[Solved] Occasional freeze on laptop display with i3

RedeyeAB · 2019-08-06 17:07:15

(Thanks in advanced)
I've been facing several issues with i3 recently, where the laptop display (eDP*) freezes up at random, while any external monitor I've tested (DP*, VGA*), if connected via a Dell USB-C dock continues uninterrupted. One method of fixing the monitor temporarily is to use xrandr to turn the monitor off and on again. This remains an issue when disconnected from the dock. Laptop is a Dell XPS 13 9350 w/ i7-6560u & Iris 540.

As per the typical post in Newbie Corner, I'm unsure of where to even start in terms of logs, though I do possess one i3 log, with the freeze happening somewhere during 12:22 here: https://termbin.com/likh. I know it's ~5k lines of logs, but I apologize about not knowing what to do.

Edit: After leaving the monitor alone for exactly 5 hours, the screen unfroze and promptly froze 10 minutes later. I'm positive this would be useful for figuring out what's going on.

Last edited by RedeyeAB (2019-08-07 16:40:31)

seth · 2019-08-06 20:11:51

Currently a prevalent issue, try https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … flickering

RedeyeAB · 2019-08-06 21:18:47

Thanks. Though that didn't quite match the issue I was experiencing, it has seemed to fix any immediate issues I've been having. I'll marked this as solved in 24 hours in the case the issue doesn't reoccur in that time.

seth · 2019-08-06 21:31:18

Actually the freezes are the prevalent issue around PSR (I linked the article because there's also a link on how to set kernel paramters)

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#1 2019-08-06 17:07:15

[Solved] Occasional freeze on laptop display with i3

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Re: [Solved] Occasional freeze on laptop display with i3

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