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tybens

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Registered: 2021-04-13

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] Graphically frozen refresh rate on multiple different apps

I'm getting some wacky graphical errors on Kitty, Vscode, and notable. It happens seemingly at random and I am still unsure how to reproduce it. My cursor disappears when hovering and I get that classic 'Windows freeze error' look if I drag other windows around in front of it.

Image of Kitty not rendering correctly. You can see that the dmenu I open to screenshot stays visible because of the error...
https://i.imgur.com/uahp8fF.png

Image of vscode with the same error.
https://i.imgur.com/1olmhAk.png

I am posting this on the Arch forums because I think it has to do with some GPU rendering errors rather than Kitty or Vscode errors for a couple reasons:
- if I have multiple instances of Kitty open they all freeze at the same
- the tasks that might be running on them still run, seeming that they are only graphically frozen
- Kitty uses GPU rendering

Vscode acts a bit differently. It restarts a couple seconds after freeze and I'm able to keep working, but the integrated terminal output text is completely invisible. I can still type commands (and can see my typed text) but I won't see what they say.

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 22c0
	Kernel driver in use: i915
--
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 22c0
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

$ pacman -Q --info nvidia
Name            : nvidia
Version         : 460.67-7
Description     : NVIDIA drivers for linux
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.nvidia.com/
Licenses        : custom
Groups          : None
Provides        : NVIDIA-MODULE
Depends On      : linux  nvidia-utils=460.67  libglvnd
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : None
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 23.02 MiB
Packager        : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
                  <heftig@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Sat 10 Apr 2021 02:17:41 PM PDT
Install Date    : Sun 11 Apr 2021 10:22:05 AM PDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

kitty --debug-gl and kitty --debug-rendering both output "GL version string: '4.6 (Core Profile)  version: 4.6" and nothing else, even when the Kitty terminal started with --debug-rendering freezes. Also, if I start kitty with `prime-run kitty`, the error still happens. Other terminal emulators are fine. That is, I've been using urxvt for the past day with no problems (beside that of vscode still freezing)

$ pacman -Qs mesa                                                               
local/glu 9.0.1-2
    Mesa OpenGL Utility library
local/mesa 21.0.2-1
    An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification
local/mesa-demos 8.4.0-4
    Mesa demos and tools incl. glxinfo + glxgears

$ pacman -Qs libgl                                                             
local/glew 2.2.0-2
    The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library
local/glib2 2.68.1-1
    Low level core library
local/libglvnd 1.3.2-1
    The GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library
local/mesa 21.0.2-1
    An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification
local/nvidia-utils 460.67-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities

$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"                                               
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 21.0.2

Mod edit: -- Replaced oversized images -- V1del

Last edited by tybens (2021-04-16 06:50:50)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,738

Re: [SOLVED] Graphically frozen refresh rate on multiple different apps

Please don't embed huge images directly.

Remove xf86-video-intel and configurations for it if installed and retry.

tybens

Member

Registered: 2021-04-13

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Graphically frozen refresh rate on multiple different apps

I haven't had any problems since removing xf86-video-intel. I'll mark as solved for now.