SUMMARY Screen flashes white/brighter when clicking on non-screen elements of Final Fantasy XIV when running versions KWin newer than 6.3.0-3.fc41 or newer, downgrading to Kwin 6.3.0-3.fc41 resolves the issue. Game is in full screen or borderless windowed. this issue does not occur when playing the game in windowed mode. Have already tried running latest-git versions of mesa, downgrading, etc., the only thing that resolves it is downgrading to kwin 6.3.0-3.fc41 STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install kwin.86_64 6.3.0-3.fc41 2. Launch Final Fantasy XIV 3. Screen flashes white/brightens when clicking mouse OBSERVED RESULT Screen flashes white/brightens when clicking mouse EXPECTED RESULT Screen doesn't flash white/brightens when clicking mouse, same as kwin 6.3.0-3-fc41 SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: Nobara 41 (Fedora base) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Attached are my system specs and a video of it. I've recorded using my phone as that seems to show the issue more clearly than a screen recording. Here is a link to a video of the bug: https://drive.proton.me/urls/N25816JHMR#orBvySoJGX8I Let me know if you want it uploaded anywhere else. ··• neofetch ⢀⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⡀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣀⡀ sus@nobara-pc ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⡀ ----------------- ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄ OS: Nobara Linux 41 (KDE Plasma) x86_64 ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄ Kernel: Linux 6.13.7-200.nobara.fc41.x86_64 ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧ Uptime: 12 mins ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠉⠁⠀⠀⠉⠉⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧ Packages: 3118 (rpm), 13 (flatpak-system), 49 (flatpak-user) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ Shell: bash 5.2.32 ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ Display (27A2QR): 2560x1440 @ 120 Hz in 27" [External] * ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣬⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ Display (27A2QR): 2560x1440 @ 120 Hz in 27" [External] ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.2 ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ WM: KWin (Wayland) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ WM Theme: Breeze ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ Theme: Fusion (Nobara) [Qt], Nobara [GTK2], adw-gtk3-dark [GTK3/4] ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ Icons: Papirus-Dark [Qt], Papirus-Dark [GTK3/4] ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠉⠉⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿ Font: Noto Sans (11pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (11pt) [GTK3/4] ⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁ Cursor: breeze (24px) ⠈⠙⠛⠛⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠁ Terminal: konsole 24.12.3 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (12) @ 4.47 GHz GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT [Discrete] Memory: 4.25 GiB / 31.25 GiB (14%) Swap: 0 B / 42.38 GiB (0%) Disk (/): 14.75 GiB / 895.55 GiB (2%) - btrfs Disk (/home): 1.05 TiB / 1.86 TiB (56%) - btrfs Disk (/media/Storage): 2.83 TiB / 3.64 TiB (78%) - fuseblk Disk (/media/Storage2): 292.82 GiB / 1.82 TiB (16%) - btrfs
It's almost certainly direct scanout kicking in when the cursor is hidden, but just to make sure, please set https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/wikis/Environment-Variables#kwin_drm_no_direct_scanout and check if it still happens with that
(In reply to Zamundaaa from comment #1) > It's almost certainly direct scanout kicking in when the cursor is hidden, > but just to make sure, please set > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/wikis/Environment- > Variables#kwin_drm_no_direct_scanout and check if it still happens with that Hey Zamundaaa, I enabled KWIN_DRM_NO_DIRECT_SCANOUT=1 in /etc/environment and the problem is now resolved. I am now back to kwin 6.3.3-1.fc41 Is this something that can be fixed so I don't need to have this environment variable?
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Turns out that this is a driver bug: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/4148