I’m using Manjaro Gnome.
When logging in after booting, the screen is black for a bit due to the refresh rate changing. I have a 144Hz monitor, is it possible to set the login screen’s refresh rate to 144Hz too?
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System:
System:
Kernel: 6.4.12-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.4-x86_64
root=UUID=1ac18acb-6fff-4a6f-8875-0b33d3732886 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 44.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 44.1
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F14 date: 01/04/2022
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 5.2 GiB (16.6%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB
desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3350 high: 3712 min/max: 2200/4650 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3591 2: 3583
3: 3712 4: 3586 5: 3473 6: 2878 7: 3593 8: 3582 9: 2875 10: 3592 11: 2874
12: 2868 bogomips: 88677
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic
extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt
pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor
svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl
v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET, no microcode
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 535.104.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-08) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 0b:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2216 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :1
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
diag: 685mm (26.97") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.104.05 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
3080/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.4.12-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.78 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-3.2:3
chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.91 TiB used: 1.52 TiB (25.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 48.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3SSD8
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR30A temp: 51.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD20EFRX-68EUZN0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A82 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: BUP Slim WH
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0
spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0304 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 915.53 GiB (98.32%)
used: 187.85 GiB (20.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
label: N/A uuid: 1ac18acb-6fff-4a6f-8875-0b33d3732886
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 292 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A
uuid: E0F3-BB2F
ID-3: /mnt/sdb1 raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.33 TiB (73.3%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: Data
uuid: 48B05BC5B05BB860
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 0802-F994
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 930.76 GiB fs: bitlocker
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 653 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: FAD00660D006238B
ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 465.76 GiB fs: bitlocker label: N/A
uuid: N/A
ID-6: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-7: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 1.82 TiB fs: bitlocker label: N/A
uuid: N/A
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-6:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6.1:5 info: NZXT USB Device type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1e71:2007 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-7:4 info: Integrated Express RGB LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5702 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-9:6 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-1:2 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 2109:3431 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 3-1.1:3 info: VIA Labs VL812 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 2109:2812
class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 4-1:2 info: VIA Labs VL812 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 2109:0812
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-1.3:3 info: Seagate RSS LLC Backup Plus Portable Drive
type: mass storage driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 144mA
chip-ID: 0bc2:ab24 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Hub-9: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-10: 5-3:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-3.2:3 info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Device-2: 5-3.4:4 info: Logitech G513 RGB MECHANICAL GAMING KEYBOARD
type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 046d:c33c class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-11: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-12: 6-3:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0612
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: 39.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 327 Uptime: 1h 16m wakeups: 11 Init: systemd v: 253
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1445 libs: 362 tools: gnome-software,pamac
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.29
As for the problem itself, I’m not sure I can provide more details. It’s just that the refresh rate is 60Hz while not logged in (after booting or logging out). There’s no issue if I just lock the PC.
As mentioned in your output, you’re missing at least the xorg-xdpyinfo optional dependency for inxi to display more information about your monitor:
sudo pacman -Syu --needed --asdeps xorg-xdpyinfo xorg-xdriinfo xorg-xprop xorg-xrandr
After doing so, you can just post the graphic information:
inxi -Gazy
Oh, sorry!
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 535.104.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-08) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 0b:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2216 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
compositor: gnome-shell v: 44.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia
display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00")
s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
diag: 685mm (26.97") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.104.05 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
3080/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Thanks. Please also post the output of the following which will also list capable display modes and refresh rates:
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2560 x 1440, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 connected primary 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 597mm x 336mm
2560x1440 59.95 + 143.86* 119.88 99.95
1920x1080 143.85 60.00 59.94 50.00
1680x1050 59.95
1440x900 59.89
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1280x960 60.00
1280x800 59.81
1280x720 60.00 59.94 50.00
1152x864 75.00
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
800x600 75.00 72.19 60.32 56.25
720x576 50.00
720x480 59.94
640x480 75.00 72.81 59.94 59.93
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Alright, so everything appears to be in order. I imagine you already have the refresh rate set in both NVIDIA Settings and GNOME Display Settings since you reported it’s working as you expect once logging in.
You could try copying your monitors.xml from your user to the GDM system directory:
sudo cp -f ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/
You’ll at least need to logout if not restart GDM for it to take effect, so might as well reboot to be sure.
Yeah, all my settings are set. The command didn’t help, unfortunately. It did copy the files, but the issue’s still there, even after a reboot.
<monitors version="2">
<configuration>
<logicalmonitor>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<scale>1</scale>
<primary>yes</primary>
<monitor>
<monitorspec>
<connector>DP-2</connector>
<vendor>ACR</vendor>
<product>XF270HU</product>
<serial>T78EE0048521</serial>
</monitorspec>
<mode>
<width>2560</width>
<height>1440</height>
<rate>143.856</rate>
</mode>
</monitor>
</logicalmonitor>
</configuration>
</monitors>
Permissions issue perhaps? I don’t use GNOME but afaik gdm doesn’t run as root. Try sudo chown gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml.
That didn’t change anything, unfortunately.
Well the (unofficial) solution of cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm3/.config/ definitely used to work because you can find it in many places including ArchWiki. So I don’t know why it’s not working for you.
This issue has been open for over 3 years now btw… GDM should use the same monitor refresh rate as I set in GNOME Settings (#569) · Issues · GNOME / gdm · GitLab