So I just booted back to my 5 kernel. I switched KDE to xrender first The flickering is present at the login screen, but not in the running desktop, however, I do know from previous experiments with xrender as a solution it can still start flickering, perhaps that's after a suspend but I'd have to check.
Here is more detail on my spec @Mike Wilson, interesting you quote my processor https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/gP5mDFgCHS/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838644 Title: Booting into desktop results in flickering To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/+bug/1838644/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs