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corey0

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Registered: 2018-12-20

Posts: 4

Potential Graphics Card Issue

I used to run Fedora with the proprietary NVIDIA drivers for my graphics card through RPM fusion.  While doing so, I had no problems.  Since switching to Arch I have been using the nvidia kernel driver.  The following output from lspci -k shows the information for graphics cards on my system.

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UHD Graphics 620
     Kernel driver in use: i915
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00:13.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Integrated Sensor Hub (rev 21)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Sunrise Point-LP Integrated Sensor Hub
    Kernel driver in use: intel_ish_ipc
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01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX150] (rev a1)
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GP108M [GeForce MX150]
     Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Lately, my computer screen has been showing random patches of pixels. I cannot provide a screenshot because any action causes them to disappear and my screen does not photograph well as it is a touch screen.  The closest image I can find of what it looks like is this one:
http://www.playtool.com/pages/artifacts … 0032fh.jpg
Except for the fact that when it happens, the underlying contents are usually totally invisible, not just distorted.
Should I attempt to upgrade to nvidia-beta or should I go the long and tedious route of switching to manually kernel signed proprietary drivers from NVIDIA?  Or am I incorrect in assuming that the problem is in my graphics drivers?

Mod Edit - Replaced oversized image with link.
CoC - Pasting pictures and code

Last edited by Slithery (2019-03-01 16:12:11)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,930

Re: Potential Graphics Card Issue

Should I attempt to upgrade to nvidia-beta or should I go the long and tedious route of switching to manually kernel signed proprietary drivers from NVIDIA?  Or am I incorrect in assuming that the problem is in my graphics drivers?

nvidia 418.43
nvidia-beta 418.43
nvidia from nvidia.com 418.43 all the same version the first packaged in the official repositories,  the second a PKGBUILD in AUR the last a binary wrapped in a shell script.
What is the connection to module signing?  The arch linux module signing key is randomly generated for each build.  It is not used to sign external modules and such signing is not requires by the kernel.
Please do not oversized images.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,104

Re: Potential Graphics Card Issue

Are you sure you're running nvidia and not intel ?

post xorg log and output of

glxinfo -B              #comes with mesa-demos

What guide / wiki page did you follow to setup the graphics part ?

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