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 causes the screen to flash clear, but then immediately goes back to fuzzy after I release the key. Mousing over an entity that causes an 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
I’m going to attempt an os refresh and see if that does anything.
Will report back.
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!
edit - it did come back but see response below.
I wonder if your Samsung TV got an update that is causing a conflict. Is it connected to the internet?
I think I actually fixed it?
i tried to do an os refresh but kept getting some generic error bc the backup partition wouldnt update?
after a bunch of fumbling around I actually slowed down and took a second to read the errors and saw an error for a game i had removed.
so after ducking around (intentional duckduckgo pun) i found the sudo apt purge command and zapped it
then i followed https://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 doesn’t start happening again in an hour.
but i think it might be good to go based on that experience.
Edit: continues to work. Might be solid. Will report back tomorrow.
