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keepitsimpleengineer

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Registered: 2013-05-08

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video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

Downgrade to video-nvidia-570 is a workaround

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

There are lots of reports out there about the 580 driver causing flickering. There are lots of reports about nvidia troubles in general.

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keepitsimpleengineer

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From: Central California

Registered: 2013-05-08

Posts: 8

Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

There are lots of reports out there about the 580 driver causing flickering. There are lots of reports about nvidia troubles in general.

True that.... ...  ..   .

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chang-zhao

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Registered: 2023-11-20

Posts: 52

Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

Thank you, @keepitsimpleengineer.

I've got flickering on NVidia 1050 yesterday, after upgraded from 580.105 to 580.119.
For Arch (having the previous package version in cache) the fix was (running from root or sudo):

pacman -U '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-utils-580.105.08-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'\
          '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/lib32-nvidia-utils-580.105.08-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'\
          '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-dkms-580.105.08-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'\
          '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-settings-580.105.08-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'

Last edited by chang-zhao (2025-12-18 03:05:02)

ajgringo619

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Registered: 2024-06-09

Posts: 10

Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

Whatever the problem is, it seems to only affect Xfce. I've tested KDE, Budgie, Cinnamon, and Mate: all work as expected.

Has anyone tried the v590 beta drivers yet? What about switching/disabling the compositor?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

Also check if the changing the vblank mode has any effect: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=13233.

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ajgringo619

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

I just tried the latest 590.48 drivers from Arch's testing repo. All seems to be good now. I'll know more once my next gaming session commences.

UPDATE: I'm still getting some very minor flickering with polybar, and switching between workspaces. Disabling compositing fixes that; since I don't use transparency anymore, my system seems much snappier.

Last edited by ajgringo619 (2025-12-19 00:18:39)

Andrewclive

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Registered: 2019-04-18

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/vblank_mode -t string -s "off" --create

stops the flickering for me.

jksinton

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Registered: 2025-12-23

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

There is a known issue with the latest driver:

See https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/5 … 341205/944

Consider downgrading or disabling the Compositor in Xfce.

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

There is a known issue with the latest driver:

See https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/5 … 341205/944

Consider downgrading or disabling the Compositor in Xfce.

Why disable the compositor or downgrade when setting the vblank mode to "off" fixes the issue for now?

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chang-zhao

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Registered: 2023-11-20

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

Why disable the compositor or downgrade when setting the vblank mode to "off" fixes the issue for now?

vblank "off" can occasionally cause screen tearing, in particular when playing full screen video.

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Vishera

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Registered: 2026-01-02

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

From what i observed:
1. The regression seems to occur for all GPUs supported by the drivers.
2. The regression started in driver version: 580.119.02
3. Driver version: 580.105.08 is a safe option to use.
4. The regression is present and unchanged in the 590 beta drivers.

Here is the link to the issue on GitLab: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/-/issues/892

Last edited by Vishera (2026-01-02 22:54:45)

qcx

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Registered: 2026-01-17

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Re: video-nvidia-580 causes extreme screen flickering w GeForce RTX 3060

There is a known issue with the latest driver:

See https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/5 … 341205/944

Consider downgrading or disabling the Compositor in Xfce.

My graphics card is a GeForce 1050 Ti, and I experienced extreme flickering in openSUSE Leap 15.6 since updating the nVidia driver to 580.126.09. (I may have omitted some earlier driver updates.) GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_modeset.vblank_sem_control=0" had NO effect.
But simply unchecking "Enable display compositing" in the Settings Manager "Window Manager Tweaks" COMPLETELY fixed it for me.

What a relief, and thank you!