Hi all, I’ve just installed the I3 version of manjaro but I’m getting black flicking on the bottom half of my screen. It’s often triggered by playing a youtube video.
I found this forum post “Display black flashes” by Lorisp
and added the suggested kernal options in /etc/default/grub
.
I think the issue is being triggered by a change in DPI in ~/.Xresources
it happens when I set Xft.dpi: 120
but not with Xft.dpi: 92
. I definitely need to scale the screen somehow for legibility.
I’m getting a lot of errors from dmesg
at the higher DPI
[ 813.525713] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Fault errors on pipe A: 0x00000080
[ 813.525741] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Fault errors on pipe A: 0x00000080
[ 813.525754] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Fault errors on pipe A: 0x00000080
[ 813.525766] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Fault errors on pipe A: 0x00000080
[ 813.525776] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Fault errors on pipe A: 0x00000080
Here’s some system information
System:
Kernel: 6.1.26-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=b04c262e-394f-468c-88fd-b73f35e862e5 rw quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=af9eb934-7965-4d9a-9935-6d9129b1442a:luks-af9eb934-7965-4d9a-9935-6d9129b1442a
root=/dev/mapper/luks-af9eb934-7965-4d9a-9935-6d9129b1442a apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: i3 v: 4.22 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 9315 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0GNN3X v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.10.0 date: 03/09/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.2 Wh (64.1%) condition: 50.2/50.2 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 12.4 min: 11.6 model: BYD DELL G9FHC33 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: charging
Memory:
System RAM: available: 15.26 GiB used: 2.34 GiB (15.3%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1250U bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 4
microcode: 0x429
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 10 mt: 2 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 12 smt: enabled
cache: L1: 928 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB
L2: 6.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1900 min/max: 400/4700:3500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 1900 2: 1900 3: 1900 4: 1900 5: 1900 6: 1900
7: 1900 8: 1900 9: 1900 10: 1900 11: 1900 12: 1900 bogomips: 45168
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe
movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid
pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep smx
split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm
tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip vaes
vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-UP4 GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46aa class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: Picom v: git-b700a driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x317mm (20.00x12.48")
s-diag: 599mm (23.57")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Sharp 0x1548 built: 2021 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60
dpi: 169 gamma: 1.2 size: 288x180mm (11.34x7.09") diag: 340mm (13.4")
ratio: 16:10 modes: 1920x1200
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:05.0
chip-ID: 8086:465d class-ID: 0480
Device-2: Intel vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:51cc class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.1.26-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: luks-af9eb934-7965-4d9a-9935-6d9129b1442a maj-min: 254:0
type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 476.64 GiB
Components:
p-1: nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 476.64 GiB
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 14.26 GiB (3.0%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: 3460 NVMe Micron 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 34600022 temp: 44.9 C
scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 468.09 GiB (98.21%) used: 14.26 GiB (3.0%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-af9eb934-7965-4d9a-9935-6d9129b1442a label: N/A
uuid: b04c262e-394f-468c-88fd-b73f35e862e5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 472 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 05C1-235F
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Shenzhen Goodix USB2.0 MISC type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 27c6:63ac class-ID: ef00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Intel USB Bridge type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 8086:0b63 class-ID: 0000
Device-3: 3-10:4 info: Intel type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 261 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 2257 Init: systemd v: 252
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1106 libs: 340 tools: pamac,yay Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.27
I’d really appreciate any advice on curing the flashing/scaling issue as I’m a bit out of my depth with this sort of lower level linux config stuff.