Bug 1738650 - Kernel 5.2.5 graphics unstable
Summary: Kernel 5.2.5 graphics unstable
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 30
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-07 17:59 UTC by Jerry
Modified: 2019-09-05 02:40 UTC (History)
18 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2019-09-05 02:40:07 UTC
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Description Jerry 2019-08-07 17:59:31 UTC
1. Please describe the problem:

Updated Fedora 30 yesterday, 8-6-2019. New kernel 5.2.5-200.fc30.x86_64 boots OK. Graphics within windows of apps such as Thunderbird get scrambled. It appears some windows work OK for example keepass appears to work cleanly which uses different libraries.

I don't know how to check what other updates came in yesterday, there were more than just the kernel. If I can check the update history??? I can update this report with what else was changed. This is not the same as the raven_dmcu.bin firmware issue reported in https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109206

Booting on previous version of kernel all works well. Previous Kernel is 

kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-5.1.20-300.fc30.x86_64"
args="ro resume=/dev/mapper/fedora-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap rhgb quiet idle=nomwait"
root="/dev/mapper/fedora-root"
initrd="/boot/initramfs-5.1.20-300.fc30.x86_64.img"
title="Fedora (5.1.20-300.fc30.x86_64) 30 (Thirty)"
id="37abfd967dfe4ee5a8e8b5abfc9e098b-5.1.20-300.fc30.x86_64"

2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel:

kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-5.2.5-200.fc30.x86_64"
args="ro resume=/dev/mapper/fedora-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap rhgb quiet idle=nomwait"
root="/dev/mapper/fedora-root"
initrd="/boot/initramfs-5.2.5-200.fc30.x86_64.img"
title="Fedora (5.2.5-200.fc30.x86_64) 30 (Thirty)"
id="37abfd967dfe4ee5a8e8b5abfc9e098b-5.2.5-200.fc30.x86_64"



3. Did it work previously in Fedora? If so, what kernel version did the issue
   *first* appear?  Old kernels are available for download at
   https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8 :

Yes as noted above


4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce
   the issue below:

Yes, every time.

5. Does this problem occur with the latest Rawhide kernel? To install the
   Rawhide kernel, run ``sudo dnf install fedora-repos-rawhide`` followed by
   ``sudo dnf update --enablerepo=rawhide kernel``:

Have not tried this


6. Are you running any modules that not shipped with directly Fedora's kernel?:

No
7. Please attach the kernel logs. You can get the complete kernel log
   for a boot with ``journalctl --no-hostname -k > dmesg.txt``. If the
   issue occurred on a previous boot, use the journalctl ``-b`` flag.

Will attache if I can get after a boot back to problem kernel

Comment 1 Jerry 2019-08-09 17:36:31 UTC
Created attachment 1602255 [details]
Example of Issue, screenshot

Changing title to narrow scope. New Ryzen 2500U issue

Comment 2 Jerry 2019-08-09 17:38:09 UTC
Problem persists in 5.2.6 downloaded today.

Comment 3 Jerry 2019-08-09 17:40:26 UTC
Created attachment 1602256 [details]
Example dmesg

Nothing obvious to me. Latest BIOS here has been working fine before jump to kernel 5.2.

Please advize on any data needed.

Comment 4 Alain Reguera Delgado 2019-08-11 17:53:51 UTC
Problem persists in kernel-5.2.7, ThinkPad E585 (AMD Ryzen 7 2700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx).

Comment 5 Alain Reguera Delgado 2019-08-11 18:02:08 UTC
Problem doesn't seem to affect kernel-5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64, but higher versions only.

Comment 6 Jerry 2019-08-29 02:10:58 UTC
Problem still persists with kernel-5.2.9-200.fc30.x86_64. Last usable kernel is kernel-5.1.20-300.fc30.x86_64.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Comment 7 Jesper Sørensen 2019-08-31 20:45:47 UTC
I believe I've had the same issue on my Thinkpad A485.

Kernel 5.1.12 worked fine,
Using 5.2.8 or 5.2.9 resulted in visual corruption and eventually a hard freeze.

Before creating a bug report I wanted to ensure that I had the latest updates, including the laptop's BIOS.
So I updated all packages - which didn't solve the issue, then I updated the BIOS from 1.11 to 1.24 and the problem seems to be gone.

I am not sure whether the fix was the BIOS update itself, or the reset of the BIOS settings.
I did toy around with the BIOS to prevent the random freeze issue that's plaguing the A485s.

I'm going to have a look around the BIOS and see if some setting can recreate the issue.

Comment 8 Jerry 2019-09-05 02:40:07 UTC
With the kernel-5.2.11-200.fc30.x86_64 update that came in today, this bug appears to be fixed.

Al stable.

Closing


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