Which Linux distro are you using? - fedora KDE plasma
Which release version? 44
(if rolling release without a release version, skip this question)
(If rolling release, last date updated?) today
Which kernel are you using? 7.0.10-201.fc44.x84_64
Which BIOS version are you using? no idea
Which Framework Laptop 16 model are you using? (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series)
i ordered a new laptop, assembled it, then this started happening after i installed linux (fedora KDE plasma)
i tried
unplugging and plugging in the monitor (nothing changed)
updating the system (still nothing happend)
forcefully updating the BIOS with a usb (with the framework bios update file)
none of these helped, is my GPU cooked? or is this a fedora issue?
(these glitches only happen on the main screen. they dont happen on the BIOS
Probably an AMD driver issue imo. There are a few reports of such things with the kernel version 7 distros…
Since you are using KDE, you can try setting the Adaptive Sync setting to “Always” in the display settings. I haven’t had any issues with flickering artifacts since setting this myself.
I think it’s too early to say your GPU is dead. Those are symptoms of a dead gpu, yes, but I’ve also seen these symptoms on a number of amd + linux machines, including my current FW 16. Usually mine don’t last long enough to grab a screenshot of, on my Steam Deck it was due to an unstable undervolt.
First, I recommend reseating your expansion bay interposer, blowing it with a little air too if you can. That’s fixed issues like this for others a few times, myself included. Beyond that, you can try other kernel versions, as it’s also likely related to the driver.
I’d also recommend that the OP checks the display cable is correctly seated in the motherboard connector.
It’s not unheard of for these to be jostled during packaging and shipping, so popping the connector open, pulling the cable, checking it for damage and then correctly reseating it might help.
I see similar glitches.
Mine looks like a block of random greenish pixels that appear for very short time.
I have only the FW16 AMD 7840HS iGPU and no dGPU.
So, i think it is iGPU related.
I don’t get the impression the AMD are trying to fix any bugs for the 7040 series any more, unless the bug fix happens to fix an ai 300 series bug also. For example, i have a bug with rocm not working on the 7840HS that has not been fixed, and i reported it over a year ago. E.g. “amdgpu.cwsr_enable=0" is still needed on the gfx1103 gpu for rocm to work around the bug.
They were not frequent, but I was seeing these on my Fedora install as well. I think it may actually be a bug in the KWin Wayland compositor. I recently switched to Gentoo (which also experiences this issue) and I was unable to reproduce the display corruption with the X11 version of KDE Plasma (6.6.5). I also tested recording the screen with a screen recorder and found that the recording does not exhibit the same display errors. I gave hyprland (wayland) a shot instead of Plasma because of this artifacting issue and I have not seen the problem happen since.
I’ll also note, that if KDE Plasma is compiled without support for X (i.e. as a pure wayland system), this problem is greatly exaggerated.
It’s possible that Plasma will fix this issue in their move to 100% Wayland with 6.8.
