Weird glitches

Hi all,

I have some weird graphic glitches, but only on KDE and Eos.

I dont know why and how to fix it.

Video of it is here : https://we.tl/t-ErX9MTM7S4

any help is appreciated :slight_smile:

What is your hardware again? Do you have Intel Iris and Nvidia?

inxi -Ga
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Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,
    DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300 temp: 38.0 C
  Device-2: Syntek Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-1:2 chip-ID: 174f:1811 class-ID: fe01 serial: 0001
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.65x16.65")
    s-diag: 798mm (31.43")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model-id: CSO 0x160c built: 2020
    res: 2560x1600 hz: 60 dpi: 189 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46")
    diag: 406mm (16") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 2560x1600 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (rembrandt
    LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.2.10-arch1-1) direct-render: Yes

Holy crap, I’m also having these issues, but only on AMD Radeon dGPUs. On the other hand, these issue do appear on both GNOME 44 and KDE Plasma 5.27. On Plasma, if I change anything with the desktop or go full-screen in GNOME, the screen goes white and the only way to fix it is to either hard reset (in KDE Plasma) or exit full-screen (in both KDE Plasma in games and GNOME in any full screen mode, including with Totem / GNOME Videos).

Edit 2: Ocaassionaly, the laptop will do what the OP’s video showed; it was 50/50 between becoming a seizure-inducing mess and forcing a warm reboot or going completely white and needed a hard reset.

I don’t know if it’s the AMD Mesa drivers, but this may need to be looked at, given I’ve been on the same install since the infamous GRUB bootloader issue.

I was literally just about to create a post just like this one, but I’ll save you guys the headache.

Edit: here is the results of running the same command as the original poster:

inxi -Ga
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT]
    vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, eDP-1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-2 empty: DP-3,
    DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, DP-8 bus-ID: 37:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1681
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 35.0 C
  Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech Integrated RGB Camera type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 30c9:0056 class-ID: fe01
    serial: 01.00.00
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
    compositor: gnome-shell v: 43.4 driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-2 model-id: CSO 0x1610 built: 2021 res: 2560x1600 dpi: 188
    gamma: 1.2 size: 345x215mm (13.58x8.46") diag: 407mm (16") ratio: 16:10
    modes: max: 2560x1600 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (rembrandt
    LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.2.10-arch1-1) direct-render: Yes

BTW, Brtza, is your laptop the Legion 7 2022?

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Oh ya i forgot it’s AMD graphics. I don’t have any issues on mine normally with my AMD graphics on KDE. But, there are occasions where if i have the cursor sitting in the taskbar on some of the icons it can cause some flutters or graphic anomolies but it’s not the entire screen. What do have installed for amd beside using the amdgpu?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU#Installation

Edit: I have the following installed.

amd-ucode 20230210.bf4115c-1
xf86-video-amdgpu 23.0.0-1
lib32-libva-mesa-driver 23.0.2-2
lib32-mesa 23.0.2-2
lib32-mesa-vdpau 23.0.2-2
libva-mesa-driver 23.0.2-2
mesa 23.0.2-2
mesa-utils 9.0.0-2
mesa-vdpau 23.0.2-2
lib32-vulkan-radeon 23.0.2-2
radeontop 1.4-1
vulkan-headers 1:1.3.246-1
vulkan-icd-loader 1.3.245-1
vulkan-radeon 23.0.2-2
vulkan-tools 1.3.245-1
lib32-mesa-vdpau 23.0.2-2
libvdpau 1.5-1
mesa-vdpau 23.0.2-2
vdpauinfo 1.5-1

I dont know what I have installed. Everything is default :slight_smile:

so I am not alone, hehe

I have Lenovo Ideapad 5 pro

Well most have to be installed. I gave the link for arch wiki. You can read up there about it. Not that you need them all but i installed them anyway and set up for hardware acceleration etc.

Edit: My KDE rarely has any issues but I have seen some small anomolies or glitches with the cursor sometime resting in the task bar on icons. It’s very minor and only happens rarely.

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I checked that link before, but dont know what I need. so dont wnat to install something and screw it even more, hehe

My problem started with the Plasma 5.27 upgrade, but nothing seems to fix it. Considering a second partition with EndeavourOS is doing it with GNOME 44, it may be something with Lenovo’s AMD GPU firmware.

Either way, I’m probably going to get a Tuxedo Stellaris 16 laptop and stick EndeavourOS on it. Yeah, it has Nvidia and all of their driver BS, but that would also allow me to use DLSS and CUDA, neither of which are possible on AMD GPUs.

You wouldn’t mess anything up installing any of those packages i don’t think but then again unless you need them ? I tend to just install whatever i think would be of a benefit if i ever needed it. :wink: