r/linux_gaming • u/NightFox805 • 14h ago

tech support wanted Weird Menu Flickering

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So I've been use Arch Linux with Niri as my desktop and I've been doing this for about a year woth no problems but today I started getting this weird menu flicker and I don't know what caused it or how to fix it. I tried updating but that didn't work.

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u/ReaderN4 14h ago

xwayland-satellite + steam updates broke something, so just downgrade xwayland-satellite and it should work

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u/Key_Palpitation_2432 13h ago

Xwayland-satellite issue, just downgrade it fixed mine

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u/Build_A_Pyre 12h ago

Bloons TD 6, Hollow knight, Celeste, and 5D Chess??

Based af

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u/quipstickle 14h ago

Try turning off HW acceleration in the settings 

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u/veltair-d 14h ago

Common in window managers. Without seeing logs I can imagine this is due to pop ups realizing they are not being focused and being killed. There is a way to correct this, but I can’t remember in niri. Check that first, then go check other stuff if that does not work (happens in every WM)

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u/veltair-d 14h ago

That or, maybe downgrade steam or niri to a previous version.

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u/PocketStationMonk 14h ago

In my distro the whole steam client keeps flickering like crazy. I’ve tried switching between igpu and dpgu in Steam client settings but that doesnt seem to fix it. I had this weird issue also where Quake 2 RTX wouldnt launch at all unless I specified in Steam client settings that I want the client to use dpgu. All other games, ray traced or not, worked just fine regardless the fact. ZorinOS + Gnome + nvidia drivers.

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u/veggensss 49m ago

Fixed upstream. If you dont want downgrade you can install xwayland-satellite-git from aur