I received my Framework laptop last week and am absolutely loving it.
Unfortunately, yesterday I encountered an intermittent issue with the display, where all or part of the screen goes white as shown in the attached image. This appears to be a display issue rather than one with the operating system, as I can still move my cursor and interact with the machine under the non-functional display area. Sometimes the display can be fixed by rebooting and other times it will flicker and then the artefact disappears. I have opened it up and all the display cables and the panel itself appear undamaged and are connected properly.
Just wondered if anyone else has experienced anything like this?
For your information, my machine is configured as follows:
Framework Laptop 13, batch 4, AMD Ryzen 7840U
OS: Fedora Linux 39,
Kernel: 6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64
Seems like it might be this issue? I’m not on Fedora but I was having the same issue, and adding the amdgpu.sg_display=0 kernel parameter mentioned in that thread fixed the issue for me.
Aside from the workaround @Avery posted, you might want to update the kernel to at least 6.6, which is already released for Fedora 39. Then you might not need to tweak that setting.
Thanks for getting back to me with such a clear and detailed response. I’ve updated my kernel and added the amdgpu.sg_display=0 flag.
This appears to have fixed the issue as I haven’t experienced any further display issues despite heavy use over the last few days.
Thanks again!
I have a Framework 13 AMD with Fedora 39 running and I’ve had the same problem.
I used this command: sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="amdgpu.sg_display=0"
After that the flickering issue was history, BUT now I have a much heavier problem.
Fedora is freezing randomly. I this case no response from the system anymore. No keyboard, no touchpad. Only option is a hard shutdown.
Does anyone have an idea how can I fix it?
