Greetings,
I’d like to ask for help regarding my system. Ever since upgrading to Fedora 41 (and now Fedora 42 thinking these things would probably get fixed) and doing the Machine Owner Key Enrollment process to install the new Nvidia drivers, everything became very unstable and slow.
Apps like Files, Brave, Firefox, GIMP, Lutris, Kdenlive, Inkspace, LibreOffice, almost all of them (with exceptions like Text Editor and the Terminal), regardless of being RPM or Flatpak, take minutes to open, when before, in F40, they’d take seconds, feel very snappy. Everything also constantly displays the “App Is Not Responding: Force Quit or Wait” while loading up. Waiting is always the answer, but still, it didn’t use to happen this often in F40 at all, it is worse when playing a Lutris game like WoW, during its initial loading.
It happens on both Wayland and Xorg. I also remember switching from using the Nvidia GPU all the time to hybrid (my laptop has dual GPUs, intel and nvidia), because of heat issues while playing heavy games like WoW reaching 100C and crashing the laptop. That was a year ago and not sure if switching back to Nvidia all the time might fix this, I forgot how to switch them, but I will test that, although, is using the iGPU like this normally this slow and bad? I don’t remember it being this way ever.
================ System Information ================
I will annex system information that might help:
caferino@Cerebro:~$ inxi -Fz
System:
Kernel: 6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: GNOME v: 48.1 Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ENVY m7 Notebook v: Type1ProductConfigId
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 81D4 v: KBC Version 87.21 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: F.30 date: 12/09/2016
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 512 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3501 min/max: 400/3500 cores: 1: 3501 2: 3501 3: 3501
4: 3501
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] driver: nvidia v: 570.144
Device-3: Chicony HP IR Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Device-4: Chicony HP TrueVision HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 24.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
gpu: i915 resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1280x720~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.4 renderer: Mesa Intel HD
Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 drivers: intel,nvidia,llvmpipe
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: api: glxinfo,vulkaninfo gpu: nvidia-settings x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: C-Media USB Advanced Audio Device
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
API: ALSA v: k6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb type: USB
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 439.6 GiB (47.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 345.22 GiB used: 69.12 GiB (20.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda13
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 462.8 MiB (47.5%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda12
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 96.5 MiB (37.7%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-4: /home size: 345.22 GiB used: 69.12 GiB (20.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda13
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C pch: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.5 GiB used: 4.79 GiB (30.9%)
Processes: 336 Uptime: 1h 12m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.38
caferino@Cerebro:~$ inxi -Gxx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 570.144 arch: Maxwell pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:134d
Device-3: Chicony HP IR Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b591
Device-4: Chicony HP TrueVision HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-6:7 chip-ID: 04f2:b592
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: gnome-shell v: 48.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung res: 3840x2160 dpi: 81
diag: 1388mm (54.6")
Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: Samsung 0x4754 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 128
diag: 438mm (17.3")
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.4 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:5916 display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
type: integrated-gpu driver: mesa intel device-ID: 8086:5916 device: 1
type: discrete-gpu driver: nvidia device-ID: 10de:134d device: 2 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: api: glxinfo,vulkaninfo gpu: nvidia-settings x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
caferino@Cerebro:~$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL"
OpenGL vendor string: Intel
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 25.0.4
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.0.4
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 25.0.4
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
caferino@Cerebro:~$
An example of opening Brave with debug mode on. It takes about 2-3 minutes to open, with visual glitches as it does so:
caferino@Cerebro:~$ flatpak run com.brave.Browser --enable-logging --v=1
Gtk-Message: 00:49:56.490: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 00:49:56.490: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 00:49:56.565: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 00:49:56.565: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
[2:2:0503/004959.616265:ERROR:../src/chrome/browser/profiles/profile_attributes_storage.cc:1011] Failed to PNG encode the image.
[2:2:0503/004959.616313:ERROR:../src/chrome/browser/profiles/profile_attributes_storage.cc:1011] Failed to PNG encode the image.
[2:2:0503/004959.616343:ERROR:../src/chrome/browser/profiles/profile_attributes_storage.cc:1011] Failed to PNG encode the image.
[56:56:0503/005105.512383:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 1 times!
[56:56:0503/005252.415071:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 2 times!
[56:56:0503/005452.937328:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 3 times!
Also ran journalctl -b --output=short-delta, but the output was extremely long and I don’t understand it, I pasted it in here: journalctl -b --output=short-delta - Pastebin.com
==============================
App “Files” used to take like 12 seconds to open in F41, but in F42 that got down to 2 seconds, which is great. However, when using Firefox or Brave, and saving an image with “Save image as…” or anything else that opens Files, it takes about 15 seconds there to open, exclusively. Hardware acceleration off/on changes nothing. CPU on Performance/Balanced too… Brave only has 4 small extensions, nothing big or cluttery, same for firefox, it’s pretty much a brand new install, it’s empty, History, cache, 0 extensions. Apps like Godot and Kdenlive crash a lot, and I suspect it’s maybe related to this, I’m not sure.
My partition has about 350GB free out of 450GB~, and CPU, RAM and GPU usage never go beyond 60% usage outside gaming, where they peak at a constant 60%-70%, rarely spike to 80-100% as shown in htop, System Monitor, Nvidia Server, etc. I update my laptop everyday and have it clean from dust; this specifically began to happen after F41 and the MOK enrollment for the new Nvidia drivers, not sure if I did something wrong or installed the wrong drivers. After opening Brave and everything else I use, like Lutris, WoW, GIMP, Godot, I tend to keep them open all the time to avoid dealing with these loading times, the laptop is completely fine and usable like that.
Are there any other tests or command lines I could share to help narrow the problem?
