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Screen flashes black in programs ranging from discord to minecraft and other games
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Summary 
System:
Kernel: 6.7.9-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=6b6f45cb-60c7-48a9-b716-e346e05af353 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.1 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 Mobo: ASRock model: A320M-DVS R3.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P1.30 date: 11/28/2018
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Zen level: v3 note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x11 (17) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x810100B
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3379 high: 3691 min/max: 1600/3500 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3691 2: 2457
3: 3679 4: 3691 bogomips: 27947
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 550.54.14 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: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1
bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f82 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1440x900 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: 550.54.14
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 3.91 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14
device-ID: 10de:1f82 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 38:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.7.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 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: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: e000 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp37s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter driver: mt7601u type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 148f:7601
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp21s0f0u5 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 588.73 GiB used: 164.44 GiB (27.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 111.79 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: SSD 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: A25E scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 33.11 GiB size: 33.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.91 GiB (72.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 42.3 MiB (44.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 33.11 GiB size: 33.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.91 GiB (72.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 33.11 GiB size: 33.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.91 GiB (72.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 33.11 GiB size: 33.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.91 GiB (72.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.68 GiB used: 5.38 GiB (70.1%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.6 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.68 GiB used: 4.89 GiB (63.6%)
Processes: 295 Power: uptime: 1h 58m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 3.03 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1965 libs: 544 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.0
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date:     2024-03-13
Last full system update: 2024-03-13 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:            NetworkManager-wait-online.service nmb.service
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Reboot.

Repair this.

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  • After rebooting, post the FULL output of garuda-inxi in the body of the post (not linked externally, or collapsed with the “hide details” feature)
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What about trying an x11 session at login?

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i have this same issue and im on plasma x11. is that whats causing it for me?
my garuda ini:

System:
  Kernel: 6.7.3-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=fa819434-1b75-4762-8136-9085a9527ad9 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
    dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2417
    date: 06/03/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xFA
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB
    desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
    v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
    (as of 2023-10; 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: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e84 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau
    alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x292mm (20.63x11.50")
    s-diag: 600mm (23.62")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: Acer KG241Q S
    serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 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: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
    SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 device-ID: 10de:1e84
    surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256
    bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.3.5-arch1.1 (LLVM 16.0.6)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.3-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 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 Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.2 TiB used: 306.24 GiB (7.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P1SSD8
    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: P3CR013 temp: 34.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
    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: CC43 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A80
    scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Corsair model: Force GT
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5.02 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 124.36 GiB (26.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 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/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 124.36 GiB (26.7%) 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: 124.36 GiB (26.7%) 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: 124.36 GiB (26.7%) 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: 15.54 GiB used: 266.5 MiB (1.7%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 40 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35%
Info:
  Processes: 392 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
  available: 15.54 GiB used: 5.41 GiB (34.8%) Init: systemd v: 255
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
  pm: pacman pkgs: 1634 libs: 479 tools: octopi,paru Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2024-01-04
  Last full system update: 2024-02-17
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:
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and also my apps are bugging i tried using an old snapshot but i still have the same issue

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i rebooted and updated my system

this is the garuda-inxi output

System:
  Kernel: 6.7.3-zen1-2-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=fa819434-1b75-4762-8136-9085a9527ad9 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.2 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks v: 5.115.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: ASUS_MB_CNL uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2417 date: 06/03/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xFA
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB
    desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4300 high: 4802 min/max: 800/4900:5000 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 4800 2: 4800 3: 800
    4: 4802 5: 4800 6: 4800 7: 4800 8: 4800 bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
    v: 545.29.06 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: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e84 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau
    alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x292mm (20.63x11.50")
    s-diag: 600mm (23.62")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: Acer KG241Q S
    serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
    inactive: gbm,wayland,x11,device-0
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.3-arch1.1 note: incomplete (EGL
    sourced) renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 10 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.3-arch1.1 (LLVM
    17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.3-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator 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: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.2 TiB used: 125.49 GiB (2.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P1SSD8
    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: P3CR013 temp: 36.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
    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: CC43 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A80
    scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Corsair model: Force GT
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5.02 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 125.49 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 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/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 125.49 GiB (27.0%) 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: 125.49 GiB (27.0%) 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: 125.49 GiB (27.0%) 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: 15.54 GiB used: 354.2 MiB (2.2%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35%
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 2.92 GiB (18.8%)
  Processes: 346 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.17 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1748 libs: 498 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
    gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole
    inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2024-01-04
  Last full system update: 2024-03-15 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:
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The ‘swoosh’ indicates a reboot is in order. :slight_smile:

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so i restarted it again

 ╭─sicko@sicko in ~ took 6ms
 ╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.7.7-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=fa819434-1b75-4762-8136-9085a9527ad9 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
    v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: ASUS_MB_CNL uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2417 date: 06/03/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xFA
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB
    desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4900:5000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
    v: 550.54.14 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: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e84 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau
    alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x292mm (20.63x11.50")
    s-diag: 600mm (23.62")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: Acer KG241Q S
    serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 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: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.54.14
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
    SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:1e84
    surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256
    bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.2-arch1.1 (LLVM 16.0.6)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 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 Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.2 TiB used: 125.35 GiB (2.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P1SSD8
    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: P3CR013 temp: 37.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
    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: CC43 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A80
    scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Corsair model: Force GT
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5.02 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 125.35 GiB (26.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 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/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 125.35 GiB (26.9%) 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: 125.35 GiB (26.9%) 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: 125.35 GiB (26.9%) 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: 15.54 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 42 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35%
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 2.29 GiB (14.7%)
  Processes: 285 Power: uptime: 0m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.17 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1646 libs: 488 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
    gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole
    inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2024-01-04
  Last full system update: 2024-03-03
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

still didnt resolve the issue my screen is flashing

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Okey, doke, that clears the board. Have you tried changing kernels? Searched the forum? Google? NVidia problem?

From here, it usually boils down to you researching, trialing, and reporting back with your results.

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well i have tried researching google no help. and on the forum this is the only post matching my desc now i ruled out my gpu since i deleted all drivers and made sure it installs correctly. and i will try changing the kernel but which one would you recommend?

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Search Nvidia DRM KMS?

Tried switching to x11?

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