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Could an update brick my display [EndeavourOS]? (lemmings.world)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/17422969

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 yesterdayalsa-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

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

This issue is also visible on my firmware setting (BIOS)

That means it's hardware.

[–] user_naa 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

OS update can't break hardware, so likely you damaged matrix connector on battery replace and now it died.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's possible to damage hardware, but unlikely. In some cases, driving a CRT out of range could damage it. Some line printers could catch fire if used improperly. But I haven't heard of anything like that in consumer hardware in decades.

[–] user_naa 4 points 6 days ago

I don't think updating arch packages destroys displays) Plus new display should have protaction against this type of bugs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

It's possible! https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ This was only 2 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This happens to me when using VGA and the connector isn't well seated. Are you using an analog connector like VGA? Can you double check that the connector is well seated on both ends?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

it's a laptop so probably eDP

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Oh sorry it was not obvious to me that this was a crosspost so I didn't see the lengthy explanation provided! Indeed, my comment makes little sense, apologies.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Definitely a hardware error.