Yesterday I did an update (using yes | yay) for about 75 packages on my 6 year old EndeavourOS system. I do updates every 2 weeks in general. Rebooted, did some work and left the screen on, for an hour (I usually do this). Came back and saw my screen having weird doubling text glitch, [like this screenshot above]. This issue also visible on my firmware setting (BIOS) screen, which leads me to believe this might be a h/w issue, though not sure.
I want to know whether an arch update can break my display. One particular thing I noticed this morning was, when i adjusted my display brightness, the screen went back to normal for a minute or so.
Also recently I changed my battery about 2 months ago. This was my second battery replacement. After I did my first battery replacement (3 years ago), my laptop had similar display issues with Intel integrated graphics on Windows a month later. which forced me to switch. It was fine on Linux, up until now. So it got me thinking if there is any connection with battery replacements and display issues. I know it sounds weird. Earlier there were not display anomalies on the BIOS screen, but now there is.
Is there a way to fix this.
System info: HP Envy, EndeavourOS Linux 6.12.1-arch1-1, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U with Intel UHD Graphics 620
[Update 1]
I hooked up my laptop to an external monitor and everything looks fine on the monitor screen. So the issue is only with my Laptop’s screen I guess.
[Update 2]
Packages I upgraded yesterday
alsa-card-profiles
alsa-ucm-conf
alsa-utils
sqlite
npth
systemd-libs
libsysprof-capture
gnupg
file
systemd
pacman
archlinux-keyring
bash-completion
btrfs-progs
c-ares
dav1d
dkms
edk2-ovmf
ell
eos-translations
fastfetch
spirv-tools
glslang
libpipewire
pipewire
pipewire-audio
libwireplumber
wireplumber
pipewire-jack
libjxl
shaderc
libplacebo
pixman
ffmpeg
noto-fonts
firefox
flatpak
fluidsynth
fwupd
gst-plugin-pipewire
iwd
js115
js128
less
libbpf
libsynctex
libtool
openal
mpv
noto-fonts-extra
passt
perl-image-exiftool
pipewire-alsa
pipewire-pulse
pkgconf
plocate
pv
qt6-translations
qt6-base
qt6-declarative
qt6-multimedia-ffmpeg
qt6-multimedia
qt6-svg
qt6-wayland
sudo
systemd-resolvconf
systemd-sysvcompat
ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-common
ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols
virtiofsd
webkit2gtk-4.1
webkitgtk-6.0
welcome
xterm
librewolf-bin
librewolf-bin-deb
I’ve been doing PC hardware for over 25 years. This is likely related to your laptop display - either the cable connecting the panel to the motherboard, the panel itself, or some motherboard component connected to the display output that has failed.
Try pivoting the display back and forth and see if the glitches change in response. If they do, it’s the cable.
Beyond that, you’d need to do some testing to find the hardware component that has gone bad.