Android Studio and Files (file manager) flicker

[David Aleksanyan]

Since the last kernel update to version .28, I've been experiencing extreme flickering in Android Studio and other apps. This prompted me to update most of my software, including Nvidia drivers, which didn't resolve the issue.

Downgrading to the previous kernel version .26 during startup eliminates the issue.

Additionally, there is a lag in the Terminal, which I'm not sure is related, but it also doesn't occur on the previous kernel.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-28.29~22.04.1-generic 6.5.13
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.gpu0: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.mig: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.0c.00.0: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 535.171.04 Tue Mar 19 20:30:00 UTC 2024
 GCC version: gcc version 12.3.0 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04)
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat May 11 22:37:52 2024
DistUpgraded: 2022-08-17 23:28:25,893 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: '/usr/lib/ubuntu-advantage/upgrade_lts_contract.py'
DistroCodename: jammy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox/6.1.50, 5.15.0-106-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox/6.1.50, 6.5.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox/6.1.50, 6.5.0-28-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] [10de:2484] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] [1043:87c1]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-30 (1228 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
MachineType: ASUS System Product Name
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-28-generic root=UUID=7dbfeb24-66bc-4e2a-afb7-f7540262d282 ro iommu=pt amd_iommu=on vfio-pci.ids=1b73:1100 kvm.ignore_msrs=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-08-17 (633 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/19/2023
dmi.bios.release: 5.17
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4501
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4501:bd04/19/2023:br5.17:svnASUS:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnROGCROSSHAIRVIIIDARKHERO:rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.sku: SKU
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.113-2~ubuntu0.22.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.10
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

The lag issue is bug 2059847. So we should track the flicker issue here as either a kernel bug or Nvidia driver bug.

[David Aleksanyan (daviduliks555)]

I've been experimenting with various drivers and seems like I found a workaround by downgrading Nvidia driver to
{NVIDIA-Server-Driver-metapackage-from-nvidia-driver470-server-(proprietary)}
from the driver535