Graphic Glitch/flickering

[chenard612]

Hi everybody.

I have had a problem for some time that I am not able to fix.

My screen glitches a lot and I don't know where this problem comes from.

I have recorded the symptoms and posted them here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f5FolrZIaak

Originally I thought that my graphic card or hard drive were the problem. I changed them both but the glitches persist.

Here are the output of inxi -Fxmprz:

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Graphics:  
System:    Host: matador-B450M-DS3H Kernel: 4.15.0-162-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.10 
           Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450M DS3H v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M DS3H-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F40 date: 05/16/2019 
Memory:    RAM: total: 15.68 GiB used: 7.18 GiB (45.8%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Are you root? 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ rev: 2 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 81436 
           Speed: 1460 MHz min/max: 1550/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1427 2: 1465 3: 1546 4: 1547 5: 1465 6: 1547 7: 1547 
           8: 1547 9: 1436 10: 1437 11: 1441 12: 1547 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 460.91.03 bus ID: 06:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.91.03 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 06:00.1 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 08:00.3 
           Device-3: N/A type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 3-1:2 
           Device-4: Realtek type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus ID: 3-4:3 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-162-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI 
           port: e000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
           IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8812AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8821ae v: kernel port: d000 
           bus ID: 05:00.0 
           IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: br-2e3ff1ff6029 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 369.46 GiB (26.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.40 GiB used: 369.45 GiB (40.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511.0 MiB used: 4.4 MiB (0.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-3: /snap/authy/10 raw size: 104.0 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop8 
           ID-4: /snap/authy/9 raw size: 64.6 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop5 
           ID-5: /snap/bare/5 raw size: 4 KiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop2 
           ID-6: /snap/core18/2344 raw size: 55.5 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop7 
           ID-7: /snap/core18/2409 raw size: 55.5 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop9 
           ID-8: /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161 raw size: 164.8 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs 
           dev: /dev/loop0 
           ID-9: /snap/gtk-common-themes/1519 raw size: 65.2 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs 
           dev: /dev/loop1 
           ID-10: /snap/gtk-common-themes/1534 raw size: 81.3 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs 
           dev: /dev/loop6 
           ID-11: /snap/snapd/15904 raw size: 44.7 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs 
           dev: /dev/loop3 
           ID-12: /snap/snapd/16010 raw size: 47.0 MiB size: <root required> used: <root required> fs: squashfs 
           dev: /dev/loop4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 58 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chrome-remote-desktop.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deadsnakes-ppa-bionic.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
           2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/git-core-ppa-bionic.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
           2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-bionic.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/heroku.list 
           1: deb https://cli-assets.heroku.com/apt ./
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linrunner-tlp-bionic.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu bionic main
           2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu bionic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxgndu-sqlitebrowser-bionic.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser/ubuntu bionic main
           2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser/ubuntu bionic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/prod xenial main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list 
           1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x bionic main
           2: deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x bionic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/linuxmint-packages tessa main upstream import backport
           2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pj-assis-ppa-bionic.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pj-assis/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
           2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pj-assis/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 
           1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
           2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:      Processes: 436 Uptime: 1d 11h 03m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 
           inxi: 3.0.27 

Thank you very much!

[SMG]

My screen glitches a lot and I don't know where this problem comes from.

The first suggestion I would make is to upgrade to a newer kernel series. The 5.4 kernel is available in Update Manager and should be a better match for your computer's CPU. Have you tried the 5.4 kernel yet?

[antikythera]

Not just the kernel but also Mint itself could do with upgrading in this instance. There's been improvements to mutter and Cinnamon in Mint 20.3 that improve the stability of graphics output, especially with proprietary nvidia blobs.

That said, I see you are also using a PPA for GPU drivers which is really meant solely for testing and feedback, not general usage.

[trytip]

in your nvidia-settings unckeck allow flipping, (i haven't used nvidia since v340)

[chenard612]

Thanks to you guys I was able to finally sort this problem out. The Linux Mint version I had (19) was too old and upgrading to 20 did the trick. Thanks a lot!

[SMG]

Thanks to you guys I was able to finally sort this problem out. The Linux Mint version I had (19) was too old and upgrading to 20 did the trick. Thanks a lot!

Glad to hear that worked for you. Please go to your first post in this topic, click the pencil icon, and add [SOLVED] to the beginning of the title so others know you are no longer seeking help on this issue.