System Configuration
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
- Monitor: YMF-VA27-01 (1920x1080@144Hz)
- Motherboard: BIOSTAR B450MH
- Display Connection: HDMI
- NVIDIA Driver Version: 565.77
- Kernel Version: 6.12.10-arch1-1
Issue Description
Severe visual artifacts and screen tearing present in both display manager (GDM/SDDM) and desktop environment. Issues persist across X11 and Wayland sessions.
Symptoms
- Multiple duplicated UI elements in the top bar
- Screen tearing throughout the interface
- Visual artifacts making the system nearly unusable
- Issues present immediately after fresh Arch Linux installation
Current Display Detection
Number of GPUs: 1
GPU #0:
Name : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
UUID : GPU-ddf7c8aa-0eb2-cf47-a75c-3e3476db6802
PCI BusID : PCI:8:0:0
Number of Display Devices: 1
Display Device 0 (TV-4):
No EDID information available.
Available Display Outputs:
/sys/class/drm/
card0 card0-DP-2 card0-HDMI-A-1 version
card0-DP-1 card0-DP-3 renderD128
Configuration Attempts
NVIDIA Driver Configuration
Current NVIDIA module status:
nvidia-drm 135168 15
drm_ttm_helper 16384 2 nvidia_drm
nvidia_uvm 3837952 0
nvidia_modeset 1671168 6 nvidia_drm
video 81920 1 nvidia_modeset
nvidia 77496320 84 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
Xorg Configuration
Multiple configurations attempted:
- Basic NVIDIA configuration with KMS
- Forced composition pipeline
- Custom EDID implementation
- Display-specific configuration for HDMI output
Kernel Parameters
Current parameters:
nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1
nvidia-bug-report.log (1.2 MB)