XFCE flickering video-nvidia (580.119.02+)

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Hi All,

The latest proprietary nvidia drivers (video-nvidia, release 580.119.02) are causing screen flickering in Xfce when the Compositor is enabled.

See 580 release feedback & discussion - #944 by abchauhan - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums

I have the previous version (580.105.08) in my pacman cache, but I don’t have a timeshift.

Can I get some help with downgrading to the previous version via pacman?

$ ls *nvidia*580.105.08*zst                                                                                          
lib32-nvidia-utils-580.105.08-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst    
mhwd-nvidia-580.105.08-4-any.pkg.tar.zst
nvidia-utils-580.105.08-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
linux612-nvidia-open-580.105.08-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst  
nvidia-settings-580.105.08-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Are the above the correct packages to reinstall via pacman -U?

Then run these:

sudo mkinitcpio -P
sudo update-grub

Thank you.

Best,
James

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  • mhwd -l: List drivers available for your device.
  • mhwd -li: Show the currently installed driver.

Generally the procedure is as follows:

  1. Remove the current driver:
sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia
  1. Install the driver preferred (e.g: the 570xx series):
sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-570xx
  • Note that sudo is required unless you are in a chroot environment, where you are already the Super User (root).
  1. Reboot.

These commands are not required to install another graphic driver series.

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disabling compositing for now may be easier

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