Screen flickering on lockscreen, hdmi, etc. everywhere

[baranacikgoz1]

Hello and thank you for viewing this topic. I’ve used manjaro for long time with kde and ext4. This time i decided to install xfce with btrfs. There was no problem with the previous setup so the issue might be with xfce or btrfs i dont know. My laptop’s screen is flickering when screen locked due to waiting and when i connected hdmi and change settings 1 or 2 times its flickering again. I’ve recorded a video so you can see it. Can you help me ?
This is video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgMjukupB2I
This is my system:

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.12-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 
  root=UUID=436959fa-a75e-44ea-b966-57b3d45bf337 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet 
  apparmor=1 security=apparmor 
  resume=UUID=26c9eecb-d14a-4bf9-8852-9f3bbd5d838e udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 
  vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81N3 v: Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15AST 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15AST 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40679WIN serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: LENOVO v: AYCN21WW date: 12/27/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.8 Wh (94.8%) condition: 23.0/30.0 Wh (76.6%) 
  volts: 8.4 min: 7.6 model: SMP L17M2PB7 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> 
  status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: AMD A9-9425 RADEON R5 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G 
  bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Excavator family: 15 (21) model-id: 70 (112) 
  stepping: 0 microcode: 6006705 cache: L2: 1024 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 12383 
  Speed: 1552 MHz min/max: 1400/3100 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1552 2: 1446 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:98e4 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-1.3:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b624 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: 
  loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa 
  display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1818 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 445x481mm (17.5x18.9") 
  s-diag: 655mm (25.8") 
  Monitor-1: eDP res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") 
  diag: 395mm (15.5") 
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-0 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 
  size: 476x268mm (18.7x10.6") diag: 546mm (21.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD STONEY (DRM 3.41.0 5.13.12-1-MANJARO LLVM 12.0.1) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:15b3 class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Family 15h Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:09.2 chip-ID: 1022:157a class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 2-2:2 chip-ID: 08bb:2902 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.12-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce port: 1000 
  bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 chip-ID: 0bda:c024 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running 
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 17.89 GiB (7.5%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS256G32TNH-73A0A 
  size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0Q00 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 85.97 GiB size: 85.97 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 17.86 GiB (20.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) 
  used: 25.8 MiB (26.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 85.97 GiB size: 85.97 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 17.86 GiB (20.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 85.97 GiB size: 85.97 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 17.86 GiB (20.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 768 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 63.5 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
  GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 63.0 C 
Info:
  Processes: 206 Uptime: 14m wakeups: 1 Memory: 3.23 GiB 
  used: 2.36 GiB (72.8%) Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: 
  gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1141 lib: 311 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.06 

[Fabby]

Welcome to Manjaro!

On a:

@baranacikgoz1

Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40679WIN serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: LENOVO v: AYCN21WW date: 12/27/2019 

there is no need to be running a Stable Development kernel, so please read this:

[HowTo] become a Manjaro power user when you're a wizard at Windows but a N00b at Manjaro / Linux

Difficulty: ☆☆☆☆☆ Remember when you installed your very first Windows, added bells and whistles and then couldn’t see the wood for the trees any more and had to re-install? Well, you’re in the same situation now: You’re a N00b again! Embrace it! I know right now you’re thinking:

Why is this so much more difficult than Windows?

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Whereas in 6 months time, you’ll be like:

Why can't I make Windows jump through fiery hoops like I do with Linux???

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Especially the Linux has multiple kernels section and then install an LTS kernel and try again.

Unrelated to your current problem but:

@baranacikgoz1

  Memory: 3.23 GiB  used: 2.36 GiB (72.8%) 

Of your 4GB RAM, you’re losing 760 MB to your video display and have only 3230 MB left which is 72.8% full without loading any applications, so look around for a second-hand 8 GB RAM DIMM for your machine. (or 4GB if you’re really cash-strapped: 20€ will get you at least double of what you have now)

[baranacikgoz1]

I am really thankful. I’ve just switched to a LTS kernel and it’s solved. By the way about the ram, it’s just too expensive here locally.