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> on Ubuntu This might be your problem - the kernel that ships with Ubuntu is often very old. My 5700XT ran like crap under Ubuntu - switching to a distro[0]

by shocks 4y ago

> on Ubuntu This might be your problem - the kernel that ships with Ubuntu is often very old. My 5700XT ran like crap under Ubuntu - switching to a distro[0] with the latest kernel fixed all my problems. You can't be mad at AMD because Canonical ship an old kernel! [0] Any distro with a recent kernel will do. I picked Gentoo, but that's irrelevant.

scns 4y ago
No need to switch, since you can use a kernel by https://xanmod.org https://xanmod.org
- snvzz 4y ago
  Running a somewhat current Mesa3d should also matter. Ubuntu's stack is just prehistoric.
  - noelwelsh 4y ago
    I'll try updating that as well as my kernel. Thanks for the suggestion.
    - scns 4y ago
      For Mesa you can use this PPA https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+ppa-packages https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+ppa-packages
      - noelwelsh 4y ago
        Thanks! I've switched to that and my flickering is greatly reduced!
noelwelsh 4y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm on 5.19, which is fairly recent, but I'll try upgrading to 6 to see what happens. If you never hear from me again, know that I don't regret bricking my machine and I'm sure 2023 will be the year of Linux on the desktop.
- dhruvdh 4y ago
  Do consider switching to Pop_OS, they're Ubuntu with much better UX and get kernel updates faster.
- shocks 4y ago
  Good luck. :)
  - noelwelsh 4y ago
    Upgraded the kernel and Mesa3d and flickering is greatly reduced! Thanks again!