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Occasional screen freeze and error while using KDE - [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:80:pipe A] commit wait timed out

System info (inxi -Faz) 
System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-060800rc3-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.8.0-060800rc3-generic
    root=/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
    dm: SDDM Distro: Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Strix G614JU_G614JU v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G614JU v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: G614JU.321 date: 10/24/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 84.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 84.6/90.0 Wh (94.0%)
    volts: 17.4 min: 16.0 model: AS3GYFG3KC R220358 type: Unknown
    serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13980HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x115
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 16 threads: 32 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 2.1 MiB desc: d-16x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 16x64 KiB
    L2: 32 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 4x4 MiB L3: 36 MiB desc: 1x36 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 827 high: 1317 min/max: 800/5400:5600:4000 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 991 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800
    15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800
    24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 800 29: 800 30: 985 31: 800 32: 1317
    bogomips: 154828
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB:
    conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
    v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3
    bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile]
    vendor: ASUSTeK GN21-X2 driver: nvidia v: 535.154.05
    alternate: nvidiafb,nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-08) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
    process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022-23+ ports: active: none
    empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,eDP-2 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:28e1
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 322e:2122
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 98 s-size: 436x273mm (17.17x10.75")
    s-diag: 514mm (20.25")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: TL160ADMP03-0 built: 2022 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60
    dpi: 124 gamma: 1.2 size: 345x215mm (13.58x8.46") diag: 407mm (16")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: 2560x1600
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics
    (RPL-S) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-060800rc3-generic status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 0000:6c:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp108s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
    lmp-v: 12 sub-v: 32fe hci-v: 12 rev: 32fe class-ID: 7c010c
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object
    transfer, audio, telephony
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel
    driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev:
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 279.39 GiB (29.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: V3MA003 temp: 43.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 929.41 GiB size: 913.75 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 278.81 GiB (30.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 252:1
    mapped: vgkubuntu-root
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1.67 GiB size: 1.61 GiB (96.26%)
    used: 554.4 MiB (33.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 43.2 MiB (8.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-2 maj-min: 252:2 mapped: vgkubuntu-swap_1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1900
Info:
  Processes: 529 Uptime: 9h 59m wakeups: 5 Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est.
  available: 30.97 GiB used: 5.12 GiB (16.5%) Init: systemd v: 253
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 13.2.0 alt: 12/13 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: 3346 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3323
  libs: 2108 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude pm: flatpak pkgs: 17 pm: snap pkgs: 6
  Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.29

I am getting occasional screen freezes that lasts for like 10 seconds while using Kubuntu. When checking the output of sudo dmesg after the freeze, i see that i am getting this error.

Error 
[31377.115732] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[31377.115742] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[31377.132416] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[31380.682401] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[31506.598802] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[31507.298792] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[31507.298807] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[31587.136418] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:80:pipe A] flip_done timed out
[31597.376286] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* flip_done timed out
[31597.376301] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:80:pipe A] commit wait timed out
[32103.296226] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32104.079552] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32104.079566] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32104.096238] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32114.236100] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:80:pipe A] flip_done timed out
[32124.476029] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* flip_done timed out
[32124.476044] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:80:pipe A] commit wait timed out
[32124.512790] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32124.579443] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32125.429434] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32126.812770] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!
[32529.477237] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)!

The freeze happens exactly before seeing this part:

Error 
[31587.136418] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:80:pipe A] flip_done timed out
[31597.376286] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* flip_done timed out
[31597.376301] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:80:pipe A] commit wait timed out

What does [CRTC:80:pipe A] flip_done timed out mean ?

Why am i getting this error ?

Notes

  1. I noticed that i am getting this error i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* The master control interrupt lied (DE PIPE)! whenever i click on an image and open it via Dolphin using Gwenview. Sometimes i get the error DE PIPE with the freeze flip_done, sometimes just DE PIPE with no freeze.
  2. The audio i am playing keeps playing while the screen freeze is occurring.
  3. I tried adding i915.dmc_firmware_path= and it didn't work.
  4. Tried many kernels after the supposed fix and still getting the error, including the one i am running right now.
  5. I download the kernel .deb packages
.deb packages 
Test amd64/build succeeded (rc=0, on=amd64, time=0:10:03, log=amd64/log)
  amd64/linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc3-generic_6.8.0-060800rc3.202402041232_amd64.deb
  amd64/linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc3_6.8.0-060800rc3.202402041232_all.deb
  amd64/linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc3-generic_6.8.0-060800rc3.202402041232_amd64.deb
  amd64/linux-modules-6.8.0-060800rc3-generic_6.8.0-060800rc3.202402041232_amd64.deb

and install them using sudo dpkg -i * and reboot. Am i missing something ?

Thanks for reading and i appreciate your help.

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