On Mon, 2021-02-22 at 16:55 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Mon, 2021-02-22 at 08:28 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
On Sat, 2021-02-20 at 11:41 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
The last 2 or 3 kernel updates seem to have triggered a regression in the i915 (internal Intel GPU) driver. I get damaged screen updates, very noticeable tearing on videos and occasional freezes in the DE

I may have a similar problem.  See my thread "Strange Artifacts in the Panel"; the problem seems to affect the whole KDE Plasma subsystem, but not other functions.

See the BZ report at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1931065
A modified kernel seems to be working so far.

It works for me too.  Now I have to decide whether to install my new CPU, scheduled to arrive this week, or return it.