Edit: Solved it by lowering my displays refresh-rate to 120hz.
Hello,
I have a problem with my main screen blacking in and out after updating my drivers.
So, short backstory, I wanted to play some minecraft but due to driver-issues it didn't wanna start up. So, next thing I did was check with yay -Ss what version of the drivers (for an Nvidia 2070) I had installed and it seemed like I had installed the newest ones, which struck me as odd so I went to check with nvidia X server settings, and there it said that instead of 535.something I had installed 530.something. Following that I tried garuda-update, which did nothing, yay -S nvidia which wanted to install the default kernel which I then abruptly stopped and then I reinstalled the dkms package with yay -S nvidia-dkms and rebooted to have the new drivers initialize.
After rebooting I could play minecraft, however as described now my main screen blacks out every 1-2 seconds, if not more often, which is unusable. I have two monitors, one old 1080p@60hz one connected via HDMI and a new 1440p@144hz one, which is the one blacking out. Any idea on how to resolve this?
I kinda don't wanna necessarily downgrade my drivers in the long-term as I do wanna be able to play minecraft, and I do wanna use the zen-kernel so it seems I can't just install the nvidia-package.
I didn't have that issue before updating, rebooting doesn't fix it. I installed the garuda lxqt-kwin version and then installed stock kde over it as I don't want to have the dragonized theme, and no other version either wanted to boot off the usb successfully at all or wanted to boot after installing.
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.3.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=a9faa8f0-ade7-465f-903f-b206fb49a916 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B85 v: 1.0
serial:
Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85) v: 1.0
serial: UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.10
date: 08/06/2018
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 2
level: v3 note: check built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 768 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3237 high: 3428 min/max: 1550/3200 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2771 2: 3200
3: 3396 4: 3200 5: 3351 6: 3423 7: 3200 8: 3200 9: 3200 10: 3200 11: 3428
12: 3200 13: 3200 14: 3200 15: 3425 16: 3200 bogomips: 102387
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2070 Rev. A] driver: nvidia v: 535.54.03
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-05) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 1c:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f07
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1532 s-dpi: 107 s-size: 1064x363mm (41.89x14.29")
s-diag: 1124mm (44.26")
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,top-right res: 2560x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 109
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (26.97") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: bottom-l res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.54.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
2070/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 1c:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 1e:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.3.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 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: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 17:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac:
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igb
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 18:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp24s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-4:5
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 20.46 TiB used: 356.66 GiB (1.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 46.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MG09ACA18TE
size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: fw-rev: 0104 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial:
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 127.6 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 127.6 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 127.6 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 127.6 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.29 GiB used: 94.5 MiB (0.3%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 37.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 44 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 29%
Info:
Processes: 434 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 1 Memory: available: 31.3 GiB
used: 6 GiB (19.2%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2141
libs: 480 tools: octopi,paru,yay Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date: 2023-04-22
Last full system update: 2023-06-17 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: