Fedora 33 with latest kernel & nvidia versions flickering badly

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Hi,

After a fresh installation of fedora 33 (previously had 32 fully working) and getting Nvidia driver, I get a lot of screen artifacts and flickering.

Here are some details:

[andreit@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 5.10.6-200.fc33.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 11 20:05:21 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[andreit@localhost ~]$ lspci |grep -E "VGA|3D"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU106BM [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] (rev a1)

[andreit@localhost ~]$ nvidia-installer -v |grep version
nvidia-installer:  version 460.32.03

Here’s the report:
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (893.5 KB)

I tried to install the driver in two ways:

  1. Fedora 36/35/34 NVIDIA [515.65.01 / 510.85.02 / 470.141.03 / 390.154 / 340.108] Drivers Install Guide – If Not True Then False → followed it in fedora 31/32, and it worked every time
  2. Howto/NVIDIA - RPM Fusion → produces same result

Another thing I tried is to completely remove any Nvidia driver and run with intel only. That worked fine, except I can’t change the brightness of the screen (100% permanently).

I’m running in dual boot with windows 10 (no issues, latest nvidia driver).

Is there any solution to this?

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Do you also get the flickering in older driver versions (e.g., 455.55.01)?

Because I do also experience flickering (see Flickering with 1080 Ti and 460.32.03 driver), though for me it’s strictly just with the latest driver (460.32.03).

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The last driver installed and fully working on fedora 32 was 450.57. After upgrading to fedora 33 and installing 460.32.03, I got the flickering, so uninstalled 460 and tried to install 450, but it failed with the latest kernel, so I had no choice but to reinstall 460.

4

Managed to install version 450.102.04 and the flickering is gone. I’m gonna stick with this version for now.

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You’re not alone -

Fedora 33 - 2080 Super Max Q - 460.32.03