Fixing Xfce4 compositor issue with Nvidia Graphics Card

Hey everyone! In this post I’m gonna explain you about an issue I have with the latest version of Nvidia driver (at the time of writing) 580.126.18 and Xfce4 compositor. The solution is very simple command, but if you want to understand a little bit more about desktop environments and some concepts behind, I will give a broader explanation of the bug and why the fix worked. tl;dr In order to fix my issue with the compositor, which is something that is recommended on multiple forums is to set the vblank_mode to xpresent and restart in my case lightdm. ...

March 3, 2026 · 3 min · donkeysharp

Installing Nvidia Drivers for RTX 50 series on Debian 13 Trixie

Hey everyone! In this post I’m gonna walk you through the process of installing Official Linux Nvidia Drivers for the RTX 50 series graphic cards on Debian 13 (Trixie). Some issues I found and other scenarios to consider such as OS upgrades. Something I love when using GNU/Linux is that there are multiple ways to solve a problem. And sometimes it will depend on the hardware you are using, architecture, desktop environment, etc, etc. ...

February 27, 2026 · 6 min · donkeysharp