Former title: SSD having issues after I filled up its storage

I wrote this poorly last time so here’s a more clear description: Hey all, so I filled my SSD up on Linux Mint and it’s running sluggishly. I deleted more than half of my storage but there’s still issues. It can read / write fast according to my inexperienced testing and I have trimmed it (to my knowledge) but there’s still issues. Loading up programs now takes 30 seconds (even something like VLC which typically took like 0.5 seconds). Loading new audio files into VLC can take 10 seconds. I have checked my system monitor and nothing seems out of place. Also, when the program starts running, it runs perfectly. The computer itself is fast but loading anything new takes ages. Does anyone have any ideas? It’s a new laptop, not even two months old.

Edit: This is somehow, and strangely, a Flatpak issue apparently? It was triggered either by a full SSD or the new Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon update.

Edit 2: Interesting experiment result

‘it took 30 seconds but this got outputted and then the file ran: dave@dog: ~$ flatpak run org.x.Warpinator Gtx-Message: 14:29:03.389: Failed to load module “xapp-gtk3-module” Using landlock for incoming file isolation’

It appears there’s either a xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and/or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome error and I’m not alone, Mint and Arch users are both reporting it as of recent strangely???

This was a real sneaky fu(ker as it dodged all logical system testing. The only reason I caught it was cause it was suspicious how fast system programs booted and how flatpaks booted like sh(t. Not sure if I’m even right about the module, but I’m highly suspicious

Some comment mentioned this and it explained it well: Random shot, because it’s probably not an issue on Mint like it was on Arch a few months ago, but xdg-desktop-portal problems can cause apps to take forever to load, but run fine once loaded.

edit: Try removing xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and/or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

  • f00f/eris@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    It still sounds to me like something’s up with the disk. Can’t think of any solutions to suggest but I would run a SMART health check on it:

    sudo apt install smartmontools  
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda

    If you prefer a graphical tool, you can do the same thing with GNOME Disks, which also has options for disk benchmarking.

    In the resulting report, the overall health state should be “PASSED”, the “Type” column should show “Pre-fail” and “Old age” values, and the “Media-Wearout-Indicator” should be close to 100. If the overall health state is “FAILED”, then you will want to back up your files immediately and consider getting a new SSD.

    • jackpot@lemmy.mlBannedOP
      0·
      2 years ago

      wait i think ive had a breakthrough, all system packages SEEM to run fine but all flatpak applications are effected. this seems to be flatpak related

      • jackpot@lemmy.mlBannedOP
        0·
        2 years ago

        just tested it, vlc system package opens in .2 seconds but flatpak opens in 30 seconds.

        • f00f/eris@startrek.websiteEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Definitely flatpak related then. Try running one of your flatpak apps from the terminal, and post the output here; might help pinpoint the issue. You can list the ones you have installed with flatpak list, then flatpak run <one of the listed apps, e.g. org.videolan.vlc>.

          • jackpot@lemmy.mlBannedOP
            1·
            2 years ago

            it took 30 seconds but this got outputted and then the file ran: dave@dog: ~$ flatpak run org.x.Warpinator Gtx-Message: 14:29:03.389: Failed to load module “xapp-gtk3-module” Using landlock for incoming file isolation

            • f00f/eris@startrek.websiteEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Looking online, there are some suggestions to either (re)install xapp:

              sudo apt install --reinstall xapp

              or a related library:

              sudo apt install --reinstall gir1.2-xapp-1.0

              However, usually I find that errors like this mean nothing, so I wouldn’t be surprised if these steps change nothing.

  • Bipta@kbin.social
    2·
    2 years ago

    In my experience once you fill an SSD it takes a long time for the performance to recover even after clearing it out, but I don’t know why.

    I partition my SSDs to make sure in never fill them.

    • V ‎ ‎ @beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Usually trim runs on a cycle, either invoked by the OS or triggered by the drive. The time between trim and you deleting the files may see a performance hit as the firmware has to check if the blocks are in use, rather than knowing beforehand if they are.

    • jackpot@lemmy.mlBannedOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      no flarpak on linux vut apparently this imapcts flatpak on arch as well

      • PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        12·
        2 years ago

        I’m sorry, I found your response confusing. Arch is a Linux distro, I know flatpak is available for it. If there’s a bug with flatpak, I would expect it to be pretty much the same across most GNU based Linux systems. My question, however, was why use flatpak on Arch Linux at all, as the AUR has pretty much everything including the kitchen sink… unless you are developing flatpaks, I guess, in which then it would make sense to me.

        You don’t owe me an explanation, it just sounded odd to me to be needing flatpak when there was AUR, was all.

  • Unyieldingly@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    I had this issue as well, but my file system was broken when i was trashing a OS, I did not know it was xdg-desktop-portal-gtk or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome I think it was Debian with cinnamon or maybe LMDE.