Graphical glitches make PC unusable

Hi everyone,
I’ve been using Garuda for a couple of years now and I’m loving it.

I have a tower PC that has a Ryzen 7700, a nVidia 1660 and a nVidia 1060. I’ve already tried to remove one of the two but this issue does not go away.

Especially in visual studio code (but also Chrome and Floorp), I have contant glitches.
journalctl -f says:

kwin_wayland_wrapper[3101]: src/gbm_drv_common.c:130: GBM-DRV error (get_bytes_per_component): Unknown or not supported format: 875708738

plasmashell[8045]: src/gbm_drv_common.c:130: GBM-DRV error (get_bytes_per_component): Unknown or not supported format: 808530000

kwin_wayland[3101]: kf.windowsystem: static bool KX11Extras::mapViewport() may only be used on X11

I’ve search for these issues online but nothing that made sense came up.
I’ve also tried to disable GPU hardare accell on Visual Studio but nothing changed.

garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.8.4-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=9652a660-6161-43cd-ae79-2e60e017b2e4 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=f6f7b533-81ff-4d6e-ba56-4bcd2fd3cbc5 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.0.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7D75 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7D75) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 1.70 date: 08/10/2023
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming
Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5
level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA601203
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1255 high: 4387 min/max: 400/5389 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3599 2: 400 3: 400
4: 400 5: 400 6: 3603 7: 400 8: 4387 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400
13: 400 14: 3692 15: 400 16: 400 bogomips: 121595
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 1660] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 550.67 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-02; 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-2
empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2184
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 550.67 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 2
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-4,
DP-5, DP-6, DVI-D-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: AMD Raphael vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: Writeback-1
bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 42.0 C
Device-4: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-5.3.1.1:6
chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-5: DisplayLink Dell D3100 Docking Station driver: N/A type: USB
rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 6-2.1:3
chip-ID: 17e9:436e class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: nvidia,nvidia,amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 2752x1152 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nvidia device: 4 drv: radeonsi device: 5
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: zink inactive: device-2,device-3
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.67
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 5.86 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 4 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 driver: nvidia v: 550.67 device-ID: 10de:2184
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB driver: nvidia v: 550.67 device-ID: 10de:1c03
surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics
(RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.4-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:164e surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 3 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.0.4-arch1.2 (LLVM 17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
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: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 2
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 12:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 12:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Device-5: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-5.3.1.1:6
chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-6: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-6:3
chip-ID: 0db0:422d class-ID: 0300
Device-7: DisplayLink Dell D3100 Docking Station driver: N/A type: USB
rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 6-2.1:3
chip-ID: 17e9:436e class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-8: DisplayLink Dell D3100 Docking Station
driver: cdc_ncm,snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 6-2.3:5 chip-ID: 17e9:436e class-ID: 0a00
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.8.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.4 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 RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: b000 bus-ID: 0d:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp13s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 0e:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp14s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp18s0f3u2u3i5 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-7:7 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.75 TiB used: 19.88 GiB (0.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 PRO 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B2QEXP7 temp: 24.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO with
Heatsink 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7
temp: 40.9 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: 897.65 GiB size: 897.65 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.88 GiB (2.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
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: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 897.65 GiB size: 897.65 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.88 GiB (2.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 897.65 GiB size: 897.65 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.88 GiB (2.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 897.65 GiB size: 897.65 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.88 GiB (2.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.51 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 33.56 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.6 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.51 GiB used: 3.94 GiB (12.9%)
Processes: 378 Power: uptime: 17m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.16 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1529 libs: 427 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.24-1):
System install date:     2024-03-22
Last full system update: 2024-04-09
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

The garuda installation is quite fresh (30days old I think).
Currently I’m running the nVidia offload drivers.

I just wantedto know if it’s “my issue” about my setup and my installation, or if it’s a bigger problem where I should wait for further updates (of plasma or drivers).

Thanks in advance :).

Try using a Plasma x11 session instead of Wayland at login.
Wayland became the default display server with KDE 6 but has been creating issues to Nvidia users ever since.

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Ciao filo!

Thanks, with x11 at least no glitches.

I was really happy about the switch to Wayland, since I find it more responsive and fluid (maybe is placebo but oh well).

Thanks again for the super fast answer :blush:

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Some people had improvements with Nvidia on Wayland adding the kernel boot parameter nvidia-drm.modeset=1.
You can do that with the Garuda Boot Options tool.
But for many this has had no effect at all.

No luck :\

Thanks anyway!

I’ll keep using x11 until wayland gets fixed.

An FYI, according to the CachyOS forums nVidia should be addressing at least some of their Wayland issues with the 555 driver.

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Mmm… Do you guys think I should try with the normal nvidia-dkms drivers?
Or it would not make a difference?

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