My screen is flashing on and off

nikgnomic · 22 October 2025 22:18

I assume step 1 is referring to quote from Manjaro Wiki posted 2 months ago

What should I do after a fresh install of Manjaro?

I have NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] on my system with video-nvidia-470xx

GRUB’s non-free option only supports latest nvidia drivers so legacy drivers must be installed after installing with free drivers

If you have installed video-nvidia-470xx and need to configure resolution or refresh rate
Configure NVIDIA (non-free) settings and load them on Startup - Manjaro

1. Open your terminal and enter the following command:
sudo nvidia-settings
2. Change resolution and refresh rate in ‘X Server Display Configuration’ tab.

3. Hit the ‘Save to X Configuration File’ button and save to /etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf

4. Now enter the following command into the terminal to complete the process:
sudo mhwd-gpu --setmod nvidia --setxorg /etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf

If nvidia 470xx driver is installed, mhwd or Manjaro Settings Manager GUI should also install nvidia-470xx-settings

$ pamac info nvidia-470xx-settings
Name                  : nvidia-470xx-settings
Version               : 470.256.02-1
Description           : Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

Depends On            : jansson gtk3 libxv libvdpau nvidia-utils=470.256.02 libxnvctrl=470.256.02

Optional For          : nvidia-470xx-utils
Provides              : nvidia-settings=470.256.02

Conflicts With        : nvidia-settings

and libxnvctrl-470xx

$ pamac info libxnvctrl-470xx
Name                  : libxnvctrl-470xx
Version               : 470.256.02-1
Description           : NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension

Depends On            : libxext

Required By           : nvidia-470xx-settings

Provides              : libXNVCtrl.so=0-64 libxnvctrl=470.256.02

Conflicts With        : libxnvctrl

System would also require a reboot after removal of video-linux free driver