I was experiencing a similar issue on Fedora 39 KDE as well. Looks like we’re not alone - there is an as yet unresolved issue in the kernel amdgpu driver affecting AMD APUs.
Since adding kernel parameter amdgpu.sg_display=0 in /etc/default/grub and regenerating grub config ( sudo grub2-mkconfig -o "$(readlink -e /etc/grub2.conf)" ), I have not yet experienced further white flickering.
I just received a Batch 2 laptop today (20Oct23). The BIOS is still 3.02 and it suffers from the reported problem that, after boot, it launches with X11 but logging out and back in switches to Wayland. (Fedora 39 beta, fully updated.)
I renamed the title “AMD Ryzen 7040 Series BIOS 3.03 BETA release” to “AMD Ryzen 7040 Series BIOS 3.03 Beta release”. Because the “beta” is not the abbreviation. It also aligns with the other past BIOS threads that Kieran created such as the following threads. I hope you still like it.
Forgive my naïveté, are these BIOS issues effecting the Microsoft people as well? I see a lot of Linux OS mentions but haven’t noticed any Microsoft OS mentions.
This is a single data point so take it with a grain of salt, but I’ve had no issues with Windows 11 so far on a clean install even with a technically-unsupported AX210 NIC.
I don’t have a lot of recent experience with PCs as I’ve spent the last decade on Apple devices. I’m sincerely hoping I don’t have a lot of issues that will require technical expertise at a level which I am no longer proficient
Is there a chance we might be able to get a (tentative) timeline for a release of the 3.03 update? As in, sometime this month still, mid-November, Q1 2024 etc?
I understand this doesn’t affect Windows users much, just Linux users on newer kernels. I also realise there’s a workaround by running an LTS-derived kernel on some distributions, but that’s not ideal for many folks. Even though security updates are normally backported to LTS kernels, many driver improvements and additional hardware support are typically not, not even by vendors, unless it specifically affected a customer with a support contract (which wouldn’t happen on Fedora for example).
But for sure we seem to not have the same understanding of “soon” ahahah.
Expecially when we’re expecting something. Let’s wait a little more. The bios had to be released at the same time than batch 2 but did not make it. It makes me think that they’ve catched some last minute bugs just before the expected release.
Very possible, and I’m entirely fine with it. If it takes another month, it takes another month. That’s not the issue. But it would be nice to get some clarity on that.
I believe it’s actually older kernels that are affected. Notably latest stable (6.5.8 as of writing) seems unaffected according to what people have claimed on the forum.
This is to improve performance if the mainboard is operating without a battery. It should have little/no impact when the system is operating with a battery in a normal laptop configuration.
