Intermittent display corruption on Dell G15 5511 with RTX 3050 on Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Wayland)

[ppzhuya123123]

Ubuntu Version:
24.04.4 LTS

Desktop Environment (if applicable):
GNOME on Wayland

Problem Description:
I am seeing an intermittent display corruption issue on my Dell G15 5511 laptop.

This system is dual-boot with Windows and Ubuntu installed on separate drives. Windows was installed first, and Ubuntu was later installed on the secondary drive. I mainly use Ubuntu for work and Windows for gaming.

The problem does not happen on every boot. When it does happen, the display looks obviously wrong, with symptoms such as inverted-looking colors, vertical stripe-like patterns, or generally corrupted output.

The issue is intermittent and I do not currently have reliable reproduction steps. Sometimes I reboot and the problem is still present, and then after another reboot the display returns to normal without any configuration change.

I am currently using a Wayland session.

Relevant System Information:

• Model: Dell G15 5511
• CPU: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11260H
• iGPU: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 / UHD Graphics
• dGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
• Ubuntu version: 24.04.4 LTS
• Kernel: 6.17.0-20-generic
• Session type: Wayland
• Driver currently in use: NVIDIA 580.126.09
• Secure Boot: disabled
• Setup: Windows + Ubuntu dual boot on separate drives

Relevant command output:

uname -a
Linux ppzhu-Dell-G15-5511 6.17.0-20-generic #20~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Mar 19 01:28:37 UTC 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
wayland

lspci -nnk | grep -A3 -Ei 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] [8086:9a68] (rev 01)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Video
        Subsystem: Dell TigerLake-H GT1 [1028:0a71]
        Kernel driver in use: i915
--
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller : NVIDIA Corporation GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] [10de:25a2] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Dell GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] [1028:0a71]
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

nvidia-smi
Tue Apr 14 09:48:02 2026
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.126.09             Driver Version: 580.126.09     CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

mokutil --sb-state
SecureBoot disabled

Relevant journal lines from an affected boot / current boot:

journalctl -b | grep -Ei 'nvidia|drm|i915|gpu|modeset|xedid|nouveau'

Apr 14 09:36:30 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Found tigerlake integrated display
Apr 14 09:36:31 kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 580.126.09
Apr 14 09:36:31 kernel: nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver
Apr 14 09:36:31 kernel: [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
Apr 14 09:36:32 kernel: [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 2
Apr 14 09:36:32 kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes
Apr 14 09:36:32 systemd: nvidia-persistenced.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'
Apr 14 09:36:32 systemd: Failed to start nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
Apr 14 09:36:32 systemd: Started nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
Apr 14 09:36:34 gnome-shell: Added device '/dev/dri/card2' (nvidia-drm) using atomic mode setting.
Apr 14 09:36:34 gnome-shell: Added device '/dev/dri/card1' (i915) using atomic mode setting.
Apr 14 09:36:34 gnome-shell: GPU /dev/dri/card1 selected primary from builtin panel presence

What I’ve Tried:

• Tested multiple NVIDIA driver variants, including:
  • nvidia-driver-580-open
  • proprietary 580 series
  • 535 series
• Rebooted multiple times to see whether the issue clears
• Confirmed the issue occurs in a Wayland session
• Checked that Secure Boot is disabled

Before Posting:
I have already searched for similar graphics / NVIDIA / Wayland issues, but I am still not sure whether this is more likely to be:

• an NVIDIA driver issue
• a Wayland / compositor issue
• a hybrid graphics / PRIME initialization issue
• a kernel / DRM issue
• or a hardware / firmware issue

I would appreciate advice on:

1. whether the journal lines above point to a likely cause
2. which additional logs I should collect during an affected boot
3. whether I should test the same setup under Xorg as the next comparison step
4. whether the line “Cannot find any crtc or sizes” is expected on this kind of hybrid graphics laptop or suspicious in this context

I can also attach screenshots if helpful.

[Actionparsnip]

If you connect an external display, do you see the same there?

Do you see the same thing in the BIOS menu?

[ppzhuya123123]

I don’t have an additional monitor for testing, and this issue doesn’t appear in the BIOS page. It also doesn’t occur when booting from another Windows system on my primary hard drive; it only happens when booting from Ubuntu.