Screen-flickering with Nvidia driver

[alexc]

Hello,

whenever I install the proprietary Nvidia driver does my screen gets flickering around the middle of the display e.g. while scrolling websites in Firefox.

Does anyone have\had the same problem?

[manyroads]

I'm no nVidia expert.... what I suggest is that you try using Compton rather than xfwm4 as your compositor to see if that helps. The other thing you should try if you haven't is use the MXTools nVidia driver installer.

Should these items not help, please follow the instructions here to get more detailed assistance: viewtopic.php?p=255062#p255062

[Eadwine Rose]

This is screen tearing. If you can get into nvidia settings (see menu) you have to go into display configuration, on the right click advanced, check force full composition pipeline, then save to x configuration file.


Alternatively (and easier imho) at session and startup (see menu) add a new entry (call it screen tearing fix or whatever) and put this in the command box:

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nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"

Reboot and it should be gone.

[jackdanielsesq]

Hi there, and welcome

I have had Nvidia/Linux issues for 10/20 years - currently use the regular 'noveau' driver

It works flawlessly with KDE/Compiz, even using the the Open GL3.1 compositor in KDE
Occasionally I get some flicker using one of my live respins - LO/LI - fixed
Have never understood the video hustle anyways ...
Seems more like a solution looking for a [non] existant problem
Enjoy your stay

Regards

Jack

Hello,

whenever I install the proprietary Nvidia driver does my screen gets flickering around the middle of the display e.g. while scrolling websites in Firefox.

Does anyone have\had the same problem?

[Eadwine Rose]

Well.. that's helpful, thanks for sharing the "do nothing about it" option

[KoO]

Our you could do (sudo nvidia-settings) using sudo always keeps the setting for me, if I just use nvidia-settings without sudo next reboot it just goes back to the default..

[Eadwine Rose]

Your you could do (sudo nvidia-settings) using sudo always keeps the setting for me, if I just use nvidia-settings without sudo next reboot it just goes back to the default..

That is where the save to x config bit comes in that you can find in the settings. Saves it to xorg.conf (IIRC), however since many users have issues with that file of late and it needs to be removed on many occasions the session and startup thing is easier and circumvents all these things

[jackdanielsesq]

... Touché ...

Well.. that's helpful, thanks for sharing the "do nothing about it" option

[alexc]

This is screen tearing. If you can get into nvidia settings (see menu) you have to go into display configuration, on the right click advanced, check force full composition pipeline, then save to x configuration file.


Alternatively (and easier imho) at session and startup (see menu) add a new entry (call it screen tearing fix or whatever) and put this in the command box:

Code: Select all

nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"

Reboot and it should be gone.

Wow, that actually helped. Thank you so much, Eadwine Rose. You are awesome!!

[Eadwine Rose]

Thanks :) I only found out by googling myself a long time ago and jotted it down right on quick!


Glad I could help