Graphical artifacts on Gnome interfaces (Intel B580)

[CHIPSK8]

I’m seeing a lot of multi colored artifacting and other odd issues like desktop icons randomly disappearing. It only seems to affect the GNOME interface itself, apps do not have the issue and videos display fine across multiple different browsers. The issue started soon after a graphics driver update and I’ve read that Intel ARC cards don’t always like to play nice on Linux, so I suspect that’s the issue, but I have no idea how to confirm that theory

Please let me know if there’s any additional info I can provide for better troubleshooting!

Examples of the issue:

[soundofthunder]

@CHIPSK8

Please let me know if there’s any additional info I can provide for better troubleshooting!

System information is usually expected – use the inxi command to provide it as described (below).

What you describe seems that it might be theme related, or in any case, limited to your environment.

One of the first things to do would be to verify that’s true by creating a new User account (for testing). If the issue doesn’t manifest in the new account, that would be a fair indication, and will give others a place to start.

Regards.

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[CHIPSK8]

I spun up a new user account and the issue still occurred.

Here’s the output from the inxi -zv8 command:

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.44-3-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=c624a76f-1928-4f40-9708-14de9e0fa1c7 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 48.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.50 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X570M Pro4 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: P5.60
    date: 01/19/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 73% condition: N/A volts: 3.95 min: N/A
    model: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A
    serial: <filter> charging: status: discharging cycles: N/A
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 2.1 GiB (6.7%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A
    part-no: KD4AGUA80-36A180U serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A
    part-no: KD4AGUA80-36A180U serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201211
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3593 min/max: 550/4149 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3593 2: 3593 3: 3593
    4: 3593 5: 3593 6: 3593 7: 3593 8: 3593 9: 3593 10: 3593 11: 3593 12: 3593
    13: 3593 14: 3593 15: 3593 16: 3593 bogomips: 95864
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
    ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep
    sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
    stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip
    user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
    xsaves xtopology
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection 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 status: Not affected
  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; IBRS_FW;
    STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Battlemage G21 [Arc B580] vendor: ASRock driver: xe
    v: kernel arch: Xe2 process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2024+ pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-3 empty: DP-1, DP-3,
    HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:e20b
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: xe display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 model: ViewSonic VX2758-Series serial: <filter>
    built: 2019 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.678
    y: 0.310 green: x: 0.267 y: 0.675 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.051 white: x: 0.314
    y: 0.329 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1400x1050, 1600x900,
    1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x960, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624,
    800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-3 model: Dell S2415H serial: <filter> built: 2016
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.655 y: 0.333 green:
    x: 0.322 y: 0.612 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720,
    1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.1-arch1.4
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Arc B580 Graphics (BMG
    G21) device-ID: 8086:e20b memory: 11.65 GiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: Unknown lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s bus-ID: 0d:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:e2f7 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.44-3-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: 1.4.7 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 Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 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
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.5 TiB used: 2.45 TiB (28.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Seagate
    model: WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0 size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 102000WD temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:6 vendor: Lexar model: SSD NM790 4TB
    size: 3.73 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 12237 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD50NDZW-11MR8S0 size: 4.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1026 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 85.01 GiB size: 85.01 GiB (100.00%) used: 24.1 GiB (28.4%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A
    uuid: c624a76f-1928-4f40-9708-14de9e0fa1c7
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 27 MiB (28.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 0E10-8884
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 85.01 GiB size: 85.01 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.1 GiB (28.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
    label: N/A uuid: c624a76f-1928-4f40-9708-14de9e0fa1c7
  ID-4: /run/media/fred/5TB raw-size: 4.55 TiB size: 4.55 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 2.43 TiB (53.4%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: 5TB
    uuid: 18685DCF685DABEE
  ID-5: /var/cache raw-size: 85.01 GiB size: 85.01 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.1 GiB (28.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
    label: N/A uuid: c624a76f-1928-4f40-9708-14de9e0fa1c7
  ID-6: /var/log raw-size: 85.01 GiB size: 85.01 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.1 GiB (28.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
    label: N/A uuid: c624a76f-1928-4f40-9708-14de9e0fa1c7
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 146.95 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 62C21643C2161BBB
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 839 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 18B2C4B5B2C49920
  ID-4: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:7 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-5: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:8 size: 3.73 TiB fs: ntfs
    label: Local Disk uuid: B29818FC9818C131
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 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: 1-6:2 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth 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: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 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-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 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: Keychron Q5 Pro type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 3434:0650 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 3-6:3 info: 8BitDo IDLE type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 2dc8:3109 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  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
  Device-1: 4-2:2 info: Western Digital easystore 2625 type: mass storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 1058:2625 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 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
  Device-1: 5-2:2 info: Logitech Lightspeed Receiver
    type: keyboard,mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c539 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 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: 44.2 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1346 pm: pacman pkgs: 1328 libs: 442 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 18
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirror.hostiko.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.dc.uz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: http://ossmirror.mycloud.services/os/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 432
  1: cpu: 21.2% command: kgx pid: 5606 mem: 205.7 MiB (0.6%)
  2: cpu: 5.5% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4330 mem: 359.4 MiB (1.1%)
  3: cpu: 5.4% command: gnome-shell pid: 1042 mem: 319.9 MiB (0.9%)
  4: cpu: 4.3% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4564 mem: 261.6 MiB (0.8%)
  5: cpu: 2.8% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4401 mem: 240.7 MiB (0.7%)
  Memory top: 5 of 432
  1: mem: 359.4 MiB (1.1%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4330 cpu: 5.5%
  2: mem: 319.9 MiB (0.9%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1042 cpu: 5.4%
  3: mem: 270.3 MiB (0.8%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4375 cpu: 2.2%
  4: mem: 261.6 MiB (0.8%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4564 cpu: 4.3%
  5: mem: 240.7 MiB (0.7%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4401 cpu: 2.8%
Info:
  Processes: 432 Power: uptime: 15m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.49 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kgx inxi: 3.3.39

EDITED:
Vivaldi (my most used app at the moment) works perfectly fine when it doesn’t have to interact with my local files, but will start to hang and eventually freeze when I (for example) try to upload something. This was an issue earlier today when I tried to upload this screenshot of the terminal:

[scotty65]

@CHIPSK8

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Battlemage G21 [Arc B580] vendor: ASRock driver: xe
    v: kernel arch: Xe2 process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2024+ pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-3 empty: DP-1, DP-3,
    HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:e20b
    class-ID: 0300

I’m far from an expert on graphics, but I am wondering if you might need to follow some extra steps to get your ARC B580 card working with the xe driver:

5.5 Testing the new experimental Xe driver - Intel graphics - ArchWiki

To try the (experimental) new Xe driver, you need:

• linux 6.8 or above
• Tiger Lake integrated graphics and newer, or a discrete graphics card.
• mesa.

Note your PCI ID with:

$ lspci -nnd ::03xx

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:9a49] (rev 01)

Then add the following to your Kernel parameters with the appropriate PCI ID:

… i915.force_probe=!9a49 xe.force_probe=9a49

Make sure you have an alternate solution to boot in order to revert if necessary.

Edit: although I do also note that your inxi output does state that the xe driver is being used, so I’m not sure if the above advice is still relevant.

[CHIPSK8]

I gave that a shot, but it didn’t work. I’m also not sure I did it right: does that line need to be added to grub on the “linux” line like in the kernel parameters guide you linked to or is there somewhere else it needs to go?

[scotty65]

You have it on the correct line, however you also have a typo in it. 1915.force_probe needs to be changed to i915.force_probe (i.e. change the first number 1 to the letter i).

[CHIPSK8]

Thanks for the confirmation, and the correction.

Picture of the corrected GRUB entry:

Unfortunately it still didn’t fix my issue after booting with ctrl+x.

To see if I could maybe fix the issue myself I uninstalled the two vulkan-intel driver packages on my system, the problem didn’t reoccur until after I reinstalled them.

[scotty65]

This may be just a shot in the dark, but I do wonder if the issue may be caused by your system having 2 graphics cards: the AMD integrated GPU, and the Intel Arc.

Edit: you can probably ignore this - I just checked, and the Ryzen 7 5700X3D doesn’t have integrated graphics. The “3D” in the name had me assuming it did have an iGPU.

Though this topic might still be worth having a read through (I’ll link to the solution post):

Intel Arc Horrible Freezing Issues

I figured it out. The iGPU on newest Gen AMD was causing almost everything. I can’t upload a screenshot, but in the sudo dmesg | grep BAR command, I noticed something I didn’t notice the first time around: VRAM RAM=512M I’m blaming Gigabyte for this. Apparently “Auto” on the integrated graphics setting means “I’m on even if you have a dGPU”. Setting it to disabled has fixed my ability to launch games, and (almost more importantly) has all but resolved my freezing issues. The freezing is down t…

[skylynnfiona]

It definitely sounds like the driver update is the main culprit here, especially since the glitches are limited to GNOME and not video playback. Intel ARC support on Linux is still a bit hit-or-miss depending on kernel and Mesa versions. You might want to check if you’re running the latest Mesa drivers and kernel, or even try rolling back to the previous graphics driver to see if the issue clears up. For instance, I only noticed smoother playback on Freecine: https://modilimitado.io/pt/freecine/ once I updated Mesa, so sharing your kernel version, distro, and current Mesa package versions would help others give more precise troubleshooting steps.

[Olli]

please check your bios-settings for “resizable-bar” aka rebar. it is mandatory that the mainboard supports it and it’s enabled to use the intel ARC-Bxxx models.

[CHIPSK8]

Distro is Manjaro GNOME, rebar is turned on. Mesa version is 1:25.2.1-4, Kernel is Linux 6.12.44-3-MANJARO. Will look into how to roll back drivers, thanks for the suggestion