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555.58 Driver + Plasma 6.1.1 = Janky

Just updated my workstation this morning and the Desktop is now stuttering and glitchy.

550.xx + Plasma 6.1 = was working perfect.

Edit: Why am I being downvoted? It’s a known problem.

nvidia.NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=0

I think the above helped. At first glance the desktop seems to be responding better-ish?

Other reports: https://discuss.kde.org/t/wayland-plasma-6-1-nvidia-555-intermittent-application-stuttering/17629

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/major-kde-plasma-desktop-frameskip-lag-issues-on-driver-555/293606/6

https://www.reddit.com/r/arch/comments/1drq23o/kde_plasma_61_nvidia_555_intermittent_application/

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/kde-stuttering-after-updating-to-6-1-on-g14-2023/123628/4

Well it didn’t “brick” your system. You probably simply got a black screen because the method of installing the latest driver failed. Mint is the wrong distro for gaming on NVIDIA for now.

I highly recommend Nobara for fedora based or CachyOS for Arch based ( gnome or KDE Plasma). They take special care on things like GFX drivers and auto setup things that might be missed. Also both of those DE’s leverage the latest NVIDIA drivers taking advantage of the latest fixes.

555.58 is the most recent NVIDIA driver.

Again, an awkward time.

You entered the Linux Desktop scene at an awkward time, using an NVIDIA card.

Linux Mint’s packages are old. I would never recommend anyone to use Mint with an NVIDIA card. Not recently at least.

We just hit a compatibility point ( this week ) with the NVIDIA drivers and popular DE’s like KDE Plasma and GNOME which provides an excellent Wayland experience. Distro’s like CachyOS and Nobara Linux are probably one of the only ones taking advantage of this so far. Besides those of us who roll their own.

I have to admit, a proprietary web browser hardly seems like a reason to stress out. If the browser is a deal breaker, is it specific to Mint and whatever version of the driver you had installed?

I have the same setup +1

It does actually.

What are the advantages over Prusa?

Ease of use or features? Both?

This is a dev kit. This is not for normal people to use. RISC-V is not there yet, but this is a good first step.

One year is nothing.

Learn as much as you can from the people around you at your current position.

Find a new technology or existing one you want to improve/learn and create a project out of it that you can do at home.

Look for ways to improve your productivity.

Become a SME.

One day you will own a project, helping the new guy and be the person people come to if they have questions.

Put in the time. You’ll find your way.