NVIDIA / NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules

Enabled Freesync Premium cause monitor to continiously turn on/off on Wayland

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Description

NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Version

575.51.02

Please confirm this issue does not happen with the proprietary driver (of the same version). This issue tracker is only for bugs specific to the open kernel driver.
  • I confirm that this does not happen with the proprietary driver package.
Operating System and Version

Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)

Kernel Release

Linux fedora 6.14.6-300.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May 9 20:11:19 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Please confirm you are running a stable release kernel (e.g. not a -rc). We do not accept bug reports for unreleased kernels.
  • I am running on a stable kernel release.
Hardware: GPU

GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (UUID: GPU-0c71241b-6112-2e53-8d60-a2c6e634e234)

Describe the bug

If Freesync Premium is enabled in monitor settings, turning off monitor and then turning it on cause monitor to continuously turn on/turn off. It's not losing any signal.

Always happens when monitor is turn off because of power management and if you turn it off by hand.

To Reproduce

Preconditions

  • Wayland
  • Freesync Premium enabled on monitor

Reproduction steps

  • Turn off monitor
  • Turn on monitor
Bug Incidence

Always

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

More Info
  • Doesn't happen on X11
  • It can be stopped by switching to tty via ctrl + alt + f3, than back.

Expected that monitor is always turn on without any issues (like it did on X11)

Can't use X11 because on Fedora 42 it's borked.

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Research direction

Begin by reproducing the issue on Fedora 42 with Wayland, NVIDIA 575.51.02, and Freesync Premium enabled, then compare the behavior with X11. Inspect nvidia-bug-report.log.gz and the monitor power-management transition around wake-up; done means the monitor remains on reliably after power management or manual power-off.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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