Displayport scaling doesn't work, wheras hdmi works

Hello everybody

I have a small problem with my display. I have the AW3418dw connected via HDMI and also via DP. I have a dual boot with Windows and normally I use the displayport on Windows and the HDMI on Linux. The only reason is, that the scaling (from 3440x1440 to 1920x1080) only works when I connect my screen via HDMI and not via DP. Otherwise it’s just a crop and it’s missing some part of the desktop.

Maybe you know why the resolution of 1920x1080 is not a native resolution on the DP connection and it’s one with the HDMI one.

The whole thing works on Windows, so I don’t suspect it’s an issue of the screen.

My system:

  • Desktop: i3
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
  • Driver: 460.39
  • Kernel: 5.10.18-1
  • Screen: AW3418DW

Link to the screenshots:
https://i.postimg.cc/qMHhhcYs/Untitled2.png

:+1: Welcome to Manjaro! :+1:

  1. Please read this:
    How to provide good information
    and post some more information so we can see what’s really going on. Now we know the symptom of the disease, but we need some more probing to know where the origin lies…

  2. An inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width would be the minimum required information… (Personally Identifiable Information like serial numbers and MAC addresses will be filtered out by the above command)

:+1:

Yes you’re right. Thank you for guiding me into the right direction. I just didn’t know what I should provide :slight_smile:

inxi hdmi
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.18-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=681042d4-5575-4b5d-b9f7-83a89974e33b rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=a13ff184-34ab-4bcd-bd8f-6eb22649eeec 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: i3 4.19.1 info: i3bar dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-I GAMING v: Rev 1.xx 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3004 date: 12/16/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: 3.7/N/A 
  model: Logitech Heat Gaming Mouse G900 type: N/A serial: <filter> 
  status: Discharging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.35 GiB used: 1.86 GiB (5.9%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: N/A microcode: 8701013 
  L2 cache: 3 MiB bogomips: 86437 
  Speed: 2205 MHz min/max: 2200/4714 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2205 2: 2198 3: 3597 4: 2072 5: 2200 6: 2057 7: 3610 8: 2059 9: 2196 
  10: 2192 11: 2198 12: 1979 
  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 extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
  fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm 
  mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc 
  nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq 
  pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse 
  pse36 rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni 
  skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp 
  succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload 
  vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr 
  xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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 AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: nvidia v: 460.39 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 07:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:1f08 class ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: compton driver: 
  loaded: nvidia note: n/a (using device driver) unloaded: nvidia 
  display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 109 s-size: 802x342mm (31.6x13.5") 
  s-diag: 872mm (34.3") 
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 3440x1440 hz: 50 dpi: 109 
  size: 798x335mm (31.4x13.2") diag: 865mm (34.1") 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.39 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f9 
  class ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  class ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 5-3:2 chip ID: 046d:081b class ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: Logitech PRO X type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 
  bus ID: 5-4.4:6 chip ID: 046d:0aaa class ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.18-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel 
  port: d000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp4s0 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 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: rtw_8822be v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822be port: c000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:b822 class ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: br-4346ba239dea state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IF-ID-2: br-b8f5ab0368d0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus ID: 1-8:3 chip ID: 0b05:185c class ID: e001 serial: <filter> 
  Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data was found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 114.4 GiB (4.9%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung 
  model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
  logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> 
  rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 2TB 
  size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
  Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 61.5 GiB size: 60.41 GiB (98.23%) used: 45.98 GiB (76.1%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A 
  uuid: 681042d4-5575-4b5d-b9f7-83a89974e33b 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 292 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A 
  uuid: 7FB5-4376 
  ID-3: /home raw size: 195.31 GiB size: 191.25 GiB (97.92%) 
  used: 68.42 GiB (35.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A 
  uuid: 8355efa7-b32b-4b32-9cf9-37d15749a3b9 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A 
  uuid: a13ff184-34ab-4bcd-bd8f-6eb22649eeec 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 529 MiB fs: ntfs 
  label: Wiederherstellung uuid: 981803D21803ADF6 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A 
  uuid: FC04-525B 
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 401.13 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: E084057284054C8A 
  ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-6: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1.63 TiB fs: ntfs label: data 
  uuid: AC96645F96642BD0 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-6:2 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 0b05:1872 class ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-8:3 info: ASUSTek Bluetooth Radio type: Bluetooth driver: btusb 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 0b05:185c class ID: e001 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-3:2 info: Logitech Webcam C310 type: Video,Audio 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 046d:081b class ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-6: 5-4:3 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB2734 ports: 5 rev: 2.1 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0424:2734 class ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-4.1:4 info: foostan Corne Keyboard Rev.1 (Legacy Split) 
  type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 4653:0001 class ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 5-4.2:5 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID 
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 046d:c539 class ID: 0300 
  Device-3: 5-4.4:6 info: Logitech PRO X type: Audio,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 046d:0aaa class ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: 5-4.5:7 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub Controller type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 0424:274a class ID: 0300 
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-8: 6-4:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB5734 ports: 5 rev: 3.1 
  speed: 5 Gb/s chip ID: 0424:5734 class ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 287 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: 
  gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1169 lib: 294 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 
  running in: kitty inxi: 3.3.01 
inxi dp
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.18-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=681042d4-5575-4b5d-b9f7-83a89974e33b rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=a13ff184-34ab-4bcd-bd8f-6eb22649eeec 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: i3 4.19.1 info: i3bar dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-I GAMING v: Rev 1.xx 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3004 date: 12/16/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: 3.7/N/A 
  model: Logitech Heat Gaming Mouse G900 type: N/A serial: <filter> 
  status: Discharging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.35 GiB used: 2 GiB (6.4%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: N/A microcode: 8701013 
  L2 cache: 3 MiB bogomips: 86437 
  Speed: 3695 MHz min/max: 2200/4714 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 3695 2: 2057 3: 2820 4: 2002 5: 2056 6: 1866 7: 2798 8: 1863 9: 2749 
  10: 2163 11: 2151 12: 1997 
  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 extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
  fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm 
  mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc 
  nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq 
  pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse 
  pse36 rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni 
  skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp 
  succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload 
  vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr 
  xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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 AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: nvidia v: 460.39 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 07:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:1f08 class ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: compton driver: 
  loaded: nvidia note: n/a (using device driver) unloaded: nvidia 
  display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 109 s-size: 801x341mm (31.5x13.4") 
  s-diag: 871mm (34.3") 
  Monitor-1: DP-4 res: 3440x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 size: 798x335mm (31.4x13.2") 
  diag: 865mm (34.1") 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.39 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f9 
  class ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  class ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 5-3:2 chip ID: 046d:081b class ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: Logitech PRO X type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 
  bus ID: 5-4.4:6 chip ID: 046d:0aaa class ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.18-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel 
  port: d000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp4s0 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 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: rtw_8822be v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822be port: c000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:b822 class ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: br-4346ba239dea state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IF-ID-2: br-b8f5ab0368d0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus ID: 1-8:3 chip ID: 0b05:185c class ID: e001 serial: <filter> 
  Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data was found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 114.4 GiB (4.9%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung 
  model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
  logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> 
  rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 2TB 
  size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
  Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 61.5 GiB size: 60.41 GiB (98.23%) used: 45.98 GiB (76.1%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A 
  uuid: 681042d4-5575-4b5d-b9f7-83a89974e33b 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 292 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A 
  uuid: 7FB5-4376 
  ID-3: /home raw size: 195.31 GiB size: 191.25 GiB (97.92%) 
  used: 68.42 GiB (35.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A 
  uuid: 8355efa7-b32b-4b32-9cf9-37d15749a3b9 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A 
  uuid: a13ff184-34ab-4bcd-bd8f-6eb22649eeec 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 529 MiB fs: ntfs 
  label: Wiederherstellung uuid: 981803D21803ADF6 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A 
  uuid: FC04-525B 
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 401.13 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: E084057284054C8A 
  ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-6: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1.63 TiB fs: ntfs label: data 
  uuid: AC96645F96642BD0 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-6:2 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 0b05:1872 class ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-8:3 info: ASUSTek Bluetooth Radio type: Bluetooth driver: btusb 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 0b05:185c class ID: e001 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-3:2 info: Logitech Webcam C310 type: Video,Audio 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 046d:081b class ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-6: 5-4:3 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB2734 ports: 5 rev: 2.1 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0424:2734 class ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-4.1:4 info: foostan Corne Keyboard Rev.1 (Legacy Split) 
  type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 4653:0001 class ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 5-4.2:5 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID 
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 046d:c539 class ID: 0300 
  Device-3: 5-4.4:6 info: Logitech PRO X type: Audio,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 046d:0aaa class ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: 5-4.5:7 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub Controller type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 0424:274a class ID: 0300 
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900 
  Hub-8: 6-4:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB5734 ports: 5 rev: 3.1 
  speed: 5 Gb/s chip ID: 0424:5734 class ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 42 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 261 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: 
  gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1169 lib: 294 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 
  running in: kitty inxi: 3.3.01 
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3440 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)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected primary 3440x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 798mm x 335mm
   3440x1440     49.99*+
   1920x1080     59.94    50.00  
   1280x720      59.94    50.00  
   1024x768      60.00  
   800x600       60.32  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x480       59.94  
   640x480       59.94    59.93  
DP-4 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
   3440x1440     59.97 + 100.00    84.96    49.99  
   1024x768      60.00  
   800x600       60.32  
   640x480       59.94  
DP-5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Please note, that the xrandr output shows different screen resolutions, despite it’s connected to the same monitor.

Yup. Weird.

Please hook up the monitor to the DP and execute:

cvt 1920 1080  59.94

(as this is a native resolution on the HDMI side)

and that’ll give you something like this:

Modeline "1920x1080_59.94"  172.75  1920 2048 2248 2576  1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync

Now do an:

xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_59.94"  172.75  1920 2048 2248 2576  1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync

(where obviously you change the data in the above line with your Modeline)

and then you can:

xrandr --addmode DP-4 "1920x1080_59.94"

and then you can choose that resolution which will ensure scaling in hardware.

:innocent:

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That was my first intention, as I read everywhere how you could add a new resolution.

The output when I try to add the new mode:

X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  18 (RRAddOutputMode)
  Serial number of failed request:  41
  Current serial number in output stream:  42
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You’re not using a converter, are you?

:thinking:

No direct cable from the screen to the graphics card (I don’t know if there is internally a converter in the screen). But strange that it works in Windows, so I suspect it must be something linux/driver specific and not the firmware of the monitor.

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