Posts tagged: amd
Why I Stayed on X11 for AMD Laptop Dev in 2026
My AMD Barcelo laptop runs X11. Not because I'm stubborn — because the display server choice is a practical trade-off, not a religious one. Here's the real constraint matrix.
Fractional Scaling on KDE 6 — X11 vs Wayland Measured on AMD Barcelo
Real measurements on a Ryzen 7 7730U (Vega 7) laptop. KDE Plasma 6.7.2. X11 session vs Wayland session. No synthetic benchmarks — just what the compositor actually renders.
The AppImage/FUSE/GPU Crash Rabbit Hole I Debugged
Freebuff Desktop (an Electron AppImage) wouldn't launch on my AMD laptop. Three hours later: FUSE missing, extracted AppImage bug, Wayland GPU crash, X11 fallback. Here's the full autopsy.
CachyOS Kernel 7.0.12 Blank Screen — AMD Barcelo DMCUB Firmware Crash
Kernel 7.0.12 blank screen on AMD Barcelo GPUs — DMCUB firmware mismatch. Fix with amdgpu.dc=0, and whether the mainline kernel is worth the boot hassle over LTS.