically take lot of memory.
I have a “backup” computer in case I have problems with the pc described in this thread. I booted it up and updated. After the update, text in the browser was unreadable. It was so garbled, it looked like Klingon. This happened in both Chrome and Brave browsers. I accidentally found that if I highlighted the text, I could read it momentarily. I tried changing fonts but that didn’t solve the problem.
This pc dual boots with Windows 10 and the problem does not occur in Windows. I have a second disk drive in the computer that I pulled from an old pc. Just to see what would happen, I booted to it and saw it still had the 6.19 kernel. The video problem does not occur with this kernel. So, there must be something going on with the 7.0 series kernels. I am not updating this disk because I don’t want to lose the working kernel. I’ve never used snapper but if that would save a working setup, I would chance updating everything on this disk.
@Prexy To be honest, I’d suggest switch to the nouveau driver and see if things work better, I’m using it here on Tumbleweed with a Kepler-2 device, but it’s an optimus setup and has Intel as well, but is using it for tasks.
I see you’ve uncovered a fascinating new mystery—one that involves Klingon text, kernel quirks, and a heroic Windows 10 cameo. Truly the stuff of legends! But, uh… glances at the original topic… we were kind of in the middle of a memory meltdown over here.
You are correct! I just wanted to point out that, in my case, I do not believe it to be a memory issue. This pc has 16 GB of memory, twice what the original problem pc has.
I apologize. I have mixed up info, partly because I am so mixed up by this issue. partly because I am old and a dope. The “backup” pc I am using is the one with 16 GB. It does NOT have an Nvidia chip but rather an Intel chip. I booted to the older kernel. In this case I see I booted to 6.18. It works with no video issues (and boots lots faster than the 7.0 kernels). I added Ublock Origin with no effect. I have yet to add that other apps mentioned. Here is the inxi GSaz output for the backup pc with 16GB using 6.18 kernel,
Okay, good that the “backup” PC is working fine.
The primary PC has an NVidia GeForce GT 730 and reading the forum I am not surprised you are running into problems. I can not help with that, I am quite happy not running NVidia.
Update! I struggled to get things sorted out and decided to boot to the 7:10 kernel to see if updates have corrected the garbled text issue. First, neither Myrlyn, Yast or zypper dup find ANY updates for anything. Secondly: Chrome and Brave still have garbled text but FIREFOX does not! I haven’t tried Firefox until just now. Taking a wild guess: both Chrome and Brave share the same engine. So, its Firefox and kernel 7 for now.
Have you tried an adblocker as suggested?
I am also running 8gb of ram but with intel graphics rather than nvdia.
If I vist PCWorld everthing runs fine.
If I disable UBlock Origin lite for the site it slows to a god awful crawl (what a crap website) and everything becomes unresponsive.
Soo, I don’t think it is your system. It is the site causing you trouble.
I did add Ublock as suggested. But, so far, switching to Firefox has improved performance. I try to update my system daily to cure the garbled text in Chrome and Brave. The last update helped a tiny bit, but those two are still unusable. Something in my setup is causing them not to work. For now, the workaround is Firefox.