# Debian: Graphics glitches when PSR disabled? Paradoxical? **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [March 26, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/debian-graphics-glitches-when-psr-disabled-paradoxical/28522 "2023-03-26T14:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lauren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Lauren](https://community.frame.work/u/Lauren)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/debian-graphics-glitches-when-psr-disabled-paradoxical/28522/1 "2023-03-26T14:59:32Z")
Just got myself a 12th Gen Framework 13 and installed Debian unstable. I started noticing graphics glitches in X11, specifically display freezing, the image on the screen jumping up and down and, when using redshift, random garbage briefly flashing on the screen, or briefly appearing in a narrow band at the top of the screen, when redshift was started or stopped. I managed to replicate screen freezing by doing the following: - Opening a terminal (I’m using XFCE, so XFCE terminal). - Moving the cursor around in circles using the trackpad. - A few seconds later, the cursor freezes, despite that I’m still moving my finger on the trackpad. - Pressing a key on the keyboard makes the screen come back to life. There is a slight vertical jump in the image before it stabilises again. There seems to be a lot of discussion around disabling panel self-refresh (PSR), however doing `sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_edp_psr_status` revealed that PSR was disabled. When I turned it on, by passing `i915.enable_psr=1` in the kernel command line (via `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` in `/etc/default/grub`) and rebooted, the problem seemed to go away! Admittedly I don’t know exactly how PSR is supposed to work under Linux/X11, but I would have imagined that freezing is something you’d see if things weren’t going right while PSR was turned **on** (e.g. if the display weren’t being refreshed properly), not something you’d see with it turned off! Anyway, I’m happy that it appears to be working, but curious to hear if anyone has experienced the same issue (e.g. switching PSR **on** makes glitches go away, rather than switching PSR **off** to try to fix graphics issues). I’m using kernel 6.1.0-7. For anyone who’s interested, I first installed Debian stable, then upgraded to unstable. Debian stable seems to lack the proper WiFi drivers for the AX210 in the 1280P machine, so I used a USB Ethernet dongle. I had great difficulty getting the dongle to enumerate - it wouldn’t work with any of the Framework USB-A modules, but I managed to get it working via an external USB C docking station. I chalked this up to poor USB support in stable. Everything seems to work great in Debian unstable. ---
**Author:** ![Viandant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/fbc32d/32.png) [@Viandant](https://community.frame.work/u/Viandant)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/debian-graphics-glitches-when-psr-disabled-paradoxical/28522/2 "2023-03-26T22:56:07Z")
I only have an 11th Gen. So I can’t help you with graphics. But I have an idea what could have caused the AX210 problem. The AX210 needs firmware which is in the firmware-iwlwifi package. This package used to belong to the `non-free` section but was recently moved to the `non-free-firmware` section. So `non-free-firmware` must be added to `/etc/apt/sources.list`. Locate the line for the sid suit and append `non-free-firmware` separated with a space. You should then have a line like this (propably pointing to a different mirror): ```auto deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib non-free-firmware ``` Then you can do ```auto sudo apt update sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi ``` Hopefully wifi will work after a reboot.