Bug#919115: linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned: Graphical glitches (lightdm and cinnamon) after upgrading linux (RadeonRX540)

2019-04-29 Thread N G
I don't own this laptop anymore.  I don't see anything productive about having this bug open in debian, since there's a few reports about this matter in kernel and freedesktop's bugzilla.

Bug#919115: linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned: Graphical glitches (lightdm and cinnamon) after upgrading linux (RadeonRX540)

2019-02-24 Thread N G
Just upgraded to firmware-amd-graphics-20190114/stretch-backports and nothing changed, therefore lightdm might be working with testing branch because of lightdm's version or something unrelated to linux itself (maybe mesa?), still, it used to work correctly with stretch until linux 4.18.20 (at

Bug#919115: linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned: Graphical glitches (lightdm and cinnamon) after upgrading linux (RadeonRX540)

2019-02-16 Thread N G
Today I tested this laptop with testing and unstable branch, all defaults, no personalized parameters or configurations. About lightdm graphical glitches: Couldn't reproduce any hang, frozen frame, or 'black screen' when using testing or unstable branch. (firmware seems to be related, will

Bug#919115: linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned: Graphical glitches (lightdm and cinnamon) after upgrading linux (RadeonRX540)

2019-01-22 Thread N G
Few things about using 'amdgpu.dc=0' as a workaround for graphical glitches. I can't get any HDMI audio output (works correctly with the default parameters). On the other hand, redshift doesn't seem to be working correctly with 'amdgpu.dc=0' (cursor temperature remains at 6500K). This works

Bug#919115: linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned: Graphical glitches (lightdm and cinnamon) after upgrading linux (RadeonRX540)

2019-01-22 Thread N G
A workaround for this bug it's using 'amdgpu.dc=0'.  No more glitches for wallpapers, screensaver, or lightdm.

Bug#919115: linux-image-4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned: Graphical glitches (lightdm and cinnamon) after upgrading linux (RadeonRX540)

2019-01-13 Thread N G
Some details on the lightdm/lockscreen issue. I just noticed that if I switch to tty1 and go back to lightdm everything is displayed properly, or well, that's what I thought at first, because when I tried to click something or even type, it was unresponsive, it's like a frozen frame,