Flickering code editors on Dragonized

Hello! I am getting a lot of flickering and lagging in code editors like vs-code and fleet. I have everything up to date since I updated the system last night. I am experiencing this for the last 2 months after garuda-update that blew up my system in the sense that I needed to put all the panels back into place. Oh, and the dragging bar on the windows vanished. I reconstructed my desktop from scratch and got a lot of flickering on my vs-code and discord, and now on fleet. I completely reinstall the OS to no avail.

System:
Kernel: 6.8.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8e5a7df5-e917-434b-84d5-903c40e177cf rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.1.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: Docker,krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37) v: 3.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: H.60 date: 11/06/2019
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701013
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4249 high: 4255 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 4250 2: 4255
3: 4250 4: 4250 5: 4249 6: 4250 7: 4250 8: 4250 9: 4250 10: 4250 11: 4245
12: 4250 13: 4250 14: 4250 15: 4250 16: 4250 bogomips: 136000
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 550.76 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none
off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2187
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia d-rect: 3840x1080
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: right res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: zink inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.76
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 3.91 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER driver: nvidia v: 550.76 device-ID: 10de:2187
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech PRO X Wireless Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:0aba class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.8.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp39s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 23.08 GiB (1.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA2000M81000G
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: S5Z42105 temp: 36.9 C
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B4QFXO7 temp: 31.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A02 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.08 GiB (9.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.08 GiB (9.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.08 GiB (9.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.08 GiB (9.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.29 GiB used: 4.66 GiB (14.9%)
Processes: 403 Power: uptime: 22m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1465 libs: 385 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-04-22
Last full system update: 2024-04-23 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Use X11 from login page.
Please, use forum search function.

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Do you experience the same problem if you select a Plasma x11 ssession in the login screen instead of Wayland?

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No idea. I just updated the system. Not changed the system rendering interface.

How do I change from one to the other?

:arrow_up:

More likely the session login page. But is there a way to make x11 the default engine?

It does not change itself, it use what you set last time.

If I start a new session with x11, the loading screen gets stuck :))

Should I get an AMD card?

There are settings for /etc/default/grub which can help with nvidia GPU’s. Just search in forum, please.

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