Colors on laptop display changed after update

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Hello. After the last update my laptop display shows all colors too intense with an orange tint. I’ve tried to turn on/off night color, disable color profiles, change refresh rate, reduce brightness but the problem persists. Is it some driver problem?

System:
  Kernel: 6.13.7-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.13-x86_64
    root=UUID=e1ad763d-8495-402c-a44f-fa63950b6b71 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash resume=UUID=1e2f8aba-6ff5-4d58-b049-5b0adf592cbb
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 15 3515 v: 1.28.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: 1.28.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 04D48M v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0AB4
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.28.0 date: 09/05/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 15.1 Wh (69.9%) condition: 21.6/40.8 Wh (53.0%)
    volts: 11.9 min: 11.2 model: BYD 0x4A,0x31,0x41,0x50,0x00,0x00,0x00
    type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 5.67 GiB used: 4.43 GiB (78.1%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB note: check slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
    max-module-size: 64 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 3200 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts:
    note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A1G44BB0-CWE serial: <filter>
  Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3450U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24)
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0x810810D
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB
    desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2650 min/max: 1400/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2650 2: 2650 3: 2650
    4: 2650 5: 2650 6: 2650 7: 2650 8: 2650 bogomips: 33600
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
    cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
    flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf
    lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr
    mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat
    pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
    pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good
    sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale
    v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
    xsaveerptr xsaveopt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  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: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
    disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega
    Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 56.0 C
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6d1a
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x5b94 built: 2019 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:
    max: 1366x768 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: 25.0.1-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
    (radeonsi raven ACO DRM 3.61 6.13.7-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:15d8
    memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (RADV RAVEN) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:15d8
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP
    Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
    vendor: Dell driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x,
    snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.13.7-1-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: 1.4.1 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: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2.4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:c829
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 11 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 98.29 GiB (41.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: BC711 NVMe 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41002131 temp: 29.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 221.87 GiB size: 221.87 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 97.64 GiB (44.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e1ad763d-8495-402c-a44f-fa63950b6b71
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 600 MiB size: 598.8 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 584 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
    uuid: 0BC4-D02A
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 221.87 GiB size: 221.87 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 97.64 GiB (44.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e1ad763d-8495-402c-a44f-fa63950b6b71
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 221.87 GiB size: 221.87 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 97.64 GiB (44.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e1ad763d-8495-402c-a44f-fa63950b6b71
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 2.84 GiB used: 2.25 GiB (79.3%)
    priority: 100 comp: lzo avail: lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,zstd,deflate,842
    max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.02 GiB used: 667.4 MiB (4.1%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 1e2f8aba-6ff5-4d58-b049-5b0adf592cbb
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 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: 1-2:2 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.4:3 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:c829 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 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
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 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: 3-2:2 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6d1a class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 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: 56.0 C mobo: 45.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C gpu: amdgpu
    temp: 56.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2900
Info:
  Processes: 298 Power: uptime: 1d 19h 38m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 9 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
    reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 2.25 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1321 libs: 378 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
    Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37
    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
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Strange - could be caused by a custom theme - is it the same with the default breeze or breath theme?

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With AMD graphics, the graphics driver is part of the kernel as it comes from upstream.

You’re running the 6.13 kernel. I would advise you to stick to an LTS kernel, such as 6.6 or 6.12, and see whether they too exhibit the discoloration.

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I am running Linux 6.14 - no strange appearance with my custom theme - on neither of the two AMD systems I use (laptop and workstation).

Linux 6.13 will soon be EOL - as 6.14 has been officially released on kernel.org

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I’m afraid it’s the same, I’ve tried two other themes and seems to be some driver issue.

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Ok, I’ll try another kernel to see if that solves the problem.

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I’ve just tried both 6.12 and 6.6 and the problem is still there. :worried:

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Silly question perhaps, but do you also experience any discoloration when entering the UEFI settings? If so, then it’s not an OS issue but a monitor calibration issue.

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The colors on the UEFI screen are normal as usual.

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Then I suspect it was the update to mesa that did it. :thinking:

I’ll post a link to this thread on the Stable Updates thread. :point_down:

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I’ve read some of the posts there and there’s someone that switched to x11 citing plasma and wayland not being a good match. Switching to x11 did nothing for me, I’ll keep on eye on that chat to see some possible solution in the future. As you said, something must have happened to mesa. I don’t know if rolling back to a previous version of mesa is advisable; I’m no expert, just some guy who likes open software and works with graphics. Meanwhile, is there any software than can help me change the tint or color saturation of the screen?

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I feel tempted to switch to 6.14 but it’s still rc on Manjaro, so to avoid any glitches in performance I’ll stick to official distro releases. Perhaps it will be official in a week or so. I hope it solves the color problem of my display.

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I used the 6.14 kernel full-time on my AMD machine from the day RC1 reached the repos. Didn’t experience any issues at all with it. Give it a try - you can always switch back to a LTS kernel if it doesn’t work for you. The version of linux614 currently in Stable branch, 6.14.0rc7-1, was the final release candidate before 6.14.0-1 was officially released.

mbn info linux614 -q | grep -Ev 'Name|Repository|Packager'
Branch         : unstable
Version        : 6.14.0-1
Build Date     : Wed 26 Mar 2025 18:48:57 
Branch         : testing
Version        : 6.14.0-1
Build Date     : Wed 26 Mar 2025 18:48:57 
Branch         : stable
Version        : 6.14.0rc7-1
Build Date     : Tue 18 Mar 2025 19:49:57

mbn can be found in the manjaro-check-repos package

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Have you tried booting into a live ISO? This way you could make sure it’s not harware linked issue.

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That’s not true — quite the opposite, actually. The KDE developers are putting most of their effort into the Plasma/Wayland combination.

What has historically not been a good match so far is the combination of Wayland and Nvidia graphics, and this is entirely due to Nvidia’s unwillingness to open up their source code.

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I did what you suggested with 2 versions, 24.2.1 and 24.2.0. The older version worked for me, the usual colors came back. It might be some new driver issue. Do I have to install the older ISO and stop any updates so this won’t happen again?

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Yes. As I said, going back to X11 did nothing. And of course I’ve avoided any Nvidia products because of the reason you cite. I’m fine with Plasma in Manjaro.

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This is not a good idea with a rolling release distro like Arch and Manjaro as you would miss not only bug fixes but also all safety updates.

I guess it will be fixed in some days. I have no idea what package has had a regression causing this for you, if you would know you could temperary downgrade it. My first candidate would be mesa but this is only a wild guess.

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Not such a wild guess — I too suspect that it would be mesa.

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Note that an updated version of mesa was included in today’s Stable Update. :wink: