So I have been using mint on my other pics with little issue. Wanted to try something different. Got pop all setup, it does work pretty well and is fun (other than God awful pop shop) but I keep gettung an issue that seems to be totally unique to me.

No Nvidia.

Amd fx 8320 (yes. Its shit but was free) 12 gb ram Radeon ellesmere xfx rx580

My issue. After varying times of usage. Either running vms, gaming. Browsing web, doesn’t matter, ill get pink diagonal squares across the screen, full freeze up, kicked to the login screen, and then I am not able to log in at all until I hard shutdown.

I just put a bunch of stuff on this pc and would rather not have to switch back to mint. I am thinking it’s maybe my graphics card driver but I am unsure how to see. I do have the correct popos for my hardware.

I know there is logs but im unsure where.

Edit: ofc amd drivers should be native so that shouldn’t be my issue.

Edit for anyone who may see in the future: I fixed the issue temporarily by throttling down the wattage allowance to my gpu, using LACT. I will need to get a higher power PSU in the future. Thanks all!

  • Mordikan@kbin.earth
    4·
    3 days ago

    Have any other distros been tried on this box and do the same issues present with them? I think the recommended PSU combined with an RX580 is 600W, so you might try swapping PSUs. Another option if you don’t have a spare to test with is to undervolt the GPU. If it stabilizes at that point, it would suggest the PSU needs replacement. At least that way you wouldn’t be dropping money on a hunch.

    Another good indicator of that being GPU/PSU issues is the fact you mention not being able to get past the login screen. Both X11 and Wayland (especially Wayland) crank up the VRAM usage at that point due to compositors caching and whatnot

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      1 day ago

      Maybe ill throw in another hd with mint and use that for a while to see. I do feel like its maybe psu related. I think this is a 500w

    • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’ve been running with an RX 580 on my desktop with Debian Testing for three years, and I’ve had no problems like this.

      I’m running with a 750W power supply, so I’m inclined to agree that the the OP should pop open their PC case and check their wattage. Assuming this is an ATX box, it’s probably just a matter of removing two screws and sliding off the side of the case and reading the wattage. If it’s a reasonable wattage and it’s still giving issues, then try the aforementioned undervolting.

      • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOP
        2·
        1 day ago

        So, running furmark gets me the pink squares and crash after about 3 minutes. Gets 60 fps the whole time and sits around 70C. I am thinking psu seems likely.