Viewport artifacts, slowdown, and crashing on Arch Linux w/ Intel graphics after driver update #94209

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June · 2021-12-17T23:23:21+01:00

June commented

2021-12-17 23:23:21 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Linux-5.15.8-arch1-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.33 64 Bits
Graphics card: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) Intel 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.3.1

Blender Version
Broken: version: 3.0.0, branch: makepkg (modified), commit date: 2021-12-02 18:35, hash: f1cca30557
Worked: 3.0.0

Short description of error
This version of blender was working on my system until a few days ago. I think a mesa driver update may have broken it, but other software still works fine, so it seems like a it's possibly a Blender issue.

Viewport overlays flicker and don't update consistently, sometimes disappearing or hanging until a new input is received.

Objects show a black "ghost" artifact when moving in the view, and sometimes other artifacts when switching view modes.

Viewport performance is greatly degraded, especially in render or material preview modes, and there is high input latency.

After a while (roughly 20-30 minutes?) Blender crashes with just an "Abort (Core Dumped)" message on the console. Memory and CPU usage seems normal. These crashes may be unrelated, as they would also happen before, but not as frequently.

Changing viewport and system preferences in Blender improves performance slightly but has no effect otherwise.

I tested versions 2.83.18, 2.93.7, 3.0.0, 3.1.0-alpha+master.644eb68524b9 with default settings and they all exhibit the problem. 3.0.0 is from the Arch repo, the rest were downloaded from blender.org.

I tried troubleshooting some different kernel parameters for the i915 graphics module from the Arch wiki, but nothing made a difference, and the problem persists with the default driver config.

Here's a screen recording of the problem:
Screencast from 12-17-2021 02:04:34 PM.webm

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Launch Blender with factory settings and try to use the viewport.

**System Information** Operating system: Linux-5.15.8-arch1-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.33 64 Bits Graphics card: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) Intel 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.3.1 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 3.0.0, branch: makepkg (modified), commit date: 2021-12-02 18:35, hash: `f1cca30557` Worked: 3.0.0 **Short description of error** This version of blender was working on my system until a few days ago. I think a mesa driver update may have broken it, but other software still works fine, so it seems like a it's possibly a Blender issue. Viewport overlays flicker and don't update consistently, sometimes disappearing or hanging until a new input is received. Objects show a black "ghost" artifact when moving in the view, and sometimes other artifacts when switching view modes. Viewport performance is greatly degraded, especially in render or material preview modes, and there is high input latency. After a while (roughly 20-30 minutes?) Blender crashes with just an "Abort (Core Dumped)" message on the console. Memory and CPU usage seems normal. These crashes may be unrelated, as they would also happen before, but not as frequently. Changing viewport and system preferences in Blender improves performance slightly but has no effect otherwise. I tested versions 2.83.18, 2.93.7, 3.0.0, 3.1.0-alpha+master.644eb68524b9 with default settings and they all exhibit the problem. 3.0.0 is from the Arch repo, the rest were downloaded from blender.org. I tried troubleshooting some different kernel parameters for the i915 graphics module from the Arch wiki, but nothing made a difference, and the problem persists with the default driver config. Here's a screen recording of the problem: [Screencast from 12-17-2021 02:04:34 PM.webm](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F12758832/Screencast_from_12-17-2021_02_04_34_PM.webm) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Launch Blender with factory settings and try to use the viewport.

June commented

2021-12-17 23:23:21 +01:00

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blender-admin commented

2021-12-17 23:23:21 +01:00

#96090 was marked as duplicate of this issue

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Jesse Yurkovich commented

2021-12-18 12:50:25 +01:00

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Jesse Yurkovich commented

2021-12-18 12:50:25 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Needs Developer To Reproduce'

Jesse Yurkovich commented

2021-12-18 12:50:25 +01:00

You may have to contact Mesa directly about this, as this is the second Arch+Mesh 21 issue we've received this week. Mesa 19 didn't work either, then 20 did, and now it seems like 21 might be problematic again. Will triage this into the dev's queue for now.

Vladimir commented

2021-12-18 17:07:31 +01:00

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Vladimir commented

2021-12-18 17:07:31 +01:00

I using Manjaro Linux (Arch) with last updates and have intel HD Graphics 4600. I don't have this issue. You using AUR? In PKGBUILD may apply third party patches before compilation that affect of using application. You need to try recompile Blender build again run PKGBUILD and then reinstall its in the System.

June commented

2021-12-18 22:47:30 +01:00

I confirmed it's the Mesa update that caused the problem on my system. After downgrading Mesa from 21.3.1 to 21.2.5, the artifacts and performance issue were resolved, but Blender still crashes every few minutes.

I'm not using the AUR, just the official Arch repo. I believe Manjaro uses its own repositories rather than the official Arch ones, so maybe they just haven't pushed the broken version of mesa out on Manjaro yet, or it might be a problem more specific to my hardware.

Thanks for the additional info about the Arch+Mesa issues. I'll look in to submitting a report to the Mesa devs as well.

I confirmed it's the Mesa update that caused the problem on my system. After downgrading Mesa from 21.3.1 to 21.2.5, the artifacts and performance issue were resolved, but Blender still crashes every few minutes. I'm not using the AUR, just the official Arch repo. I believe Manjaro uses its own repositories rather than the official Arch ones, so maybe they just haven't pushed the broken version of mesa out on Manjaro yet, or it might be a problem more specific to my hardware. Thanks for the additional info about the Arch+Mesa issues. I'll look in to submitting a report to the Mesa devs as well.

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2021-12-20 18:59:02 +01:00

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2021-12-21 09:29:20 +01:00

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blender commented

2021-12-21 09:29:20 +01:00

In #94209#1275264, @lilapplecritter wrote:
I confirmed it's the Mesa update that caused the problem on my system. After downgrading Mesa from 21.3.1 to 21.2.5, the artifacts and performance issue were resolved...

How was the downgrading done? I'm asking for specific commands. I'm having a similar problem but had trouble with finding the specific drivers, being prevented from uninstalling due to dependencies, and gnupg problems in attempting to install mesa-i915g with yay.

I've posted details about my particular predicament here

> In #94209#1275264, @lilapplecritter wrote: > I confirmed it's the Mesa update that caused the problem on my system. After downgrading Mesa from 21.3.1 to 21.2.5, the artifacts and performance issue were resolved... How was the downgrading done? I'm asking for specific commands. I'm having a similar problem but had trouble with finding the specific drivers, being prevented from uninstalling due to dependencies, and gnupg problems in attempting to install mesa-i915g with yay. I've posted details about my particular predicament [here ](https://developer.blender.org/T94289)

Denis commented

2021-12-21 10:14:57 +01:00

In #94209#1276326, @blenderuser0 wrote:
How was the downgrading done? I'm asking for specific commands.

Hi @blenderuser0 , this helped me:

sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/mesa-21.2.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
add IgnorePkg = mesa to the /etc/pacman.conf under the [options] section (and remove it when mesa fixes the bug).

> In #94209#1276326, @blenderuser0 wrote: > How was the downgrading done? I'm asking for specific commands. Hi @blenderuser0 , this helped me: 1. `sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/mesa-21.2.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst` 2. add `IgnorePkg = mesa` to the `/etc/pacman.conf` under the `[options]` section (and remove it when mesa fixes the bug).

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Kerrick Staley commented

2021-12-24 04:03:06 +01:00

I'm not sure if anyone filed a bug in Mesa's tracker yet, so I filed one: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/5782

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Igor Melo commented

2022-01-16 18:00:26 +01:00

I'm having a very similar issue with Manjaro and mesa 21.
Including these huge artifacts when splitting the 3d view.record-2022-01-16_13.52.03.mkv

I'm having a very similar issue with Manjaro and mesa 21. Including these huge artifacts when splitting the 3d view.[record-2022-01-16_13.52.03.mkv](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F12807305/record-2022-01-16_13.52.03.mkv)

Tom M commented

2022-01-24 03:50:57 +01:00

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Tom M commented

2022-01-24 03:50:57 +01:00

I was having a very similar problem of viewport flickering in Fedora 35 in Blender 2.93, 3.0 and 3.1. The problem went away after updating Mesa on my system, which only required a 34 MB download. Thanks.

The update command was simply

sudo dnf update mesa*

I was having a very similar problem of viewport flickering in Fedora 35 in Blender 2.93, 3.0 and 3.1. The problem went away after updating Mesa on my system, which only required a 34 MB download. Thanks. The update command was simply ``` sudo dnf update mesa* ```

Will commented

2022-02-03 19:34:30 +01:00

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Will commented

2022-02-03 19:34:31 +01:00

In #94209#1293600, @tlm-3 wrote:
I was having a very similar problem of viewport flickering in Fedora 35 in Blender 2.93, 3.0 and 3.1. The problem went away after updating Mesa on my system, which only required a 34 MB download. Thanks.

The update command was simply
sudo dnf update mesa*

Mesa version before and after?

Also: Fixed upstream: 28f677e6dc

> In #94209#1293600, @tlm-3 wrote: > I was having a very similar problem of viewport flickering in Fedora 35 in Blender 2.93, 3.0 and 3.1. The problem went away after updating Mesa on my system, which only required a 34 MB download. Thanks. > > The update command was simply > ``` > sudo dnf update mesa* > ``` Mesa version before and after? Also: Fixed upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/commit/28f677e6dc929969fc65154d64cfcf43b2e789fe

Tom M commented

2022-02-04 04:08:48 +01:00

Current installed mesa found with dnf ls mesa* is:

mesa-dri-drivers.x86_64 21.3.4-3.fc35

All mesa packages have this number except:

mesa-libGLU.x86_64 9.0.1-5.fc35

The record of which mesa version had the problem wasn't noted and is now gone.

Current installed mesa found with dnf ls mesa* is: mesa-dri-drivers.x86_64 21.3.4-3.fc35 All mesa packages have this number except: mesa-libGLU.x86_64 9.0.1-5.fc35 The record of which mesa version had the problem wasn't noted and is now gone.

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2022-02-23 14:34:40 +01:00

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Radek Goláň jr. commented

2022-02-23 14:54:00 +01:00

In #94209#1293600, @tlm-3 wrote:
I was having a very similar problem of viewport flickering in Fedora 35 in Blender 2.93, 3.0 and 3.1. The problem went away after updating Mesa on my system, which only required a 34 MB download. Thanks.

The update command was simply
sudo dnf update mesa*

Can confirm it worked, both the flicker, and the performance issues are gone, though I had to put the mesa* in quotes because of zsh.

> In #94209#1293600, @tlm-3 wrote: > I was having a very similar problem of viewport flickering in Fedora 35 in Blender 2.93, 3.0 and 3.1. The problem went away after updating Mesa on my system, which only required a 34 MB download. Thanks. > > The update command was simply > ``` > sudo dnf update mesa* > ``` Can confirm it worked, both the flicker, and the performance issues are gone, though I had to put the `mesa*` in quotes because of zsh.

Richard Antalik commented

2022-03-01 03:30:04 +01:00

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Will commented

2022-03-04 03:58:51 +01:00

Release notes look like this was fixed in Mesa 21.3.6:

https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/21.3.6.html

Flickering Intel Uhd 620 Graphics

Will try 21.3.7. If I don't update this comment further, then it's probably working for me.

Release notes look like this was fixed in Mesa 21.3.6: https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/21.3.6.html > Flickering Intel Uhd 620 Graphics Will try 21.3.7. If I don't update this comment further, then it's probably working for me.

Alberto Manuel Ochoa Fabré commented

2022-03-04 16:34:52 +01:00

I had the same problem, I solved it by updating all the graphics drivers of the system including mesa.

SO: Manjaro
Graphics:

Intel UHD Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3050 Ti

I had the same problem, I solved it by updating all the graphics drivers of the system including mesa. SO: Manjaro Graphics: - Intel UHD Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3050 Ti

Pratik Borhade commented

2022-06-17 08:57:44 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Developer To Reproduce' to: 'Resolved'

Pratik Borhade closed this issue

2022-06-17 08:57:44 +02:00

Pratik Borhade self-assigned this 2022-06-17 08:57:44 +02:00

Pratik Borhade commented

2022-06-17 08:57:44 +02:00

It seems newer drivers has solved the issue so I think it's fair to close this report.
Feel free to open a new report or just comment here if anyone still having this issue
Thanks again for the report

It seems newer drivers has solved the issue so I think it's fair to close this report. Feel free to open a new report or just comment here if anyone still having this issue Thanks again for the report

Pratik Borhade removed their assignment 2022-06-17 08:57:51 +02:00

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Viewport artifacts, slowdown, and crashing on Arch Linux w/ Intel graphics after driver update #94209