Freeze after game exit

[MaximB]

Hi,
I'm using Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon.
I have this problem with many Steam games, and not even the resource demanding games, even light games.
The games run fine, but about 20 seconds after I quit the game normally (without killing it) - the system freezes and all I can do is hard button reset.
No Alt+Tab, no Ctrl+F1-F6, no Ctrl+Alt+Backspace...nothing works, nothing moves.
I've tried this with Nvidia 525 drivers and now with Nvidia 535 recommended drivers.

System Info:

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System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-172-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x 
           serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0901 date: 08/27/2019 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter> 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
           Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter> 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
           L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 182059 
           Speed: 2196 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2196 2: 2196 3: 2197 
           4: 2196 5: 2192 6: 2196 7: 2195 8: 2196 9: 2193 10: 2195 11: 2194 12: 2194 13: 2192 
           14: 2194 15: 2196 16: 2191 17: 2195 18: 2196 19: 2196 20: 2194 21: 2197 22: 2195 
           23: 2195 24: 2195 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
           v: 535.161.07 bus ID: 0a:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1e07 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: nvidia tty: N/A 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.161.07 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 0a:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f7 
           Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 0c:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-172-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 
           bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125 
           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: 5.6.0-k port: d000 
           bus ID: 05:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 
           IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 06:00.0 
           chip ID: 8086:2723 
           IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 22.74 TiB used: 20.06 TiB (88.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB 
           speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 size: 5.46 TiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 27 C 
           ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: M3 Portable size: 3.64 TiB 
           speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> 
           ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Passport 25E2 
           size: 3.64 TiB speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> 
           ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 2620 size: 4.55 TiB 
           serial: <filter> 
           ID-6: /dev/sde type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Passport 25E2 
           size: 3.64 TiB serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 45.53 GiB used: 32.91 GiB (72.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
           ID-2: /boot size: 919.7 MiB used: 318.5 MiB (34.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 
           ID-3: /home size: 1.74 TiB used: 1.59 TiB (91.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 54.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 27% 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/c_falco-mame-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/c.falco/mame/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deadsnakes-ppa-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/inkscape_dev-stable-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //mirrors.nic.cz/linuxmint-packages ulyssa main upstream import backport
           2: deb http: //ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list 
           1: deb https: //deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pcsx2-team-pcsx2-daily-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/pcsx2-team/pcsx2-daily/ubuntu focal main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
           2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:      Processes: 491 Uptime: 13m Memory: 62.77 GiB used: 5.17 GiB (8.2%) Init: systemd v: 245 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client inxi: 3.0.38 
           
Free space: 
$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev             32G     0   32G   0% /dev
tmpfs           6.3G   11M  6.3G   1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p3   46G   33G   11G  77% /
tmpfs            32G     0   32G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs            32G     0   32G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1       56M   56M     0 100% /snap/core18/2812
/dev/loop2       64M   64M     0 100% /snap/core20/2105
/dev/loop3       56M   56M     0 100% /snap/core18/2796
/dev/loop0      128K  128K     0 100% /snap/bare/5
/dev/loop4       75M   75M     0 100% /snap/core22/1122
/dev/loop5       64M   64M     0 100% /snap/core20/2182
/dev/loop6       41M   41M     0 100% /snap/snapd/20290
/dev/nvme0n1p1  920M  319M  538M  38% /boot
/dev/nvme0n1p2   94M  6.1M   88M   7% /boot/efi
/dev/loop7       92M   92M     0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
/dev/loop8       75M   75M     0 100% /snap/core22/1033
/dev/loop9      416M  416M     0 100% /snap/telegram-desktop/5557
/dev/loop10      82M   82M     0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1534
/dev/loop11      41M   41M     0 100% /snap/snapd/20671
/dev/loop12     416M  416M     0 100% /snap/telegram-desktop/5581
/dev/nvme0n1p4  1.8T  1.6T   67G  97% /home
/dev/sda1       5.5T  5.1T   64G  99% /Storage
tmpfs           6.3G   28K  6.3G   1% /run/user/1000

What can I do? why my machine freezes?

[Teadrinker]

Hello
I'd try 2 things if I were you:
1. If you haven't installed Steam using steam_latest.deb file from Steam Website, I'd try that.
2. Upgrading kernel to a more recent version.

[1000]

1. Ubuntu 20.04 focal had a problem with drivers, but I assume you didn't have problems before.

2. "df -h" - This is probably no coincidence.
77% /
97% /home
I guess it's time for spring cleaning of the system.
Especially since Steam files are located in the user's directory. ( /home/user_name/ )
So you need some free space.

[MaximB]

I've got the same Steam version already and it is up to date.
All packages are updated via 'sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade'
Regarding space, I have 11GB free at / and 67GB free at /home and 64GB free at /storage - so I don't think this is the problem.
The one outdated thing is the Mint 20.1 version, instead of the latest Mint 21.3 ,but I'm not sure I want to upgrade the OS now.

[MiZoG]

Welcome to Mint forums, MaximB

Regarding space, I have 11GB free at / and 67GB free at /home and 64GB free at /storage - so I don't think this is the problem.

You do have a home partition filled up to 97%. This cannot be but a serious problem. Performance degrades when you fill a disk to the brim.

Your system has seen some extensive/intensive use, you have many third-party software sources against an ageing base system and snaps which by some accounts the longer you have em the worse resource hog they become.

If storage usage had been "normal", residual configurations, conflicting libs, not-properly removed old drivers, obsolete shader caches, many things could have been suspects as cause of those freezes. I would have recommended making sure that the freezes occur only with Steam but now...

Hard-resets with a main storage excessively filled is also a very bad omen about filesystem health.
If you have installed smartmontools, you should be able to run a health check on your storage in Disks. Otherwise install gsmartcontrol.
When you are again forced to terminate abruptly a session, at next boot run in a terminal journalctl -b -1 -p 3 | nc termbin.com 9999 and post the link here. It will include all important errors from the (previous) session when the system freeze happened.

[1000]

and 67GB free at /home

Maybe your Steam doesn't have a problem.
But my Steam had a problem.
I once only had about 50GB in /home
This is not enough space, to download game updates with add-ons.
Only after downloading the update was installed.
Then I need another 50GB of free space.
Total over 100 GB to download and install the game.
After installation, the installer was removed.
I'm just warning you because my system couldn't boot. There was no free space.

Edited
Only Tips:
1. You can you can name the partitions in GParted ( name and label )
This makes partition management easier.
2. You can have games on a separate partition.
I know, /etc/fstab is a bit complicated to automatic mount partitions.
And the game installer will always be downloaded in the steam directory in /home
So you will always need more than 50 GB.

Edited
You can also see how others try to find the problem ( system logs / netdata )
viewtopic.php?p=2435481&hilit=firefox#p2435481