Which Linux distro are you using?
Garuda Linux (Arch)
Which release version?
(if rolling release without a release version, skip this question)
(If rolling release, last date updated?)
Jun 1, 2025 and then today, Jun 8 (after freeze)
Which kernel are you using?
6.14.9-zen1-1-zen
Which BIOS version are you using?
3.05
Which Framework Laptop 16 model are you using? (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
SSD: SN850x 1TB
RAM: 2x16G Crucial
Note: I brought the laptop only couple of months back.
Problem
The laptop suddenly froze and had to hard reset.. (no mouse movement, couldn’t launch a login shell or anything)
This has happened couple of times now, but I couldn’t notice any pattern..
Looking at the logs, I couldn’t find any errors, but this is the only thing i found there (there are loads of these messages)
Jun 08 19:01:14 winterfell wpa_supplicant[1055]: wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-36 noise=9999 txrate=1200900
Jun 08 19:01:17 winterfell wpa_supplicant[1055]: wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-36 noise=9999 txrate=1200900
Jun 08 19:01:20 winterfell wpa_supplicant[1055]: wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-36 noise=9999 txrate=1200900
Jun 08 19:01:23 winterfell wpa_supplicant[1055]: wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-36 noise=9999 txrate=1200900
Jun 08 19:01:26 winterfell wpa_supplicant[1055]: wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-36 noise=9999 txrate=1200900
Jun 08 19:01:29 winterfell wpa_supplicant[1055]: wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-36 noise=9999 txrate=1200900
Jun 08 19:01:32 winterfell wpa_supplicant[1055]: wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-36 noise=9999 txrate=1200900
Has anyone had similar issues? ChatGPT suggests that it is known issue with the wifi device/driver.