Hey all!
I switched to Fedora 39 from Windows about two weeks ago. I switched on my laptop over a year ago, and I had no issues whatsoever. However, with my desktop, I’ve been having lots of issues, but I’ll make separate topics for those.
The worst one is that some windows will flicker. The worst offender is Zoom, both as a flatpak app and when run through the browser. But it’s only the window itself that flickers, nothing else.
Here are my system specs:
OS: Fedora 39
Kernel: 6.7.5
CPU: i7-13700k
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 12 GB
RAM: 32 GB DDR5
Motherboard: MSI Pro Z790-A WIFI
Here’s the output of inxi -Fzxx:
System:
Kernel: 6.7.5-200.fc39.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 2.40-14.fc39
Desktop: GNOME v: 45.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: PRO Z790-A WIFI (MS-7E07) v: 2.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.30
date: 01/06/2023
CPU:
Info: 16-core (8-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 24 MiB
L3: 30 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 864 high: 1154 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores: 1: 800
2: 1100 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 1100 8: 800 9: 800 10: 1100 11: 1100
12: 800 13: 800 14: 1154 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800
21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 bogomips: 164044
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-13 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2,
HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a780
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
v: 545.29.06 arch: Ampere pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: none off: DP-3,DP-4,HDMI-A-5 empty: DP-5 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2503
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-12.1:8 chip-ID: 046d:0825
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv dri: iris
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-3 model: MSI G27C4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 diag: 686mm (27")
Monitor-2: DP-4 model: Acer ET322QU res: 2560x1440 dpi: 93
diag: 801mm (31.5")
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-5 model: ViewSonic VA2448 SERIES res: 1920x1080 dpi: 94
diag: 598mm (23.5")
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 545.29.06 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
display-ID: :0.0
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-12.1:8 chip-ID: 046d:0825
Device-4: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0db0:d1d7
API: ALSA v: k6.7.5-200.fc39.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igc
v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:15f3
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-14:10 chip-ID: 8087:0033
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.68 TiB used: 152.24 GiB (4.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: A-Data model: SX8200PNP size: 1.86 TiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 37.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HUA723020ALA641 size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 1.86 TiB used: 151.85 GiB (8.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 386.9 MiB (39.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 95 MiB used: 19 MiB (20.0%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-4: /home size: 1.86 TiB used: 151.85 GiB (8.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.12 GiB used: 5.05 GiB (16.2%)
Processes: 527 Power: uptime: 59m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 254
target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Packages: pm: flatpak pkgs: 29 Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1
Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.33
I have installed the proprietary Nvidia drivers through rpm fusion. I have akmod set up. I’ve read through every thread on here about flickering windows, and I haven’t found anyone having the same issue. I also haven’t seen anyone for whom GDM crashes when turning off a monitor, but I have no idea if that’s related.
If I need to provide any more information, I’m happy to do so. Thanks in advance!