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20-Year Linux Veteran Gets "Kernel Panicked"? Hardcore Fix for Random Desktop Freezes on AMD GPUs

DEV Community·Andy Stewart·about 1 month ago
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After 20 years of hacking away in the open-source world and the Linux community, I’ve realized I might actually be a Bug Magnet. On my previous laptop, a Dell G16, the power-saving mode of the Intel AX201 Wi-Fi card caused pacman updates to crawl at snail speeds. I finally solved that by surgically disabling the power-saving logic. Last year, I switched to this ThinkPad P14s, specifically choosing the AMD integrated graphics version. I thought, "No NVIDIA proprietary drivers to mess with—surely this will be stable, right?" As it turns out, if you have a mind for "tinkering," bugs will find you with pinpoint accuracy. The Symptom: The Unavoidable "Frozen Frame" Recently, my desktop environment started freezing multiple times a day. That feeling of the entire GUI suddenly solidifying is incredibly frustrating. It even made me wonder if I had broken the system by messing with some underlying plumbing. After work, I decided to cut the Gordian knot and reinstalled EndeavourOS. The freezes persisted.…

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