It sounds like one of the LCD layers is wiggling loose and causing problems. I 
bet if you pressed the screen with your finger the artifacts would change. 
could be that the internal LVDS connection is loose or the screen itself needs 
to be replaced. 



-Ben


On Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 at 11:49 PM, Russell Senior 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't have much control over what's on the screen in BIOS, but it
> does seem to still be there. The lower lines look dimmer than the
> first several.
> 
> One other symptom is that there is a kind of ghosting. I can move my
> mouse pointer, and a "ghost" of my pointer will remain for a few
> seconds where it had been. Same thing with whole terminal windows.
> That suggests it isn't just some dodgy connection. And then, sometimes
> it will just get better and be fine. WUT?
> 
> --
> Russell
> 
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 11:19 PM Ben Koenig [email protected] wrote:
> 
> > It looks like there is something wrong with the display. Do you see the 
> > same thing in the BIOS menu screen?
> > 
> > -Ben
> > 
> > On Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 at 10:26 PM, Russell Senior 
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > > So, one of my theories was some kind of memory corruption or other
> > > software fault. However, while the laptop display was showing the
> > > artifacts, I took screenshots and the artifacts aren't visible in the
> > > screenshots, and I connected an external HDMI display and the
> > > artifacts aren't visible there either. I think the finger of blame is
> > > starting to point at either the display or some interconnect.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Russell Senior
> > > [email protected]
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 10:00 PM Russell Senior
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I have a 2017 era HP spectre x360 laptop running ubuntu 22.04 that has
> > > > just recently (within the last few weeks) started showing some video
> > > > artifacts. I took some pictures with my cell phone camera, linked
> > > > below:
> > > > 
> > > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/icvx3iDijaGHKz3G8
> > > > 
> > > > The artifacts survive reboot, but I seem to be able to recover by
> > > > draining the battery (booting into CMOS and unplugging and letting the
> > > > power drain until it shuts off). Here's my lscpi:
> > > > 
> > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core
> > > > Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 02)
> > > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 
> > > > (rev 02)
> > > > 00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200
> > > > v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 02)
> > > > 00:13.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation Sunrise
> > > > Point-LP Integrated Sensor Hub (rev 21)
> > > > 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0
> > > > xHCI Controller (rev 21)
> > > > 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise
> > > > Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
> > > > 00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise
> > > > Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21)
> > > > 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP
> > > > CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
> > > > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express
> > > > Root Port #2 (rev f1)
> > > > 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express
> > > > Root Port #5 (rev f1)
> > > > 00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express
> > > > Root Port #9 (rev f1)
> > > > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point LPC
> > > > Controller/eSPI Controller (rev 21)
> > > > 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 
> > > > 21)
> > > > 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 
> > > > 21)
> > > > 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
> > > > 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 
> > > > 78)
> > > > 02:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C
> > > > step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
> > > > 03:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C
> > > > step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
> > > > 03:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C
> > > > step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
> > > > 03:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C
> > > > step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
> > > > 03:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C
> > > > step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
> > > > 38:00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 USB
> > > > Controller (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
> > > > 6d:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
> > > > NVMe SSD Controller SM961/PM961/SM963
> > > > 
> > > > Nothing obvious in dmesg.
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone seen anything like this?
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Russell Senior
> > > > [email protected]

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