Solved Fedora 39 - Nvidia causing flickering
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Hi there. Last week I started to get into Linux a little bit and so far it's been a big frustration. I was finally able to get a proper working GPU 2 days ago, but the drivers have caused vivaldi to flicker, simply glitching. Icons in the sidebars disappear etc, etc.
Without the drivers it works fine, but no hardware acceleration. Using Google Earth for instance is like wading through quick-drying-cement and my cpu fans go into overdrive.
I installed the latest drivers from the RPM. Any tips for this noob where to look and maybe I'll be able to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I read somewhere in a post to delete GPUCache, but I can't find that specific folder. (it sure isn't in .../config/vivaldi)
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Just read the solution. I don't know if it's the proper way, but no more flickering for me in Wayland.
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/95521/flickering-all-the-time-on-wayland/13 -> @seanjseymour mentions: "Enter vivaldi://flags into the address bar, then search for Ozone, you will see a "Preferred Ozone platform" setting. I changed it from Default to Auto,"
I changed it to "Wayland" , it was set to "Default" already for me... ... It works now. -
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@DoctorG Thanks. I found 2 instances and deleted both.
./.var/app/com.vivaldi.Vivaldi/config/vivaldi/Default/Storage/ext/mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/def/GPUCache
./.var/app/com.vivaldi.Vivaldi/config/vivaldi/Default/GPUCacheUnfortunately no solution. After starting the browser again and moving my mouse over it, I get the same flickering all over. Maybe other things I can look into ?
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I uninstalled it and installed it again. After doing this for the 6th time now, it magically stopped flickering... ermmmm.. nvm these "hopes" of mine, hardy work. Same flickers and at times vivaldi turns completely black, meaning everything gone, just a black square. (using black theme btw)
Also wading through cement when I'm in the settings. Takes ages to switch and I see the icons in the sidebar of vivaldi itself appearing and disappearing. ROFL.
I'll go back to windows, maybe this linux stuff isn't for me. Well, maybe I'll just give up for today and try something else tomorrow, cause I really want to get rid of windows. -
@jrkl
Hi, you can check to disable hardware acceleration in Settings > Webpages.
Then you know if the GPU is even involved.
By the way, Fedora is one of the hardest ways to get into Linux.
I don't recommend anything here, everyone has their own opinion. but Fedora or Arch are not for Linux starters.Cheers, mib
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@mib2berlin said in Fedora 39 - Nvidia causing flickering:
By the way, Fedora is one of the hardest ways to get into Linux.
Maaaaan... Couldn't you say that earlier. It would have saved me so much frustration. Been reading on the internet, watching vids and people actually telling noobs like me it's great for beginners... I enjoy the CLI though. I think I'm getting addicted to it.
I disabled the hardware acceleration and my fans... oooof! Ramping up and Google Earth turned into quick-drying-cement again. Flickering didn't stop either btw.
I'll take your advice regarding Fedora and look for something else ((not-)arch based) tomorrow. As long as Vivaldi works proper with my GPU. Most important thing I care about atm.
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@jrkl As i remember from the last years for some users that flickering was related to GSync/VSync setting in NVidia panel. Or a Game optimisation setting? Perhaps excluding vivaldi from some NVidia optimisation settings can help you.
But i have no Fedora and such new GPU.
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@DoctorG All good. Thanks for the willingness to give me some pointers. Although it didn't help, at least it taught me how to use the "find" in the terminal.
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@jrkl I am sorry, but before reporting a bug we need to konw if it is only Vivaldi or all new Chrome/Chromium 122. That is needed to tell the Vivaldi devs.
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@DoctorG I just installed EndeavorOS with Nvidia drivers and it works like a charm right out of the box. It has to be a Fedora issue, or something specific on my system that clashes when I'm on Fedora.
Vivaldi 6.6.3271.48 (Stable channel) stable (64-bit)
Revision ebcc4ade9d056b280d4c4bd195761b49d422c01d
OS Linux
JavaScript V8 12.2.281.21
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Command Line /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --desktop-startup-id=gnome-shell/Vivaldi/1474-6-endeavor_TIME966155 --save-page-as-mhtml
Executable Path /opt/vivaldi/vivaldi
Profile Path /home/jay/.config/vivaldi/Default
Variations Seed Type Null
Active Variations f38ef081-ca7d8d80@mib2berlin Yeah, I know m8... I just can't help myself and I'm already in hot water. Some of the gnome stuff not working. Have to do some manual installments. ROFL
But at least the fonts are good looking compared to Fedora. Nice and soft on the eyes. I think I'll stick with this for a while and see how far I get. -
Here's another update. I remembered that on Fedora, Wayland is enabled by default and it got me thinking. Maybe it's Wayland that's the culprit in this (for me). So, like any normal person would do: Can't let it go, I went back to Windows cause nagging in my head, removed grub, removed all the dual boot partitions, created new USB with Fedora, installed Fedora, upgraded to new kernel, did all the basic stuff and changed to X11. Had to reinstall the latest kernel manually, cause it's always broken for me somehow, installed Nvidia, reboot to new kernel, opened Vivaldi -> NO MORE FLICKERING!@!@! Plus the hardware acceleration works great (tested with google earth).
Since I'm a big linux-noob, I can't say where the issue lies. Is it Chromium with Wayland or Wayland with Nvidia...???
EDIT: Not sure if I mentioned this before, but the flickering happened on Brave browser aswell (also chromium-based), Firefox and librewolf work fine.
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Just read the solution. I don't know if it's the proper way, but no more flickering for me in Wayland.
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/95521/flickering-all-the-time-on-wayland/13 -> @seanjseymour mentions: "Enter vivaldi://flags into the address bar, then search for Ozone, you will see a "Preferred Ozone platform" setting. I changed it from Default to Auto,"
I changed it to "Wayland" , it was set to "Default" already for me... ... It works now. -
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