Looking for a workaround to solve freeze Issue on Ubuntu - Wayland DE

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Hello! I saw that a few years ago some users reported about a freeze problem.
I am facing this issue on my computer.

I use Ubuntu LTS with Wayland and Alder Lake-N series CPU.

After using Obsidian for longer than 30 min or 1 hr the whole computer freezes which requires me to restart the whole system. I use many desktop programs but It only happens in Obisidan, for this specific reason I couldn’t use Obsidian properly for years, is there any workaround that could make this problem solve? Maybe making it run in specific configuration or something like that?

Obsidian Version : 1.11.7
Ubuntu Version:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

CPU:

Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Model name: Intel(R) N95
CPU family: 6
Model: 190
…
…
Socket(s): 1
Stepping: 0
CPU(s) scaling MHz: 31%
CPU max MHz: 3400.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 3379.20
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Forgot to mention, the issue persists without plugins. (there’s no edit button for my post somehow)

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some features of this board aren’t yet active if you’re a new user. Just keep posting to unlock more options.

To answer your question, Wayland isn’t yet the standard, I’m on x11 and I didn’t have ever any problems to use Obsidian.

Anyway, some ideas:

  • try Flatpak/appImage.
  • Uninstall and re-install
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thanks for the reply!

Asked chatgpt and it suggested me to run with this command:

obisidan --disable-gpu

Seems like the issue is fixed (I left obisidan open overnight and it is still running and responding) after runnning with this but the graph is super laggy if I run with this command (as expected). I’ve installed obsidian with appImage, reinstallation is a good idea, I’ll see if it crashes now.

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Yes, deactivating GPU is a good idea. In previous versions of Obsidian there was a slider to deactivate this, cant find it anymore. Try to check settings, appearance, hardware acceleration.

I suggested a fresh re-install because Obsidian’s build-in updater may cause issues if too old.

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Thanks a lot Jopp!! I will try it all.

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Just want to confirm that issue is completely resolved.
This is my workaround:

Running Obsidiann with: obisidan --disable-gp
This gives me zero problems. The only thing that affects is that the graph is impossible to use so whenever I need to use graph i just shut down, open without flags, then close again and run with this command to use it. I hope devs do something to fix this I would be really greatful.

I also joined to the Discord Communtiy and ditched all other note taking apps. Thanks again for suggestions.