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What are your hardware specs? Do you have anything installed via
dkms?What happens if you update via
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade?Thanks for your reply. Here are my specs and I've added them to the post:
I'm not sure what
dkmsis but I just Googled it and it looks like it's related to AMD, is that right? I have an NVIDIA GPU so it might not be relevant.I ran
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgradelike you suggested and then tried updating some components while doing something in my browser. It seems promising so far, thanks! I'll need to do more updates to know for sure thoughI've got very similar specs to this and the Pop Shop still runs like garbage. Have you tried installing the Cosmic store? It's what they built for the upcoming Cosmic DE but you can grab it from the Pop Shop as a replacement. It is infinitely more responsive.
dkmsis Dynamic Kernel Module Support. It's a tool to install kernel modules that aren't in your normal repos. One of the drawbacks is that it rebuilds those modules every time you do an update; it takes some time, and it can sometimes appear like the update process hangs.Since you use an Nvidia GPU, I wonder if it's some kind of Wayland bug, and using the CLI removes that part of the equation...? Either way, glad it's working better. Maybe if it happens again,
aptwill give some kind of indication why, and you can pursue that (which was the main reason I suggested it).Unless OP is running some other DE, it's likely not a Wayland issue. Pop!OS runs Gnome on X11 by default.
Ah, I thought I read that Wayland was now the default compositor. X11 shouldn't have as many issues with Nvidia, I agree.
I think it's their upcoming Cosmic DE that's Wayland.