Really weird graphical glitch thing on a new Manjaro install with Nvidia

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Hello! I apologise if there is a thread about this already but I have been searching for the past 2 days with no luck, and this is infuriating me so i hope to find some kind of fix for it, basically there is a trail behind my cursor every time i move it, but it’s not just that, anytime anything on the screen moves really weird glitches happen, this is especially noticeable when trying to watch any kind of video, or when scrolling text, I apologise because I don’t know how to really explain it, but text kind of “bleeds out” for a second, or it has a black trail, videos have really weird colours if they move rapidly, I know nvidia in general has issues with Linux so I don’t know if this is a thing i’ll just have to live with, if it’s something related to kernel version (Currently running the 6.1 LTS build) or my drivers. This is getting very annoying to my eyes and I’m having difficulty focusing and watching any kind of video because of this. If there is another thread related to this please just link that, and once again I’m sorry for my not very good explanation.

Kernel: 6.1.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=3e8938a9-3d77-4f31-9e52-1ae04889e646 rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] driver: nvidia v: 470.161.03
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 470.xx+
    status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Fermi 2 code: GF119/GK208
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:128b class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x291mm (20.63x11.46")
    s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.

Here is what info people usually ask for, thanks in advance for the help!

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provide full system info:
inxi -zav7

and did this issue also happen in the live usb?

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Hi there. Hopefully you can get this fixed soon. Am I reading your output correctly - you are using the prioprietary drivers? If so, have you tried the open-source drivers? If you haven’t it might be worth doing so. Either way, all the best with this challenge. R :slight_smile:

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Of course, here you go

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=3e8938a9-3d77-4f31-9e52-1ae04889e646 rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 3020 v: 00
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 6 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0VHWTR v: A02 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
    v: A20 date: 05/27/2019
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.71 GiB used: 3.9 GiB (50.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4460 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1269 high: 2679 min/max: 800/3400 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
    4: 2679 bogomips: 25549
  Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
    bts clflush 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 ibpb ibrs ida invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
    pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
    rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep 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 xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed 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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] driver: nvidia v: 470.161.03
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 470.xx+
    status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Fermi 2 code: GF119/GK208
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:128b class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x291mm (20.63x11.46")
    s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo
    missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 3-9:4 v: kernel chip-ID: 145f:0254
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0300 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Trust GXT 232 Microphone type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.19-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: off tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  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: 354.84 GiB used: 42.78 GiB (12.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Geonix model: Gold Edition 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3G5B scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Toshiba
    model: KIOXIA TransMemory size: 116.37 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: DVD+-RW SH-216DB rev: D100
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.47 GiB size: 233.67 GiB (97.99%)
    used: 13.77 GiB (5.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 3e8938a9-3d77-4f31-9e52-1ae04889e646
  ID-2: /run/media/user/KIOXIA raw-size: 116.36 GiB
    size: 116.33 GiB (99.97%) used: 29.01 GiB (24.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1
    maj-min: 8:17 label: KIOXIA uuid: 9FF4-A158
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: SINOWEALTH Game Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 480mA chip-ID: 258a:1007 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-3:3 info: SZH usb keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 98mA chip-ID: c0f4:05e0 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 3-9:4 info: Trust GXT 232 Microphone type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 145f:0254 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 3-10:5 info: KIOXIA TransMemory type: Mass Storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 300mA
    chip-ID: 30de:6545 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 24.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Info:
  Processes: 217 Uptime: 1d 21h 28m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1057 libs: 310 tools: pamac Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.26

And yes, this issue also occurred on a live USB of the same version, which is the newest one currently. Hope this helps.

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Since you’re not dual-booting with windows we can’t exclude the possibility of the nvidia card being faulty or there being a power supply issue at the pci slot (OptiPlex 3020 power supply has no extra header for the card, which limits graphics cards to 75W max but this should be enough to power the GeForce GT 710). Have you tried a usb stick with another distro? If so and the issue is the same keep reading.

A good start might be to power down and either re-seat the card or put it in another pci slot. Check/re-seat the power supply cables from the psu to the main board.

If that changes nothing I’d try the suggestion @ruziel mentioned:

That means removing the nvidia driver and using open source nouveau.

If there’s no improvement at that stage have a look in your bios and check if there’s a way to activate the built-in Intel HD4600 graphics card. It doesn’t show in your inxi output but it should be there. If there is (and the nvidia driver has been removed already) you could activate the HD4600, power down and remove the nvidia card. The HD4600 is lame but the machine should be perfectly usable with it alone and you won’t need to install any drivers.

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install the 5.15 kernel:
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux515
reboot and select it in the grub menu/ advanced options, verify that you are running it:
uname -r
and see if it has also the same issues…

if you dont have the grub menu shown during boot you can tap ‘shift’ or ‘esc’ during booting, or do this:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
and edit this line to look like this (its the third from top):
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
save it with: ctrl+x, press ‘Y’, then enter and update grub:
sudo update-grub
reboot

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Obviously, follow any software related advice, like @brahma 's first before you opening your box… :smile:

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Hello! Sorry for the late response, I’ve just been busy, the open source drivers cause me to boot into a black screen, trying to run x manually reveals it can’t run with error code 1, so for now I’ve reinstalled the proprietary ones.

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Same issues occur on this kernel too, perhaps it’s a driver issue? But I’ve heard that the open source ones also have some issues, so I’m unsure as to what to do next.

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if the open source didnt work, try installing this script, which can help with glitches:

pamac build nvidia-force-comp-pipeline

reboot and test