I have a framework laptop always plugged to a screen and it became a nightware recently.
At the beginning I got it the AMD issue was occuring already (running F39 with 6.6 and 6.7 kernels) but it was okay
I migrated to fedora 40 as there was the promess to get better experience with kernel 6.8, but actually this is a total nightmare since then when the laptop is plugged to an external screen
wake up after the laptop go to suspend => screen corruption
when the external screen switch off for saving energy => screen corruption
when I unplugged the external screen => screen corruption
when I plugged the external screen => screen corruption
When I look a video on firefox full-screen => screen corruption
When I press the GUI button shutdown in GNOME, I get a corruption (even without external screen)
(Yes I activated UMA_GAME_OPTIMIZED parameter)
I know there is a thread about this but I’m fed up waiting a working state without tuning knobs.
That’s AMD bug ruins all the pleasure I use this computer…
My laptop is seating on my desktop, clipping each 0.5/sec and I cannot switch it off because I’m trying to recover data with photorec and it plans to run at least 12 hours…
I just tested my external USB4 (displayport) monitor with UMA_GAME_OPTIMIZED today on 6.8.1.
It makes the external monitor work as it normally would, I used it for about two hours.
Going to keep running it with this enabled, and see how long it takes to trigger the white screen.
If you depend on docking external monitors often you may want to enable this pairing.
Not supporting F40 yet, when we do, it will be announced in the forums and docs will be posted. As with any new release, we expect bugs and I will not be recommending the switch over until I feel it’s ready. It’s close, but not yet.
The first Beta release is coming, and additional focus and bug reports will appear there.
In the meantime, please use the tested/vetted F39 with all the updates anduser guide followed carefully.
at some point I just wanted to voice my frustration, and perhaps know that I’m not the only one to suffer that much, and also I did not wanted to had my personal issue on a already way-too-long thread.
I don’t have a special setup, I use a fedora 40 beta (I’m use to switch to beta when it’s available), but I’m baffled how this is worse after having upgraded, so I pay the consequence of believing 6.8 would be better.
I’m a tech savy (and old) but when it comes to electronic devices, I rarely buy things. My last computer buy was in July 2013, so having a new computer is a thing, so the bigger the frustration.
And I think the beta, the testing version is for people who are willing to test and report issues to the Fedora project to help for people at Fedora project to fix the issues. Thanks for your testing Fedora 40 on the Framework Laptop. You can check the following threads about how to report the issues for Framework Laptop 13 AMD.
I have along experience dealing with Fedora (~ 10 years), and Fedora beta was always stable and the 40 is still. My point was just about the AMD issue
So actually the BIOS parameter UMA_GAME_OPTIMIZED was phased from the config, I don’t understand why, (can it be related to the other isse I mentionned)
Putting UMA_GAME_OPTIMIZED back solved all issues I got, as expected