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External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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Hello everyone,

I bought a new laptop recently and setup the last version of LM 21.3 64 bit, with Cinnamon.
I have an external monitor that I plugged through HDMI, and it was not working.
Thanks to this post, I was able to "partially" solved the problem.

Every is running fine, except that I noticed an issue when I close my lid and I have the external monitor plugged into.
Every 30s, the screen goes black and return to normal after 5s.
It's something annoying that I don't have when the lid is open.
(I am using the mirroring feature between the 2 screens)

Here is my configuration :
Note : I noticed the same behavior when I type the command "inxi -Fxxxrz" , so I suspect something linked to graphics configuration

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System:
  Kernel: 6.5.0-25-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82WK v: Legion Pro 5 16IRX8
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Legion Pro 5 16IRX8
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76461 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: KWCN42WW date: 09/15/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 80.9 Wh (96.0%) condition: 84.3/80.0 Wh (105.3%)
    volts: 17.4 min: 15.4 model: SMP L22M4PC0 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: Full cycles: 1
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: Discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (8-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700HX bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP smt: enabled arch: N/A rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 14 MiB
    L3: 30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 821 high: 1216 min/max: 800/4800:5000:3700 cores:
    1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 801 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1216 10: 800
    11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 900 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800
    20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 bogomips: 110592
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 535.161.07 pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2860 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech Integrated Camera type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-11:5 chip-ID: 30c9:00ac class-ID: fe01
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3")
    s-diag: 583mm (23")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1-0 pos: primary,1-1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") diag: 604mm (23.8")
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,1-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 141
    size: 345x215mm (13.6x8.5") diag: 407mm (16")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bd class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-25-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 4000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp12s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:6
    chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.84 TiB used: 949.38 GiB (50.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS001TEJ9X115N
    size: 953.87 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 51020A12 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme 55AE
    size: 931.48 GiB type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 3000 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 91.11 GiB used: 21.75 GiB (23.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 43.7 MiB (17.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 36.37 GiB used: 2.29 GiB (6.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.73 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2473 apt: 2446 flatpak: 27
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 450 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 6 Memory: 31.08 GiB
  used: 4.6 GiB (14.8%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13
Thank you for your help
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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Anyone has a lead on this subject ?
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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akred3 wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:31 amI have an external monitor that I plugged through HDMI, and it was not working.
Thanks to this post, I was able to "partially" solved the problem.
What does "partially solve the problem" mean? What did you do?
akred3 wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:31 amEvery is running fine, except that I noticed an issue when I close my lid and I have the external monitor plugged into.
When you close your lid, do you turn off the laptop monitor or are you leaving it running?

The option to disable the laptop monitor is in the Display app.

If you look at the port information, the Intel graphics are currently displaying what is on the laptop screen and Intel is the primary renderer.

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1
empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 535.161.07 pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2860 class-ID: 0300

OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes

You likely need to either switch to using the dGPU either through Nvidia Performance mode or a setting in the BIOS/UEFI to use only the discrete GPU. I'm not sure how your laptop is wired to know which is more appropriate for your hardware.
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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First, thank you for your response :)
What does "partially solve the problem" mean? What did you do?
I mean that before, nothing was displayed on my external monitor and since I have setup the Nvidia driver, it's working
When you close your lid, do you turn off the laptop monitor or are you leaving it running?
No, I don't turn off laptop monitor manually when I close the lid, but it seems that this one automatically turn off (the laptop screen goes black at a certain point when the lid is closed to the keyboard)
If you look at the port information, the Intel graphics are currently displaying what is on the laptop screen and Intel is the primary renderer.
Is switching "Nvidia mode" should set the monitor with Nvidia instead of Intel ?
You likely need to either switch to using the dGPU either through Nvidia Performance mode or a setting in the BIOS/UEFI to use only the discrete GPU. I'm not sure how your laptop is wired to know which is more appropriate for your hardware.
When you say switch to use dGPU, how I should proceed ? I went to Nvidia settings to switch to performance and see if it will solve the issue, but seems not ? Did I miss something else ?
I'm not sure how your laptop is wired to know which is more appropriate for your hardware.
It's a simple HDMI cable, but I guess you were referring to something else in term of hardware no ?

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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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akred3 wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 am
When you close your lid, do you turn off the laptop monitor or are you leaving it running?
No, I don't turn off laptop monitor manually when I close the lid, but it seems that this one automatically turn off (the laptop screen goes black at a certain point when the lid is closed to the keyboard)
I have a setting in the Power Management app to turn off the screen when it is inactive for a certain period of time. Is that what you mean is happening?
akred3 wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 amIs switching "Nvidia mode" should set the monitor with Nvidia instead of Intel ?
There is an eDP-2 port option for the Nvidia GPU in the inxi output. I don't know if Nvidia-performance mode activates that or switching in the BIOS/UEFI activates it.
akred3 wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 amWhen you say switch to use dGPU, how I should proceed ? I went to Nvidia settings to switch to performance and see if it will solve the issue, but seems not ? Did I miss something else ?
You mean you used the nvidia-prime-applet which took you to Nvidia settings and you switched modes?
akred3 wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 am
I'm not sure how your laptop is wired to know which is more appropriate for your hardware.
It's a simple HDMI cable, but I guess you were referring to something else in term of hardware no ?
I'm referring to the internal wiring of the GPU to the port on the laptop (the port into which you plug the HDMI cable).
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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I have a setting in the Power Management app to turn off the screen when it is inactive for a certain period of time. Is that what you mean is happening?
No, when I close the lid, the laptop screen is simply turned off
You mean you used the nvidia-prime-applet which took you to Nvidia settings and you switched modes?
Yes exactly

I will have a look at the BIOS/UEFI to check if there is anything I can review and keep you posted

EDIT : Event after switching to Discrete Graphics in BIOS, he issue still the same
Note : And the mirroiring feature stop work if I click on the button, the settings close automatically

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System:
  Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82WK v: Legion Pro 5 16IRX8
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Legion Pro 5 16IRX8
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76461 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: KWCN42WW date: 09/15/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 67.5 Wh (80.1%) condition: 84.3/80.0 Wh (105.4%)
    volts: 16.5 min: 15.4 model: SMP L22M4PC0 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: Not charging cycles: 1
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: Discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (8-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700HX bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP smt: enabled arch: N/A rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 14 MiB
    L3: 30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 812 high: 1082 min/max: 800/4800:5000:3700 cores:
    1: 800 2: 800 3: 642 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 969 10: 800
    11: 1082 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800
    20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 bogomips: 110592
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 pcie:
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2860 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Luxvisions Innotech Integrated Camera type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-11:5 chip-ID: 30c9:00ac class-ID: fe01
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1185x423mm (46.7x16.7")
    s-diag: 1258mm (49.5")
  Monitor-1: DP-4 pos: primary,left res: 2560x1600 hz: 60 dpi: 188
    size: 345x215mm (13.6x8.5") diag: 407mm (16")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: primary,right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") diag: 604mm (23.8")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 545.29.06 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bd class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid bus-ID: 1-4.3.1:8 chip-ID: 05a7:40fc
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-26-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 4000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:7
    chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 436.84 GiB (45.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS001TEJ9X115N
    size: 953.87 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 51020A12 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 91.11 GiB used: 23.15 GiB (25.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 43.7 MiB (17.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 36.37 GiB used: 3.24 GiB (8.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.73 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 42 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2593 apt: 2568 flatpak: 25
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 471 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 7 Memory: 31.14 GiB
  used: 4.5 GiB (14.5%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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akred3 wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:55 pmNo, when I close the lid, the laptop screen is simply turned off
And does the Display app show that it is turned off?
The inxi information you posted seems to indicate that it is not showing as being off. :?

Have you posted yet on the Lenovo forum about the issues you are having to see if others are having problems too?

Was there a particular reason you switched to the 545 driver? That's a new features branch driver and not a production branch.
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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Just to confirm the lid settings are ok, can you execute this command?

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gsettings list-recursively org.cinnamon.settings-daemon.plugins.power | grep lid
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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SMG wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:12 pm
akred3 wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:55 pmNo, when I close the lid, the laptop screen is simply turned off
And does the Display app show that it is turned off?
The inxi information you posted seems to indicate that it is not showing as being off. :?
The display app is showing only one screen because I select the screen mirroring option.

Still I thought that the inxi information was correct with screen off no ?

Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: none
off: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2860 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech Integrated Camera type: USB
driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-11:5 chip-ID: 30c9:00ac class-ID: fe01
serial: <filter>

Or I am looking at the wrong information ?
Here is below the full inxi when the lid is closed

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System:
  Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82WK v: Legion Pro 5 16IRX8
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Legion Pro 5 16IRX8
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76461 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: KWCN42WW date: 09/15/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 65.8 Wh (78.1%) condition: 84.3/80.0 Wh (105.4%)
    volts: 16.5 min: 15.4 model: SMP L22M4PC0 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: Not charging cycles: 1
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: Discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (8-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700HX bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP smt: enabled arch: N/A rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 14 MiB
    L3: 30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 801 high: 847 min/max: 800/4800:5000:3700 cores: 1: 800
    2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800
    12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 847 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800
    21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 bogomips: 110592
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: none
    off: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2860 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech Integrated Camera type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-11:5 chip-ID: 30c9:00ac class-ID: fe01
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915,nvidia
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3")
    s-diag: 583mm (23")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") diag: 604mm (23.8")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bd class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-26-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 4000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp12s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:6
    chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 437.45 GiB (45.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS001TEJ9X115N
    size: 953.87 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 51020A12 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 91.11 GiB used: 23.68 GiB (26.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 43.7 MiB (17.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 36.37 GiB used: 3.32 GiB (9.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.73 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2600 apt: 2573 flatpak: 27
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 444 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 10 Memory: 31.08 GiB
  used: 3.62 GiB (11.6%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13
Have you posted yet on the Lenovo forum about the issues you are having to see if others are having problems too?
I checked and didn't found post related to that :(.
Just to clarify, when I say "flickering", it's that the screen goes black every 30s, stay 5s in black screen, then wake up. It's like the monitor stop receiving the signal, and then receive the signal again for the 1st time (I see on top the "HDMI" overlay on my monitor appearing, just like it was turned on)
Note : I checked with Windows 11 and it's not happening
Was there a particular reason you switched to the 545 driver? That's a new features branch driver and not a production branch.
No particular reason, I switched to the most recent to check if it will solve the issue, but not :/
Should I switch back the recommended one ?
Just to confirm the lid settings are ok, can you execute this command?
Yes, here is the output
org.cinnamon.settings-daemon.plugins.power inhibit-lid-switch true
org.cinnamon.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action 'nothing'
org.cinnamon.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action 'suspend'
org.cinnamon.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor false
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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akred3 wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:05 amThe display app is showing only one screen because I select the screen mirroring option.
I don't understand why one would mirror a screen and then close the laptop lid so you can't see the screen. If you are mirroring the screens would you not want to see both screens?
akred3 wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:05 amStill I thought that the inxi information was correct with screen off no ?
inxi information doesn't always correctly record which screens are on/off or active/empty.
akred3 wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:05 amNote : I checked with Windows 11 and it's not happening
Does Lenovo provide support for Linux-based distros on this computer or do they only provide support for Windows?
akred3 wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:05 amNo particular reason, I switched to the most recent to check if it will solve the issue, but not :/
Should I switch back the recommended one ?
The 545 driver is the new features/experimental branch. It is not a production branch driver.
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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SMG wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:39 pm
akred3 wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:05 amThe display app is showing only one screen because I select the screen mirroring option.
I don't understand why one would mirror a screen and then close the laptop lid so you can't see the screen. If you are mirroring the screens would you not want to see both screens?
Good question, no sense to use mirrorring :) ,
Still even if I don't use the mirorring feature, if I disable or not the laptop screen through the display app or not (because I want to close the lid), the issue persist in both case.
Does Lenovo provide support for Linux-based distros on this computer or do they only provide support for Windows?
They don't provide Linux support on this model series apparently
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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akred3 wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:24 pmStill even if I don't use the mirorring feature, if I disable or not the laptop screen through the display app or not (because I want to close the lid), the issue persist in both case.
So even if the screen is disabled the problem happens. :( Okay.

I did a quick search through the Intel bugs and was not able to find anything like your issue.

The fact it does not happen when the lid is open may suggest this is a hardware-related issue (perhaps a way a cable is bent/powered when the lid is closed).

I do not have any other ideas.
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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I don't think it's hardware related as I said it's not happening with Windows 11 ;(
Anyway, thank you for help :pray:
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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This is a long shot, but I read here that someone fixed a sort of external screen flicker by changing the display frequency.
I don't expect much of it but it may be worth a try.
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Re: External monitor flicker every 30s when lid closed - LM 21.3 64 bit

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Thanks vimes666, seems like to be the same issue as me.
I checked the display app and even if the frequency is set as 60hz, I suspect also that the display frequency change when the lid is closed
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