Hello everyone. I am facing very intense flickering on my system. Every time I open a game or an app the screen flickers with black lines and squares all over it.
I have tried downgrading my nvidia drivers like this. I just ran sudo downgrade nvidia-utils nvidia-dkms lib32-nvidia-utils libxnvctrl. But when I rebooted the system could not start kde and I had to rollback all downgrades. I also tried changing kernel from zen to lts. It did not help either.
I also tried adding nvidia_drm as a kernel parameter. It didn’t help either.
Here is my garuda-inxi
╭─demka@dpc in ~ as 🧙 took 2s
[🧱] × sudo garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.8.2-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b25bf832-6e70-4b5c-abff-f6317cfbb24c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.3 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z590M Pro4 serial: <filter>
uuid: 9159a1a8-4801-0000-0000-000000000000 BIOS: American Megatrends LLC.
v: P1.50 date: 04/12/2021
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10700KF bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3479 high: 4800 min/max: 800/5100 base/boost: 3663/12000
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 1.0 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 4608 2: 4730 3: 4733 4: 800 5: 4211 6: 800
7: 4800 8: 4747 9: 4800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 4718 14: 4774 15: 4752
16: 4798 bogomips: 121596
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 550.67 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-1
empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2487
class-ID: 0300
Display: server: X.Org v: 23.2.4 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.83x15.00")
s-diag: 987mm (38.84")
Monitor-1: DP-1 note: disabled model: Mi Monitor built: 2021
res: 3440x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 800x330mm (31.5x12.99")
diag: 864mm (34") modes: max: 3440x1440 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: zink
inactive: wayland,device-1
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 RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 550.67 device-ID: 10de:2487
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256
bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.3-arch1.2 (LLVM 17.0.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:f0c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech G435 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: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 046d:0acb class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.8.2-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.4 status: n/a (root, process) 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: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15fa class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter driver: mt7601u type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:6
chip-ID: 148f:7601 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s20f0u10 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 7.73 TiB used: 48.04 GiB (0.6%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: S8I40100 temp: 33.9 C
scheme: MBR
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 201d 7h cycles: 1,715
read-units: 46,324,077 [23.7 TB] written-units: 35,156,617 [18.0 TB]
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000DM004-2U9188
family: BarraCuda 3.5 (SMR) size: 7.28 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 temp: 32 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 3153h+59m+34.970s cycles: 871
read: 6.33 TiB written: 6.14 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 48.04 GiB (10.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 48.04 GiB (10.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 48.04 GiB (10.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 48.04 GiB (10.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.21 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: 40.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.21 GiB used: 6.3 GiB (20.2%)
Processes: 374 Power: uptime: 15m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.44 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1980 libs: 554 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.26
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date: 2024-03-25
Last full system update: 2024-03-30
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
Any help would be appreciated
