RStudio goes blank in PopOS (Ubuntu) Linux

Hi all,

I have had this issue with my RStudio not-quite-crashing, but going blank on PopOS Linux. I can be working in an RStudio window, and it suddenly goes completely blank and I can't close it. It doesn't seem to be specifically related to any package, as it happens between different projects, but it does seem to happen mostly when I'm interacting with things, and not in the middle of long processes.

This is how it looks.

I switched to "Software rendering", and it happens much less frequently. But it still happens.

I end up having a little graveyard of broken RStudio windows that I throw onto one of my desktops. But I would really love not to have to do this. Any suggestions would be thoroughly appreciated!

Thanks so much in advance!

RStudio version: 1.3.959

R version: 4.0.3 (though I had this issue on the previous version too)

inxi details

System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-7642-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Gnome 3.36.4 Distro: Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0607 date: 05/29/2020 
CPU:
  Topology: 8-Core model: Intel Core i7-10700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: N/A L2 cache: 16.0 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 121596 
  Speed: 4700 MHz min/max: 800/5100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4700 2: 4700 
  3: 4700 4: 4700 5: 4700 6: 4700 7: 4700 8: 4700 9: 4700 10: 4700 11: 4700 
  12: 4700 13: 4700 14: 4700 15: 4700 16: 4700 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 455.28 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting,nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.28 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam B910 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-10.2:7 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-7642-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: 0.0.1-k port: 3000 
  bus ID: 04:00.0 
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network 
  Adapter 
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: wl v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 314.47 GiB (33.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 
  size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 907.53 GiB used: 310.77 GiB (34.2%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.00 GiB used: 1.09 GiB (27.2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-0 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 488 Uptime: 3d 5h 01m Memory: 62.65 GiB used: 57.22 GiB (91.3%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 clang: 10.0.0-4ubuntu1 
  Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 

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