Since upgrading to linux-cachyos 7.0.3-1 on May 3rd, my system freezes randomly.. during use and during idle. Hard reset required. Rolling back to linux-cachyos-lts 6.18.26 resolved the issue.
Symptoms:
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Complete system freeze, no recovery possible
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Occurs randomly, during use or idle
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journalctlshows SATA link drops (ata5/6/7 down, ata8 up) correlated with freeze moments -
No Xid errors found in journalctl, but the freeze correlates with the simultaneous kernel + nvidia-open driver update. Nvidia Open 595.71.05 on kernel 7.0.3 is suspected.
Timeline:
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Update on 2026-05-03 15:22:
linux-cachyos 7.0.2-2 → 7.0.3-1+linux-cachyos-nvidia-open 7.0.2-2 → 7.0.3-1 -
First problematic boot: 2026-05-03 15:24
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Workaround: booting
linux-cachyos-lts 6.18.26→ no freezes observed
❯ inxi -Fza
System:
Kernel: 6.18.26-1-cachyos-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: clang
v: 22.1.3 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos-lts
root=UUID=86d8b4f8-804a-48ed-b71e-79dfaa4f6dbf rw rootflags=subvol=@
nowatchdog nvme_load=YES zswap.enabled=0 splash loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.25.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: CachyOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B660 GAMING X DDR4
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
vendor: American Megatrends LLC. v: F34 date: 12/02/2025
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x3E
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB
desc: 6x1.2 MiB L3: 18 MiB desc: 1x18 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 59904
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ZOTAC
driver: nvidia v: 595.71.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: ``X.org`` v: 1.21.1.22 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.11
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
d-rect: 3840x2160 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: bottom-l model: Samsung Odyssey G40B serial: <filter>
built: 2024 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 120 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: top-right model: Acer CB242Y G serial: <filter>
built: 2025 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 120 scale: 178% (1.78) to: 1080x1920
dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 595.71.05
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 595.71.05
device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-3: HP HyperX SoloCast driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:4
chip-ID: 03f0:078b class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.18.26-1-cachyos-lts status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.6.4 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.06 TiB used: 777.01 GiB (15.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Lexar model: SSD NM790 2TB
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SN28192 temp: 55.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Fanxiang model: S501Q 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: GT76ff31 temp: 45.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P310SSD8
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: VACR001 temp: 47.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1CH164
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC27 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 220.31 GiB (46.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 620 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 220.31 GiB (46.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 220.31 GiB (46.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 220.31 GiB (46.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 150 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: 54.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.16 GiB used: 3.24 GiB (10.4%)
Processes: 347 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.34 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 260 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1540 pm: pacman pkgs: 1523 libs: 456 tools: octopi,paru,yay
pm: flatpak pkgs: 17 Compilers: clang: 22.1.3 gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: fish
v: 4.6.0 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40
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