White, Flickering in Full Screen Videos

avantbored · December 16, 2023, 7:40pm

Hi all,

Fresh EOS install on Frame.work 13, AMD 7040. Full specs:

System:
  Host: avantbored Kernel: 6.6.7-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME
    v: 45.2 Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Framework product: Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040Series)
    v: A7 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Framework model: FRANMDCP07 v: A7 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: INSYDE v: 03.03 date: 10/17/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 39.5 Wh (64.0%) condition: 61.7/60.7 Wh (101.7%)
    volts: 15.7 min: 15.5
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64
    type: MT MCP cache: L2: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1080 min/max: 400/5289:6076:5918:5132:5760:5605:5447
    cores: 1: 2718 2: 400 3: 2113 4: 400 5: 1732 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 1866
    10: 1879 11: 1600 12: 400 13: 400 14: 400 15: 1776 16: 400
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Phoenix1 driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Realtek Laptop Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 23.2.3 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu resolution: 2256x1504~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: radeonsi,swrast
    platforms: wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
    renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (gfx1103_r1 LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.54
    6.6.7-arch1-1)
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_ps
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-4: ESS S3 Pro DAC & AMP driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.7-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: mt7921e
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 14:ac:60:29:82:b3
  IF-ID-1: us-lax-wg-102 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb type: USB
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 state: up address: 14:AC:60:29:82:B4 bt-v: 5.2
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.19 TiB used: 382.82 GiB (11.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Smart Modular Tech. model: SHGP31-2000GM
    size: 1.82 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/sda model: FRMW 1TB Card size: 931.51 GiB type: USB
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: MZALQ512HALU-000L1 size: 476.94 GiB
    type: USB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 57.43 GiB used: 19.6 GiB (34.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 26.5 MiB (27.6%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 415 Uptime: 13h 13m Memory: total: 64 GiB available: 62 GiB
  used: 7.43 GiB (12.0%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.31

My problem: Videos render fine when in a floating window, but flicker beneath a fully white screen when in full screen mode.

Moving the cursor returns the video, but once the GUI controls disappear, the screen flickers again.

I have tried to take a screenshot of it, but using the GNOME tool actually returns the image.

I have reproduced the problem in Gnome Videos, MPV, and VLC.

Phone picture provided.

pycrk · December 16, 2023, 10:00pm

If this behavior occurs again, then retrieve the logs with the following command:

journalctl --since "2 minutes ago"

You can change the time as you see fit, e.g. “5 minutes ago”.

you can try the following kernel parameter to see if it helps.

amdgpu.sg_display=0

However, it would be helpful if the problem is reported so that the developers can patch it.

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manuel · December 17, 2023, 10:05am

Another thing to try: does this occur also with x11? You seem to be using wayland.

avantbored · December 18, 2023, 1:08am

Having needed to restart my machine, the problem has disappeared.

I will retrieve and then provide the journalctl output if it occurs again, and report it.

I have not tested it on X11.

avantbored · December 18, 2023, 10:29pm

The problem reoccurred while I left my laptop open and screen went dark. Upon waking, a full white screen. I glimpsed the login screen returning when the lid was almost fully closed.

I see this might be a problem unique to AMD gpu’s. The article from Phoronix explains it here; on the frame.work forum, a user suggested this command:

 sudo kernelstub -o “amdgpu.sg_display=0”

avantbored · December 21, 2023, 4:14pm

The problem has reoccurred. I have produced the output of journalctl below:

Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amd_iommu_report_page_fault: 18730 callbacks suppressed
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9870000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9871000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9872000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9873000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9874000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9875000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9876000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9877000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffe9878000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:16 avantbored kernel: amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffeb005000 flags=0x0000]
Dec 21 08:13:20 avantbored guake-toggle[23072]: Sending 'toggle' message to Guake3
Dec 21 08:13:20 avantbored systemd[858]: Started Application launched by gsd-media-keys.

pycrk · December 21, 2023, 8:12pm

You could activate the following in the BIOS/UEFI, maybe that will help.

Advanced->iGPU Configuration->UMA_GAME_OPTIMIZED

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