Dear All
I have a weird screen flickering issue with my laptop. Due to the flickering issue I have changed the OS in the laptop from Windows to Linux thinking that there may be a display driver issue. I have used Endeavour OS , Fedora and finally settled on my favorite Garuda OS. In all the distros there was no flickering issue. But today the flickering started in my Garuda OS and I had to force shut down the system.
Here my Garuda Inxi
System:
Kernel: 5.19.13-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=4d8c04f6-36f8-4520-bf7f-5bd54fdff568 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3
Console: pty pts/0 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Extensa 215-54 v: V1.29 serial: <filter>
Mobo: TGL model: Jameson_TL v: V1.29 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde
v: 1.29 date: 07/01/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 38.4 Wh (93.9%) condition: 40.9/41.6 Wh (98.5%)
volts: 13.0 min: 11.2 model: LGC AP19B8K type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: charging cycles: 190
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 socket: U3E1 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: 0xA4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 160 KiB desc: d-2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 2.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2751 high: 3000 min/max: 400/4100 base/boost: 3000/4100
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.8 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3000 2: 2006 3: 3000 4: 3000 bogomips: 23961
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
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: retbleed 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 IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP GT2 [UHD Graphics G4] vendor: Acer
Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1
process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a78 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Quanta HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:3
chip-ID: 0408:a061 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15f5 built: 2017 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.7
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated
ALI driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.19.13-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000
bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: anbox0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
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: 931.51 GiB used: 178.85 GiB (19.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.3
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 2J temp: 31 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 82d 6h cycles: 528 Old-Age:
g-sense error rate: 1682
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 268.94 GiB size: 268.94 GiB (100.00%) used: 45.11 GiB
(16.8%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 42.5 MiB
(44.3%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 268.94 GiB size: 268.94 GiB (100.00%) used: 45.11
GiB (16.8%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 268.94 GiB size: 268.94 GiB (100.00%) used: 45.11
GiB (16.8%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 268.94 GiB size: 268.94 GiB (100.00%) used: 45.11
GiB (16.8%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 11.47 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 239 Uptime: 46m wakeups: 4476 Memory: 11.47 GiB used: 4.57 GiB
(39.8%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1376 libs: 364
tools: octopi,paru Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.22
Garuda (2.6.8-1):
System install date: 2022-10-07
Last full system update: 2022-10-12
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: Yes
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units: systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
Also note that the flickering issue still persist if I use Windows in this machine. As soon as I login to Windows the screen starts flickering.
Any help will be appreciated.