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Sometimes, Mint is buggy
Hello everyone. I need your help please.
I have been using my Linux Mint OS for quite some time now. However, from day 1, I was never able to resolve this issue.
After some time using my laptop, some parts of the screen go black; some windows, sometimes they keyboard is unresponsive, and the only way to fix this was to restart Cinnamon. However, this only works if the problem is not prolonged. If the problem is prolonged, then the keyboard is unresponsive, and a forced restart is needed.
Another issue is when I am playing a game (like Minecraft), the game acts like it has hiccups. The game lags for a moment, and then keeps on playing again. This lag is sequential and the delay of each hiccup/lag is the same.
I tried to fix the issue, but so far, I only learnt that restarting Cinnamon solves the issue temporarily. Could you please help me? I have included all of my computer's information below:
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System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-111-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 14-ea0xxx v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 31 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 87F6 v: 40.55 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 2Y2U8EA#ABD
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.38 date: 12/09/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.9 Wh (20.4%) condition: 58.2/66.5 Wh (87.6%) power: 15.3 W volts: 7.1
min: 7.7 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 22
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: quad core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
arch: Tiger Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1292 high: 2500 min/max: 400/4700 cores: 1: 401 2: 400 3: 2500 4: 1631 5: 400
6: 644 7: 2495 8: 1872 bogomips: 44851
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 ports: active: DP-2 off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary model: MSI MAG271C serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled model: LG Display 0x0663 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 171
size: 285x190mm (11.22x7.48") diag: 343mm (13.5") modes: 1920x1280
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) device-ID: 8086:9a49
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 7 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A
device-ID: 8086:9a49 device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-111-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0f0
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-4c11d1480681 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-6d113529e954 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: br-ac94865e8e6c state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: veth008a859 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: veth1ead19f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 3-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A
bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Supported mdraid levels: raid0 raid1 raid6 raid5 raid4 raid10
Device-1: md127 type: mdraid level: N/A status: inactive size: N/A
Info: report: N/A blocks: 2944 chunk-size: N/A
Components: Online: N/A Spare: 0: nvme1n1
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 504.19 GiB used: 259.01 GiB (51.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AH size: 476.94 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s
lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HPS3 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AHO size: 27.25 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s
lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HPS3 temp: 37.9 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 467.89 GiB used: 259 GiB (55.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 7.63 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 5 dev: /dev/zram0
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-2:2 info: Realtek 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 0bda:0423 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Trust GXT 833 Keyboard type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 145f:02b0 class-ID: 0301
Hub-5: 3-3:3 info: Realtek 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 0bda:5423 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3.2:5 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c53f class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-3.3:7 info: HP HP Elite USB-C Hub type: billboard driver: N/A interfaces: 1
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 03f0:4d4a class-ID: 1100 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 3-9:4 info: Elan Micro ELAN:ARM-M4 type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f3:0c4c class-ID: 0000
Device-4: 3-10:6 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Repos:
Packages: 2901 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2887 pm: flatpak pkgs: 14
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alessandro-strada-ppa-noble.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/alessandro-strada-ppa-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/alessandro-strada/ppa/ubuntu noble main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caddy-stable.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/caddy-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/deb/debian any-version main
2: deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/caddy-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/deb/debian any-version main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/prismlauncher.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/prismlauncher-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //prism-launcher-for-debian.github.io/repo noble main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
1: deb https: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https: //brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.sources
1: deb https: //repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-noble.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu noble main
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.27 GiB used: 4.42 GiB (29.0%)
Processes: 323 Power: uptime: 16m states: freeze,mem suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: disabled Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34
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u/InternationalTank464 — 3 days ago