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marlasca23

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Registered: 2021-01-21

Posts: 2

Colors not displaying properly

I have been having this issue for the last month or so but I have not bothered to fix it because it randomly fixes itself. When I restart my computer, the colors are sometimes completely off and the screen is full of lines. It is not an xorg issue because when I ctrl+alt+f2 I still get the same weird colors.

Up until now, if I reboot the computer a few times it fixes itself but it is getting increasingly worse (I have to reboot it more times to get it to work, so I am just worried one day it just won't fix itself by rebooting)

This is what it should look like.

https://ibb.co/Xkmn07Y

And this is the bug.

https://ibb.co/SP8JkTv

https://ibb.co/ck7xn8G

My problem seems similar to this question but upon reading the article on Variable Refresh Rates I noticed it is not supported on my graphics card (Intel) so I don't think that is the issue.

I tried reinstalling xorg-server and it didn't really do anything. Would really appreciate any help. Thank you

Last edited by marlasca23 (2021-01-21 23:46:44)

MisterArced

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Registered: 2021-01-21

Posts: 2

Re: Colors not displaying properly

I Have Never Faced This Problem, But Still Here is What You Can Try ( Not sure Whether This Will Help You)....

1) Try Disabling The Compositor (GNOME):- create a file in /etc/profile.d/script.sh(Name It this) and Inside The File Type {export CLUTTER_VBLANK=none} (Remove These Curly braces).
     In KDE (Which I Use), There Is An Option In Settings "Compositor" ---Just Disable It.

2)  Also Try Reducing Your framerate by Opening Terminal And Type: 
      gedit ~/.config/monitors.xml
      And Edit The Line : <rate>60.1690864562988</rate> to something like <rate>59.96</rate>

3)   Now If This Also Didn't Worked then Maybe It Might Be Kernel Problem (Maybe) Go Through This:
       https://averagelinuxuser.com/the-lts-ke … S%20kernel.

I See That You Are Using A Window Manager (i3 is it?)....well just do search on how to Disable Compositor, reduce Framerate etc...in your Window Manager
I Am a Nobody, When It Comes To Window Manager(s)...

Last edited by MisterArced (2021-01-22 04:11:09)

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Archlin

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Registered: 2018-05-09

Posts: 67

Re: Colors not displaying properly

The issue in this topic sounds exactly the same as yours.

Does the solution provided by seth help?

Last edited by Archlin (2021-01-22 06:33:31)

marlasca23

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Registered: 2021-01-21

Posts: 2

Re: Colors not displaying properly

The issue in this topic sounds exactly the same as yours.

Does the solution provided by seth help?

This seems to be working, thanks a lot! Will mark it as solved if I don't face any problems in the next few days.

Last edited by marlasca23 (2021-01-22 10:08:36)