Verified and reinstalled linux612-nvidia 580.119.02-2, no help
nvidia geforce RTX 3060
Found and removed unneeded kernel 6.6
No i,provement
Running āAuto install proprietary driverā produces this resultā
Starting
Using config āvideo-nvidiaā for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:2504) Display controller nVidia Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]
Error: config āvideo-nvidiaā conflicts with config(s): video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
Done ā¦
andā¦
[ljohnson@KISE-007 ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel RocketLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 750] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] driver: nvidia
v: 580.119.02
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.21 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
s-res: 3840x2160 resolution: 3840x2160
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.119.02
renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Note only one display attached to GA106, Intel graphics in CPU unused
???
Mod edit: Corrected code formatting. Please see [HowTo] Post command output and file content as formatted text 
You have to remove video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime before you can install video-nvidia.
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I suspected as much, but, alasā¦.
[ljohnson@KISE-007 ~]$ sudo mhwd -r pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
Removing video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-primeā¦
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
checking dependenciesā¦
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing nvidia-utils breaks dependency ānvidia-utilsā required by nvidia-prime
:: removing nvidia-utils breaks dependency ānvidia-utilsā required by nvidia-settings
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!
Mod edit: Fixed formatting again for you this time. 
So, remove nvidia-utils and nvidia-settings first.
What DE are you running? (Gnome got rid of X11 support.)
My almost identical card works fine..
inxi -Gxxx Graphics: Device-1: Red Hat Virtio 1.0 GPU driver: virtio-pci v: 1 ports: active: Virtual-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1af4:1050 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 580.119.02 arch: Ampere pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: DP-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2216 class-ID: 0300 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch,virtio-pci d-rect: 3646x1440 display-ID: 0
On Wayland though.
According to his profile page, heās on Xfce.
XFCE4 
OK ~ video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime is gone latest nvudua installed
Still flicker, so how do I determine if I am running nvidia driver or the free one
BTW thanks for the help - at 80+ and over 30 years of Linux, some of my marbles have rolled away 
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If youāve installed the proprietary driver and you have rebooted, then itāll be using the proprietary driver. But āinxi -Gā could also tell you which one youāre using..
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ā¦and so it does:
ādriver: X: loaded: nvidiaā
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Issues should be reported to nvidia Ā»Ā»Ā»Ā»Ā»Ā»Ā»Ā»Ā»Ā» If you have a problem, PLEASE read this first Ā«Ā«Ā«Ā«Ā«Ā«Ā«Ā«Ā«Ā« - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums However their focus might be on wayland and GNOME or Plasma issues. 570xx driver series might be the most stable for X11. We might however not provide a hybrid config for older drivers via mhwd. pci/graphic_drivers Ā· master Ā· Applications / mhwd-db Ā· GitLab
Which means pacman might install a broken driver which doesnāt support the hardware in that case.
575xx changed a lot for wayland Wayland support for the 575 release series - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums
Hence always consult Nvidia forum before updating any driver ā¦
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Hello, I think I have the same trouble. The active window blink or not refresh.
For example, at start up, xfce4-panel blink. When I use an xfce4-terminal, I type some char, the last one donāt show, and some time the content of the window disappear and show the background image.
In other software, like Firefox, there is no trouble.
My config:
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA107 [GeForce RTX 3050 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 580.119.02
Device-2: Logitech QuickCam E 3500 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.119.02
renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050/PCIe/SSE2
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr
Do you find a work around ?
Iām going to have a look at nvidia forum.
Like workaround, I rolled back my Nvidia drivers. It helped.
sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia
sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-470xx
Very interesting results:
Flickering occurs when using Mozilla Firefox or some of its derivatives, including Brave. It does not happen with Pale Moon.
It does not occur with Google Chrome, Chromium Vivaldi or Opera. It does not occur with the Zen browser.
It does occur with XFCE terminal when running btop, but does not occur when not running anything.
Just for the record, brave is not a firefox derivative ā itās based upon chromium. palemoon on the other hand is a firefox fork.
Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding 
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Worked for meā¦!
Thanks 
Just adding that the same thing happened to me on a 3080ti. Rolling back to 570xx seemed to solve it.
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