Bug 499902

Summary: [NVIDIA] Overview effect for open applications and desktops glitch when move mouse cursor
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: zxvb12z
Component: effects-overviewAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: john.kizer, kdedev, nate, varun.basavaraj.patil
Priority: NOR Flags: kdedev: NVIDIA+
Version First Reported In: 6.3.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/kde-plasma-6-overview-effect-for-open-applications-and-desktops-glitch-when-move-mouse-cursor/342694
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: video
drm_info
qdbus6
dmesg
journalctl2

Description zxvb12z 2025-02-12 17:43:18 UTC
Created attachment 178203 [details]
video

SUMMARY
Overview effect for open applications(present windows - current desktop) and desktops(win+g buttons) glitch when move mouse cursor. This problem disappears when trying to record screen (which is weird), had to record video on the phone.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. start "Overview" effect
2. move your mouse cursor
3. ......

OBSERVED RESULT
Overview effect glitch

EXPECTED RESULT
Overview effect work without glitches.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: Manjaro 25.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3, wayland
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Nvidia video driver: 570.86.16 witch close kernel module

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
To make the video fit by weight, had to use AV1. Make sure you can play it.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-02-18 16:25:03 UTC
Possibly an NVIDIA driver glitch. I can't reproduce this with an AMD 780M iGPU.
Comment 2 zxvb12z 2025-02-18 18:00:08 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Possibly an NVIDIA driver glitch. I can't reproduce this with an AMD 780M
> iGPU.

Is there a way to test this?
Comment 3 TraceyC 2025-02-18 22:52:34 UTC
I tested on Plasma 6.3.0 on a system with an nvidia GPU and was also unable to reproduce
Comment 4 TraceyC 2025-02-18 22:54:24 UTC
On my nvidia system, I'm using the 565.77.556 proprietary driver (the reporter is using 570.86.16)
Comment 5 zxvb12z 2025-02-18 23:03:59 UTC
I seem to be lucky enough to find bugs that don’t concern others
Comment 6 zxvb12z 2025-02-18 23:24:56 UTC
It seems very strange to me that this stops happening when turn on the screen recording (obs, Spectacle)
Comment 7 John Kizer 2025-02-28 06:51:01 UTC
For what it's worth, I can reproduce the flickering after a lot of mouse movement with the NVIDIA 570.86.16 driver, but screen recording doesn't fix it.

Is it safe to say this is an issue with that NVIDIA version?
Comment 8 zxvb12z 2025-02-28 15:22:00 UTC
(In reply to John Kizer from comment #7)
> For what it's worth, I can reproduce the flickering after a lot of mouse
> movement with the NVIDIA 570.86.16 driver, but screen recording doesn't fix
> it.
> 
> Is it safe to say this is an issue with that NVIDIA version?

I don’t know, it’s still happening with 570.124.04 and I can’t install older versions of the driver as they won’t work with my kernel
Comment 9 zxvb12z 2025-06-03 10:23:48 UTC
This problem is still relevant. Is there a more specific way to determine where the problem occurs ?
I can try report it as an nvidia bug , but for that i need to accurately determine that it’s an nvidia bug, not a QT bug, like it was with Krunner and qt 6.8.

Linux: Manjaro 25.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.91, wayland
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14
Qt Version: 6.9
Nvidia video driver: 575.57.08 witch close kernel module
Comment 10 John Kizer 2025-06-03 19:36:24 UTC
Perhaps the more detailed debugging information might help - can you please attach the output of:

drm_info (you'll probably need to install it from your package manager)
qdbus-qt6 org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation (if qdbus-qt6 is not found on your system, try qdbus6)

Also please add

QT_LOGGING_RULES="kwin_*.debug=true"
to your /etc/environment file, reboot, reproduce the problem again, and then immediately upload the
output of:
journalctl --user-unit plasma-kwin_wayland --boot 0
sudo dmesg

Thanks!
Comment 11 zxvb12z 2025-06-04 10:45:08 UTC
Created attachment 182021 [details]
drm_info
Comment 12 zxvb12z 2025-06-04 10:45:33 UTC
Created attachment 182022 [details]
qdbus6
Comment 13 zxvb12z 2025-06-04 11:01:26 UTC
Created attachment 182023 [details]
dmesg
Comment 14 zxvb12z 2025-06-04 11:03:09 UTC
Created attachment 182024 [details]
journalctl2
Comment 15 zxvb12z 2025-06-18 16:59:00 UTC
This problem is still relevant.
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.2-2-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 575.64 witch close module
Comment 16 zxvb12z 2025-06-22 18:34:24 UTC
A similar problem was described in 2024, is there any chance of progress ? 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495791

We haven’t figured out what the source of the problem is, nvidia , QT, Plasma.
Comment 17 TraceyC 2025-06-23 20:39:49 UTC
*** Bug 495791 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 18 TraceyC 2025-06-23 20:42:43 UTC
Thanks for highlighting that other report. Based on the screen recordings, they do look to be the same bug.

We have narrowed down that the bug was not able to be reproduce on an AMD GPU, but can be with NVIDIA. It may be related to a specific NVIDIA driver version/ versions
Comment 19 zxvb12z 2025-06-23 21:27:17 UTC
(In reply to TraceyC from comment #18)
> Thanks for highlighting that other report. Based on the screen recordings,
> they do look to be the same bug.
> 
> We have narrowed down that the bug was not able to be reproduce on an AMD
> GPU, but can be with NVIDIA. It may be related to a specific NVIDIA driver
> version/ versions

I know that this issue is not reproduced on AMD video cards. Just trying to figure out where the problem is. Not so long ago there was a case when Krunner crashed on second open, many also blamed the Nvidia driver , as it turned out later the problem was in QT.  I’m ready to open the discussion of the problem on the nvidia forum , just wanted to get confirmation that the problem is only in nvidia and nobody else.
Since the first bug description, the video driver has been updated several times, so It does not appear that the problem will be fixed in the next update.

Don’t want to sound annoying, I understand you have a lot of things to do.
Comment 20 Thomas Lübking 2025-06-25 06:27:46 UTC
Isolated textures disappearing doesn't strike me as bug in the graphics driver.

My gut feeling is that this is z-order related and that the windows don't "disappear" but drop behind the background (also because the mouse moving and therefore focus shifting seems necessary to trigger/toggle this)
If the z-order isn't actively controlled but kwin/QSG relies on implicit behavior of the driver, this could explain different ambiguity resolution.
Comment 21 zxvb12z 2025-08-20 16:22:35 UTC
Linux: Manjaro 25.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4, wayland
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Nvidia 3060 12 Gb VRAM
Nvidia video driver: 580.76.05 witch close kernel module

problem still reproduce.

i create topic on nvidia forum, let’s see where this will lead 

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/kde-plasma-6-overview-effect-for-open-applications-and-desktops-glitch-when-move-mouse-cursor/342693