I got scrubbed from the Arch forums for mentioning EOS, which very recently have had 3-4 topics on this same problem. So here I am lol.
I’ve been using EOS since February with absolutely no issues but now, whenever I launch a game or 3D application (Blender, etc.) my entire system will freeze. I don’t have any control over kb/m or the terminal, so I need to use the power button to hard reset. Note: Even sysctl keys aren’t responsive. The frustrating part for me is that I’ve done everything I can think of to resolve the issue, including but not limited to;
*Rolling back to LTS Kernels
*Swapping between Proton versions
*Rolling back to older Wine builds
*Rolling back to older MESA drivers
*Uninstalling gamemode and mangohud
All temperatures are fine, all hardware was working correctly until this problem started a few weeks ago. I can browse, watch 4k videos and generally use my computer as long as I want but the second I launch a game it’ll last 1-5 minutes before hard locking my PC. I swapped out my Linux drive with my Windows 11 drive as my only boot drive, and this problem could not be replicated. Everything worked fine on Windows for hours. My specs;
And your experience in that other community is one I’m also familiar with. Even the most generic Linux question will be flatly ignored, if you mention EOS (in my experience).
Can you clarify what you mean by this? An earlier version of the LTS kernel, or were you using a different kernel before this?
If you’re not using the standard kernel (at least), I’d suggest starting there, given your hardware is likely fairly modern.
Some data collection might assist. After a freeze, immediately restart and run this command to see the last 50 lines of your last sessions logs. Hopefully a clue to the issue is present. Feel free to share the link this generates, so we can review too:
Thank you for the warm welcome, this community seems awesome and I’ve been loving EOS.
Sorry for the confusion! So this issue began on the 6.10.x branch for me, right now I’m on 6.10.7 but what I meant to say there is I have tried booting and playing games on the normal LTS branch, which goes way back, and the problem still persists.
When I’m home from work tonight I’ll try to run a game and then follow your lead on the journal. Thank you for the tip!
