citrusfaceApr 30, 2024

Pop_OS Pulsing Blurry/Fuzzy Screen - Help?

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Pop_OS Pulsing Blurry/Fuzzy Screen - Help? - Lemmy.World

So - heres a weird one. Everything was completely fine until last night and I have no idea what has changed at all. When my screen sits idle for more than a second it get fuzzy and blurry. Then it will pulse from fuzzy to clear about every second. Every letter I type cause the screen to flash clear, but then immediate goes back to fuzzy after I release the key. Mousing over an entity that causes and interaction does the same thing. It is not the HDMI cable. Ive tried 3 cables. Its not my HDMI switch, I’ve changed all the cable and swapped ports around several times. I have a SAMSUNG 43 UHD TV (60hz) that I use as my monitor. It is set to Dynamic Display in Game Mode. This has worked with no issues at all for 6+ months. I ran some system updates 2 days ago, but the issue didn’t start until last night. Also - its intermittent - so I’m at a total fucking loss. Reboots/Resets of varying types have not seemed to help. Any ideas? let me know what else you need from me - Im still a relatively new linux user so be gentle. Thank you in advance

Show threadcitrusfaceApr 30, 2024

I’m going to attempt an os refresh and see if that does anything.

Will report back.

Show threadcitrusface

So I turned off fractional scaling (i did that before as well and nothing changed) and ran more updates and then shut down and rebooted- issue seems to be stopped for the moment.

if it comes back, I will create an update post. Thanks!

Apr 30, 2024 at 8:54pmWeb
Show threadTelorandApr 30, 2024
I wonder if your Samsung TV got an update that is causing a conflict. Is it connected to the internet?
Show threadcitrusfaceApr 30, 2024

I think I actually fixed it?

I tried updated and saw an error for something i had removed. so after ducking around i found the sudo apt purge command and zapped it then i follow support.system76.com/articles/upgrade-pop/ and some things happened and downloaded and i rebooted

and its working now? I will know for sure if its working if doesnt start happening again in an hour.

but i think it might be good to go based on that experience.

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Show threadcitrusfaceMay 1, 2024

Follow up - issue came back. I’m thinking it may be hardware or driver at this point. I am going to mess with that this evening and I will report back.

If that doesn’t work - I will do the os refresh bc I haven’t actually done that yet.

Show threadcitrusfaceMay 3, 2024
Okay it’s actually fixed now. Games are running smoothly and shaders are loading better. It must have been a funky driver.
Show threadkeyezMay 14, 2024
Unrelated but reading through what might be the issue I’m stealing ducking around, idk how I never thought of that!
Show threadcitrusfaceMay 14, 2024
Hahaha - update on issue, it was my switch, but not the switch, I think WHEN I used the the switch (like toggling between my other machine) it made things mad until I rebooted. Then when I rebooted it was fine until I used the switch again. So I just changed the things I used on the switch and everything is kosher now.