Public bug reported: I've found that nvidia-settings is not supported in Ubuntu 25.04, at least the settings are not saved. Resolution and refresh rate are managed in Settings\Display but I find playing games creates remarkable eye-strain which leads to blurred vision and I fear other vision problems longer term.
I've found multiple accounts of people running into this and returning to Windows. I don't see an alternative given the seriousness of my vision problems. I've uninstalled my games and have a dual boot setup to support gaming, but the ENTIRE reasoning for this is protecting my eyes from Ubuntu's video implementation. Here is one account of someone dealing with this problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/180fav0/linux_is_killing_my_eyes_to_the_point_im_back_on/ Trying to keep up with Nvidia is quite the task, but given Nvidia's place in the GPU market, it has to be done. Here are settings in nvidia-settings that are not supported in Settings\Display I've tried fiddling with to reduce eye strain: XScreen0\OpenGL Settings\Image Settings --> High Quality XScreen0\Antialias Settings\ --> Enable FXAA XScreen0\Antialias Settings\Anisotropic Filtering --> Override Application Settings\16x GPU0(Nvidia RTX4090)\DP-4(Samsung LS49AG95)\Controls\Color Space --> YCbCr444 [does not change from RGB] Root Cause: beats me. There are so many options and esoteric features involved with GPUs and video performance, I don't have the background to try to uncover what medically is going on, but it's clearly bad. This is a real problem, and the consequences for Linux users are real. Driving home last night I found all street lights had a complex, somewhat pixelated haze around them. Possible Approaches: - Reach out to Nvidia. They have the resources to dig into the medical affects of poor video configurations. Perhaps they would fund an initiative to support this work. - Review the research: ----here is research----- Digital Eye Strain: A Comprehensive Review https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40123-022-00540-9 Management of Digital Eye Strain https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cxo.12798 Eye-related pain induced by visually demanding computer work https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/fulltext/2012/04000/eye_related_pain_induced_by_visually_demanding.13.aspx Image Modification to Reduce Eye Strain https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-88919-7_17 ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2119415 Title: Video configuration problems: results are destroying my eyes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2119415/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
