I know the drivers come in the distro package manager, but, is there a set straight from AMD? Trying to use Brave causes freezes and black screen flashes, which I’m pretty sure is a driver thing.

  • NaN
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    326 days ago

    The AMD drivers come from the kernel. You might try the Debian backport kernel and see if updated drivers help (assuming the kernel parameter isn’t it). It’s currently version 6.6.13.

  • @SteveTech@programming.dev
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    11 month ago

    Trying to use Brave causes freezes and black screen flashes, which I’m pretty sure is a driver thing.

    If this is the same common issue, there’s a thread on the forum about it, but IIRC you can add amdgpu.sg_display=0 to your kernel parameters.

    I know the drivers come in the distro package manager, but, is there a set straight from AMD?

    If you really want, you could try the AMDGPU Pro drivers, but I’m not sure if they’re compatible with integrated graphics if you don’t have the expansion GPU.

    • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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      21 month ago

      Well, I spoke too soon. A minute later, it died and took my desktop with it.

    • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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      21 month ago

      Hm. It doesn’t want to accept amdgpu.sg_display=0. It looks right from here, but…

      $ sudo update-grub
      /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 42: /etc/default/grub: amdgpu.sg_display=0: not found
      
      • @SteveTech@programming.dev
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        21 month ago

        Grub doesn’t actually validate the parameters themselves, but the whole config, so you’ve pasted it into the wrong spot. It should go in the string that follows GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.

        If it still happens, could you post your grub config?

        Also some people have had success setting the GPU to game mode in the BIOS too.

        Here’s the forum link: https://community.frame.work/t/tracking-graphical-corruption-in-fedora-39-amd-3-03-bios/39073

        • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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          21 month ago

          Ah, I had put it at the bottom of the file. I’ve put it in the right place now; thank you! I’ll try game mode if this doesn’t fix it.

        • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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          21 month ago

          Switching to gaming mode let me open the GIF menu! Thank you!

        • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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          222 days ago

          Trying to open Tabletop Simulator is now doing the same thing. Is there any way to increase the amount of RAM given to the apu (without getting the dpgu)?

          I’ve never had an issue like this on previous laptops, so I’m not sure what to do (other than be frustrated / avoid certain programs).

            • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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              221 days ago

              I’m on 3.02, still need to upgrade to 3.03. Will see if that resolves; if not, I’ll try the USB tool to see if I can increase the VRAM. Thank you so much!

        • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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          21 month ago

          Well, trying to pull up the GIF menu in the Discord app causes this consistently.

    • @TheButtonJustSpinsOP
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      21 month ago

      It seems to have fixed itself after a couple reboots. If it starts again, I will try the kernel parameter. Thanks!

  • @SatyrSack@lemmy.one
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    11 month ago

    Are you using fractional scaling? I had similar issues with LMDE (not with Brave, though), and switching to 200% solved it.