Kernel Update makes my video card glitchy

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New to linux and especially Fedora.

I’ve put Fedora 39 on an older Windows10 desktop and everything runs smoothly until I run updates and it installs Kernel 6.8.5.201.fc39. Everything works fine with 6.8.4-200.fc39 that comes packaged with the live USB.

I take it that it’s the kernel that’s messing up my graphics card since it goes from running fine, to what you see in the picture here. I’ll reboot and it seems to work fine for a bit, then it starts acting up again. I’m using this computer for video conferences and work so I need it to run smoothly until I get my new notebook.

I figure it’s the kernel since this has happened twice now. The first time was after I had everything up and running. I used the machine for work for 2 weeks and everything was fine. I updated the kernel via the software package manager and then it started acting up. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I had an idea. I wiped everything this weekend and reinstalled it. I ran it for a bit after getting it set up and it was fine. Then a I got a popup for a critical update. This time I made note of which kernel it was trying to install (noted above) before doing the updates. Back to the same glitchy graphics.

I’ve since started with a fresh install for a third time and everything is fine. I don’t want to go through that again, but I also don’t want to leave my system potentially exposed since I’ve decided to not install any updates at this point. Is there a way to exclude the kernel update from the update package that it’s telling me to download? Or is there another way to fix this?

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If you use dnf to do the update instead of the software app then yes, you can exclude the kernel packages from the update.
sudo dnf update --exclude kernel* should manage that quite well.

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Could you post what Hardware you have ? If this is a bug it should be reported.

Please post the results of inxi -Fzxx here in preformatted text.

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Thanks for that! I just updated the system sans kernel.

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I did report the issue through Bugzilla and the Problem Reporting app the second time it happened. This is the setup I’m currently running it on.

So far I’m really enjoying it. Easy enough that a newb like me can get on and get productive. While learning all the ins and outs seems interesting, I really just want a machine that works. Oh and is something else other than Windows.

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 2.40-13.fc39
  Desktop: GNOME v: 45.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUSTeK product: CM6630_CM6730_CM6830. v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: CM6330_CM6630_CM6730_CM6830 v: Rev x.0x
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4002
    date: 06/26/2012
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-3450 bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1597 high: 1600 min/max: 1600/3500 cores: 1: 1596
    2: 1600 3: 1596 4: 1596 bogomips: 24743
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 620 OEM] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
    v: kernel arch: Fermi pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-I-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1049
    temp: 39.0 C
  Device-2: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:085c
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: nouveau display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: LG (GoldStar) FULL HD res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102
    diag: 551mm (21.7")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 23.3.6 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.1
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVD9 device-ID: 10de:1049 display-ID: :0.0
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e08
  Device-3: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:085c
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.4 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: Lite-On
    driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 1814:3090
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK P8P67 and other motherboards driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 6.94 GiB (0.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1CH162 size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1CH162 size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 929.93 GiB used: 6.74 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 185 MiB (19.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-4: /home size: 929.93 GiB used: 6.74 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.71 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 39.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.71 GiB used: 2.17 GiB (28.2%)
  Processes: 532 Power: uptime: 11m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 254
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Packages: pm: flatpak pkgs: 12 Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.33