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My Ubuntu is very slow to boot and freezes constantly, even saving a file and exiting the editor takes a very long time. The system just freezes after an hour of usage and its very slow to use any program like Chrome as you have to wait for some time every time you open or browse a tab

cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS"

uname -a Linux gilead 5.10.0-1050-oem #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 6 12:58:49 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev 3890308 0 3890308 0% /dev tmpfs 786744 2188 784556 1% /run /dev/sda3 951292564 53517336 849382476 6% / tmpfs 3933720 275708 3658012 8% /dev/shm tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock tmpfs 3933720 0 3933720 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/loop0 56960 56960 0 100% /snap/core18/2620 /dev/loop2 56960 56960 0 100% /snap/core18/2632 /dev/loop3 117760 117760 0 100% /snap/core/14056 /dev/loop5 56448 56448 0 100% /snap/cups/836 /dev/loop4 168832 168832 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161 /dev/loop8 93952 93952 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535 /dev/loop7 55552 55552 0 100% /snap/snap-store/558 /dev/loop1 224256 224256 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/77 /dev/loop10 64768 64768 0 100% /snap/core20/1634 /dev/loop6 128 128 0 100% /snap/bare/5 /dev/loop13 83328 83328 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1534 /dev/loop12 354688 354688 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/119 /dev/loop11 224256 224256 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/72 /dev/loop16 47104 47104 0 100% /snap/snap-store/599 /dev/loop9 149120 149120 0 100% /snap/chromium/2188 /dev/loop17 117760 117760 0 100% /snap/core/13886 /dev/loop15 354688 354688 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/115 /dev/loop14 148864 148864 0 100% /snap/chromium/2193 /dev/loop18 166784 166784 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145 /dev/loop19 64768 64768 0 100% /snap/core20/1695 /dev/sda1 840704 34788 805916 5% /boot/efi tmpfs 786744 36 786708 1% /run/user/1001

I have attached the logs from sudo journalctl -b0. Refer https://pastebin.com/D3bmvcgh

free 
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:        7867448     2164864     3112716      495808     2589868     4905968
Swap:       2097148           0     2097148

df -i Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on udev 972578 605 971973 1% /dev tmpfs 983431 1215 982216 1% /run /dev/sda3 60473344 823847 59649497 2% / tmpfs 983431 145 983286 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 983431 4 983427 1% /run/lock tmpfs 983431 18 983413 1% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/loop1 27806 27806 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161 /dev/loop5 76208 76208 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535 /dev/loop6 10873 10873 0 100% /snap/core18/2620 /dev/loop0 2587 2587 0 100% /snap/cups/836 /dev/loop2 11885 11885 0 100% /snap/core20/1634 /dev/loop11 10873 10873 0 100% /snap/core18/2632 /dev/loop7 29 29 0 100% /snap/bare/5 /dev/loop10 12848 12848 0 100% /snap/core/14056 /dev/loop9 27807 27807 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145 /dev/loop13 76177 76177 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1534 /dev/loop14 17275 17275 0 100% /snap/snap-store/599 /dev/loop12 18121 18121 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/115 /dev/loop8 17311 17311 0 100% /snap/snap-store/558 /dev/loop4 1004 1004 0 100% /snap/chromium/2188 /dev/loop15 18272 18272 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/119 /dev/loop17 1004 1004 0 100% /snap/chromium/2193 /dev/loop16 12845 12845 0 100% /snap/core/13886 /dev/loop19 18500 18500 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/72 /dev/loop18 11897 11897 0 100% /snap/core20/1695 /dev/loop3 18500 18500 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/77 /dev/sda1 0 0 0 - /boot/efi tmpfs 983431 95 983336 1% /run/user/1001

EDIT 1: Unable to launch my terminal nor my browser as it keeps spinning

EDIT 2:

systemd-analyze blame
1min 26.374s fstrim.service                                       
     55.496s plymouth-quit-wait.service                           
     29.394s snapd.service                                        
     27.532s docker.service                                       
     23.801s containerd.service                                   
     23.387s networkd-dispatcher.service                          
     20.075s systemd-journal-flush.service                        
     19.395s NetworkManager-wait-online.service                   
     19.152s dev-sda3.device                                      
     14.893s udisks2.service                                      
      9.877s accounts-daemon.service                              
      8.088s polkit.service                                       
      7.966s avahi-daemon.service                                 
      7.964s bluetooth.service                                    
      7.956s NetworkManager.service                               
      7.588s dev-loop0.device                                     
      7.443s switcheroo-control.service                           
      7.438s thermald.service                                     
      7.436s systemd-logind.service                               
      7.436s wpa_supplicant.service                               
      7.198s systemd-modules-load.service                         
      6.882s dev-loop6.device                                     
      6.853s dev-loop12.device                                    
      6.383s dev-loop11.device                                    
      6.302s dev-loop3.device                                     
      6.079s dev-loop19.device                                    
      5.839s dev-loop13.device                                    
      5.809s dev-loop14.device                                    
      5.794s dev-loop9.device                                     
      5.637s dev-loop10.device                                    
      5.495s systemd-random-seed.service                          
      5.410s dev-loop8.device                                     
      5.246s dev-loop7.device                                     
      5.024s dev-loop2.device                                     
      5.006s dev-loop16.device                                    
      4.834s dev-loop5.device                                     
      4.821s dev-loop4.device                                     
      4.763s dev-loop18.device                                    
      4.531s dev-loop15.device                                    
      4.345s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service                   
      3.938s dev-loop17.device                                    
      3.861s gpu-manager.service                                  
      3.482s dev-loop1.device                                     
      3.259s grub-common.service                                  
      3.025s keyboard-setup.service                               
      2.689s ssh.service                                          
      2.689s preload.service                                      
      2.631s secureboot-db.service                                
      2.576s gdm.service                                          
      2.448s rsyslog.service                                      
      2.390s systemd-udevd.service                                
      2.321s systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service                       
      2.223s systemd-udev-trigger.service                         
      2.214s apport.service                                       
      2.146s ufw.service                                          
      2.050s apparmor.service                                     
      1.886s fwupd.service                                        
      1.853s systemd-remount-fs.service                           
      1.706s tlp.service                                          
      1.607s snap-core-14056.mount                                
      1.598s e2scrub_reap.service                                 
      1.490s systemd-sysusers.service                             
      1.414s snap-core18-2632.mount                               
      1.360s systemd-sysctl.service                               
      1.202s snap-core18-2620.mount                               
      1.136s snap-cups-836.mount                                  
      1.125s snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d38\x2d2004-119.mount              
      1.125s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-16A4\x2dF313.service
      1.038s snap-core20-1695.mount                               
       985ms snapd.apparmor.service                               
       981ms snap-core-13886.mount                                
       922ms swapfile.swap                                        
       802ms grub-initrd-fallback.service                         
       734ms snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d28\x2d1804-145.mount              
       726ms snap-bare-5.mount                                    
       710ms snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d34\x2d1804-77.mount               
       682ms snap-chromium-2193.mount                             
       647ms snap-snap\x2dstore-558.mount                         
       630ms boot-efi.mount                                       
       621ms lvm2-monitor.service                                 
       590ms snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d28\x2d1804-161.mount              
       579ms snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d34\x2d1804-72.mount               
       561ms snap-chromium-2221.mount                             
       557ms snap-gtk\x2dcommon\x2dthemes-1534.mount              
       554ms snap-gtk\x2dcommon\x2dthemes-1535.mount              
       550ms snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d38\x2d2004-115.mount              
       539ms systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service                       
       535ms upower.service                                       
       505ms snap-snap\x2dstore-599.mount                         
       477ms systemd-journald.service                             
       476ms dev-hugepages.mount                                  
       474ms dev-mqueue.mount                                     
       473ms sys-kernel-debug.mount                               
       472ms sys-kernel-tracing.mount                             
       464ms pppd-dns.service                                     
       461ms blk-availability.service                             
       461ms kmod-static-nodes.service                            
       460ms modprobe@efi_pstore.service                          
       459ms modprobe@ramoops.service                             
       455ms snapd.seeded.service                                 
       321ms kerneloops.service                                   
       300ms motd-news.service                                    
       255ms systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service  
       220ms systemd-timesyncd.service                            
       199ms rtkit-daemon.service                                 
       198ms snap-core20-1634.mount                               
       193ms alsa-restore.service                                 
       186ms openvpn.service                                      
       159ms proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount                        
       124ms user@1001.service                                    
       121ms console-setup.service                                
       119ms setvtrgb.service                                     
       106ms systemd-user-sessions.service                        
        77ms systemd-update-utmp.service                          
        66ms systemd-resolved.service                             
        64ms modprobe@chromeos_pstore.service                     
        17ms user-runtime-dir@1001.service                        
        12ms plymouth-start.service                               
        12ms systemd-backlight@leds:dell::kbd_backlight.service   
        11ms ModemManager.service                                 
        11ms plymouth-read-write.service                          
         6ms systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service                 
         4ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount                        
         2ms sys-kernel-config.mount                              
         2ms modprobe@pstore_blk.service                          
         2ms finalrd.service                                      
         2ms docker.socket                                        
         1ms modprobe@pstore_zone.service                         
         1ms snapd.socket  

EDIT 3: Output from fstrim

journalctl -u fstrim

-- Logs begin at Thu 2022-11-03 12:01:24 IST, end at Mon 2022-11-28 11:32:20 IST. -- Nov 07 07:14:22 gilead systemd[1]: Starting Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab... -- Reboot -- Nov 14 07:40:24 gilead systemd[1]: Starting Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab... Nov 14 07:44:20 gilead fstrim[313357]: /boot/efi: 787 MiB (825257984 bytes) trimmed on /dev/sda1 Nov 14 07:44:20 gilead fstrim[313357]: /: 858.4 GiB (921678942208 bytes) trimmed on /dev/sda3 Nov 14 07:44:20 gilead systemd[1]: fstrim.service: Succeeded. Nov 14 07:44:20 gilead systemd[1]: Finished Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab. -- Reboot -- Nov 21 06:28:29 gilead systemd[1]: Starting Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab... Nov 21 07:36:49 gilead fstrim[204538]: /boot/efi: 787 MiB (825257984 bytes) trimmed on /dev/sda1 Nov 21 07:36:49 gilead fstrim[204538]: /: 857.1 GiB (920249229312 bytes) trimmed on /dev/sda3 Nov 21 07:36:47 gilead systemd[1]: fstrim.service: Succeeded. Nov 21 07:36:47 gilead systemd[1]: Finished Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab. -- Reboot -- Nov 28 09:12:55 gilead systemd[1]: Starting Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab... Nov 28 09:14:23 gilead fstrim[1118]: /boot/efi: 787 MiB (825257984 bytes) trimmed on /dev/sda1 Nov 28 09:14:23 gilead fstrim[1118]: /: 856.3 GiB (919475277824 bytes) trimmed on /dev/sda3 Nov 28 09:14:23 gilead systemd[1]: fstrim.service: Succeeded. Nov 28 09:14:23 gilead systemd[1]: Finished Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab.

EDIT 4:

lsblk -d -e 7 -o NAME,ROTA,DISC-MAX,MODEL
NAME ROTA DISC-MAX MODEL
sda     1       2G ST1000LM035-1RK172

EDIT 5:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a14 (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a49 (rev 01)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a03 (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a0d (rev 01)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device a0ed (rev 20)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device a0ef (rev 20)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device a0e8 (rev 20)
00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device a0e9 (rev 20)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device a0e0 (rev 20)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device a0d3 (rev 20)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a0b0 (rev 20)
00:1d.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a0b1 (rev 20)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device a082 (rev 20)
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device a0c8 (rev 20)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device a0a3 (rev 20)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device a0a4 (rev 20)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Et

EDIT 6:

sudo lshw -c storage -c disk
  *-sata                    
       description: SATA controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 17
       bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
       version: 20
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: sata msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
       resources: irq:125 memory:70b00000-70b01fff memory:70b04000-70b040ff ioport:4080(size=8) ioport:4088(size=4) ioport:4060(size=32) memory:70b03000-70b037ff
  *-scsi
       physical id: a
       logical name: scsi0
       capabilities: emulated
     *-disk
          description: ATA Disk
          product: ST1000LM035-1RK1
          physical id: 0.0.0
          bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
          logical name: /dev/sda
          version: 1002
          serial: WKPLQM26
          size: 931GiB (1TB)
          capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
          configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=1c7719c4-6f41-42d1-b542-67a2bcbbe758 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096

EDIT 7: Output from smartctl

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda3 
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.14.0-1054-oem] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Mobile HDD Device Model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 Serial Number: WKPLQM26 LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0d5ceb077 Firmware Version: 1002 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm Form Factor: 2.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Thu Dec 1 20:13:12 2022 IST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate. No Auto Offline data collection support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 167) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x3035) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 079 064 006 Pre-fail Always - 87816166 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 097 097 020 Old_age Always - 3729 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 075 060 045 Pre-fail Always - 31083756 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1463 (24 10 0) 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 215 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 097 000 Old_age Always - 3145781 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 062 055 040 Old_age Always - 38 (Min/Max 36/40) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 76 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 87 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 3829 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 038 045 000 Old_age Always - 38 (0 24 0 0 0) 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 710 (41 71 0) 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 1452420411 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 2297508873 254 Free_Fall_Sensor 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error

1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -

2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

EDIT 8:

sudo lsblk
    NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
    loop0    7:0    0 116.7M  1 loop /snap/core/14399
    loop1    7:1    0   219M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/77
    loop2    7:2    0 164.8M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161
    loop3    7:3    0  91.7M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
    loop4    7:4    0  63.2M  1 loop /snap/core20/1634
    loop5    7:5    0     4K  1 loop /snap/bare/5
    loop6    7:6    0 146.6M  1 loop /snap/chromium/2229
    loop7    7:7    0 145.3M  1 loop /snap/chromium/2221
    loop8    7:8    0  55.6M  1 loop /snap/core18/2620
    loop9    7:9    0   219M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/72
    loop10   7:10   0    46M  1 loop /snap/snap-store/638
    loop11   7:11   0  63.2M  1 loop /snap/core20/1695
    loop12   7:12   0  55.6M  1 loop /snap/core18/2632
    loop13   7:13   0  55.1M  1 loop /snap/cups/836
    loop14   7:14   0  81.3M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1534
    loop15   7:15   0 346.3M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/115
    loop16   7:16   0 346.3M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/119
    loop17   7:17   0  45.9M  1 loop /snap/snap-store/599
    loop18   7:18   0 162.9M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145
    sda      8:0    0 931.5G  0 disk 
    ├─sda1   8:1    0   825M  0 part /boot/efi
    ├─sda2   8:2    0     8G  0 part 
    └─sda3   8:3    0 922.7G  0 part /

EDIT 9:

sudo parted -l
Model: ATA ST1000LM035-1RK1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 866MB 865MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp 2 866MB 9456MB 8590MB fat32 Basic data partition msftres 3 9456MB 1000GB 991GB ext4

1 Answers1

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The times of analyze-blame indicate that your hard disk is either failing or gets altered. Fstrim should not run every time you start.

One "culprit" could be another OS on the same hardware. Gnome "disks" provides you with a health state of your hard disk, check it out.

You could disable the fstrim service (temporarily) in order to check if that service slows you down.

Rinzwind has described this here.

But disabling that service will not solve your problem: You have to find out what happens to your disk. fstrim removes unused blocks. So something must put these blocks there in the first place.

IF you use an encrypted drive, you might have to reconfigure fstrim (see here for encryption on SSD

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