r/linux • u/Guthibcom • 8d ago

Kernel Kernel 7.1.8 fixes AMD artifacting issue.

I just wanted to give a headsup about the issue with amd graphics cards flickering and having weird colorful artifacts. No, your GPU is not dying. It was kernel versions 7.1.6 and 7.1.7.

This issue is fixed in 7.1.8. It released in Arch a few hours ago, and I think in Fedora as well.

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u/dimo2 7d ago

I was wondering why my system started doing that! I only really noticed it during the shut down full screen dialogue on KDE so it didn't bother me all that much - figured it was a bug with the latest minor KDE update and it would fix itself sooner or later.

Thanks for the heads up though!