Hello, I’m kinda new to linux, I’m not good at all that kernel modules and so on stuff.
I have a 1650 ti mobile (Laptop), everything works fine on my windows machine (dual-boot), but on the linux I’m having a lot of strange things.
During the “try endeavour” time on XFCE DE everything works fine, when I install the system (GNOME), everything works fine as well, but when I do nvidia-inst I get the tearings/artifacts. I’ve tried manjaro and got the same results… installing nvidia breaks the windows. Also tried ubuntu and still had that problem,
on the first photo you can see the issue on the left corner (during minimizing the window)
on the second photo when i maximize the window and i can see my background while maximizing (during maximizing the window)
when i was trying to record it on a video (gnome screencast) everything was showing up ok, even though for me it was clear i was having tearing/artifacts (or whatever that’s called)
I tried to install Wayland, but didn’t actually find out how to do it on GNOME. Some people tell it’s default, but in settings->about I see I have X11, is there a proper way to install Wayland for gnome?
I’ve tried the full composition pipeline, didn’t change a thing (at least not I didn’t notice it), I will try to use the /etc/kernel/cmdline thing you told me, can you tell me how i reinstall my kernel afterwards please?
make sure to add that to the end of the /etc/kernel/cmdline file, you only need to add nvidia-drm.modeset=1 to the end of the file not GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nvidia-drm.modeset=1" as that file is the list of cmdline options
also forgot to tell, but when I: sudo pacman -S nvidia-inst nvidia-inst
I can start the desktop (xstart or whatever it’s called) but the tearing/artifacts are still there
but if i do: sudo pacman -S nvidia-settings (I love to change a few color settings)
I get a dark screen after boot (can’t startx)
Nvidia-inst should include the nvidia settings as part of the driver package afaik. If you only install nvidia-settings it doesnt include the drivers. If you have nvidia-inst try running nvidia-settings from terminal
EDIT: just checked, nvidia-inst includes nvidia-settings in the install process you dont need to install it separately its there already
sad, I’ve tried to add nvidia-drm.modeset=1 to /etc/kernel/cmdline, but it was already there, I thought maybe everything is fixed and tried to restart, system died, now I’m making a clean fresh install, afterwards I will nvidia-inst and tell you if I have nvidia-settings and artifacts (in 5min)
the strange part is the fact I did nvidia-inst and only after i did install nvidia-settings, if i’m not mistaken it shouldnt remove everything nvidia-inst, so why does installing nvidia-settings after nvidia-inst break everything? Also for me it’s strange what the system doesn’t have artifacts/tearing unless I do nvidia-inst (but since i want the drivers + nvidia settings i have no choice)
Well id prefer to fix a problem than throw out the kitchen sink but its up to you We can start fresh then and step through the process to get this figured out then
when youre back since it seems like a chunk of the wayland steps are done already try editing /etc/gdm/custom.conf and making sure WaylandEnable= is set to true and not commented out with a # and the front, remove the # if its there
Then from the login screen you should be able to click the cog wheel in the bottom right and have a selection of gnome or gnome on xorg if wayland is already enabled for the nvidia drivers
We can start fresh then and step through the process to get this figured out then