Desktop apps blinking on transparency

Hi there,

When back from unlock screen (not on startup) the transparency on my desktop blink, but not all, just some applications and not always the same, i.e. browser, taskbar desktop… but usually not all at the same time.

In order to solve it, I only need to get a application window and move it over the blinking part.

My system:

$ inxi --full --admin --filter --width                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.53-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: hpet available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=9eb1e54a-3bbe-41f1-a159-cf84e70b72c6 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=683726a8-88a9-4083-af95-9fe5334c2d66
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: AX370-Gaming K5 v: N/A serial: N/A
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: AX370-Gaming K5-CF serial: N/A BIOS: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: F51d date: 12/13/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen
    level: v3 note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001138
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
    desc: 2x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2366 high: 3200 min/max: 2200/3600 boost: enabled
    base/boost: 3600/4100 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
    volts: 1.4 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 3200 4: 2200
    5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 3200
    bogomips: 86424
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2060] driver: nvidia v: 470.199.02
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-08) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e89 class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4920x2160 s-dpi: 80 s-size: 1562x686mm (61.50x27.01")
    s-diag: 1706mm (67.17")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,left res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 140
    size: 698x393mm (27.48x15.47") diag: 801mm (31.54") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: right res: 1080x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 82
    size: 336x598mm (13.23x23.54") diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.199.02 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
    2060/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.3
    chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.53-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.80 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
    bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8161 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:2
    chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
    lmp-v: 6 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.58 TiB used: 517.68 GiB (32.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Gigabyte
    model: GP-ASM2NE2256GTTDR size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: ECFM12.6 temp: 58.9 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 1y 107d 5h cycles: 1,311
    read-units: 4,492,638 [2.30 TB] written-units: 11,900,352 [6.09 TB]
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1
    family: Micron Client SSDs size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.3 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 045 temp: 27 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 61d 3h cycles: 263
    written: 1.65 TiB
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G
    family: Driven SSDs size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0000 temp: 32 C scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 175d 17h cycles: 634
    read: 2377 GiB written: 3160 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 412.74 GiB size: 405.19 GiB (98.17%)
    used: 140.15 GiB (34.6%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb1
    maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 58 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 5%
Info:
  Processes: 332 Uptime: 21m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 32 GiB
  available: 31.26 GiB used: 4.89 GiB (15.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 alt: 12
  clang: 16.0.6 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1494 libs: 429 tools: pamac
  Shell: Zsh (su) v: 5.9 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.29
$ xrandr                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 4920 x 2160, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 connected primary 3840x2160+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 698mm x 393mm
   3840x2160     60.00*+  59.94    50.00    29.98    25.00    23.98  
   2560x1440     59.95  
   1920x1080     60.00    59.94    50.00    29.97    25.00    23.98  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1600x1200     60.00  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1400x1050     59.98  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94    50.00  
   1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    72.19    60.32    56.25  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x480       59.94  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    59.94    59.93  
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected 1080x1920+3840+0 right (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  59.94    50.00  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1600x900      60.00  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1280x800      59.81  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94    50.00  
   1024x768      75.03    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    60.32  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x480       59.94  
   640x480       75.00    59.94    59.93  
DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
 $ nvidia-smi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Mon Sep 18 19:43:20 2023       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 470.199.02   Driver Version: 470.199.02   CUDA Version: 11.4     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce ...  Off  | 00000000:0A:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| 22%   57C    P0    29W / 160W |    943MiB /  5933MiB |      5%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A       843      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                     403MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A       944      G   /usr/bin/kwalletd5                  2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1010      G   /usr/bin/ksmserver                  2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1012      G   /usr/bin/kded5                      2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1013      G   /usr/bin/kwin_x11                 193MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1049      G   /usr/bin/plasmashell               88MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1078      G   ...de-authentication-agent-1       50MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1080      G   ...ib/xdg-desktop-portal-kde        2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1201      G   /usr/bin/flameshot                  2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1206      G   /usr/bin/msm_kde_notifier           2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1207      G   /usr/lib/kdeconnectd                2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1208      G   /usr/bin/yakuake                    2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1226      G   /usr/bin/kaccess                    2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1230      G   /usr/bin/pamac-tray-plasma          2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1535      G   ...citly-allowed-ports=10080        2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1571      G   ...964655660634993179,262144      142MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1775      G   ...-browser-integration-host        2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      4094      G   /usr/bin/kate                       2MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

you are using an older version of the nvidia drivers, install the latest:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
reboot and see if it helped…

Hi @brahma, thanks for your reply. I tried what you propose and…

$ mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
> Using config 'video-nvidia' for device: 0000:0a:00.0 (0300:10de:1e89) Display controller nVidia Corporation TU104 [GeForce RTX 2060]
Error: config 'video-nvidia' conflicts with config(s): video-nvidia-470xx

where did you installed the video-nvidia-470xx drivers from? from manjaro or some third party site, like aur or nvidia?
post output from:
mhwd -l -li

$ mhwd -l -li                     
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    video-nvidia-470xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!
> 0000:0a:00.0 (0300:10de:1e89) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          video-nvidia            2023.03.23               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-470xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

remove it:
sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-470xx
install the latest:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
if no errors, reboot and see if it helped…

1 Like

broken dependecy on nvidia-utils

 $ mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-470xx
> Removing video-nvidia-470xx...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-nvidia-470xx/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
comprobando dependencias...
error: no se pudo preparar la operación (no se pudo satisfacer las dependencias)
:: quitando nvidia-470xx-utils se rompe la dependencia con «nvidia-utils», necesaria para el paquete cuda
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!

The solution to this is to uninstall CUDA, then uninstall the old Nvidia driver and install the current Nvidia driver. When that is all successfully completed, reboot, and, install CUDA again if needed.

1 Like

Ok, so… I uninstall CUDA that is necessary for a program.Then, as you said, uninstall old drivers… apply for new ones… and… EVERYTHING WORK FINE and no blinking panel when back from lock screen. just a little blink at the top of the screen, but, for today will be fine.

Hi, when I said solution I more specifically meant the dependency problem regarding the update. If it also fixes your other problem then that’s great but I can’t take credit for that.

This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.