Nvidia flickering constantly - found no help yet

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I’ve been using Manjaro Xfce for about the last 6 years. It worked well up until the last year. Then, something in every major update, would crash and app or totally shut down my desktop and not be able to reboot.
So far, I’ve been able to find help and corrections on the web or your forum.

This time, I’ve tried several suggestions that worked for others but has not worked on my system as of yet.

Right now, I’m able to use my desktop, only after using timeshift to restore a recent backup for the second time.

Right now, with the most recent backup, several panels and opened app windows flickers so often I can’t see the buttons or boxes to select one, making it hard on my eyes and inefficient to work with my apps. Each time I boot the system, I have to boot twice because the first attempt it stops at -
:: running hook [plymouth]

The system settings are listed below. If you need more settings, let me know.

I tried to update the latest 110 updates during the last 3 days without success.

Nvidia is conflicting with my GPU and who knows what else.
The kernels are conflicting with drivers, according to errors I’m getting.

I am using the Stable version of Manjaro xfce. But, now it seems Manjaro Xfce stable has become unstable, or, Manjaro and it’s updates are becoming more incompatible with my desktop equipment. I don’t know.

so far, I’ve enjoyed working with the errors and working with manjaro forum to fix the situations. But, it is becoming more stressful for me to keep it up.

I need to use my desktop for audio, photo and video editing, computer aided drafting design and spreadsheet design for my record keeping.

I need a more stable distro than Manjaro has become on my desktop.

I need your help. How do I fix this?
Do I need to change some of my hardware to be more Manjaro compatible or do I need to change to a more stable linux distro?

Thank you

[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$ inxi -zv8
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.119-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=121a5a27-095d-4c7a-8853-3a2b6e097b5c rw splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.51 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: light-locker vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86) v: 3.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
    vendor: American Megatrends LLC. v: H.D3 date: 09/28/2021
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 3.18 GiB (20.5%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2933 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVKB serial: N/A
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2933 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVKB serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 1+
    level: v3 note: check built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    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: 1550 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1550 2: 1550 3: 1550
    4: 1550 5: 1550 6: 1550 7: 1550 8: 1550 9: 1550 10: 1550 11: 1550 12: 1550
    bogomips: 81624
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
    cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
    flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb
    ibpb_exit_to_user lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
    movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw
    overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
    perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand
    rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd
    sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
    topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection 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: reg_file_data_sampling 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; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 580.119.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 26:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: HP w2207
    serial: <filter> built: 2007 res: mode: 1680x1050 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.647 y: 0.337 green: x: 0.290 y: 0.604
    blue: x: 0.145 y: 0.063 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65") diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10
    modes: 1680x1050, 1600x1000, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x960, 1280x720,
    1152x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.119.02
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 3.91 GiB
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 28:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.119-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.5 TiB used: 585.78 GiB (22.9%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 043 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500418AS
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC46 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Hitachi model: HUA723020ALA641
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A840 scheme: MBR
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GH24NSC0 rev: LI00
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 227.88 GiB (97.98%)
    used: 175.71 GiB (77.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 121a5a27-095d-4c7a-8853-3a2b6e097b5c
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 308 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 2C95-A40A
  ID-3: /run/media/ultra/Ht1 raw-size: 550 GiB size: 540.3 GiB (98.24%)
    used: 410.06 GiB (75.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 label: Ht1
    uuid: 48d40e11-d416-4079-9abd-c3115f9bdfc3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 232.88 GiB fs: ext4 label: DDrive1
    uuid: 6e4c97b7-826e-445e-8796-72d0e38f7e36
  ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 232.88 GiB fs: ext4 label: DDrive2
    uuid: 353601dc-0eb6-45f9-9475-50f8fb8def2c
  ID-3: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 640 GiB fs: ext4 label: Ht2
    uuid: db9f7c41-b09a-462e-a202-e0cd136c5ee7
  ID-4: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 673.02 GiB fs: ext4 label: Ht3
    uuid: dc1ff585-f270-4de5-ae19-45a09aa1bbb7
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 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: 1-1:2 info: HP Optical Mouse type: mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 03f0:134a class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-9:3 info: HP SK-2025 Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 03f0:0d4a class-ID: 0300
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 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
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: 2062 pm: pacman pkgs: 2053 libs: 423 tools: pamac,yay pm: snap
    pkgs: 9
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 327
  1: cpu: 5.8% command: portmaster-core pid: 1115 mem: 194.9 MiB (1.2%)
  2: cpu: 3.5% command: xfce4-terminal pid: 151255 mem: 54.5 MiB (0.3%)
  3: cpu: 1.6% command: firefox pid: 146227 mem: 618.8 MiB (3.8%)
  4: cpu: 1.1% command: WebKitWebProcess pid: 2776 mem: 337.8 MiB (2.1%)
  5: cpu: 0.8% command: Xorg pid: 1596 mem: 115.8 MiB (0.7%)
  Memory top: 5 of 327
  1: mem: 618.8 MiB (3.8%) command: firefox pid: 146227 cpu: 1.6%
  2: mem: 428.9 MiB (2.6%) command: firefox pid: 146502 cpu: 0.8%
  3: mem: 337.8 MiB (2.1%) command: WebKitWebProcess pid: 2776 cpu: 1.1%
  4: mem: 322.1 MiB (2.0%) command: firefox pid: 146417 cpu: 0.4%
  5: mem: 250.3 MiB (1.5%) command: firefox pid: 146495 cpu: 0.2%
Info:
  Processes: 327 Power: uptime: 2h 50m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.21 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9
    running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.40
[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$

I’m trying to follow your format rules -

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I need a more stable distro than Manjaro has become on my desktop.

Maybe start reading the update announcements?

Remove the 580xx nvidia driver and install the 575xx.
Menu >> Control Center >> Manjaro Settings Manager >> Hardware Configuration

  • right-click on the installed “video-nvidia-580xx” and pick ‘remove’
  • right-click on “video-nvidia-575xx” and pick ‘install’

If you get dependency errors remove the packages that caused the errors. Basically, you likely have installed (check!):

linux66-nvidia-580xx
nvidia-580xx-settings
nvidia-580xx-utils
lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils

but you should have:

linux66-nvidia-575xx
nvidia-575xx-settings
nvidia-575xx-utils
lib32-nvidia-575xx-utils

Do not reboot after removing your 580xx packages, only reboot after all corresponding 575xx are installed.

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Thanks for responding, I did change to the nvidia-575xx files you suggest and that is when my computer would not even boot. I had to restore to a previous backup, which I’m using now to post to the forum. This backup also flickers continuously when I use the terminal or open dialog boxes.

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Can you try:
Menu >> Control Center >> Window Manager Tweaks and untick ‘Enable display compositing’. Does this temporarily stop the flickering?

Then open a terminal and show us the output of:
nvidia-driver-assistant

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This GPU is no longer supported by the latest nVidia v590 drivers released in recent updates

Try removing nonfree driver:

sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia

If that succeeds, system reboot should load the nouveau free driver

It should then be possible to update repository packages without GPU driver conflicts
and install a legacy driver video-nvidia-575xx or video-nvidia-570xx

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It’s possible that you didn’t do it correctly.
Which commands did you use?

I note that – at least when these inxi results were generated – you were using the Nvidia 580xx series drivers which are now known to be unpredictably unstable for some users, especially those with older hardware.

The flickering you mention is possibly (likely) due to these drivers.

Your Nvidia GP107 (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti) if of the Pascal family and is not supported by the new Nvidia 590xx driver series;

As it seems you are suffering the affects of 580xx series shared by many other users, the remaining option is to switch to a previous driver:

Instructions on how to do so via command-line are included at the link immediately above.

Done well, I might add.
It’s a shame that some others fail to grasp the concept.

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[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$ nvidia-driver-assistant
Detected GPUs:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - (pci_id 0x1C82)

Detected system:
Manjaro Linux

Please copy and paste the following command to install the open kernel module flavour:
Not supported
[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$

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[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$ sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia
[sudo] password for ultra:

Removing video-nvidia…
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-nvidia/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
checking dependencies…
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing linux66-nvidia breaks dependency ‘NVIDIA-MODULE’ required by optimus-manager-git
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!
[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$

This is all I can do tonight - be back tomorrow - Thanks

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Try removing optimus-manager-git, which is an AUR package, first:

sudo pacman -R optimus-manager-git

or

pamac remove optimus-manager-git

After that foreign package has been removed, re-attempt the mhwd transaction:

sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia
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All right, I was able to remove optimus-manager and pci video-nvidia. The flickering has gone away ( although it may be just temporary).

Now, what about the mhwd-nvidia and the nvidia assistant that wants to install in the 110 updates that are still available on the next update? It is something in those updates that crashed everything to start with. So, I’ll not update until I hear from the forum.

I’ll try to be back tomorrow, thank you all.

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mhwd and related packages is Manjaro Hardware Dectection tool.

nvidia-driver-assistant is Nvidia’s way of suggesting which driver to use. For some reason the script fails and suggests the wrong driver for the Nvidia 10xx cards.

If you have no hard dependency on the Nvidia proprietary driver - the open driver should do and you can keep it beside the proprietary driver, in which case the proprietary driver will take precedence.

sudo mhwd -i pci video-linux

Otherwise use 570xx (you already ruled out 575xx above)

sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-570xx
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Thank you for responding! Here is the terminal results of your suggestion. Hope I’m doing this right.

[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$ sudo mhwd -i pci video-linux
[sudo] password for ultra: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for ultra: 
Warning: a version of config 'video-linux' is already installed!
Use -f/--force to force installation...

[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$ sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-570xx
> Installing video-nvidia-570xx...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-570xx/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (8) egl-gbm-1.1.2.1-1  egl-wayland-4:1.1.21-1  egl-x11-1.0.4-1  eglexternalplatform-1.2.1-1  lib32-nvidia-570xx-utils-570.207-1  linux66-nvidia-570xx-open-570.207-4  nvidia-570xx-settings-570.207-2  nvidia-570xx-utils-570.207-2

Total Download Size:    394.97 MiB
Total Installed Size:  1047.36 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages...
 nvidia-570xx-utils-570.207-2-x86_64 downloading...
 lib32-nvidia-570xx-utils-570.207-1-x86_64 downloading...
 linux66-nvidia-570xx-open-570.207-4-x86_64 downloading...
 nvidia-570xx-settings-570.207-2-x86_64 downloading...
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
checking available disk space...
:: Processing package changes...
installing eglexternalplatform...
installing egl-wayland...
installing egl-gbm...
installing egl-x11...
installing nvidia-570xx-utils...
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend.service.wants/nvidia-resume.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-resume.service'.
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/systemd-hibernate.service.wants/nvidia-resume.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-resume.service'.
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service.wants/nvidia-resume.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-resume.service'.
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/systemd-hibernate.service.wants/nvidia-hibernate.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-hibernate.service'.
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend.service.wants/nvidia-suspend.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-suspend.service'.
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service.wants/nvidia-suspend-then-hibernate.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-suspend-then-hibernate.service'.
Optional dependencies for nvidia-570xx-utils
    nvidia-570xx-settings: configuration tool [pending]
    xorg-server: Xorg support [installed]
    xorg-server-devel: nvidia-xconfig
    opencl-nvidia-570xx=570.207: OpenCL support
installing nvidia-570xx-settings...
installing lib32-nvidia-570xx-utils...
Optional dependencies for lib32-nvidia-570xx-utils
    lib32-opencl-nvidia-570xx
installing linux66-nvidia-570xx-open...
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/8) Creating system user accounts...
(2/8) Reloading system manager configuration...
(3/8) Reloading device manager configuration...
(4/8) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(5/8) Updating module dependencies...
(6/8) Updating linux initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux66.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64 -g /boot/initramfs-6.6-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: '6.6.119-1-MANJARO'
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [kms]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
  -> Running build hook: [plymouth]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-6.6-x86_64.img'
  -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
(7/8) Reloading system bus configuration...
(8/8) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
nvidia-570xx-utils: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
nvidia-570xx-settings: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
lib32-nvidia-570xx-utils: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
linux66-nvidia-570xx-open: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
xorg configuration file: '/etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf'
> Successfully installed video-nvidia-570xx
[ultra@ultra-ms7b86 ~]$

I will reboot and see what happens. I have to leave now. Will get back you tomorrow.

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Installing sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia went successfully but when I rebooted today, I got nothing but a flashing cursor in the upper left corner. So, 570xx is as “no-go” as well. I had to install my last useful backup with timeshift. I uninstalled Optimus Manager again, then I unstalled pci video-nvidia again. So now, I’m running “Video-Linux” under Kernel Linux 6.6.119-1

Pamac updater is showing I have 155 available updates. I looked at them and included are nvidia updates: Nvidia Driver Assistant and etc.

If i allow pamac to update, it will probably install the latest nvidia drivers and lock up again; unless someone comes up with a workable solution to stop nvidia from installing. Thank you for helping.

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Since nvidia has dropped support for my graphics card, does anyone have any viable options to look at? I thought the Manjaro forum might have a better, ready solution, than I could come up with..

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If open-source driver is installed, package manager will update packages without installing an unsupported proprietary driver

When packages are up to date, try using Manjaro Settings Manager > Hardware Configuration to install video-nvidia-575xx legacy driver and utilities
Or:

sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-575xx
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nikgnomic, per your instructions, I updated the updates (which took over 2 hours). They updated successfully. Then I used Manjaro Settings Manager to install the video-nvidia-575xx legacy driver and utilities, which was successful as well. I have rebooted the computer 3 times since then and it booted successfully each time, without the flickering and locking up, so far.
It is still running on Linux 6.6.119-1 and graphics driver, per, mhwd -li is
"nvidia 575xx is installed but false, while video-linux is true.

Anything else I need to do or check for you all? Also, what settings do I need to make to make sure nvidia does take over and lock up the PC all over again? Thank you for your help.

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Updating repository packages should not usually take over 2 hours unless it was also rebuilding AUR packages

Now that video-nvidia-575xx driver is installed it will be updated to a later 575.x version when kernel 6.6 and other packages are updated. But the latest nvidia drivers cannot be installed for this GPU:

$ sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia
Warning: no matching device for config 'video-nvidia' found!
Error: config 'video-nvidia' conflicts with config(s): video-nvidia-575xx
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No, I imagine your question got lost as the thread fell down the list. Also the answer isn’t difficult to find and was already given (though apparently not clearly enough).

There’s nothing to do.

An update typically only updates the packages installed on your computer, it won’t replace a package with a different package (not without telling you first anyway, see below).

The main package tracks the latest major version, so what was 580 became 590.

# This is the package for the latest version of the driver
# for linux 6.18
extra/linux618-nvidia 590.48.01-7

# this is the package name: linux618-nvidia
# notice there's no version
# because it tracks the latest version
# it used to contain 580, but now it's 590

# here's 575
extra/linux618-nvidia-575xx 575.64.05-10

# the name includes the major version number: linux618-nvidia-575xx
# as it's specifically the 575 series, and will always be 575 
# until it's removed 
# the xx indicates that part of the version number will change: 64.05
# ie it will be updated if updates come out for 575

In some cases packages are renamed, etc, if that happens you’ll be asked to confirm the replacement before the update. The packager has to configure it, and it wouldn’t normally be applied to GPU drivers.

Sounds like you should learn about package management.

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Did I offend someone? All I asked was how to keep nvidia from updating and locking the machine up again. Was that asking too much. Sorry, if I said something wrong.

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More or less, yes. But you seem to misunderstand “new”. The 575 drivers will — at least for now — continue receiving updates.

A higher driver number does not mean that it would be better, per se. The higher driver version pertains to the types of GPUs that the driver will support, and conversely, also the types of GPU that it will no longer support.

I don’t understand your reaction. You were given answers of which it was believed that they were adequate, and the thread has a post marked as the solution, which would corroborate the assumption that your questions were indeed adequately answered.

Furthermore, we are all unpaid volunteers here, from across the whole planet. People live in different time zones, and many people have a daytime job — not to mention a family — so they cannot always be online at the forum. :man_shrugging:

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