Severe graphics problems since last update

LindyBalboa · 2021-02-27 10:32:06

Greetings,

I recently did a large system update after quite some time and have developed a terrible graphics issue. The first time I try to start X, it either shows a black screen with a cursor or severe pixelation-- Sometimes I can make out desktop elements, sometimes it is just noise. If I switch to another TTY and start X there (after the first attempt, i.e. this is the second X instance) it comes up usable, but with terrible lag/refresh performance. For example, I have to resize a window to get it to update. The order does not matter. I can do TTY1 (broken) then TTY2 (less broken) or TTY2 (broken) then TTY1 (less broken).

I am not using a login manager, I run my xinit directly on login at the terminal on TTY1. On other TTYs I have to call startx.

I checked for other people with this issue and this -might- be related, but who knows? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=264027

The laptop is an HP Probook 4540s using the Intel Vulkan Driver

Log files:

Xorg.0.log : https://pastebin.com/9ZQXvxcF
Journalctl -b -1 : https://pastebin.com/idqJZfCN
xinitrc : https://pastebin.com/yUEDPzc3

Please excuse the ugly xinitrc and if you need any other logs/configs, let me know.

Last edited by LindyBalboa (2021-02-27 14:05:12)

Lone_Wolf · 2021-02-27 11:04:48

The journal is run as user and misses lots of stuff, please run the command as root or add your user to the adm group .[1]

Do you have early KMS start configured ?

The xorg log indicates you are using xf86-video-intel , which often causes problems.
Try removing it with pacman, ten re-start X so X will use modesetting driver.

NOTE :
[ 1291.522] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
If you have file(s) that set options for intel driver, rename or move them else X may fail with modesetting.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … Group_list

LindyBalboa · 2021-02-27 14:11:43

1) I changed the pastebin in the original post to include root information
2) I do have early KMS enabled because I use Plymouth
3) Only file in Xorg.conf.d has to do with mousepad settings

I uninstalled xf86-video-intel and it seems to have fixed the issue. I will try it out for a while and report back/mark as solved. Thanks for the help!

Lone_Wolf · 2021-02-28 11:52:13

urxvt seems to segfault & coredump rather often, does that keep happening after the removal of xf86-video-intel ?

seth · 2021-02-28 13:24:28

That's a crash-on-exit in some perl module, I don't expect it to be tied to the graphics stack.

LindyBalboa · 2021-03-20 17:46:19

Hi everyone, I have had time to run this configuration and while the GUI comes up not problem, I still have some issues going. Applications don't refresh during normal use, only after certain actions, e.g. resizing the window, switching to another window and back, changing tabs and back. I notice sometimes part of an unrelated window will overlay a splash screen of an application that is still loading. I'm not sure what it could be.

seth · 2021-03-21 08:06:38

Try to kill compton/picom. Still same problems?

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Severe graphics problems since last update

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Re: Severe graphics problems since last update

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