I've recently transitioned from Windows 10 to Bazzite on my gaming rig, and so far, it's been great! However, I'm encountering a significant issue: my system completely freezes during gameplay after about half an hour. The game becomes stuck on the screen and I can't do anything—no Alt+Tab, no access to the terminal, just a hard reboot required.
I checked the logs with journalctl, and I keep seeing these i2c-related errors right before the freeze:
`Nov 02 14:37:24 bazzite kernel: nvidia-gpu 0000:08:00.3: i2c timeout error e0000000`
`Nov 02 14:37:24 bazzite kernel: ucsi_ccg 6-0008: i2c_transfer failed -110`
`Nov 02 14:37:24 bazzite kernel: ucsi_ccg 6-0008: ucsi_ccg_init failed - -110`
Is this i2c timeout error serious enough to cause my system to freeze? Just to give you an overview, I'm running the latest Bazzite update on Fedora 43 with the following specs:
- CPU: 5600x
- GPU: RTX 2060
I'm still getting familiar with Linux, so any insights would be really appreciated!
3 Answers
Sounds like you might be facing some issues specific to Bazzite. I had similar freezing problems when I was dual booting with Gentoo and ended up switching to Arch, which worked like a charm. If you haven't changed any settings or performed any complicated installations, it could still be a distribution issue rather than a hardware fault.
Make sure to provide a complete log when asking for help, as the i2c error might not even be the root cause. Sometimes there’s more to the story than what’s immediately apparent in the error messages, so having the full context could help troubleshoot your issue.
You might want to check your driver version and kernel as those could be causing issues. I’ve seen similar i2c timeout errors lead to freezes before, but it’s not always the problem. It would definitely help to know what driver version you’re using and your kernel version. If the errors are consistent around the time of the crash, they could be worth looking into further.
I’m running kernel: 6.17.5-ba07.fc43.x86_64 and the NVIDIA driver version is 580.95.05. Thanks for the advice!
Interesting point! I actually did a fresh install of Bazzite on a wiped drive, so I’m not dual-booting. Everything else works perfectly except for gaming, which I just started testing recently.