Screen Flickering After Installing linux-firmware

[fajarikhsan22]

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Regression?

I don't know, I started using Hyprland only recently

System Info and Hyprland Version

System/Version info

Hyprland 0.46.2 built from branch  at commit 0bd541f2fd902dbfa04c3ea2ccf679395e316887  (version: bump to 0.46.2).
Date: Thu Dec 19 19:26:47 2024
Tag: v0.46.2, commits: 5566
built against:
 aquamarine 0.7.0
 hyprlang 0.6.0
 hyprutils 0.3.3
 hyprcursor 0.1.11
 hyprgraphics 0.1.1


flags set:
debug


System Information:
System name: Linux
Node name: archlinux
Release: 6.12.9-arch1-1
Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:39:41 +0000


GPU information: 
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


os-release: NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209"
HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/archlinux/-/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=archlinux-logo


plugins:

Description

After running the following command to install the linux-firmware package:

sudo pacman -S linux-firmware

I started experiencing screen flickering at the bottom of my display. This issue appeared after installing the firmware, which was needed for my TP-LINK USB WiFi adapter. Before installing the package, the screen worked perfectly without any flickering.

System Information:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4210U
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT820M
Kernel Version: 6.12.9-arch-1
Hyprland 0.46.2 built from branch at commit 0bd541f (version: bump to 0.46.2).

How to reproduce

1. Install linux-firmware using sudo pacman -S linux-firmware.
2. Reboot the system.
3. Observe flickering at the bottom of the screen.

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Checklist of files to include below

• Hyprland config - hyprctl systeminfo -c (always include)
• Crash report (always include in case of crash)
• Video (always include in case of a visual bug)
• Logs (might contain useful info such as errors)

Additional info & File uploads

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[ninetailedtori]

Attach hyprland, nvidia and monitor config please. Including env variables set.

[fajarikhsan22]

I don't think I have nvidia settings since I didn't install nvidia driver either, but when I try to run nvidia-settings and nvidia-smi it says:

ERROR: Unable to find display on any available system

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

here's the config files:

env.txt
monitorinfo.txt

[ninetailedtori]

Do you have the NVidia drivers for your system? Just to check :)

[fajarikhsan22]

Do you have the NVidia drivers for your system? Just to check :)

a few hours ago i have installed Nvidia legacy driver from AUR (because my graphics card is quite old) but when i try to run nvidia-smi command or something like that, the message above shows (NVIDA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the Nvidia driver, etc). even. before that i have uninstalled all drivers related to Nvidia hoping the flickering will disappear like when i first installed arch Linux and ran hyprland, but it still doesn't work 😢