My 240hz monitor is flickering and it is plugged into my 3060 TI. It is basically unusable, this is the only thing preventing me from using Mint, I would be very happy if someone helps. I put a video on the side to show you the effect
#My screen is flickering on Mint and other Linux distros what should I do?
onyx dawn
My other screen (165 hz) is plugged into my motherboard (Intel Integrated Graphics) and it works perfectly fine.
(This one is mine)
that doesnt work
@spare egret
now it won't even show a picture anymore :(
@pseudo cave u helped me last time can u help me this time too?
pls
spare egret
I personally think it has to do with him using the nouveau driver
onyx dawn
its saying that there's no connection over display port but i got it in my gpu
onyx dawn
I personally think it has to do with him using the nouveau driver
how do i change it
spare egret
its saying that there's no connection over display port but i got it in my gpu
That can be a driver issue
onyx dawn
im in the ventoy stick only rn cuz i dont wanna install it till i found a solution
spare egret
It there an NVIDIA logo in the “taskbar”
onyx dawn
no
spare egret
Or an Intel one either
onyx dawn
no
spare egret
Shit
onyx dawn
spare egret
Also I tried having him turn on software rendering, it cooked it
spare egret
Out of plain curiosity, go back to that menu and try “cinnamon on WAYLAND (experimental)”
@onyx dawn
onyx dawn
Out of plain curiosity, go back to that menu and try “cinnamon on WAYLAND (exper...
what menu
the login screen?
spare egret
the login screen?
Yes the circle one
onyx dawn
im in the ventoy stick rn how do i do that
spare egret
I think it’s a post install thing, I’ll wait for someone better at this than me
pseudo cave
just reboot, go to bios, make sure secure boot is disabled. (very important for nvidia drivers to work) then reboot to uefi usb stick (if your system is new n has uefi) and choose compatibility mode
then test
onyx dawn
secure boot might be enabled
pseudo cave
after install you'll need to do nomodeset at startup, and then bootup and go to driver manager and switch to recommended nvidia drivers, then reboot again normally
see https://youtu.be/ZzC4xCMBe1Y?t=199 at timestamp on how to do it AFTER installation is complete, when you FIRST attempt to boot to installed Mint
onyx dawn
it works in compatability mode but not in normal mode
onyx dawn
after install you'll need to do nomodeset at startup, and then bootup and go to ...
is it described on how to nomodeset in the video?
pseudo cave
yep just follow what I wrote plus the timestamp then install nvidia and next boot u wont have to worry
onyx dawn
ok i will ping if any issues occur
so ill do an install and then follow the steps you said above? @pseudo cave
i just wanna doublecheck everything
trim canyon
so ill do an install and then follow the steps you said above? <@725510568492138...
can confirm that is good advice
pseudo cave
oh i forgot to say, in case u dont see grub menu at startup, hold down either Shift key. do it about 4 seconds u turn the power on and hold down a few seconds and grub should appear, then hit e and do as he shows in vid
if shift doesnt work, then use Escape key
onyx dawn
i spammed it cuz it doesnt work if i hold it
now im in this cmd window how do i get back?
onyx dawn
installed
onyx dawn
yh i know what i should do but i saw the menu pop up but cuz im spamming esc it brings me into the cmd window
pseudo cave
actually u dont even have to if u are able to reach desktop
onyx dawn
i just wanted to know if theres a cmd that brings me back
pseudo cave
idk
pseudo cave
and adjust timeshift auto schedule to once per week, not 5 times a day, which IMO is the crazy default
onyx dawn
omg thx it works now imma use mint from now on
pseudo cave
check ur status. type : inxi -CSGxx command and show here
onyx dawn
onyx dawn
ill try with the other dp cable
also
no its when i turn it on 240 hz its not working anymore
pseudo cave
see if nvdia applet is in tray
u may have to switch cuz u have 2 gpu
otherwise type applets in start menu: add/remove, and search for prime applet for nvidia switching and install it
onyx dawn
wait it works fine with the other cable, ill try to connect my 2nd monitor again
pseudo cave
take notes here where it talks about screens and monitors , like what port is doing what
onyx dawn
cant connect my 2nd monitor rn
pseudo cave
and what card is doing what port, and monitor, etc.
just so u know what the system is trying to do
onyx dawn
idk i mean its solved but i still have to get a new dp cable
onyx dawn
or grab an hdmi 2.1 one
how much fps can hdmi 2.1 do
onyx dawn
ill just get a dp
onyx dawn
so it works now basically but sometimes i also see that the screen turns black for a short amount of time like every 3 seconds or so in an interval
yeah it just happend again
idk why it worked perfectly fine on windows but now when i switched to mint it just doesnt anymore
and its getting more frequent :(
pseudo cave
turn the refresh rate down to something human then.
onyx dawn
turn the refresh rate down to something human then.
noooo why did i get the monitor then :((((
pseudo cave
marketing. ur eyes/brain can't see past 100 Hz anyway. it's human limit
onyx dawn
marketing. ur eyes/brain can't see past 100 Hz anyway. it's human limit
i can see a good difference between 120 and 240
pseudo cave
¯_(ツ)_/¯
onyx dawn
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
pseudo cave
might be some weird gsync setting that I have absolutely no idea about cuz im not linus tech tips nor linus torvalds
someone else can chime in on this
onyx dawn
doesnt have gsync
trim canyon
marketing. ur eyes/brain can't see past 100 Hz anyway. it's human limit
not true lol
onyx dawn
someone else can chime in on this
can you ping someone for the isssue you think you can get them to help? would be really helpful
pseudo cave
@rigid bone @tiny panther do you have idea why 2nd screen at 240 Hz refresh, via Display Port occasionally lightly flickers? Nvidia RTX 3060 with 550 drivers in use.
rigid bone
<@611474490265960458> <@162852075762352128> do you have idea why 2nd screen at 2...
x11
pseudo cave
info here
rigid bone
<@611474490265960458> <@162852075762352128> do you have idea why 2nd screen at 2...
does it work with cinnamon Wayland?
and does it work on other OS?
or even just when entering firmware setup
pseudo cave
@onyx dawn try that
onyx dawn
and does it work on other OS?
works on windows
pseudo cave
or even just when entering firmware setup
yeah it displays just stutter occasionally
rigid bone
works on windows
well, it'd exclude issues with the connection cable
pseudo cave
works on windows
what precise port and CARD is ur first monitor that works perfectly connected to?
if nvidia has 2 ports. use them. dont put one on other card, and one monitor on nvidia
rigid bone
I would try to use Wayland on cinnamon, or a different distro with more up-to-date drivers like fedora, install at least 555 (this fixed a loooot of wayland issues) and use a Wayland DE like plasma or gnome
you can try to get 555 or 560 driver using graphics PPA on mint
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
pseudo cave
Henri, log out, click the circle with mountains, and choose cinnamon wayland (experimental) then log in
it's not perfect, and u may need to switch back to X the rare time for updating (due to a wayland/mint bug) but it may help ur display case
pseudo cave
I would try to use Wayland on cinnamon, or a different distro with more up-to-da...
thanks for ur input
tiny panther
Please first ascertain that both screens are attached to the same GPU and running through that GPU. The inxi command you linked showed only one screen attached, and it was attached to the iGPU.
rigid bone
@onyx dawn did you solve this?
onyx dawn
<@936739260550242306> did you solve this?
not rly, i dont use linux anymore cuz the screen is flickering