Can't connect external display

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Hi, everyone, i in trouble in connect external display . i install manjaro with i3wm on my rog strix 6 plus. Then, im trying to connect my external display by HDMI, it doesn’t on xrandr providers list. Infomation blew, hope someone can help me, thanks.

xrandr --listproviders

Providers: number : 1
Provider 0: id: 0x45 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 4 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting

mhwd

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ sudo mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2021.11.04               false            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!

inxi -Fzap

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ inxi -Fzap
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.12-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=dcd609fb-389c-44d2-aafc-765454f603ed rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=38f4816b-d391-4eb9-a05a-46d791ae7f05
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.22 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Strix G733ZM_G733ZM v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G733ZM v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: G733ZM.322 date: 01/03/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 82.8 Wh (97.1%) condition: 85.3/90.0 Wh (94.8%)
    volts: 16.0 min: 15.9 model: AS3GWAF3KC GA50358 type: Unknown
    serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x424
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 14 mt: 6 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 20 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB
    L2: 11.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2115 high: 2900 min/max: 400/4900:5000:3800 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 985 2: 636 3: 1116
    4: 2900 5: 775 6: 2900 7: 848 8: 2900 9: 1145 10: 960 11: 1052 12: 2900
    13: 2900 14: 2900 15: 2900 16: 2900 17: 2900 18: 2900 19: 2900 20: 2900
    bogomips: 116780
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  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_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a6
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: N/A alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia non-free: 525.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-02) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 compositor: Picom v: git-b700a
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00")
    s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0a69 built: 2021 res: 2560x1440
    hz: 240 dpi: 171 gamma: 1.2 size: 381x214mm (15x8.43") diag: 437mm (17.2")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 2560x1440
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.12-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 2d:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp45s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:3
    chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 11.36 GiB (1.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: MZVL21T0HCLR-00BTW size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: GXA7401Q temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 902.18 GiB size: 886.94 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 11.36 GiB (1.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 51.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1700
Info:
  Processes: 311 Uptime: 31m wakeups: 2 Memory: 46.72 GiB
  used: 2.29 GiB (4.9%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 1053 libs: 304 tools: pamac,yay Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: urxvtd inxi: 3.3.25
[cafe@cafe-local

kernel

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ sudo mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 6.1.12-1-MANJARO (linux61)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux61

mkinitcpio.conf

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf 
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run.  Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array.  For instance:
#     MODULES=(usbhid xhci_hcd)
MODULES="i915 nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm"

ibt

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ cat /etc/default/grub 
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor resume=UUID=38f4816b-d391-4eb9-a05a-46d791ae7f05 udev.log_priority=3 ibt=off"

optimus-manager

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ sudo systemctl status optimus-manager
● optimus-manager.service - Optimus Manager Commands Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/optimus-manager.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2023-03-06 16:38:05 EST; 37min ago
    Process: 662 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/python3 -u -m optimus_manager.hooks.pre_daemon_start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 713 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/python3 -u -m optimus_manager.hooks.pre_xorg_start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 784 (python3)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 57245)
     Memory: 14.7M
        CPU: 203ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/optimus-manager.service
             └─784 /usr/bin/python3 -u -m optimus_manager.daemon

Mar 06 16:38:04 cafe-local python3[713]: [22] INFO: Available modules: ['nouveau', 'nvidia', 'nvidia_drm', 'nvidia_modeset', 'nvidia_uvm']
Mar 06 16:38:04 cafe-local python3[713]: [22] INFO: Unloading modules ['nvidia_drm', 'nvidia_modeset', 'nvidia_uvm', 'nvidia'] (if loaded)
Mar 06 16:38:04 cafe-local python3[713]: [24] INFO: switching=none, nothing to do
Mar 06 16:38:05 cafe-local python3[713]: [885] INFO: Writing to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf
Mar 06 16:38:05 cafe-local python3[713]: [885] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'pending_post_xorg_start', 'switch_id': '20230306T163804', 're>
Mar 06 16:38:05 cafe-local python3[713]: [886] INFO: Xorg pre-start hook completed successfully.
Mar 06 16:38:05 cafe-local systemd[1]: Started Optimus Manager Commands Daemon.
Mar 06 16:38:05 cafe-local python3[784]: [0] INFO: # Commands daemon
Mar 06 16:38:05 cafe-local python3[784]: [0] INFO: Opening UNIX socket
Mar 06 16:38:05 cafe-local python3[784]: [1] INFO: Awaiting commands
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im new user for manjaro but enjoy it. external display is import for my work. except the trouble be resloved. Thanks.

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Hi @0hi0, and welcome!

The xrandr --listproviders doesn’t list the monitors. For that you have to use xranr --listmonitors:

$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 1
Provider 0: id: 0x1b7 cap: 0x1, Source Output crtcs: 4 outputs: 6 associated providers: 0 name:NVIDIA-0

$ xrandr --listmonitors
Monitors: 2
0: +*HDMI-0 2560/673x1080/284+0+0  HDMI-0
1: +DVI-D-0 2560/673x1080/284+2560+0  DVI-D-0

Edit:

Also, seeing

Just reminds me that except for the above, I’m afraid I won’t be able to help, since I know nothing about hybrid graphics. I only have 1 (one) CPU.

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Hi, i just list my montors. why only one monitor(labtop’s) in list. im sure im put the HDMI line in my interface

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ xrandr --listmonitors
Monitors: 1
 0: +*eDP-1 2560/381x1440/214+0+0  eDP-1
4

Try the following:

prime-run xrandr --listmonitors

…and provide the output please.

5

still appricicate your help :smiley:

1 Like
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here it is

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ prime-run xrandr --listmonitors
Monitors: 1
 0: +*eDP-1 2560/381x1440/214+0+0  eDP-1
[cafe@cafe-local ~]$
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OK, my knowledge has reached its limits. I don’t know further. All I can do is point you to some light reading:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME

8

do you have the ibt parameter added? in the inxi output its not shown and in the grub output it is, so post output from:
head /etc/default/grub
ls /etc/modprobe.d
pacman -Qs 'optimus|prim|bbswitch'
find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"

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i have add the ibt in the grub file. the output is blew here:
grub

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ head /etc/default/grub 
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor resume=UUID=38f4816b-d391-4eb9-a05a-46d791ae7f05 udev.log_priority=3 ibt=off"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
# line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

modprobe

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ ls /etc/modprobe.d/
mhwd-gpu.conf

pacman

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ pacman -Qs 'optimus|prim|bbswitch'
local/libplacebo 5.229.1-2
    Reusable library for GPU-accelerated video/image rendering primitives
local/nvidia-prime 1.0-4
    NVIDIA Prime Render Offload configuration and utilities
local/optimus-manager 1.4+r12-2
    Management utility to handle GPU switching for Optimus laptops (Git version)
local/python-cryptography 39.0.1-1
    A package designed to expose cryptographic recipes and primitives to Python developers
local/xorg-xrandr 1.5.2-1 (xorg-apps xorg)
    Primitive command line interface to RandR extension

find

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf
/etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf
10

I try to copy /usr/share/optimus-manager.con to /etc/optimus-manager/optimus-manager.conf and channge the start_mode like this:

startup_mode=nvidia

and I get another error about optimus-manager like this:

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ cat /var/log/optimus-manager/switch/switch-20230307T044828.log 
[5] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[6] INFO: Previous state was: {'type': 'pending_pre_xorg_start', 'requested_mode': 'nvidia', 'current_mode': None}
[6] INFO: Requested mode is: nvidia
[22] INFO: Available modules: ['nouveau', 'nvidia', 'nvidia_drm', 'nvidia_modeset', 'nvidia_uvm']
[22] INFO: Unloading modules ['nouveau'] (if loaded)
[25] INFO: switching=none, nothing to do
[885] INFO: Loading module nvidia
[1878] ERROR: Xorg pre-start setup error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 245, in _load_module
    subprocess.check_call(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 369, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'modprobe nvidia NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable=1' died with <Signals.SIGSEGV: 11>.

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/hooks/pre_xorg_start.py", line 51, in main
    setup_kernel_state(config, prev_state, requested_mode)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 22, in setup_kernel_state
    _nvidia_up(config, hybrid=(requested_mode == "hybrid"))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 95, in _nvidia_up
    _load_nvidia_modules(config, available_modules)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 164, in _load_nvidia_modules
    _load_module(available_modules, "nvidia", options=nvidia_options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 249, in _load_module
    raise KernelSetupError(f"Error running modprobe for {module}: {e.stderr}") from e
optimus_manager.kernel.KernelSetupError: Error running modprobe for nvidia: None
[1879] INFO: Removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf (if present)
[1879] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'pre_xorg_start_failed', 'switch_id': '20230307T044828', 'requested_mode': 'nvidia'}

i have no idea about next to do

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here it is

grub

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ head /etc/default/grub 
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor resume=UUID=38f4816b-d391-4eb9-a05a-46d791ae7f05 udev.log_priority=3 ibt=off"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
# line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

modprobe

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ ls /etc/modprobe.d/
mhwd-gpu.conf

pacman

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ pacman -Qs 'optimus|prim|bbswitch'
local/libplacebo 5.229.1-2
    Reusable library for GPU-accelerated video/image rendering primitives
local/nvidia-prime 1.0-4
    NVIDIA Prime Render Offload configuration and utilities
local/optimus-manager 1.4+r12-2
    Management utility to handle GPU switching for Optimus laptops (Git version)
local/python-cryptography 39.0.1-1
    A package designed to expose cryptographic recipes and primitives to Python developers
local/xorg-xrandr 1.5.2-1 (xorg-apps xorg)
    Primitive command line interface to RandR extension

find

[cafe@cafe-local ~]$ find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf
/etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf
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did you rerun sudo update-grub after you added the ibt parameter?
remove optimus:
sudo pacman -Rs optimus-manager
now check again with:

find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"

there should be no longer any optimus config, if its there, remove it;
now install optimus again:

sudo pacman -S optimus-manager optimus-manager-qt

reboot and try again

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Its my fault, I forgot to run sudo update-grub, now my external montior can work for second workspace. But I have a new issue with: When process exit, the monitor view will stay in the monitor screen(actually the process already has exit), When I try mod+entry open a terminal, the view will change to Termintor, try to exit, the Terminal view will stay again.Like this:

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what shoud I do can fix it ? Thanks

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well i have no idea, create a new test user from system settings, reboot, log in with the test user, and see if it has the same issue

15

Ok I will try later, Thank you very much

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