18.04 Nvidia graphics screen flickering
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This appears to be a fairly common issue but the solutions I tried have not worked. Using nvidia-340.106
Solutions I tried:
compizconfig-settings-manager Force full screen redraws (buffer swap) on repaint
Updating /etc/X11/xorg.conf to add (Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Dithering=Disabled")
Enable triple buffering in xorg.conf
Using nvidia-settings to enable Sync to Vblank, Allow Flipping, Use Conformant Texture Clamping
Use KDE and GNOME
lspci output:
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP7A [GeForce 9400] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Inc. MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia
lshw output:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: b1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:26 memory:d2000000-d2ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:1000(size=128) memory:d3000000-d301ffff
drivers nvidia xorg
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This appears to be a fairly common issue but the solutions I tried have not worked. Using nvidia-340.106
Solutions I tried:
compizconfig-settings-manager Force full screen redraws (buffer swap) on repaint
Updating /etc/X11/xorg.conf to add (Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Dithering=Disabled")
Enable triple buffering in xorg.conf
Using nvidia-settings to enable Sync to Vblank, Allow Flipping, Use Conformant Texture Clamping
Use KDE and GNOME
lspci output:
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP7A [GeForce 9400] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Inc. MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia
lshw output:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: b1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:26 memory:d2000000-d2ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:1000(size=128) memory:d3000000-d301ffff
drivers nvidia xorg
asked May 8 at 6:07
chaNcharge
3816
You can usenvidia-smito see if nvidia is runninggnome-shellon 17.04+
– Jonathan
Jun 4 at 23:51
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up vote
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This appears to be a fairly common issue but the solutions I tried have not worked. Using nvidia-340.106
Solutions I tried:
compizconfig-settings-manager Force full screen redraws (buffer swap) on repaint
Updating /etc/X11/xorg.conf to add (Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Dithering=Disabled")
Enable triple buffering in xorg.conf
Using nvidia-settings to enable Sync to Vblank, Allow Flipping, Use Conformant Texture Clamping
Use KDE and GNOME
lspci output:
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP7A [GeForce 9400] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Inc. MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia
lshw output:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: b1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:26 memory:d2000000-d2ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:1000(size=128) memory:d3000000-d301ffff
drivers nvidia xorg
asked May 8 at 6:07
chaNcharge
3816
This appears to be a fairly common issue but the solutions I tried have not worked. Using nvidia-340.106
Solutions I tried:
compizconfig-settings-manager Force full screen redraws (buffer swap) on repaint
Updating /etc/X11/xorg.conf to add (Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Dithering=Disabled")
Enable triple buffering in xorg.conf
Using nvidia-settings to enable Sync to Vblank, Allow Flipping, Use Conformant Texture Clamping
Use KDE and GNOME
lspci output:
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP7A [GeForce 9400] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Inc. MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia
lshw output:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: MCP7A [GeForce 9400]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: b1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:26 memory:d2000000-d2ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:1000(size=128) memory:d3000000-d301ffff
drivers nvidia xorg
drivers nvidia xorg
asked May 8 at 6:07
chaNcharge
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asked May 8 at 6:07
chaNcharge
3816
asked May 8 at 6:07
chaNcharge
3816
asked May 8 at 6:07
chaNcharge
3816
asked May 8 at 6:07
chaNcharge
3816
3816
You can usenvidia-smito see if nvidia is runninggnome-shellon 17.04+
– Jonathan
Jun 4 at 23:51
add a comment |
You can usenvidia-smito see if nvidia is runninggnome-shellon 17.04+
– Jonathan
Jun 4 at 23:51
You can use
nvidia-smi to see if nvidia is running gnome-shell on 17.04+– Jonathan
Jun 4 at 23:51
You can use
nvidia-smi to see if nvidia is running gnome-shell on 17.04+– Jonathan
Jun 4 at 23:51
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2 Answers
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I had the same issue and this is what worked for me I started following this article How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
In a nutshell I listed the recommended drivers using
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
then to install the recommended drivers
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
or you can use apt to install whicheve driver you prefer if it is not the recommended one
$ sudo apt install nvidia-390
once I rebooted my system I was good to go but if you still have problems a few other things are mentioned in the article one being disabling Noveau Nvidia driver How to disable Nouveau nvidia driver on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
To summarize you blacklist the Nvidia nouveau driver:
$ sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
$ sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
and then you can confirm the content of the new modprobe config file:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
you should see something like
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
1
That didn't work for me, still the same flickering.
– chaNcharge
Jun 11 at 23:19
That didn't work for me either
– debugging XD
Jun 28 at 5:19
This worked for me.
– Gaurav Gandhi
Nov 29 at 14:51
add a comment |
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0
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Basically among other things simply, read Post 5 for the none specific version.
Run this
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-drm-nomodeset.conf
Add this line
options nvidia-drm modeset=1
Link to Source
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
Instead ofsudo geditusesudo -H geditwhich is safer.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 23 at 21:01
That doesn't seem to work for me either, so I've stuck to using the nouveau drivers. Is there a step I'm missing?
– chaNcharge
Sep 16 at 6:37
add a comment |
2 Answers
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oldest
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
2
down vote
I had the same issue and this is what worked for me I started following this article How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
In a nutshell I listed the recommended drivers using
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
then to install the recommended drivers
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
or you can use apt to install whicheve driver you prefer if it is not the recommended one
$ sudo apt install nvidia-390
once I rebooted my system I was good to go but if you still have problems a few other things are mentioned in the article one being disabling Noveau Nvidia driver How to disable Nouveau nvidia driver on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
To summarize you blacklist the Nvidia nouveau driver:
$ sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
$ sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
and then you can confirm the content of the new modprobe config file:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
you should see something like
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
1
That didn't work for me, still the same flickering.
– chaNcharge
Jun 11 at 23:19
That didn't work for me either
– debugging XD
Jun 28 at 5:19
This worked for me.
– Gaurav Gandhi
Nov 29 at 14:51
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
I had the same issue and this is what worked for me I started following this article How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
In a nutshell I listed the recommended drivers using
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
then to install the recommended drivers
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
or you can use apt to install whicheve driver you prefer if it is not the recommended one
$ sudo apt install nvidia-390
once I rebooted my system I was good to go but if you still have problems a few other things are mentioned in the article one being disabling Noveau Nvidia driver How to disable Nouveau nvidia driver on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
To summarize you blacklist the Nvidia nouveau driver:
$ sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
$ sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
and then you can confirm the content of the new modprobe config file:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
you should see something like
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
1
That didn't work for me, still the same flickering.
– chaNcharge
Jun 11 at 23:19
That didn't work for me either
– debugging XD
Jun 28 at 5:19
This worked for me.
– Gaurav Gandhi
Nov 29 at 14:51
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
I had the same issue and this is what worked for me I started following this article How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
In a nutshell I listed the recommended drivers using
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
then to install the recommended drivers
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
or you can use apt to install whicheve driver you prefer if it is not the recommended one
$ sudo apt install nvidia-390
once I rebooted my system I was good to go but if you still have problems a few other things are mentioned in the article one being disabling Noveau Nvidia driver How to disable Nouveau nvidia driver on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
To summarize you blacklist the Nvidia nouveau driver:
$ sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
$ sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
and then you can confirm the content of the new modprobe config file:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
you should see something like
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
I had the same issue and this is what worked for me I started following this article How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
In a nutshell I listed the recommended drivers using
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
then to install the recommended drivers
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
or you can use apt to install whicheve driver you prefer if it is not the recommended one
$ sudo apt install nvidia-390
once I rebooted my system I was good to go but if you still have problems a few other things are mentioned in the article one being disabling Noveau Nvidia driver How to disable Nouveau nvidia driver on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
To summarize you blacklist the Nvidia nouveau driver:
$ sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
$ sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
and then you can confirm the content of the new modprobe config file:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
you should see something like
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
answered May 17 at 19:58
mkrinblk
1234
1234
1
That didn't work for me, still the same flickering.
– chaNcharge
Jun 11 at 23:19
That didn't work for me either
– debugging XD
Jun 28 at 5:19
This worked for me.
– Gaurav Gandhi
Nov 29 at 14:51
add a comment |
1
That didn't work for me, still the same flickering.
– chaNcharge
Jun 11 at 23:19
That didn't work for me either
– debugging XD
Jun 28 at 5:19
This worked for me.
– Gaurav Gandhi
Nov 29 at 14:51
1
1
That didn't work for me, still the same flickering.
– chaNcharge
Jun 11 at 23:19
That didn't work for me, still the same flickering.
– chaNcharge
Jun 11 at 23:19
That didn't work for me either
– debugging XD
Jun 28 at 5:19
That didn't work for me either
– debugging XD
Jun 28 at 5:19
This worked for me.
– Gaurav Gandhi
Nov 29 at 14:51
This worked for me.
– Gaurav Gandhi
Nov 29 at 14:51
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Basically among other things simply, read Post 5 for the none specific version.
Run this
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-drm-nomodeset.conf
Add this line
options nvidia-drm modeset=1
Link to Source
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
Instead ofsudo geditusesudo -H geditwhich is safer.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 23 at 21:01
That doesn't seem to work for me either, so I've stuck to using the nouveau drivers. Is there a step I'm missing?
– chaNcharge
Sep 16 at 6:37
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Basically among other things simply, read Post 5 for the none specific version.
Run this
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-drm-nomodeset.conf
Add this line
options nvidia-drm modeset=1
Link to Source
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
Instead ofsudo geditusesudo -H geditwhich is safer.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 23 at 21:01
That doesn't seem to work for me either, so I've stuck to using the nouveau drivers. Is there a step I'm missing?
– chaNcharge
Sep 16 at 6:37
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Basically among other things simply, read Post 5 for the none specific version.
Run this
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-drm-nomodeset.conf
Add this line
options nvidia-drm modeset=1
Link to Source
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
Basically among other things simply, read Post 5 for the none specific version.
Run this
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-drm-nomodeset.conf
Add this line
options nvidia-drm modeset=1
Link to Source
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
edited Nov 30 at 3:09
Gaurav Gandhi
8791819
8791819
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
answered Jun 23 at 20:37
markackerman8-gmail.com
657610
657610
Instead ofsudo geditusesudo -H geditwhich is safer.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 23 at 21:01
That doesn't seem to work for me either, so I've stuck to using the nouveau drivers. Is there a step I'm missing?
– chaNcharge
Sep 16 at 6:37
add a comment |
Instead ofsudo geditusesudo -H geditwhich is safer.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 23 at 21:01
That doesn't seem to work for me either, so I've stuck to using the nouveau drivers. Is there a step I'm missing?
– chaNcharge
Sep 16 at 6:37
Instead of
sudo gedit use sudo -H gedit which is safer.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 23 at 21:01
Instead of
sudo gedit use sudo -H gedit which is safer.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 23 at 21:01
That doesn't seem to work for me either, so I've stuck to using the nouveau drivers. Is there a step I'm missing?
– chaNcharge
Sep 16 at 6:37
That doesn't seem to work for me either, so I've stuck to using the nouveau drivers. Is there a step I'm missing?
– chaNcharge
Sep 16 at 6:37
add a comment |
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