Created attachment 162265 [details] Video of flicker episode SUMMARY *** NOTE: If you are reporting a crash, please try to attach a backtrace with debug symbols. See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install Archlinux/NVIDIA Proprietary Driver/KDE Plasma/SDDM/Wayland per Archlinx Wiki 2. Select Plasma (Wayland) on SDDM Greeter, Enter Credentials, Select Login 3. Open Konsole terminal instance, Open Firefox browser instance OBSERVED RESULT Occasional flickering panel/window disappearance, primarily of the browser panel, but sometimes of the task-bar panel, during which the desktop image behind the browser panel may be seen for periods ranging from a fraction of a second to 15 seconds. Other artifacts, such as stuttering during scrolling of text windows and slowed response of the mouse along with a paintbrush effect (see attached video) are also present. Occasionally, the trim of the browser panel (menu-bar, url-bar, & side panels) flicker/disappear while the central browser window is unaffected. None of these artifacts have been observed to affect the Konsole terminal panel so far. The video attached is far from representative. It is difficult to record because none of the problems have ever been observed when screen recording was occurring (using OBS Studio). The problems only occur when the screen recorder is not running. As a result, I am only able to record evidence of the problem with my phone, which is less than ideal. Since the occurrences are frequent but relatively brief, it has been difficult to get a good video of the problems. EXPECTED RESULT No visual artifacts. Smooth mouse response and text scrolling. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: Archlinux (updated today) (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0 Qt Version: 5.15.11 Kernel-Version: 6.5.7-hardened1-1-hardened (64-bit) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060/PCIe/SSE2 (ASUS) GPU Driver: NVIDIA Proprietary Driver (dkms) 535.113.01-2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
drm_info output: http://0x0.st/H4OY.txt
Output of qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation http://0x0.st/H4W1.txt
The flickering occurs less often and for generally shorter durations under the lts kernel than under the current kernel.
http://0x0.st/H4GM.txt Under the lts kernel, simpledrm is deactivated as it should be.
Apparently, the browser (Firefox) issue is resolved by setting the environment variable MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1. (In Archlinux, you can set variables per wayland session in ~/.config/environment.d/envvars.conf, as described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Environment_variables#Per_Wayland_session.) I am trying that now and will mark this as solved if the flickering of the browser panel is not observed during the next couple of hours.
The Firefox browser panel flickering/disappearance problem was resolved by setting the environment variable MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1. Additional info for Archlinux users is available at these two wiki pages: Firefox | Wayland : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Wayland Environment Variables | Per Wayland Session : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Environment_variables#Per_Wayland_session