Ubuntu seems to have shipped another bad set of Kernel + Nvidia Binary drives yet again.
My Xubuntu 24.04 system pulled down kernel 6.8.0-117. I applied, and right away back came the annoying flashing when I click about my Xfce panel of icons. Switching Compositor on that 6.8.0-117 kernel is a work-around. I chose to revert back to kernel 6.8.0-111 and keep Compositor enabled. This struggle is simply maddening! Here is just the packages which got installed as part of the update, skipping when it gets to configuring them. Documenting what sort of Kernel + Nvidia updates came from Ubuntu this week: 2026-05-17 21:33:04 install linux-modules-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:04 status half-installed linux-modules-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:06 status unpacked linux-modules-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:06 install linux-image-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:06 status half-installed linux-image-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:06 status unpacked linux-image-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:06 install linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:06 status half-installed linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status unpacked linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:13 upgrade linux-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status half-configured linux-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status unpacked linux-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status half-installed linux-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status unpacked linux-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:13 upgrade linux-image-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status half-configured linux-image-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status unpacked linux-image-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status half-installed linux-image-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status unpacked linux-image-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:13 install linux-headers-6.8.0-117:all <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:13 status half-installed linux-headers-6.8.0-117:all 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:30 status unpacked linux-headers-6.8.0-117:all 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:30 install linux-headers-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:30 status half-installed linux-headers-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status unpacked linux-headers-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:32 upgrade linux-headers-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status half-configured linux-headers-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status unpacked linux-headers-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status half-installed linux-headers-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status unpacked linux-headers-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:32 upgrade linux-libc-dev:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status half-configured linux-libc-dev:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status unpacked linux-libc-dev:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:32 status half-installed linux-libc-dev:amd64 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:34 status unpacked linux-libc-dev:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:34 install linux-signatures-nvidia-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:34 status half-installed linux-signatures-nvidia-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:34 status unpacked linux-signatures-nvidia-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:34 install linux-objects-nvidia-580-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:34 status half-installed linux-objects-nvidia-580-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:36 status unpacked linux-objects-nvidia-580-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:36 install linux-modules-nvidia-580-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:36 status half-installed linux-modules-nvidia-580-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:36 status unpacked linux-modules-nvidia-580-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:36 upgrade linux-modules-nvidia-580-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111+1 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:36 status half-configured linux-modules-nvidia-580-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111+1 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status unpacked linux-modules-nvidia-580-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111+1 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status half-installed linux-modules-nvidia-580-generic:amd64 6.8.0-111.111+1 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status unpacked linux-modules-nvidia-580-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 upgrade linux-tools-common:all 6.8.0-111.111 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status half-configured linux-tools-common:all 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status unpacked linux-tools-common:all 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status half-installed linux-tools-common:all 6.8.0-111.111 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status unpacked linux-tools-common:all 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 install linux-tools-6.8.0-117:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status half-installed linux-tools-6.8.0-117:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status unpacked linux-tools-6.8.0-117:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 install linux-tools-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 <none> 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status half-installed linux-tools-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 2026-05-17 21:33:37 status unpacked linux-tools-6.8.0-117-generic:amd64 6.8.0-117.117 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2138998 Title: Nvidia drivers updated this week 20260124 cause annoying flashing of screen when used with Compositor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-580/+bug/2138998/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
