AMD RX 7900 XT - Flickering and black frames

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Hey guys,

garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.7.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=70298202-3941-4097-b3f6-9e9ab18d10bf rw rootflags=subvol=@
    "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=quiet
    resume=UUID=2a710883-dad9-4c61-a48e-9712c540943e loglevel=3"
    nvidia_drm.modeset=1 ibt=off
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.36.0-44-g9d89b710 with: waybar tools:
    avail: swayidle,swaylock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX X570-I GAMING v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4601 date: 02/02/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 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: 3517 high: 3611 min/max: 2200/4549 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3597 2: 3584
    3: 3593 4: 3571 5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3596 8: 3564 9: 3600 10: 3400 11: 3590
    12: 3400 13: 3611 14: 3400 15: 3400 16: 3581 bogomips: 108797
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900M]
    vendor: Sapphire PULSE driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x
    process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: DP-1,DP-2 off: HDMI-A-2 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0c:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:744c class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: Hyprland v: 0.36.0-44-g9d89b710 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: AOC U34G2G4R3 serial: <filter> built: 2020
    res: 3440x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 110 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1
    size: 797x334mm (31.38x13.15") diag: 864mm (34") modes: max: 3440x1440
    min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: DP-2 model: AOC 2460G5 serial: <filter> built: 2018
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1
    size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-3: HDMI-A-2 model: Samsung QBQ90S serial: <filter> built: 2022
    res: 3840x2160 dpi: 81 gamma: 1.2 size: 1872x1053mm (73.7x41.46")
    diag: 1388mm (54.6") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
  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: 23.3.5-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (radeonsi
    navi31 LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.7.8-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:744c
    memory: 19.53 GiB unified: no
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX 7900 XT (RADV NAVI31) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.2-arch1.1
    device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
    type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT driver: amd v: (LLPC)
    device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu
    name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
    v: 24.0.2-arch1.1 (LLVM 16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0e:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: SteelSeries ApS GameDAC driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-3.4.2:6
    chip-ID: 1038:1283 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack 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: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: SINO WEALTH RK Bluetooth Keyboar driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3.4:3
    chip-ID: 258a:0059 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: ASUSTek Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-3.1.1:5
    chip-ID: 0b05:17cb class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6
    status: discoverable: yes pairing: yes class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.12 TiB used: 2.39 TiB (58.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung
    model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 47.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix
    model: HFM256GDHTNG-8310A size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 80070C00 temp: 55.9 C scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 033 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 model: iSCSI Disk size: 250 GiB block-size:
    physical: 16384 B logical: 512 B tech: N/A serial: N/A fw-rev: 0123
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 862.24 GiB size: 862.24 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 207.94 GiB (24.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
  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: 259:3
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 862.24 GiB size: 862.24 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 207.94 GiB (24.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 862.24 GiB size: 862.24 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 207.94 GiB (24.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 862.24 GiB size: 862.24 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 207.94 GiB (24.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 68.97 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 62.7 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 49.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 57.0 C
    mem: 64.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 656 fan-2: 1942 fan-5: 645 fan-7: 0 gpu: amdgpu
    fan: 0
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.7 GiB used: 5.81 GiB (9.3%)
  Processes: 479 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 25.07 GiB services: upowerd Init: systemd
    v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2131 pm: pacman pkgs: 2107 libs: 562 tools: pacseek,paru
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 24 Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 alt: 12
    Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.0 running-in: alacritty
    inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2024-01-18
  Last full system update: 2024-03-04
  Is partially upgraded:   Yes
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

So i recently switched from my NVidia Card to AMD and i believe i have set up everything correctly. But my screens are a little bit flickering. It’s like dropping the brightness by 2-3% per second for like 5 seconds at a time then it stops for a couple of minutes.

Also i get a black frame every now and then. Not while gaming, only on the desktop.

Had anyone comparable issues?

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I’m not sure what to do with the information but “nvidia_drm.modeset=1 ibt=off” is in your logs, maybe it has something to do with that.

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Oh that could be something, yeah… tbh i have no idea how to set or remove kernel parameters. Gotta look that up now

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i don’t have the path of /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset anymore like it’s said in 1.3 NVIDIA - ArchWiki

And in my /etc/modprobe.d i had a .conf for NVidia still and i deleted it and rebooted. But inxi still shows that kernel parameter

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Alright, used garuda-boot-options to delete that part. Now it’s gone from garuda-inxi aswell.

I observe if this helped. Thanks for the pointer!

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I hope this doesn’t happen to me when I upgrade. I have a nvidia card too (RTX 3070) and I bought an AMD 7900 XTX to switch when I upgrade. I haven’t updated in two days or so though because I’m waiting for a new ISO which hasn’t materialized yet. (Yes I am aware the Garuda team made a script to seamlessly upgrade to the KDE Mega release 6, which is cool, but I am not interested in doing that. I always do a clean install with big upgrade likes this. And besides, this is not my only reason for wanting to do a clean install, I have other reasons too.)

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