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Bazzite•4mo ago•
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ChickenLord

System lockups / kernel panics when under load

My system will choke and freeze or straight up kernel panic with very little to see in the journalctl logs. In fact it froze when I tried to grep the journalctl logs without constraining the search beforehand (the regular command still works though).

This also happens at random when playing 3D rendered games such as Totalwarhammer III (native OR proton) or Mortal Sin (proton) on any graphics setting and with no other desktop programs running. I have managed other linux installs over the years on my laptops but this is the first time I'm using it for gaming.

Games with simple demands run just fine: Balatro, Hollow Knight, Nubby Number Factory, Retro Emulators are all okay.

This is my current setup which is making it difficult fully sort out:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti - primary display
MSI Radeon RX480 - secondary display
32Gigs of ram - 16 currently dedicated to swap

I plan to disable the Radeon card to see if that helps. Reducing the graphical quality and increasing the swap memory seemed help slightly. I have not begun to tune the system until I can sort out these issues either (no clocking / experimental bios features enabled).

Thank you.
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