screen goes blank, audio cuts out with kernel 6.2 (but 5.15 works)

[James Atack]

I'm tracking down the multiple causes of screen flashes and audio interruption on my ubuntu 22.04 laptop.
Issue open with Lenovo : https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Ubuntu/ThinkPad-T14s-Gen-3-AMD-Ryzen-Screen-flickers-randomly-and-becomes-black-for-4-5-seconds/m-p/525298

This bug is one of the causes (log reversed : journalctl -r)

oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 39 with keysym 39 (keycode 12).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 38 with keysym 38 (keycode 11).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 37 with keysym 37 (keycode 10).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 36 with keysym 36 (keycode f).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 35 with keysym 35 (keycode e).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 34 with keysym 34 (keycode d).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 33 with keysym 33 (keycode c).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 32 with keysym 32 (keycode b).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 31 with keysym 31 (keycode a).
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558ac8bfbc10] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<StIcon>:0x558acd416dc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterClone>:0x558ac996b860] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558ac878ac50] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<Gjs_ui_windowPreview_WindowPreview>:0x558acb009cc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558ac878a610] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<StIcon>:0x558ac9f6a480] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterClone>:0x558acd404df0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558ac878a2f0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<Gjs_ui_windowPreview_WindowPreview>:0x558acb16d9a0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558aca446320] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<StIcon>:0x558acdf86f70] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterClone>:0x558ac996a4e0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558aca9a6fd0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<Gjs_ui_windowPreview_WindowPreview>:0x558ac9e94de0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558aca9a6350] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<StIcon>:0x558acb121e80] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterClone>:0x558ac996ab60] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558aca9a6670] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<Gjs_ui_windowPreview_WindowPreview>:0x558acd3dada0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: _st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor: assertion 'clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor)' failed
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558ac8bfbc10] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<StIcon>:0x558acd416dc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterClone>:0x558ac996b860] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558ac878ac50] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<Gjs_ui_windowPreview_WindowPreview>:0x558acb009cc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<ClutterActor>:0x558ac878a610] is on because it needs an allocation.
oct. 30 15:17:13 hostname gnome-shell[22615]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<StIcon>:0x558ac9f6a480] is on because it needs an allocation

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-shell 42.9-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-35.35~22.04.1-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 30 15:25:50 2023
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-10-10 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230807.2)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.9-0ubuntu5
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Those warnings are not related to the main issue. The warnings are covered by bug 1857392.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

There are a lot of errors coming from local extensions so please start by removing those:

  cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/
  rm -rf extensions

and then log in again.

[James Atack (jamesatack)]

Thanks for looking at this. I have worked around the issue by reverting my kernel to 5.15

There is no doubt an issue somewhere with the hardware/software stack I was using but I couldn't figure out what it was. For the record :
 - AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
 - Kernel 6.2.0-26
 - Ubuntu 22.04.3

You can close/delete this report.

[James Atack (jamesatack)]

Think this is actually a duplicate of 2009952.

I haven't tested 6.x with the kernel parameter suggested, but everything else described matches. So nothing to do with gnome-shell.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.1/+bug/2009952