Screen Flickering Issue on Manjaro Linux (asus vivobook 15 x513ean)

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Hello everyone, I’ve encountered a problem with Manjaro Linux. Specifically, after starting the system, the screen begins to flicker black for half a second, then everything goes back to normal, and it doesn’t flicker anymore. Honestly, it bothers me, but I was wondering if there’s a way to fix it

Here’s a video below:

inxi -zv8:

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.4-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=9f08b04e-4092-4fa8-895e-726d77d3066e rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    resume=UUID=cc085b20-d5fd-4829-a510-2c10fada9414 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 47.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X513EAN_X513EA
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X513EAN v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: X513EAN.307
    date: 04/10/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 6.8 Wh (27.1%) condition: 25.1/42.1 Wh (59.6%)
    power: 7.3 W volts: 11.1 min: 11.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion
    serial: N/A status: discharging cycles: 209
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.46 GiB used: 4.2 GiB (56.3%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Controller1-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Controller0-ChannelA type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 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: N/A serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0xB8
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB
    desc: 4x1.2 MiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4200 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400
    8: 400 bogomips: 38720
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2
    avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd
    avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2
    cdp_l2 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 ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp
    hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt invpcid
    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 rdt_a rdtscp
    rep_good sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep 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 user_shstk vaes vme vmx vnmi
    vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology
    xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  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 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
    conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW
    loop
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm
    built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 13d3:56a8
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x0046 built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.596 y: 0.361 green: x: 0.345 y: 0.557
    blue: x: 0.157 y: 0.106 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  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: 24.2.8-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:9a49 memory: 3.64 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:9a49
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.4-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 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: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Lite-On driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce port: 3000
    bus-ID: 0000:02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Lite-On Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:4 chip-ID: 04ca:4000
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
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: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 24.25 GiB (5.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P6MA007 temp: 37.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.25 GiB (5.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 9f08b04e-4092-4fa8-895e-726d77d3066e
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: FF31-486A
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.25 GiB (5.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 9f08b04e-4092-4fa8-895e-726d77d3066e
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.25 GiB (5.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 9f08b04e-4092-4fa8-895e-726d77d3066e
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.25 GiB (5.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 9f08b04e-4092-4fa8-895e-726d77d3066e
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
    uuid: cc085b20-d5fd-4829-a510-2c10fada9414
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 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: 1-1:2 info: USB OPTICAL MOUSE type: mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0000:3825 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-6:3 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam 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: 13d3:56a8 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-10:4 info: Lite-On 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: 04ca:4000 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  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
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3000
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1295 libs: 357 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://manjarolinux-mirror.cloud.mu/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 296
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 6866 mem: 3.68 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 39.8% command: firefox pid: 5096 mem: 599.9 MiB (7.8%)
  3: cpu: 32.3% command: firefox pid: 2236 mem: 731.7 MiB (9.5%)
  4: cpu: 13.0% command: gnome-terminal-server pid: 6822
    mem: 75.2 MiB (0.9%)
  5: cpu: 11.9% command: gnome-clocks pid: 6471 mem: 90.2 MiB (1.1%)
  Memory top: 5 of 296
  1: mem: 731.7 MiB (9.5%) command: firefox pid: 2236 cpu: 32.3%
  2: mem: 599.9 MiB (7.8%) command: firefox pid: 5096 cpu: 39.8%
  3: mem: 409.5 MiB (5.3%) command: firefox pid: 2471 cpu: 4.9%
  4: mem: 316.1 MiB (4.1%) command: firefox pid: 2387 cpu: 6.6%
  5: mem: 297.1 MiB (3.8%) command: firefox pid: 2790 cpu: 7.1%
Info:
  Processes: 296 Power: uptime: 35m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 2.97 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: fish v: 3.7.1 default: Bash v: 5.2.37
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.36
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Mine does this currently, every so often; most likely caused by the poor quality cable I’m using. It’s on my New Year’s list of replacements. :smile_cat:

(And, you;re right, it’s annoying).

So, your issue could be the same, or it might be something else entirely. I’m sure other Members will have a suggestion or three.

But first, a little housekeeping:

Note that the text below has been pre-prepared and possibly edited just a little to suit the occasion.

Thanks for the inxi output;
(you can ignore that it’s mentioned below).

Welcome to the Manjaro community.

As a new forum user, please take some time to familiarise yourself with Forum requirements; in particular, the many ways to use the forum to your benefit:

Required Reading:

The Wiki:

Update Announcements:

The Update Announcements contain update related information and a Known Issues and Solutions section that should generally be checked before posting a request for support.

System Information:

Output of the following command (formatted according to forum requirements) may be useful for those wishing to help:

inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width

Be prepared to provide more information and outputs from other commands when asked.

Regards.

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I doubt it:

However, it does look like a loose/faulty connector. Boot a live environment and test if it works there. If it does, and this doesn’t occur there, post the output of the inxi command used above from the live environment.

If it does happen there, it does sound like some kind of hardware issue…