Monitor blackouts after Plasma update on Intel graphics
Monitor goes black or flickers periodically after a Plasma update on Intel integrated graphics under Wayland.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 10 October 2026 · last reported 11 October 2026
What's going wrong
After updating KDE Plasma, some users on Intel integrated graphics running Wayland report that their monitor goes black or flickers at intervals.
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