I have a Framework 13, one of the factory seconds. The screen will randomly and briefly dim then brighten. I’ve replaced the screen. My question is if others have this issue and if anyone knows if it is a main board issue. Thank you to those who offered insight.

I had a very weird problem where the entire screen brightness would change briefly based on the brightness of a particular window. I could reproduce it simply by pausing a game which dimmed the the game window. The entire screen would flicker when I did this. I eventually solved the problem by c…

I just disable the “automatic screen brightness” in the power settings. gnome automatic screen brightness is broken. It adjusts the brightness in too bigger steps so your eyes think is a flickering. Once gnome get round to making it adjust the brightness much more smoothly and slowly, your eyes wo…

[solved] (at least I hope) Screen dims and brightens apparently randomly

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starquake November 8, 2024, 9:37pm 2

My guess is it’s the automatic screen brightness. If you’re using GNOME you can disable it here:

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[solved] (at least I hope) Screen dims and brightens apparently randomly

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