Linux Mint Cinnamon 22 fresh install screen issues (SOLVED)

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I had been running Mint 21.3 Cinnamon and decided to try Mint 22.
I backed up my HDD and did fresh install on two laptops (HP and Lenovo). After reloading my data, some setup and a loading a few favorite programs, I’m getting intermittent screen issues. I’m not sure how to describe them but occasionally I see blinking or vertical lines or total black. A couple of times, a popup type options window wouldn’t ‘go away’.
I’ve done some internet searching but don’t see anything related to this issue and I have ZERO idea on fixing this.
On my installs, I defaulted to letting Mint 22 do any partioning, I installed the codecs, all system updates, etc.
Any ideas?
THANK YOU, Jim

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Can’t give a solution but take a look at the comments here by scrolling down.
Seems the new release is to be avoided by some.

https://itsfoss.com/linux-mint-22/

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Thanks Gary! I’ll check it out.

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Is this issue showing on both HP and Lenovo computers or just one ?
Normally after a new install you get prompted to update the system, check backups, install codex etc. But the most important is to update any required drivers, this is done through the control panel.
What you are describing sounds either like a faulty screen or a driver issue.
Did you do upgrade or clean install ?

The more details you give the better we can be of help to you…

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Thanks for the response Paul!
I have the issue on both laptops and, yes, I did all the driver updates (Driver Manager). Both were clean installs, not upgrades.
I don’t really know what ‘details’ to give you all. Sorry!
(This isn’t my first go around with upgrades or installs - I’ve been using Linux Mint for about 6 years.)
Jim

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I guess everything was fine before the change update

Hopefully someone else will be able to help you on this i am down the lmde version so nit effected as yet

https://forums.linuxmint.com/

You could post the question on the forum to see if solutions exist, if you find one please update the reply here so we can all learn from it.

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Thanks again Paul!
I checked the forums before posting here.
I will post whatever I find on to this site. I LOVE this site and all of the very helpful people; it’s been a life save through the years!
Jim

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Not exactly the same but a similar issue on screens

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Thanks Paul!
I read that one before I posted here.
Jim

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Kernel issue maybe?

https://www.linux.org/threads/linux-mint-22-display-issue.51223/

Accidentally deleted other post.

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Thanks JoelA!
That first one looks like what’s happening! I’ll read the rest and keep everyone posted if I find a solutionl
Again, thanks to EVERYONE!
Jim

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Hi @panhead51 ,
There are known problems with Mint 22 graphics if you have an nvidia card

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=426841

There is supposed to be a solution coming.
I would wait for an upgrade if it is usable… if not go back to Mint 21.

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Thanks Neville!
I don’t have NVIDIA cards on either laptop.
I have a USB to reinstall Mint 21 if I can’t figure this out. I didn’t have this problem on either laptop when I was running Mint 21 but I wanted to try out the new release. I understand the idea of ‘not being the first one on the block to try it’ but my laptops are backed up and, what could it hurt? Live and learn…
Thanks again,
Jim

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Good choice. They are an unnecessary complication.

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For what it’s worth (and it means almost nothing to me), here’s a list of messages in LOGS.
16:04:51 kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method _SB.PCI0.LPCB.EC0._Q1D due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20230628/psparse-529)
15:41:47 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] ERROR CPU pipe A FIFO underrun
15:36:31 pipewire: spa.v4l2: ‘/dev/video0’ VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL: Input/output error
15:36:28 lightdm: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
15:36:18 pipewire: spa.v4l2: ‘/dev/video0’ VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL: Input/output error
15:36:14 lightdm: gkr-pam: couldn’t unlock the login keyring.
15:36:09 systemd: Failed to start casper-md5check.service - casper-md5check Verify Live ISO checksums.
15:35:13 kernel: acpi MSFT0101:00: platform device creation failed: -16
15:35:13 kernel: platform MSFT0101:00: failed to claim resource 1: [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed40fff]
15:35:13 kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method _SB.UBTC.CR01._PLD due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20230628/psparse-529)
15:35:13 kernel: x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS.

For some reason, I focused on this one:
i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] ERROR CPU pipe A FIFO underrun
An internet search found several people posting screen problems under this but I didn’t understand most of what they were talking about and found no fixes.
Hope this means something to someone here.
THANKS,
Jim

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It is a remote possibility, but you may have a corrupted .iso download
Did you checksum it?

Also @JoelA suggested a kernel issue
Was it kernel 6.8.0-40… there is another topic current with a problem in Mint with that kernel

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Thanks Joel,
I did do the checksum verifies on my iso files.
I’ve been looking at the kernel issues on the internet. I saw some suggestions to try an older one - specifically in the 5. series - but the Update Manager only displays the 6. series. I’m using the latest one right now and I have no idea of Mint 22 will work with older ones anyway.
Appreciate your time looking into this!!
Jim

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Mint will work with older kernels… at least anything after about 6.0
You might see some older kernels listed in the grub menu if you choose recovery mode. You can try any of those ( not in recovery mode, just normal boot of older kernel)

Older kernel was the solution in that other topic. It may help you too.

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Hi Jim,

I found this on a search. “Linux Mint 22 screen flickering”. Maybe it will help.

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=426140

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Hi @easyt50 ,
That suggests a kernel problem too
There seem to be 2 solutions

  • an older kernel
  • adding kernel boot parameters
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