I need help with graphics

Issues & Assistance
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My graphics glitches when playing a game its kinda green looking and i need help

System:
Kernel: 6.8.9-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=1315c1f2-37c8-4d5b-99b8-6aadac655d56 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 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G10DK v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: ASUSTek v: 310 date: 09/29/2022
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 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: 0x8701021
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3782 high: 3996 min/max: 2200/4409 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3744 2: 3664
3: 3800 4: 3996 5: 3800 6: 3800 7: 3800 8: 3800 9: 3591 10: 3800 11: 3800
12: 3800 bogomips: 91032
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 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 550.40.61 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: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none
off: DP-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 13:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2182
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Realtek USB 2.0 Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:5697
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.0.99
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,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-2 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: 550.40.61
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/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 Ti driver: nvidia v: 550.40.61 device-ID: 10de:2182
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.7-arch1.3 (LLVM 17.0.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 13:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 15:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Realtek USB 2.0 Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:5697
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Logitech Blue Microphones
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-3:3 chip-ID: 046d:0ab7 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.8.9-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: 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 RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: rtw_8822ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822ce pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c822
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp16s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp18s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 04ca:4005
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 935.23 GiB used: 87.99 GiB (9.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S1000G
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: SBM02103 temp: 37.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SMI (STMicroelectronics) model: USB
size: 3.72 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100
scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 930.51 GiB size: 930.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 87.99 GiB (9.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 930.51 GiB size: 930.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 87.99 GiB (9.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 930.51 GiB size: 930.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 87.99 GiB (9.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 930.51 GiB size: 930.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 87.99 GiB (9.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.25 GiB used: 1024 KiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.9 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 900
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 4.55 GiB (14.6%)
Processes: 356 Power: uptime: 9h 43m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.46 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1385 pm: pacman pkgs: 1351 libs: 382
tools: gnome-software,octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 34 Compilers:
clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-05-07
Last full system update: 2024-05-09
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
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Please post the output of garuda-inxi for all topics in the Issues & Assistance category as requested in the topic template.
Also, going to need more information to go on here. When did this first started happening? What game(s)? Is the system running hot? Any logs to show?

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It has started happening since i installed the os i’ve tried some methods and none have worked it flashes a kind of green and it doesn’t run hot i will try some other games

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I want to try to use x11 how do i?

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elaborate on the “green looking”, but attach the garuda-inxi in the first post, else no one will be able to help.

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Where do i find that

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And it looks kinda like a flashing green look

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But no lines or anything just flashing green

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just type garuda-inxi in the terminal and edit your first post to include it there.

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Maybe on the login screen? Since you haven’t posted your garuda-inxi and we don’t know which DE/DM you are using, we can only use a crystal ball :upside_down_face:

Login screen below: change the desktop session from Plasma (Wayland) to Plasma (X11) and log in.

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How do i save it or do i have to keep applying it everytime

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It keep by it self.

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Thats weird everytime i restart my pc it resets back to wayland

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Works fine here, changed to X11 next login stay on X11.

Wayland stays on Wayland too.

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Yeah it still does it for me idk why

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you can try this: How can I choose between an X and Wayland session before login? - #2 by hhlp - Fedora Discussion

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