Different colors in image since kernel 6.2.0

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Software in Ubuntu shows two different types of colors on the same image depending of the software you use. Let's call both types: pale and saturated, because of how they look like.

Since kernel 6.2.0 pale colors are displayed in RawTherapee, Darktable, Gimp, ImageMagic.
Saturated colors are displayed in Chromium, Chrome, gThumb, ImageViewr, Firefox.

When I switched to kernel 5.19.0 everything looked the same, in every software (pale version from 6.2.0).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: linux-image-6.2.0-20-generic 6.2.0-20.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-20.20-generic 6.2.6
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2: as 6048 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/controlC1: as 6048 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/controlC0: as 6048 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/seq: as 6044 F.... pipewire
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jun 14 20:22:59 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-06 (920 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
MachineType: LENOVO 20T6000TPB
ProcFB: 0 amdgpudrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=a5796f3d-37a8-428b-aa28-c160ea77bc9b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
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 linux-restricted-modules-6.2.0-20-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-6.2.0-20-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 20230323.gitbcdcfbcf-0ubuntu1.1
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-04-23 (51 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/08/2022
dmi.bios.release: 1.20
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: R1AET44W (1.20 )
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dmi.board.name: 20T6000TPB
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.20
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrR1AET44W(1.20):bd08/08/2022:br1.20:efr1.20:svnLENOVO:pn20T6000TPB:pvrThinkPadE14Gen2:rvnLENOVO:rn20T6000TPB:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:skuLENOVO_MT_20T6_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPadE14Gen2:
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dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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[Harm van Bakel (hvbakel)]

I'm seeing the same issue when using the 6.2 kernel from the proposed repository in 22.04 LTS. The underlying issue is that the kernel update seems to break colord color management. You can test this by going to settings, color, and then switch from the automatic profile loaded for your monitor to one of the test profiles that swaps the red and green channels. Normally this will result in an inverted color profile across the desktop and apps that perform color management. After upgrading to the 6.2 kernel the test icc patterns no longer apply and color management is broken.

Interestingly, for me the broken behavior only occurs when simultaneously updating mesa from the current version 22.2.5-0ubuntu0.1~22.04.3, to 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 in the proposed repository. The combination of kernel 6.2 with mesa 22.2.5 works, as does the combination of kernel 5.15.0 or 5.19.0 with mesa 23.0.4. The breakage (for me) seems to occur specifically when using kernel 6.2 in combination with mesa 23.0.4.

This is all using an Xorg session (color management on wayland is not working at all for me).

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

hvbakel: which GPU do you have?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

hvbakel: attach the output of 'lspci -vnn' to be sure

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

please test with a more recent mainline kernel such as v6.4.6 from:

https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v6.4.6/

install linux-image and -modules

(newer kernels had build issues)