Hello,
I recently installed Manjaro 5.9 on my PC as a dual boot with Windows, and I am having some issues setting it up.
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First, I have 2 monitors, a VGA one (which should be my primary), and an HDMI one (secondary). On Windows, both works just fine. However, on Manjaro, only the HDMI one is displaying (the other one detects a signal, but is just showing a black screen).
In the screen menu, the VGA screen does not seem to be detected at all.
Also, in the boot menu, I noticed that only the HDMI screen is used, which was always the case. By setting the VGA option to choose Intel rather than NVidia in the BIOS settings, it displays on both screens, but Manjaro keeps displaying to the HDMI screen only.
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Secondly, when updating the applications and packages (that found conflict issues with nvidia utils particularly), it reboots to a black screen (on both screens).
ctrl+alt+deletereboots the PC, andctrl+alt+f2displays a terminal that i can use normally.When I tried to run
startx, a message appeared stating that the connection to the X server was refused. I did not catch the exact error message, since I re-installed Manjaro completely to go back to a “stable” state (where at least one monitor can display properly). -
Also, when I tried to boot with open source drivers, the HDMI screen went black with colorful squares displaying randomly on the screen (I don’t know if that could give any information).
I also tried this solution, but
sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidiaand reboot rendered a black screen with colorful pixels (the same as an installation attempt with open source drivers), and from there, I was not able to enterctrl+alt+f2again…
Finally, here are some system information (from the “stable” state) :
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inxi -FZa:
System:
Host: clemetayer-hp Kernel: 5.9.16-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9-x86_64
root=UUID=fba5a919-85a0-4511-a800-8b6240a4ee20 ro quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.3 tk: Gtk 3.24.23 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 TWR
v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 6
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 18E4 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: L01 v02.75 date: 05/04/2018
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28
L2 cache: 8 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 54296
Speed: 2490 MHz min/max: 800/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2490 2: 1749
3: 2127 4: 1741 5: 963 6: 1433 7: 1746 8: 2130
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:0412
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:1f82
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: nvidia display ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 305 s-size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.5")
s-diag: 184mm (7.2")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.5")
diag: 184mm (7.2")
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.45.01
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0
chip ID: 8086:0c0c
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
chip ID: 8086:8c20
Device-3: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10fa
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.16-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: f080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:153a
IF: eno1 state: down mac: 2c:44:fd:32:de:f4
Device-2: NetGear A6150 type: USB driver: usb-network bus ID: 2-5:3
chip ID: 0846:9055 serial: 5UW10B7RA2273
IF-ID-1: enp0s20u4 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
mac: a6:23:8c:f8:fc:b6
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.15 TiB used: 8.03 GiB (0.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: MTFDDAK256MAM-1K12
size: 238.47 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: 1345095847B6 rev: 08TH
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1CH162
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: Z1D9B7CY rev: CC49
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB model: General size: 7.5 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: UDisk rev: 5.00
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 128 GiB size: 124.99 GiB (97.65%) used: 8.01 GiB (6.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 1000 MiB size: 996 MiB (99.60%)
used: 25.7 MiB (2.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 27 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Info:
Processes: 223 Uptime: 41m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.53 GiB
used: 2.06 GiB (13.2%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages:
pacman: 1151 lib: 393 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.0
running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.2.01
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mhwd -l:
> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1f82) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-nvidia 2020.11.30 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0380:8086:0412) Display controller Intel Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
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mhwd -li:
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-nvidia 2020.11.30 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
> Skipping already installed config 'video-nvidia' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1f82) Display controller nVidia Corporation TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650]
I hope that provides good enough information 
. I suspect this is an issue with NVidia drivers, but I can’t really figure out how to fix it. I browsed some very similar issues, so, sorry if it is a duplicate topic…
Also, sorry if this is a basic question, it is my first time posting on this forum, and I am not really an expert on Manjaro.
Thank you in advance for any advice to solve this issue !
