Display Artifacts and Mouse Pointer Glitch

karavind · February 27, 2025, 2:08pm

On my up-to-date tumbleweed, I am seeing some display artifacts from the past few days. I tried rolling back to the oldest available backup which was like 5 days ago. One of the major changes made was I installed MATLAB a week ago. I am attaching few screenshots, which are from firefox, but issue is not only with firefox. It happens randomly, sometime with mpv, sometime with firefox etc.

Another issue is whenever I go to any fullscreen videos in the browser or any other app; a tiny mouse pointer appears in the upper left corner. It doesn’t appear on the screenshots, but I can see it. When I take a screenshot only my original mouse pointer is appearing. It doesn’t move or anything, it’s like a dummy pointer.

❯ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 6.13.4-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.1 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland vt: 3
    dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250225
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 845 14 inch G10 Notebook PC
    v: SBKPF serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8B6E v: KBC Version 60.33.00
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 70A43AV uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: HP v: 82 Ver. 01.06.02 date: 08/23/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.7 Wh (77.3%) condition: 41.0/51.3 Wh (80.0%)
    power: 9.7 W volts: 11.7 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary
    type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 130
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
    bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 4 rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB
    L2: 8 MiB L3: 16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1395 min/max: 400/3301 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1395
    2: 1395 3: 1395 4: 1395 5: 1395 6: 1395 7: 1395 8: 1395 9: 1395 10: 1395
    11: 1395 12: 1395 13: 1395 14: 1395 15: 1395 16: 1395 bogomips: 105391
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
    svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie:
    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, Writeback-1 bus-ID: c3:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300 temp: 38.0 C
  Device-2: Luxvisions Innotech HP 5MP Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 30c9:0095
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
    alternate: fbdev dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1435 res: mode: 1920x1200
    hz: 60 scale: 125% (1.25) to: 1536x960 dpi: 162
    size: 301x188mm (11.85x7.4") diag: 355mm (14") modes: max: 1920x1200
    min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
    drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless:
    drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.0 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon 780M (radeonsi phoenix LLVM
    19.1.7 DRM 3.60 6.13.4-1-default) device-ID: 1002:15bf display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 1 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
    type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:15bf
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: radeontop wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
    Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: c3:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio
    Coprocessor vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_pci_ps v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c3:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
    class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c3:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.13.4-1-default status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.3.83 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa
    type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 0e8d:223c
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11 class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 88.4 GiB (18.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: KIOXIA model: N/A size: 476.94 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HP01AP40
    temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 474.44 GiB used: 88.39 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.9 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 474.44 GiB used: 88.39 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-4: /opt size: 474.44 GiB used: 88.39 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-5: /var size: 474.44 GiB used: 88.39 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 4.5 MiB (0.2%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 14
  Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/download.opensuse.org-non-oss.repo
    1: download.opensuse.org-non-oss ~ http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/
  Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/download.opensuse.org-oss.repo
    1: download.opensuse.org-oss ~ http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/
  Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed.repo
    1: download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed ~ http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/
  Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/google-chrome.repo
    1: google-chrome ~ https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
  Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/packman.repo
    1: packman ~ https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
  No active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/repo-debug.repo
  Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/repo-openh264.repo
    1: repo-openh264 ~ http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed
  No active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/repo-source.repo
  Active zypp repos in: /etc/zypp/repos.d/vscode.repo
    1: vscode ~ https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.9 GiB
    used: 8.94 GiB (60.0%)
  Processes: 431 Power: uptime: 8h 5m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: s2idle wakeups: 5 hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole
    inxi: 3.3.37

karavind · February 27, 2025, 2:12pm

Adding one more screenshot. Check the random lines in the top. They keep flickering randomly.

karavind · February 27, 2025, 5:14pm

UPDATE:

I have found that this artefact issue does not happen if I restart the system. But when the system goes to sleep and I log back, then the issue starts to happen.

panorain · February 27, 2025, 10:20pm

Hi, Tumbleweed on machine here is experiencing a sort of garbling when wakeup from suspend is envoked. In order to login via SDDM, ctrl + alt + f3 is passed in order for SDDM to display.

> inxi -GSaz
System:
 Kernel: 6.13.4-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
   clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
   parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.13.4-1-default
   root=/dev/mapper/system-root resume=/dev/system/swap
   root=/dev/mapper/system-root splash=0 plymouth.enable=0 libata.noacpi=1
   security=selinux selinux=1 mitigations=auto
 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.11.0
   wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 3 dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE
   Tumbleweed 20250225
Graphics:
 Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity 2 [Radeon HD 7520G]
   vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu
   arch: TeraScale-3 code: Northern Islands process: TSMC 32nm built: 2010-13
   ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0
   chip-ID: 1002:9990 class-ID: 0300
 Device-2: Realtek HP Truevision HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
   speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0bda:58de
   class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
   compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
   alternate: fbdev dri: r600 gpu: radeon display-ID: 0
 Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG Display 0x0384 built: 2012 res: mode: 1366x768
   hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
   diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
 API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd r600 platforms: device: 0 drv: r600 device: 1
   drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: r600 wayland: drv: r600
   x11: drv: r600
 API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.0 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
   renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.13.4-1-default LLVM 19.1.7)
   device-ID: 1002:9990 memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
 API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 1 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
   19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
   surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
 Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
   de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: amdgpu_top wl: wayland-info
   x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

The display appears to have no further garbling after login from wakeup has completed here though.

deano_ferrari · February 27, 2025, 10:34pm

Is it related to this perhaps?

See the comments in thread re amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x10 kernel parameter. Apologies if on the wrong track here.

karavind · February 28, 2025, 3:30am

changing color accuracy settings worked for me. somehow it was on ‘color accuracy’. ‘efficient’ seems to work for me. I also believe that is the default one.

malcolmlewis · February 28, 2025, 3:32am

@karavind Whilst you have maked your solution, consider seeing if switching to the amdgpu driver rather than radeon may help some as well.

Edit: My bad, it’s not a GCN device so it likely won’t work… Strange that it does show it as an alternative…

karavind · February 28, 2025, 4:26am

I thought changing color accuracy worked. But it did not. Issue is back again.

deano_ferrari · February 28, 2025, 5:14am

@malcolmlewis Were you reading panorain’s inxi output? That showed the radeon driver in use. The OP’s inxi output is reporting the amdgpu driver in use.

karavind · February 28, 2025, 5:40am

Anyway I’ve added the kernel parameter amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x10

Will update after some time.

karavind · February 28, 2025, 5:46am

Issue of dummy mouse pointer still exists. Donno what’s causing it.

karavind · February 28, 2025, 6:38am

No change even after updating the kernel parameter. Notably, issue occurs after waking up from a timeout.

pfmiller0 · March 24, 2025, 7:47pm

I just started noticing the same artifacts in Chrome on my tumbleweed system yesterday. I’m currently on 20250313.