GPU has fallen off the bus.
If you're lucky, it's an nvidia driver problem. If you're not, it's a hardware problem.
I booted into a live usb and haven’t had issues so it seems like a driver issue (thankfully).
I recommend booting into a live usb and seeing if everything is frozen.
If it does it even on the live usb it may be a hardware issue.
And if it's hardware a lot of things can explain random freezing. I had similar freezing issues and it turned out to be a dying psu
RAM is another common culprit of random freezes.
I booted into an EndeavourOS live USB (just to keep it all the same) and there hasn’t been any freezing. So it seems like a driver issue then.
You tried updating, but do you have snapshots set up to roll back to a time you're sure it was working?
I’m 80% sure I do. I hadn’t updated for a few days (before today) and it had been working up until earlier today.
Still worth trying a known good os install. If not a snapshot from earlier, some live iso sessions.
If the problem persists even there, it'll indicate that your hardward is bowing out.
I spent some time in a live ISO and had no issues. Haven’t tried a snapshot yet though.
Good sign.
What GPU are you using? Did you change anything in your computer hardware recently? Have you tried moving it to a different PCIe slot?
I’m using a GTX 1660 TI.
Nothing has changed hardware wise for months. Last software update (before today) was 4-7 days ago.
If you ever get tired of fixing broken things, try Bazzite Nvidia spin.
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