I have recently updated the system to linux kernel 6.9 and libplasma 6.0.4-1.1 and it was running on the Wayland (without Nvidia GPU) earlier with very less frequent flickering, but it was causing problem with CPU intensive task, so I had to switch to Xorg which is configured on the Nvidia GPU but here the flickering the more frequent than wayland.
$ lsb_release -sirc
ManjaroLinux 24.0.0 Wynsdey
$ inxi -zv8 --color 0
System:
Kernel: 6.9.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.9-x86_64
root=UUID=44e25003-1f04-4d4c-ae58-396e08b83bc4 rw splash
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.1.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: TUF Gaming FX505GT_FX505GT v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX505GT v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: FX505GT.311
date: 02/08/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 44.3/48.1 Wh (92.1%)
volts: 12.8 min: 11.7 model: Simplo SDI ICR18650 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 41
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.47 GiB used: 2.78 GiB (17.9%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 1 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: no module installed
Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
speed: 2667 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A2K43DB1-CTD
serial: <filter>
Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: no module installed
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 high: 801 min/max: 800/4500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 801 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 62431
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 550.78 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:2
chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1521 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.592 y: 0.349 green: x: 0.329 y: 0.557
blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.118 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.6-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
GT2) device-ID: 8086:3e9b memory: 15.11 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 550.78 device-ID: 10de:1f91
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl,
snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.9.0-1-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: 1.0.5 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
tools: pw-cli,wpctl
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
modules: wl bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IP v6: <filter> scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, sshd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
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: 1-14:3
chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 407.14 GiB (28.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron
model: 2200V MTFDHBA512TCK size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: P1MA0V4 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 185.24 GiB size: 181.28 GiB (97.86%)
used: 93.36 GiB (51.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
label: N/A uuid: 44e25003-1f04-4d4c-ae58-396e08b83bc4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 5EAB-DF4A
ID-3: /home raw-size: 283.38 GiB size: 277.87 GiB (98.06%)
used: 151.98 GiB (54.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:4
label: Home FS uuid: bfedcb7c-0b0f-4b4b-a600-bccac5dfa4b6
ID-4: /mnt/Dump raw-size: 781.51 GiB size: 768.17 GiB (98.29%)
used: 140.11 GiB (18.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: Misc
uuid: 1d4f105c-ff09-4ba4-960d-7e968d38304d
ID-5: /mnt/Projects raw-size: 150 GiB size: 146.59 GiB (97.72%)
used: 21.69 GiB (14.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: Projects
uuid: d1447d2a-4f0a-479e-b882-298a77094592
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: 0acb163f-1be1-4311-9a63-2a70453ecf15
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-11:2 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-14:3 info: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP)
type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C pch: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2400
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2030 libs: 441 tools: pamac,yay
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: http://ossmirror.mycloud.services/os/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror.albony.xyz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 303
1: cpu: 22.3% command: brave pid: 5972 mem: 230.9 MiB (1.4%)
2: cpu: 20.5% command: brave pid: 5118 mem: 266.1 MiB (1.6%)
3: cpu: 14.0% command: brave pid: 5050 mem: 516.4 MiB (3.2%)
4: cpu: 12.8% command: brave pid: 5091 mem: 185.6 MiB (1.1%)
5: cpu: 5.0% command: Xorg pid: 759 mem: 112.5 MiB (0.7%)
Memory top: 5 of 303
1: mem: 516.4 MiB (3.2%) command: brave pid: 5050 cpu: 14.0%
2: mem: 497.7 MiB (3.1%) command: telegram-desktop pid: 1187 cpu: 0.4%
3: mem: 293.8 MiB (1.8%) command: plasmashell pid: 966 cpu: 1.3%
4: mem: 266.1 MiB (1.6%) command: brave pid: 5118 cpu: 20.5%
5: mem: 230.9 MiB (1.4%) command: brave pid: 5972 cpu: 22.3%
Info:
Processes: 303 Power: uptime: 15m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
$ mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
network-broadcom-wl 2018.10.07 false PCI
$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 6.9.0-1-MANJARO (linux69)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux68
* linux69
Key Points
- On 144Hz it is hard to see any text as the flickering very very frequent and takes some time to load the screen, so I am running 60 Hz.
- I recently got my laptop display fixed ref
Additional Note: It fickered more than 10 times while writing this post. Luckily keyboard inputs are not getting lost or what ever but they are buffered and then appear all in once. I usually have fast typing speed.
