Screen turning black and returning repeatedly + stuttering | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

ember wave Feb 16, 2026, 3:30 PM

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I recently upgraded from 22.1 Xia to 22.3 Zena. At random times, my screen keeps turning black then returning to normal. In the moment it turns black, I can still see the taskbar. It stops after a few times, then the screen starts stuttering every couple seconds. This never occurred while I was on 22.1

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Rebooting fixes it temporarily

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Its mainly noticeable when watching videos or running games

drifting terrace Feb 16, 2026, 4:25 PM

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What is your system information?

ember wave Feb 16, 2026, 4:28 PM

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📎 message.txt

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probably more than u need

drifting terrace Feb 16, 2026, 5:14 PM

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nvidia gpu
Explains everything

ember wave Feb 16, 2026, 5:26 PM

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I never had any major issues when i was on 22.1 it only started happening when I upgraded to 22.3

drifting terrace Feb 17, 2026, 10:26 AM

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ember wave I never had any major issues when i was on 22.1 it only started happening when I...

Why dont you try to degrade to the 6.8 kernel

ember wave Feb 17, 2026, 10:26 AM

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Oh yeah not gna do that

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When I ran 6.8 I had issues with booting up

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Whre the screen would just go blank

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Upgrading to the new kernel fixed that

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