[Bug 2169181] Re: Visual background flickering and pixel artifacts after updating to kernel 7.0.0-38 (regression from 7.0.0-34) | Ubuntu 26.04 | AMD Radeon RX 9060

I experience the same on my system, RX 7800 XT and Ryzen 5 5600, Ubuntu 26.04 + 1440p + 1080p monitor setup It comes out faster and more frequently when I hog the CPU, for example with stress --cpu 12 and moving some windows or enabling and disabling night light. Doesn't happen on weston or x11 session, however its mostly sure a kernel regression, as I tested the latest mainline 7.2.6 and Ubuntu's 7.0.0.34 and everything is fine here. The only different thing is the following kernel log line at startup when booting on the buggy kernel [ 16.477207] amdgpu 0000:2d:00.0: [drm] REG_WAIT timeout 1us * 100 tries - dcn32_program_compbuf_size line:148 I also tried my Thinkpad L15 which has an AMD APU Pro 5650u, its still present here but less noticeable even with huge CPU load. Found this on amdgpu drm bugzilla https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/work_items/5952 -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Bgg, Bmail, Nb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2169181 Title: Visual background flickering and pixel artifacts after updating to kernel 7.0.0-38 (regression from 7.0.0-34) | Ubuntu 26.04 | AMD Radeon RX 9060 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am experiencing intermittent pixel corruption and flickering artifacts in the background/desktop UI after updating to kernel version 7.0.0-38. Behavior:     Random pixels/artifacts briefly flicker in the background from time to time.     This issue was NOT present in kernel 7.0.0-34.     The issue started immediately after updating to kernel 7.0.0-38. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (12) @ 5.49 GHz GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB[Discrete] P.S. I was planning to upgrade to the 26.10 beta this weekend, but I will stay on Resolute to help resolve this issue with any testing you might need. Thank you very much. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04 Package: linux-image-7.0.0-38-generic 7.0.0-38.38 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-38.38-generic 7.0.14 Uname: Linux 7.0.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.34.1-0ubuntu0.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 1 18:29:50 2026 InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-08-31 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64 (20260826) IwDevWlp11s0Link: Not connected. MachineType: ASUS System Product Name ProcEnviron:  LANG=es_ES.UTF-8  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  TERM=xterm-256color  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> ProcFB: 0 amdgpudrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-7.0.0-38-generic root=UUID=1bdfa414-371c-4c93-9288-8cdc845cb610 ro quiet splash crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2026 dmi.bios.release: 38.41 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 3841 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: PRIME B650-PLUS WIFI dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3841:bd02/25/2026:br38.41:svnASUS:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnPRIMEB650-PLUSWIFI:rvrRev1.xx:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU:pfaTobefilledbyO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.sku: SKU dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2169181/+subscriptions