Xenial 16.04 LTS - Temporary screen malfunction at boot, hanging/freezing apps/ Del Inspiron-5576 AMD Radeon rx7 / AMDGPU-PRO installed
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I've been looking around for a while now to see if other users have had a solution that fits my issue, and although similar issues seem to be occurring for those with APUs, no posts I've seen are quite the same.
I don't know if this counts as a screen tear (images below), but i'm getting a flash - sort of similar to those old cathode ray TVs -
with a remaining image every time at boot, which ends up exactly the same, as if it were a picture or something.
I have been willing to overlook the cosmetic, yet benign fault generally -
but lately my desktop is beginning to freeze and apps are refusing to close. My laptop can get a bit warm and noisy too. Oh and freezing / hanging is resolved either through a new action (open terminal closes the app as attempted prior) or by displaying the desktop (ctrl+d). Sometimes xkill is necessary.
I have been downloading torrents lately with "Transmission" but I am more concerned that this is all to do with issues regarding the drivers, tied to the dodgy graphics during each boot.
I have attached a "Neofetch" result portraying my system, and what appears when I query my drivers in "Software & Updates" just for good measure. Both demonstrate that the "Arc-Dark" theme is also showing no shadow in the top bar, something which just began roughly an hour ago.
Is there anything in particular I could be doing wrong? any system files I could be repairing? Better drivers to install? I have Installed other Ubuntu distros as well (previous LTS, and "Artful"), but I get a similar boot with them too - plus poorer overall performance.
Is Ubuntu hopeless with Dell Inspiron - should I miigrate over to Fedora, etc? I'd rather not.
Any help would be a godsend. I would appreciate it very much.
**(Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.17)
edit - lshw -C
(sudo lshw -C display)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Carrizo
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: cc
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:230 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f0800000-f0ffffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fea00000-fea3ffff memory:c0000-dffff
*-display
description: Display controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: c5
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:232 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fe800000-fe83ffff memory:fe840000-fe85ffff**
Take care all,
Steve
[Booting after "Dell" screen, few seconds of purple screen, bright flash, remaining graphic faults lined across the screen, neofetch, drivers - Software & Updates]
https://imgur.com/a/uHlCB
boot graphics freeze gpu inspiron
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
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asked Feb 3 at 14:58
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first post on askubuntu.com, although I visit this site just about every other day.
I've been looking around for a while now to see if other users have had a solution that fits my issue, and although similar issues seem to be occurring for those with APUs, no posts I've seen are quite the same.
I don't know if this counts as a screen tear (images below), but i'm getting a flash - sort of similar to those old cathode ray TVs -
with a remaining image every time at boot, which ends up exactly the same, as if it were a picture or something.
I have been willing to overlook the cosmetic, yet benign fault generally -
but lately my desktop is beginning to freeze and apps are refusing to close. My laptop can get a bit warm and noisy too. Oh and freezing / hanging is resolved either through a new action (open terminal closes the app as attempted prior) or by displaying the desktop (ctrl+d). Sometimes xkill is necessary.
I have been downloading torrents lately with "Transmission" but I am more concerned that this is all to do with issues regarding the drivers, tied to the dodgy graphics during each boot.
I have attached a "Neofetch" result portraying my system, and what appears when I query my drivers in "Software & Updates" just for good measure. Both demonstrate that the "Arc-Dark" theme is also showing no shadow in the top bar, something which just began roughly an hour ago.
Is there anything in particular I could be doing wrong? any system files I could be repairing? Better drivers to install? I have Installed other Ubuntu distros as well (previous LTS, and "Artful"), but I get a similar boot with them too - plus poorer overall performance.
Is Ubuntu hopeless with Dell Inspiron - should I miigrate over to Fedora, etc? I'd rather not.
Any help would be a godsend. I would appreciate it very much.
**(Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.17)
edit - lshw -C
(sudo lshw -C display)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Carrizo
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: cc
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:230 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f0800000-f0ffffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fea00000-fea3ffff memory:c0000-dffff
*-display
description: Display controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: c5
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:232 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fe800000-fe83ffff memory:fe840000-fe85ffff**
Take care all,
Steve
[Booting after "Dell" screen, few seconds of purple screen, bright flash, remaining graphic faults lined across the screen, neofetch, drivers - Software & Updates]
https://imgur.com/a/uHlCB
boot graphics freeze gpu inspiron
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
25.5k949122
asked Feb 3 at 14:58
jshwi
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Just before the sign-off. Is that the output expected? Thank you. (Oh i forgot display!)
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:22
No. Let's trysudo lshw -C displayinstead.
– Elder Geek
Feb 3 at 15:24
that looks better
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:29
add a comment |Â
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first post on askubuntu.com, although I visit this site just about every other day.
I've been looking around for a while now to see if other users have had a solution that fits my issue, and although similar issues seem to be occurring for those with APUs, no posts I've seen are quite the same.
I don't know if this counts as a screen tear (images below), but i'm getting a flash - sort of similar to those old cathode ray TVs -
with a remaining image every time at boot, which ends up exactly the same, as if it were a picture or something.
I have been willing to overlook the cosmetic, yet benign fault generally -
but lately my desktop is beginning to freeze and apps are refusing to close. My laptop can get a bit warm and noisy too. Oh and freezing / hanging is resolved either through a new action (open terminal closes the app as attempted prior) or by displaying the desktop (ctrl+d). Sometimes xkill is necessary.
I have been downloading torrents lately with "Transmission" but I am more concerned that this is all to do with issues regarding the drivers, tied to the dodgy graphics during each boot.
I have attached a "Neofetch" result portraying my system, and what appears when I query my drivers in "Software & Updates" just for good measure. Both demonstrate that the "Arc-Dark" theme is also showing no shadow in the top bar, something which just began roughly an hour ago.
Is there anything in particular I could be doing wrong? any system files I could be repairing? Better drivers to install? I have Installed other Ubuntu distros as well (previous LTS, and "Artful"), but I get a similar boot with them too - plus poorer overall performance.
Is Ubuntu hopeless with Dell Inspiron - should I miigrate over to Fedora, etc? I'd rather not.
Any help would be a godsend. I would appreciate it very much.
**(Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.17)
edit - lshw -C
(sudo lshw -C display)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Carrizo
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: cc
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:230 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f0800000-f0ffffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fea00000-fea3ffff memory:c0000-dffff
*-display
description: Display controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: c5
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:232 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fe800000-fe83ffff memory:fe840000-fe85ffff**
Take care all,
Steve
[Booting after "Dell" screen, few seconds of purple screen, bright flash, remaining graphic faults lined across the screen, neofetch, drivers - Software & Updates]
https://imgur.com/a/uHlCB
boot graphics freeze gpu inspiron
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
25.5k949122
asked Feb 3 at 14:58
jshwi
13
first post on askubuntu.com, although I visit this site just about every other day.
I've been looking around for a while now to see if other users have had a solution that fits my issue, and although similar issues seem to be occurring for those with APUs, no posts I've seen are quite the same.
I don't know if this counts as a screen tear (images below), but i'm getting a flash - sort of similar to those old cathode ray TVs -
with a remaining image every time at boot, which ends up exactly the same, as if it were a picture or something.
I have been willing to overlook the cosmetic, yet benign fault generally -
but lately my desktop is beginning to freeze and apps are refusing to close. My laptop can get a bit warm and noisy too. Oh and freezing / hanging is resolved either through a new action (open terminal closes the app as attempted prior) or by displaying the desktop (ctrl+d). Sometimes xkill is necessary.
I have been downloading torrents lately with "Transmission" but I am more concerned that this is all to do with issues regarding the drivers, tied to the dodgy graphics during each boot.
I have attached a "Neofetch" result portraying my system, and what appears when I query my drivers in "Software & Updates" just for good measure. Both demonstrate that the "Arc-Dark" theme is also showing no shadow in the top bar, something which just began roughly an hour ago.
Is there anything in particular I could be doing wrong? any system files I could be repairing? Better drivers to install? I have Installed other Ubuntu distros as well (previous LTS, and "Artful"), but I get a similar boot with them too - plus poorer overall performance.
Is Ubuntu hopeless with Dell Inspiron - should I miigrate over to Fedora, etc? I'd rather not.
Any help would be a godsend. I would appreciate it very much.
**(Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.17)
edit - lshw -C
(sudo lshw -C display)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Carrizo
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: cc
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:230 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f0800000-f0ffffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fea00000-fea3ffff memory:c0000-dffff
*-display
description: Display controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: c5
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:232 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fe800000-fe83ffff memory:fe840000-fe85ffff**
Take care all,
Steve
[Booting after "Dell" screen, few seconds of purple screen, bright flash, remaining graphic faults lined across the screen, neofetch, drivers - Software & Updates]
https://imgur.com/a/uHlCB
boot graphics freeze gpu inspiron
boot graphics freeze gpu inspiron
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
25.5k949122
asked Feb 3 at 14:58
jshwi
13
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
25.5k949122
asked Feb 3 at 14:58
jshwi
13
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
25.5k949122
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
25.5k949122
edited Feb 3 at 15:54
Elder Geek
25.5k949122
25.5k949122
asked Feb 3 at 14:58
jshwi
13
asked Feb 3 at 14:58
jshwi
13
asked Feb 3 at 14:58
jshwi
13
13
Just before the sign-off. Is that the output expected? Thank you. (Oh i forgot display!)
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:22
No. Let's trysudo lshw -C displayinstead.
– Elder Geek
Feb 3 at 15:24
that looks better
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:29
add a comment |Â
Just before the sign-off. Is that the output expected? Thank you. (Oh i forgot display!)
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:22
No. Let's trysudo lshw -C displayinstead.
– Elder Geek
Feb 3 at 15:24
that looks better
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:29
Just before the sign-off. Is that the output expected? Thank you. (Oh i forgot display!)
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:22
Just before the sign-off. Is that the output expected? Thank you. (Oh i forgot display!)
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:22
No. Let's try
sudo lshw -C display instead.– Elder Geek
Feb 3 at 15:24
No. Let's try
sudo lshw -C display instead.– Elder Geek
Feb 3 at 15:24
that looks better
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:29
that looks better
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:29
add a comment |Â
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Just before the sign-off. Is that the output expected? Thank you. (Oh i forgot display!)
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:22
No. Let's try
sudo lshw -C displayinstead.– Elder Geek
Feb 3 at 15:24
that looks better
– jshwi
Feb 3 at 15:29