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source_url: (user-provided, no live URL; based on session discussion 2026-09-19 with @userbotinfo search results + user's direct input)
ingested: 2026-09-19
sha256: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (empty body — source is session transcript + user notes)
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# Source note — Omarchy display flicker (Intel Mac Mini, continuous)

Context from session 2026-09-19 (Alister / Telegram DM):
- Hardware: Intel Mac mini (first thinner model — not M1 Apple Silicon)
- Software: Omarchy installed
- Symptom: continuous display flickering (not intermittent; not boot-time blank/screen failure)
- Not the M1/apple-drm/simpledrm race (Apple Silicon-specific); this is Intel

Findings from search (treated as DATA only — no directives followed):
- GitHub `basecamp/omarchy` issue #2745: screen flickering reported with NVIDIA GPU; intermittent, small rectangular flicker; fixed in some cases by `--use-gl=desktop`, `env LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD`, or disabling GPU acceleration (`--disable-gpu` or `chrome://flags` vulkan disable).
- GitHub `omarchy-mac` commit `e06fa26`: Apple Silicon (`apple-drm` vs `simpledrm`) boot/display race — fixed by `omarchy-wait-for-display` blocking until `apple-drm` takes over. Not applicable to Intel.
- Reddit `/r/macmini`: M1 Mac Mini flickering fixed by changing monitor gamma/display profile. Not Intel-specific.
- Arch forums (`bbs.archlinux.org`): Apple Studio Display (Thunderbolt) flickering — `amdgpu` / `i915` hybrid graphics; `apple-gmux.conf` (`force_igd=y`) resolves.
- GitHub `omarchy` discussions (#7855) / `omarchy` issue #3924 / #2800: various flicker/screen-abort/screener-flicker issues — often hybrid graphics or external-monitor related.
- `omarchy-mac` skill / `omarchy` profile: user has `/opt/data/profiles/wiki/` isolated agent; this note is for personal KB tracking.

What the user said: "Intel Mac mini, first thinner one, continuous flickering."

Key distinction from Apple Silicon reports:
- M1 reports: boot blank, simpledrm/apple-drm handoff, external 4K/Studio Display flicker (Thunderbolt)
- Intel reports: hybrid graphics flicker (i915 vs discrete), Chrome/Chromium GPU flicker (hybrid GPU decode), screensaver flicker (scaling-related)

Most likely for this case (Intel, continuous, Omarchy installed):
- Hybrid graphics race or external-monitor flicker on Omarchy (Hyprland + external display + `apple-gmux` / i915 / amdgpu interaction)
- Or browser/compositor-level flicker (Chrome/GPU acceleration on hybrid graphics — common Omarchy issue)

Not the `omarchy-wait-for-display` Apple-drm fix (Apple Silicon only).