[TRACKING] Graphical corruption in Fedora 39 (AMD 3.03 BIOS)

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Sometimes when resuming from sleep, or when playing a fullscreen video, my screen will fill with white video blocks. If I switch to a virtual terminal and back to my GNOME session, the corruption goes away. Similarly, rebooting will fix the problem (until it appears again).

I passed a memtest86+ last night after thinking this might be caused by memory problems.

In my kernel ring buffer:

[45698.229842] amd_iommu_report_page_fault: 40953 callbacks suppressed
[45698.229938] amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xffffe914000 flags=0x0000]

A few technical details:

$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
03.03
$ uname -r
6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64
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Interesting, has this been occurring since day of the installation or after a recent update? Also is this occurring with external displays attached to a dock (or expansion cards as this would be ideal) or just with the internal display? Looking to try and duplicate.

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What size memory do you have?

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Also, does the corruption look similar to the following post?

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It’s been occuring since I received the board (running 3.02) as well. I thought this would be fixed in the 3.03 BIOS update, but no such luck.

This is occurring with no other displays attached. Two USB-As and two USB-Cs in the slots.

My memory is 32GB of Framework-supplied DDR5 5600. Part number AD5S560016G-B.

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I can’t attach a video, but I can host it elsewhere and link it here! Here is an example of the corruption.

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After looking at the other thread, this does look like similar corruption (although no translucent blocks like in the first image). Interestingly this isn’t happening with >= 64GB RAM or with external monitors attached. I can try the sg_display=0 kernel cmdline option to see if it helps.

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I get the same white video blocks on BIOS versions 3.02 and 3.03. (My machine has 16GB RAM.)

For both versions, adding theamdgpu.sg_display=0 kernel param fixed it for me.

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I enabled fedora-updates-testing with includepkgs=kernel* kernel-modules* linux-firmware* *-firmware to test 6.5.9. So far I haven’t gotten the artifacts to reproduce yet, although sometimes it takes a while. If it does I’ll try the sg_display=0 option.

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For the sake of keeping these together, moving a couple of related posts here.

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Great question.

Been trying to replicate this myself to see if we need to file a bug. This is Fedora with external displays, correct? I have not had any issues (single display, internal) with distortion on resume. If this is in another thread (and I remember seeing this today), I can answer it there as well once I get the requested details.

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This is Fedora 39 (Beta), no external display.
Default bios and OS configuration of Gnome (wayland) with no out of repo packages and a couple flatpaks installed.

To summarize, a series of i2c errors are reported, as well as a page fault in amdgpu.
It appears to happen on resume and not suspend.

I can put the log in chat, or email it to support depending on the preference.

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Hi there!

I have graphical artifacts on my display from time to time. These occur when I open videos, start a game via Steam or sporadically from time to time. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Other than that, the system is stable.

I suppose it could be either the beta version of Fedora or the still very new drivers. At this point, I hope it can’t be a hardware defect.

Attached some pics from my issue.

Greetings
mopac

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If you have a lot of ram (64GB+), could it possibly be related to this issue?

Linux support for 64GB (Inclusive) and higher RAM capacities may cause white/blank screen issues with displays on some distributions with kernels below 6.5. Ubuntu OEM kernel oem-6.1-1021 and later has a backported workaround. For other distributions, please verify you are using 6.5 or utilize the following patch if you experience this issue:

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I just have 32GB of RAM installed, but thanks for the hint!

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Same artifacts here. It seems almost whenever display space changes (resolution change or display added/removed) they appear. Good thing KDE has such a robust session management, I have restarted it more in one day than in weeks before.

I also have 32Gigs of RAM, btw.

Using dmesg, I am seeing a lot of these messages:

amd_iommu_report_page_fault: 15159 callbacks suppressed

and

amdgpu 0000:c1:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0005 address=0xfffc32f0000 flags=0x0000]

with changing addresses.

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Quickfix: add “amdgpu.sg_display=0” to your kernel command line (Source)

That introduces some other oddities but resolves this one (for me) :slight_smile:

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Hi @F_Behrens thanks for the tip! It works for me as well :slight_smile: What oddities do you mean?

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If you can capture logs I would recommend reporting this as an official bug / compatibility issue. No reason for a workaround when things should “just work” on a supported distro. It could signal a broader issue that may need to be fixed.

I had a similar issue but have not been able to reproduce. Happened to me waking from sleep.

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Sitting here on mine, same BIOS, same release (Fedora 39 Workstation GNOME, fully updated today). Even on a fresh install I have not seen this. Feels like a hardware/connection issue.

Start with the following:

  • Open up your laptop and try re-seating your display cable. Inspect it for damage as well.
  • If this does not help. Grab a new copy of Fedora 39 and boot from the Live USB, is it happening there?