Graphical Glitches

Khsh01 · 27 May 2021 14:46

My whole screen is having graphical glitches and I cannot seem to find anything in dmesg or journalctl. It started in the evening all of a sudden. There wasn't any problem with pacman updates. I had to restart lib-input-gestures as instructed in pacman but nothing else stood out during update. I checked compositor in KDE settings and nothing seems wrong there.

Searching the forum I only foudn this unresolved post. However in my case my specs are well above the requirements.

I have also tried to take screen shots of the glitches but the screen becomes fine whenever I tap print screen and flameshot opens up. It seems teh glitches only happen whenever something changes on screen. It seems to be happening as I am typing atm and the letters are appearing well after I press them. My cpu usage is maxing out at 30% according to system monitor.

inxi -Fxxxza

System:    Kernel: 5.10.39-1-lts x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=6bffdc79-d9cf-4de9-a3aa-58bbfb0e7a9c rw 
rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 intel_iommu=on i915.enable_gvt=1 kvm.ignore_msrs=1 
intel_pstate=disable 
Console: tty pts/1 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G3 3590 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
Mobo: Dell model: 0DKM3T v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.8.0 date: 11/11/2019 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.2/51.0 Wh (82.8%) volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL M4GWP98 
type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-9750H socket: BGA1440 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake 
note: check family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: DE cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 12 MiB L3: 12 MiB 
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 62399 
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2601 MHz base/boost: 2600/2600 boost: enabled volts: 1.2 V ext-clock: 100 MHz 
Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b 
class-ID: 0300 
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 465.27 
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2191 class-ID: 0300 
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0bda:5521 class-ID: 0e02 
serial: <filter> 
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 395mm (15.5") 
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci 
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0401 
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 
chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403 
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.39-1-lts running: yes 
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel 
port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280 
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:3 chip-ID: 0cf3:e009 class-ID: e001 
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 1.1 TiB (79.7%) 
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN520 NVMe WDC 512GB size: 476.94 GiB 
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 20220012 
temp: 44.9 C scheme: MBR 
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 162d 9h cycles: 1,308 read-units: 51,439,966 [26.3 TB] 
written-units: 85,327,916 [43.6 TB] 
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 family: Mobile HDD size: 931.51 GiB 
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: ACM1 
temp: 34 C scheme: GPT 
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 2y 58d 10h cycles: 3360 read: 52.39 TiB written: 38.52 TiB Old-Age: 
g-sense error rate: 330 Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 425.48 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B 
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 568 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B 
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 425.48 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B 
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 425.48 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs
block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 425.48 GiB (89.3%) fs: btrfs
block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 347 Uptime: 8h 52m wakeups: 10667 Memory: 15.43 GiB used: 7.36 GiB (47.7%) Init: systemd v: 248
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1793 lib: 552 Shell: fish (sudo) v: 3.2.2
default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.04

sudo dmesg | grep i915

[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=6bffdc79-d9cf-4de9-a3aa-58bbfb0e7a9c rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 intel_iommu=on i915.enable_gvt=1 kvm.ignore_msrs=1 intel_pstate=disable
[    0.032103] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=6bffdc79-d9cf-4de9-a3aa-58bbfb0e7a9c rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 intel_iommu=on i915.enable_gvt=1 kvm.ignore_msrs=1 intel_pstate=disable
[    1.654404] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] VT-d active for gfx access
[    1.654490] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[    1.654762] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/gvt/vid_0x8086_did_0x3e9b_rid_0x00.golden_hw_state failed with error -2
[    1.671309] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[    1.672715] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin (v1.4)
[    1.705458] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GuC firmware i915/kbl_guc_33.0.0.bin version 33.0 submission:disabled
[    1.705459] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] HuC firmware i915/kbl_huc_4.0.0.bin version 4.0 authenticated:yes
[    1.712828] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20200917 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[    1.723282] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    1.723284] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device
[    6.029450] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]

sudo dmesg | grep 00:02.0 (iGPU bus id)

[    0.253188] pci 0000:00:02.0: [8086:3e9b] type 00 class 0x030000
[    0.253194] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xa4000000-0xa4ffffff 64bit]
[    0.253198] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 0x18: [mem 0x80000000-0x8fffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.253201] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 0x20: [io  0x5000-0x503f]
[    0.253212] pci 0000:00:02.0: BAR 2: assigned to efifb
[    0.268906] pci 0000:02:00.0: [15b7:5004] type 00 class 0x010802
[    0.268939] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xa5400000-0xa5403fff 64bit]
[    0.290327] pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: setting as boot VGA device
[    0.290327] pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[    0.290327] pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: no bridge control possible
[    0.395917] pci 0000:00:02.0: Video device with shadowed ROM at [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff]
[    0.553238] pci 0000:00:02.0: Adding to iommu group 2
[    0.553395] pci 0000:02:00.0: Adding to iommu group 15
[    0.710054] nvme nvme0: pci function 0000:02:00.0
[    1.654404] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] VT-d active for gfx access
[    1.654490] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[    1.654762] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/gvt/vid_0x8086_did_0x3e9b_rid_0x00.golden_hw_state failed with error -2
[    1.671309] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[    1.672715] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin (v1.4)
[    1.705458] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GuC firmware i915/kbl_guc_33.0.0.bin version 33.0 submission:disabled
[    1.705459] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] HuC firmware i915/kbl_huc_4.0.0.bin version 4.0 authenticated:yes
[    1.712828] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20200917 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[    1.723284] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device
[    6.029450] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])

jonathon · 27 May 2021 15:55

If you haven’t made any other changes then it’s possible this is a hardware issue. I’ve seen laptop displays fail (whether an internal component or an external connection) which manifests in flickering, and this can also cause system crashes and freezes.

Khsh01 · 27 May 2021 15:58

Well I've had this exact same issue on manjaro and Arco Linux before. Its never been permanent. However back then I just reinstalled or distro hopped and never tried to address it.

jonathon · 27 May 2021 15:59

I'm not sure how that changes things?

petsam · 28 May 2021 00:15

How did you search?

journalctl -b -p3 --no-pager --no-hostname
bash -c 'for Xlog in $(ls /var/log/Xorg.?.log); do echo -e "\n" $Xlog ; grep -E "(EE)|(WW)|failed|Time" $Xlog ; done'

Khsh01 · 28 May 2021 05:33

Whatever I searched is on the top post. I have yet to fully grasp journalctl searching. However I can say that after rebooting the glitching went away. However since the same thing has happened I'd like to at least be aware of whats going on.

I ran the command and :

journalctlrnalctl -b -p3 --no-pager --no-hostname --since="yesterday"
bash -c 'for Xlog in $(ls /var/log/Xorg.?.log); do echo -e "\n" $Xlog ; grep -E "(EE)|(WW)|failed|Time"$Xlog ; done'
-- Journal begins at Mon 2021-03-29 12:06:53 +06, ends at Fri 2021-05-28 11:36:46 +06. --
May 28 10:39:23 systemd[1]: Failed to start Apply Kernel Variables.
May 28 10:39:23 systemd-modules-load[307]: Failed to find module 'acpi_call'
May 28 10:39:23 systemd-sysctl[323]: Couldn't write '2048Kb' to 'vm/nr_overcommit_hugepages': Invalid argument
May 28 10:39:24 systemd-sysctl[481]: Couldn't write '2048Kb' to 'vm/nr_overcommit_hugepages': Invalid argument
May 28 10:39:24 systemd[1]: Failed to start Apply Kernel Variables.
May 28 10:39:24 bluetoothd[499]: profiles/audio/avctp.c:avctp_server_socket() setsockopt(L2CAP_OPTIONS): Invalid argument (22)
May 28 10:39:24 bluetoothd[499]: avrcp-controller: Protocol not supported (93)
May 28 10:39:24 bluetoothd[499]: profiles/audio/avctp.c:avctp_server_socket() setsockopt(L2CAP_OPTIONS): Invalid argument (22)
May 28 10:39:24 bluetoothd[499]: audio-avrcp-target: Protocol not supported (93)
May 28 10:39:25 kernel: nvidia-gpu 0000:01:00.3: i2c timeout error e0000000
May 28 10:39:25 kernel: ucsi_ccg 6-0008: i2c_transfer failed -110
May 28 10:39:25 kernel: ucsi_ccg 6-0008: ucsi_ccg_init failed - -110
May 28 10:39:25 kernel: msr: Write to unrecognized MSR 0x150 by intel-undervolt (pid: 858). Please report to x86@kernel.org.
May 28 10:39:27 kernel: 
May 28 10:39:39 sddm-helper[1615]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
May 28 10:39:47 bluetoothd[499]: src/profile.c:ext_start_servers() L2CAP server failed for Message Notification: setsockopt(L2CAP_OPTIONS): Invalid argument (22)
May 28 10:39:47 bluetoothd[499]: src/profile.c:ext_start_servers() L2CAP server failed for Message Access: setsockopt(L2CAP_OPTIONS): Invalid argument (22)
May 28 10:39:47 bluetoothd[499]: src/profile.c:ext_start_servers() L2CAP server failed for Phone Book Access: setsockopt(L2CAP_OPTIONS): Invalid argument (22)
May 28 10:39:47 bluetoothd[499]: src/profile.c:ext_start_servers() L2CAP server failed for File Transfer: setsockopt(L2CAP_OPTIONS): Invalid argument (22)
May 28 10:39:47 bluetoothd[499]: src/profile.c:ext_start_servers() L2CAP server failed for Object Push: setsockopt(L2CAP_OPTIONS): Invalid argument (22)
May 28 10:39:54 bluetoothd[499]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Headset Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down

/var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     9.775] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri May 28 10:39:29 2021
[     9.779] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/misc".
[     9.780] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[     9.780] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[     9.780] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[     9.780] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[     9.780] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[     9.851] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    10.509] (WW) NVIDIA(G0): Unable to get display device for DPI computation.
[    10.644] (WW) modeset(0): Option "DRI" is not used
[    10.660] (II) NVIDIA(G0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[    10.737] (WW) NVIDIA(G0): Option "Coolbits" is not used
[    10.742] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[   970.409] (EE) event17 - DELL0949:00 04F3:30CB Touchpad: kernel bug: Touch jump detected and discarded.
[  2896.447] (EE) event17 - DELL0949:00 04F3:30CB Touchpad: kernel bug: Touch jump detected and discarded.
[  3064.925] (EE) event17 - DELL0949:00 04F3:30CB Touchpad: kernel bug: Touch jump detected and discarded.
[  3439.479] (EE) event17 - DELL0949:00 04F3:30CB Touchpad: kernel bug: Touch jump detected and discarded.

/var/log/Xorg.1.log
[ 37194.106] _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
[ 37194.107] Current Operating System: Linux Igneel-G3-3590 5.11.8-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Sun, 21 Mar 2021 01:55:54 +0000 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 37194.108] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Fri Mar 26 13:32:14 2021
[ 37194.110] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/misc".
[ 37194.110] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[ 37194.110] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[ 37194.110] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[ 37194.110] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 37194.110] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 37194.112] (EE) /dev/dri/card0: failed to set DRM interface version 1.4: Permission denied
[ 37194.115] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 37194.120] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 37198.555] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 37198.555] (EE)
[ 37198.555] (EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs        for all framebuffer devices
[ 37198.555] (EE)
[ 37198.555] (EE)
[ 37198.555] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information.
[ 37198.555] (EE)
[ 37198.555] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

petsam · 28 May 2021 14:33

How often do you reboot/shutdown your PC?
If you don't want to shutdown/reboot for long times, you should not update system packages.

Khsh01 · 28 May 2021 15:13

I turn it on in the morning. Shut it down at night. I don't like keeping my laptop running for long hours.

petsam · 28 May 2021 16:26

What is the hard problem for filtering arguments you don’t grasp?
You can’t do any serious troubleshooting without journal inspection.

This could be explained because of new installed packages/libraries needing reloading.
If this glitching lasted only one boot, then it is not considered an issue.

Maybe it’s time for one more hop?..

Khsh01 · 29 May 2021 06:54

Its not hard. Its just something I haven’t dabbled too much in because it requires a bit of time to get through. There’s a lot of filtering arguments and so far I can only use `since=

Yeah but there is a lot to filter out.

It wouldn’t really help since I’d just go back to ArcoLinux or something since I can’t linux without arch.

Bro · 29 May 2021 13:44

I hear yer angst!

And it is distributions such as Garuda and Arco that put the icing on the cake. :happy_dance:

You’ve got Intel & nVidia. Have you thought about removing the Intel driver…xf86-video-intel? Since I do not have nVidia I don’t know what the impact will be, so I’ve held off mentioning that until now.

regards

Khsh01 · 29 May 2021 16:36

I don't think it will work anymore without the intel driver. Since the dgpu is not directly connected to my laptop's screen. It needs teh iGPU to work.

system · 31 May 2021 16:36

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