Nvidia flickering constantly - found no help yet

[nikgnomic]

@Rod

but to me, “cannot”, is not definitive. Are you saying the operating system will “not” allow any new drivers to be installed

Previous comment included data to show that mhwd will fail if if it is used normally to install latest nvidia drivers for an End Of Life GPU. But it is also possible to force-install an incompatible driver

@Rod

does it mean I have to examine all available updates and not allow the system to install new nvidia drivers?

Now that you have the legacy driver installed, system should have 3 kernel packages:

linux66 (6.6.119-1)
linux66-headers (6.6.119-1)
linux66-nvidia-575xx (575.64.05-15)

The next stable branch update should contain updated versions of all 3 packages available on Testing branch:

linux66 (6.6.119-1 > 6.6.121-1)
linux66-headers (6.6.119-1 > 6.6.121-1)
linux66-nvidia-575xx (575.64.05-15 > 575.64.05-18)

And if a new kernel version is installed in future, Manjaro HardWare Detection tools should install 3 equivalent packages.
for example: mhwd-kernel -i linux618 should install linux618,linux618-headers and linux618-nvidia-575xx

[Yochanan]

@Aragorn

The 575 drivers will — at least for now — continue receiving updates.

The 575 series did receive updates—it became the 580 series. Phil added the 570 & 575 drivers separately recently because he says 580 is too buggy or something.

590xx: New Feature Branch
580xx: Recommended/Certified
570xx: Previous Recommended/Certified (not sure what it’s called now)
470xx: Legacy, EOL
390xx: Legacy, EOL

[nikgnomic]

@Yochanan

Phil added the 570 & 575 drivers separately recently because he says 580 is too buggy

Long-term maintenance strategy for the 580xx NVIDIA driver series in Manjaro - #2 by philm
570xx and 575xx where either short-lived drivers or discontinued production drivers. 570xx got some updates but I think NVIDIA stopped supporting them. I think cuda still works with the given 575xx series. I’m sure when NVIDIA is putting 580xx into legacy drivers we may pick them up again. For now these are totally broken, especially for XFCE users

[Rod]

Thank you for explaining the package info. solution was selected by mistake. I don’t remember selecting it. Again, I thank everyone for your help. I pray that Manjaro and it’s team and users continue strong and healthy.

[BG405]

@Rod

solution was selected by mistake

If it was, you should be able to change that.

[Rod]

I didn’t notice it in time. next time I’ll know, the PC is working as it should now. I consider it solved as of now. Thank you and everyone else for your help.

[BG405]

I’ve unmarked the solution so you should be able to select the preferred one now.

[Rod]

Thank you BG405, nikgnomic’s post 15 is what actually fixed the problem for me. Everything since then was trying to understand what to do to keep nvidia at bay. I thank everyone for helping to explain the situation. My Manjaro Xfce has been working very well since the post 15.