[SOLVED] Currently Running Without Video Hardware Acceleration

[Ysalys]

The Nag message I get each time I boot up is:
"Check your video drivers
Your system is currently running without video hardware acceleration.
You may experience poor performance and high CPU usage."

This is my system:

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katea@Ylva:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-96-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 17z-cp000 v: N/A 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: HP model: 88C6 v: 74.20 serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: F.11 
  date: 08/20/2021 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.5 Wh condition: 40.5/40.5 Wh (100%) volts: 12.9/11.3 
  model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 5300U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 
  type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 41520 
  Speed: 1235 MHz min/max: 1400/2600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2974 2: 3440 3: 1632 4: 1636 5: 1903 6: 1486 7: 2204 8: 1718 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 1002:164c 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: ati,fbdev 
  unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1600x900~77Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 
  compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 03:00.1 chip ID: 1002:1637 
  Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.5 
  chip ID: 1022:15e2 
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-96-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtl8821ce v: v5.5.2.1_35598.20191029 
  port: f000 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:c821 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 204.16 GiB (7.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 
  size: 931.51 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 211210WD 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM007-1R8174 size: 1.82 TiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: EB01 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 182.34 GiB used: 24.24 GiB (13.3%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 
  ID-2: /home size: 272.86 GiB used: 179.88 GiB (65.9%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 977.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.9 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/protonvpn-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
Info:
  Processes: 276 Uptime: 6m Memory: 30.77 GiB used: 1.55 GiB (5.0%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
katea@Ylva:~$ 

Can someone help?
Thanks in advance,
Katea

[SMG]

The Nag message I get each time I boot up is:
"Check your video drivers
Your system is currently running without video hardware acceleration.
You may experience poor performance and high CPU usage."

And, if you check your graphics section of inxi, it indicates you have no graphics driver installed. Nag message is correct.

Graphics:
Device-1: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 1002:164c
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: ati,fbdev
unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1600x900~77Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3
compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes

Your hardware is too new for the 5.4 kernel currently installed. There is a Linux Mint 20.3 "Una" - Cinnamon (Edge, 64-bit) ISO which has the 5.13 kernel which would have been a better fit, but it only became available yesterday which was probably after you installed.

You can upgrade to the 5.13 kernel from your current install.

• Open Update Manager.
• Select View > Linux Kernels and click Continue.
• Make sure 5.13 is selected on the left panel and then click the top-most option on the right panel. An "Install" button will appear.
• Install the kernel and then reboot for it to become active.

Just to let you know, many people with HP laptops have found issues with brightness control using the 5.13 kernel. If you run into that, you can upgrade to the 5.14-oem kernel which usually clears the issue. Install the latest 5.14-oem kernel with sudo apt install linux-oem-20.04d and reboot.

[Ysalys]

Thanks, I have had nothing but problems since I installed mint onto this puter; it's just not Linux friendly, Loads of tweaking and getting around issues, but I 'just about' have it. So... I will try the 5.13 first, and see, but I think I will most likely have to do the terminal install of the 5.14-oem, and you're right, I just upgraded a couple days ago.
Here goes....

[Ysalys]

Thanks SMG, I tried the 5.13 and the nag window disappeared, but started flashing the screen, my Brave browser wouldn't show on the screen, and the puter was threatening to crash, so I installed the 5.14-oem kernel, and it seems to be working... fingers crossed. I will be running it for a while this evening, and will leave this thread open for this time, so I can add to this if anything else happens, but so far so good...

[SMG]

Thanks SMG, I tried the 5.13 and the nag window disappeared, but started flashing the screen, my Brave browser wouldn't show on the screen, and the puter was threatening to crash, so I installed the 5.14-oem kernel, and it seems to be working... fingers crossed. I will be running it for a while this evening, and will leave this thread open for this time, so I can add to this if anything else happens, but so far so good...

Thanks for the feedback. The HP laptops just seem to be doing better with the 5.14-oem.

[Ysalys]

Yes, it was running better with the 5.14-oem kernel, but my screen just blacked out, came back in a second, and everything froze... no cursor, no response from keys... had to do the heart attack shut down, then a cold reboot, and here we are here now...... Screen is still blanking out for a split second then coming back. Haven't frozen yet.... but I expect it will shortly. Ugh! Love this laptop, but hate how it seems to hate Linux. I only use Linux, and then have to boot to windows when I have to use a program Linux doesn't support, which is very rare.

So, I guess this kernel doesn't solve the problem.... stumped now... Still need help with this....

[SMG]

Screen is still blanking out for a split second then coming back. Haven't frozen yet.... but I expect it will shortly.

Screen blanking is an issue with Intel graphics which can be fixed with a kernel parameter. That does not usually cause crashes. This is the first I've heard of the issue with AMD so I'm not sure what the cause might be.

After it blanks and comes back, run dmesg -T | tail -n 200 in a terminal. Maybe we can figure out what the issue might be.

So, I guess this kernel doesn't solve the problem.... stumped now... Still need help with this....

Do make sure you are running the most recent BIOS/UEFI version for your laptop.

I know people with 4000 series Ryzens have been having issues, but they have said the 5.11 kernel has been working for them. The only issue with trying that is that it goes end of life next month and you will have to put kernel package updates for it on hold. (People have already posted on the forum asking how to do that.)

To try the 5.11, install the newest 5.11, then boot into the grub menu, select the Advanced Options, and then select the 5.11 kernel you just installed.

If that kernel works, go into Update Manager and delete the 5.13 and the 5.14-oem kernels so you do not have to go into the grub menu each time. You will also have to put 5.13 kernel upgrades on hold.

[Ysalys]

G'mornin',
Started this puppy up, and is quiet for the moment, but here's the code you asked for:

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katea@Ylva:~$ dmesg -T | tail -n 200
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring gfx uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.0 uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.0 uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.1 uses VM inv eng 7 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.1 uses VM inv eng 8 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.1 uses VM inv eng 9 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.1 uses VM inv eng 10 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring kiq_2.1.0 uses VM inv eng 11 on hub 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring sdma0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 1
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_dec uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 1
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_enc0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 1
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_enc1 uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 1
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: ring jpeg_dec uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 1
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] [drm] Initialized amdgpu 3.42.0 20150101 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] raid6: avx2x4   gen() 28094 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] raid6: avx2x4   xor()  4986 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] raid6: avx2x2   gen() 28377 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] raid6: avx2x2   xor() 21990 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:37 2022] raid6: avx2x1   gen() 25011 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: avx2x1   xor() 17324 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: sse2x4   gen() 16319 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: sse2x4   xor()  5539 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: sse2x2   gen() 18105 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: sse2x2   xor() 11222 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: sse2x1   gen() 14081 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: sse2x1   xor()  8724 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: using algorithm avx2x2 gen() 28377 MB/s
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: .... xor() 21990 MB/s, rmw enabled
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] raid6: using avx2x2 recovery algorithm
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] xor: automatically using best checksumming function   avx       
[Wed Jan 19 06:29:38 2022] Btrfs loaded, crc32c=crc32c-intel, zoned=yes
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p6): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null). Quota mode: none.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Inserted module 'autofs4'
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.15 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN2 -IDN +PCRE2 default-hierarchy=hybrid)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Detected architecture x86-64.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <Ylva>.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Created slice system-modprobe.slice.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Reached target User and Group Name Lookups.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Reached target Slices.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on LVM2 poll daemon socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on Syslog Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on Process Core Dump Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on fsck to fsckd communication Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Audit Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log).
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on Network Service Netlink Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounting Huge Pages File System...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounting Kernel Debug File System...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounting Kernel Trace File System...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Availability of block devices...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Set the console keyboard layout...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Create list of static device nodes for the current kernel...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Load Kernel Module drm being skipped.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in OpenVSwitch configuration for cleanup being skipped.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Set Up Additional Binary Formats being skipped.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in File System Check on Root Device being skipped.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Starting Uncomplicated firewall...
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p6): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro. Quota mode: none.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounted Huge Pages File System.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounted Kernel Debug File System.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Mounted Kernel Trace File System.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Finished Availability of block devices.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Finished Create list of static device nodes for the current kernel.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Modules.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] systemd-journald[428]: Received client request to flush runtime journal.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 8
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop1: detected capacity change from 0 to 203656
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop2: detected capacity change from 0 to 203648
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop3: detected capacity change from 0 to 126632
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop4: detected capacity change from 0 to 113640
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop5: detected capacity change from 0 to 126784
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop6: detected capacity change from 0 to 113680
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop7: detected capacity change from 0 to 86368
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop8: detected capacity change from 0 to 290624
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop12: detected capacity change from 0 to 663432
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop11: detected capacity change from 0 to 75192
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop10: detected capacity change from 0 to 133552
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop13: detected capacity change from 0 to 133320
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop14: detected capacity change from 0 to 663432
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop9: detected capacity change from 0 to 75080
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:09 2022] loop15: detected capacity change from 0 to 88616
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: Wireless hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input12
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] acpi-tad ACPI000E:00: Missing _PRW
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_rn_pci_acp3x 0000:03:00.5: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ccp 0000:03:00.2: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ccp 0000:03:00.2: ccp: unable to access the device: you might be running a broken BIOS.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ccp 0000:03:00.2: tee enabled
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ccp 0000:03:00.2: psp enabled
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: Kensington Slimblade Trackball as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:03:00.4/usb3/3-2/3-2.1/3-2.1:1.0/0003:047D:2041.0003/input/input13
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] kensington 0003:047D:2041.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Kensington Slimblade Trackball] on usb-0000:03:00.4-2.1/input0
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] mc: Linux media interface: v0.10
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] pstore: Using crash dump compression: deflate
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] pstore: Registered efi as persistent store backend
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] videodev: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] NET: Registered PF_BLUETOOTH protocol family
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: HP WMI hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input14
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000c lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8821
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] usb 1-3: Found UVC 1.10 device HP TrueVision HD Camera (04f2:b710)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_fw.bin
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_config.bin
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 10, total sz 31990
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: HP TrueVision HD Camera: HP Tru as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:03:00.3/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/input/input15
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] rtl8821ce: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] RAPL PMU: API unit is 2^-32 Joules, 1 fixed counters, 163840 ms ovfl timer
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain package 2^-16 Joules
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] rtl8821ce: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.Z009], AE_NOT_FOUND (20210604/psargs-330)

[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [M318]

[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] No Arguments are initialized for method [M318]

[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.UBTC.M318 due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20210604/psparse-529)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.UBTC._DSM due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20210604/psparse-529)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: ucsi_acpi_dsm: failed to evaluate _DSM 2
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] ucsi_acpi: probe of USBC000:00 failed with error -5
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] rtl8821ce 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.6: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] kvm: Nested Virtualization enabled
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] SVM: kvm: Nested Paging enabled
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] SVM: Virtual VMLOAD VMSAVE supported
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] SVM: Virtual GIF supported
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: bound 0000:03:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] MCE: In-kernel MCE decoding enabled.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: HD-Audio Generic HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:03:00.1/sound/card0/input16
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig for ALC236: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    inputs:
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Mic=0x19
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: HD-Audio Generic Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:03:00.6/sound/card1/input17
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] rtl8821ce 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: SYNA32B6:00 06CB:CE17 Mouse as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:03/i2c-1/i2c-SYNA32B6:00/0018:06CB:CE17.0002/input/input19
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: HD-Audio Generic Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:03:00.6/sound/card1/input18
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: SYNA32B6:00 06CB:CE17 Touchpad as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:03/i2c-1/i2c-SYNA32B6:00/0018:06CB:CE17.0002/input/input20
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] hid-multitouch 0018:06CB:CE17.0002: input,hidraw0: I2C HID v1.00 Mouse [SYNA32B6:00 06CB:CE17] on i2c-SYNA32B6:00
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: ELAN2513:00 04F3:2D75 as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:00/i2c-0/i2c-ELAN2513:00/0018:04F3:2D75.0001/input/input22
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: ELAN2513:00 04F3:2D75 UNKNOWN as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:00/i2c-0/i2c-ELAN2513:00/0018:04F3:2D75.0001/input/input23
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] input: ELAN2513:00 04F3:2D75 UNKNOWN as /devices/platform/AMDI0010:00/i2c-0/i2c-ELAN2513:00/0018:04F3:2D75.0001/input/input24
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] hid-multitouch 0018:04F3:2D75.0001: input,hidraw1: I2C HID v1.00 Device [ELAN2513:00 04F3:2D75] on i2c-ELAN2513:00
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain core
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] acp_pdm_mach acp_pdm_mach.0: snd_soc_register_card(acp) failed: -517
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:10 2022] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0x829a7644
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] Adding 1000444k swap on /dev/nvme0n1p5.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:1000444k SSFS
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null). Quota mode: none.
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.503:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="lsb_release" pid=844 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.503:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="libreoffice-oopslash" pid=842 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.503:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/cups-browsed" pid=847 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.507:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine" pid=840 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.507:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine//mount-namespace-capture-helper" pid=840 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.507:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/tcpdump" pid=846 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.511:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=838 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.511:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-helper" pid=838 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.511:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=838 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:11 2022] audit: type=1400 audit(1642599012.511:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/{,usr/}sbin/dhclient" pid=838 comm="apparmor_parser"
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:12 2022] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:12 2022] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:12 2022] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:12 2022] NET: Registered PF_ALG protocol family
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:13 2022] loop16: detected capacity change from 0 to 8
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:14 2022] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:14 2022] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:14 2022] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[Wed Jan 19 06:30:16 2022] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp1s0: link becomes ready
katea@Ylva:~$ 

The BIOS/UEFI is the most current version, as I had to go through all that grief when installing mint on this puter, because it would not see the Linux to load it; I had to install Grub 2, to give me the choice to boot into Linux. This laptop has been a bear to put my loved Linux onto.

[Ysalys]

Still no screen blinking... Not since last night, when I went into the "display" in System Settings and I see it is now detecting my TV (HDMI cable is plugged in and it never detected the TV before [Had to boot into windows to play any movies on the TV])
I clicked "settings" at the top of that window, and the "Enable fractional scaling controls (experimental)" was on, so I turned that off. It seems to be okay so far this morning.

[Ysalys]

I have been running this puter for 5 1/2 hours now, and there is no more blinking, the video hardware was able to automatically find and install the proper driver for my video hardware, so my nag window is gone, and my graphics are showing much sharper, with full brightness control.
...So the solution for this laptop was:

FIRST - installing the 5.14-oem kernel

SECOND - Going into my System Settings control center, clicking "Display", then in that window, clicking "Settings" at the top, and the "Enable fractional scaling controls (experimental)" was enabled, so I disabled that.

Voila! Working great now! Thank you SMG, for your help; you are a champ!

[SMG]

...So the solution for this laptop was:

FIRST - installing the 5.14-oem kernel

SECOND - Going into my System Settings control center, clicking "Display", then in that window, clicking "Settings" at the top, and the "Enable fractional scaling controls (experimental)" was enabled, so I disabled that.

Voila! Working great now! Thank you SMG, for your help; you are a champ!

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback as that may help others.

I did not realize fractional scaling might be turned on automatically so I would not have even thought of that as a factor in this situation. I thought the default for it was to be off, but perhaps the default setting is different for different hardware.