#Laptop screen flickers faster and faster until it goes black or I turn off power saving mode

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carmine delta
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After a recent update (in which I assume was some faulty driver or power saving feature) I am having this problem in my arch system. I have an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U and I'm using amdgpu drivers, on GNOME wayland although I don't think it matters because it also happens on TTY.

I am using power-profiles-daemon and when it goes into power saving mode this issue appears and immediately goes away if I disable power saving. In this video I still hadn't realized it was related to power saving but it was my first real clue since I realized it went away by plugging it and came back by unplugging.

Nothing shows up in journalctl when I go to and from power saving mode. Any ideas?

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UPDATE: it also happens on the "balanced" profile when the battery gets below 30% (I am assuming the relevant power saving feature gets automatically enabled at that point regardless of power saving being disabled). I worked around it by enabling performance mode but ofc this is not ideal for my battery life especially when i'm on the red already 😅

Please ping me if you reply!

limber plume
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@carmine delta sudo pacman -Syu, then reboot

carmine delta
limber plume
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@carmine delta try gnome x11

carmine delta
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UPDATE: it only happens after I haved suspended and resumed the system at least once. That's why it wasn't occuring if I reboot. As soon as I close the lid, when I open it up again the issue appears (if I have low battery or power saving mode enabled).

Also, it doesn't seem to happen if I have power saving enabled but the battery is high enough (seems to be 50%+).

carmine delta
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switching to lts kernel seems to have worked around the issue for now. I'm scared of this never getting fixed tho so im still open to suggestions 😨

gloomy fiber
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a system upgrade solved the problem

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im thinking probably a faulty package update somehow made it into the offical repo

carmine delta