Hi all, I am not an experienced Linux user, especially in the area of drivers and xorg. After the big new-year update, I had some trouble with an external monitor connected to my ThinkPad P51 laptop. Although it was recognized by my laptop, the monitor did not receive any input. To fix this, if fiddled around with a lot of different solutions I found on the forum. Eventually I managed to get hdmi output to work. However, now my internal monitor is not recognized and keeps showing the Lenovo boot screen. I am still able to launch the TTY on my internal laptop screen.
As shown in the inxi below, the laptop has two graphics cards. The HDMI is connected to the Nvidia card, the internal screen to the intel. I ran the auto install of mhwd to get the required non-free drivers needed for my system. As far as I can find, the video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime driver should be suitable for both cards.
I suspect the problem is with the xorg configuration, but I don’t know what exactly needs to be done to (re)configure xorg to work again with both the intel and Nvidia card.
Thanks in advance!
inxi:
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System:
Kernel: 5.10.2-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=c9b59a22-3d46-48b3-a0b2-41e8bd7247c6 rw quiet
resume=UUID=4ff55590-a641-4c8e-9543-646fcd915d7c udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME 3.38.2 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.38.2.1
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20HJS14M00 v: ThinkPad P51
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20HJS14M00 v: SDK0J40709 WIN serial: <filter>
UEFI: LENOVO v: N1UET77W (1.51 ) date: 02/10/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.8 Wh condition: 74.3/90.0 Wh (83%) volts: 11.4/11.2
model: SMP 00NY493 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Discharging
cycles: 659
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: DE
L2 cache: 6 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 44817
Speed: 1543 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1543 2: 1597
3: 1542 4: 1539 5: 1550 6: 1545 7: 1544 8: 1598
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 HD Graphics 630 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:591b
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107GLM [Quadro M1200 Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:13b6
Device-3: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-8:5
chip ID: 04f2:b5ab
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.10 compositor: gnome-shell driver: nvidia
resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
OpenGL: renderer: Quadro M1200/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.45.01
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a171
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.2-2-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15d6
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: d000
bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 704.24 GiB used: 180.5 GiB (25.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA2000M8500G
size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: S5Z42105 temp: 26.9 C
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLW256HEHP-000L7
size: 238.47 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 5L7QCXB7 temp: 24.9 C
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 461.84 GiB size: 454.09 GiB (98.32%)
used: 180.48 GiB (39.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 29 MiB (11.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Processes: 226 Uptime: 19m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.37 GiB
used: 2.4 GiB (15.6%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages:
pacman: 1335 lib: 403 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.2.01
xrandr:
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Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2560 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
DP-3.1 connected primary 2560x1080+0+0 (0x21e) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 798mm x 334mm
Identifier: 0x21d
Timestamp: 15254
Subpixel: unknown
Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0
Brightness: 1.0
Clones:
CRTC: 0
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
EDID:
00ffffffffffff001e6d14777f2e0100
011e010380502278eaca95a6554ea126
0f5054256b807140818081c0a9c0b300
d1c08100d1cfcd4600a0a0381f403020
3a001e4e3100001a023a801871382d40
582c45001e4e3100001e000000fd0038
4b1e5a19000a202020202020000000fc
004c472048445220574648440a200163
020337f1230907074c100403011f1359
da125d5e5f830100006d030c001000b8
3c20006001020367d85dc4013c8000e3
05c000e3060501295900a0a038274030
203a001e4e3100001a565e00a0a0a029
50302035001e4e3100001a000000ff00
3030314e544e4832393433390a000000
0000000000000000000000000000009e
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: DisplayPort
supported: DisplayPort
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 0
_ConnectorLocation: 0
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
2560x1080 (0x21e) 181.250MHz +HSync -VSync *current +preferred
h: width 2560 start 2608 end 2640 total 2720 skew 0 clock 66.64KHz
v: height 1080 start 1083 end 1093 total 1111 clock 59.98Hz
3840x2160 (0x21f) 296.700MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 3840 start 4016 end 4104 total 4400 skew 0 clock 67.43KHz
v: height 2160 start 2168 end 2178 total 2250 clock 29.97Hz
3840x2160 (0x220) 297.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 3840 start 4896 end 4984 total 5280 skew 0 clock 56.25KHz
v: height 2160 start 2168 end 2178 total 2250 clock 25.00Hz
3840x2160 (0x221) 296.750MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 3840 start 5116 end 5204 total 5500 skew 0 clock 53.95KHz
v: height 2160 start 2168 end 2178 total 2250 clock 23.98Hz
3840x2160 (0x222) 296.700MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 3840 start 5116 end 5204 total 5500 skew 0 clock 53.95KHz
v: height 2160 start 2168 end 2178 total 2250 clock 23.98Hz
2560x1440 (0x223) 241.500MHz +HSync -VSync
h: width 2560 start 2608 end 2640 total 2720 skew 0 clock 88.79KHz
v: height 1440 start 1443 end 1448 total 1481 clock 59.95Hz
2560x1080 (0x224) 228.250MHz +HSync -VSync
h: width 2560 start 2608 end 2640 total 2720 skew 0 clock 83.92KHz
v: height 1080 start 1083 end 1093 total 1119 clock 74.99Hz
2560x1080 (0x225) 185.630MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 2560 start 3108 end 3152 total 3300 skew 0 clock 56.25KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 50.00Hz
1920x1080 (0x226) 220.640MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2056 end 2264 total 2608 skew 0 clock 84.60KHz
v: height 1080 start 1081 end 1084 total 1128 clock 75.00Hz
1920x1080 (0x227) 148.500MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew 0 clock 67.50KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 60.00Hz
1920x1080 (0x228) 148.350MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew 0 clock 67.43KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 59.94Hz
1920x1080 (0x229) 148.500MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2448 end 2492 total 2640 skew 0 clock 56.25KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 50.00Hz
1680x1050 (0x22a) 146.250MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1680 start 1784 end 1960 total 2240 skew 0 clock 65.29KHz
v: height 1050 start 1053 end 1059 total 1089 clock 59.95Hz
1600x900 (0x22b) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1600 start 1624 end 1704 total 1800 skew 0 clock 60.00KHz
v: height 900 start 901 end 904 total 1000 clock 60.00Hz
1280x1024 (0x22c) 135.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1296 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 79.98KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 75.02Hz
1280x1024 (0x22d) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 63.98KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 60.02Hz
1280x800 (0x22e) 83.500MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1352 end 1480 total 1680 skew 0 clock 49.70KHz
v: height 800 start 803 end 809 total 831 clock 59.81Hz
1280x720 (0x22f) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew 0 clock 45.00KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 60.00Hz
1280x720 (0x230) 74.180MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew 0 clock 44.96KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 59.94Hz
1280x720 (0x231) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1720 end 1760 total 1980 skew 0 clock 37.50KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 50.00Hz
1152x864 (0x232) 81.620MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1336 total 1520 skew 0 clock 53.70KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 895 clock 60.00Hz
1024x768 (0x233) 78.750MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1024 start 1040 end 1136 total 1312 skew 0 clock 60.02KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 800 clock 75.03Hz
1024x768 (0x234) 65.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.36KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 60.00Hz
800x600 (0x235) 49.500MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 816 end 896 total 1056 skew 0 clock 46.88KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 604 total 625 clock 75.00Hz
800x600 (0x236) 40.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.88KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.32Hz
720x576 (0x237) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 720 start 732 end 796 total 864 skew 0 clock 31.25KHz
v: height 576 start 581 end 586 total 625 clock 50.00Hz
720x480 (0x238) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 720 start 736 end 798 total 858 skew 0 clock 31.47KHz
v: height 480 start 489 end 495 total 525 clock 59.94Hz
640x480 (0x239) 31.500MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 720 total 840 skew 0 clock 37.50KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 500 clock 75.00Hz
640x480 (0x23a) 25.170MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.46KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.93Hz
640x480 (0x23b) 25.175MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.47KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.94Hz
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x23c
Timestamp: 15254
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: TMDS
supported: TMDS
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 0
_ConnectorLocation: 0
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x23d
Timestamp: 15254
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: TMDS
supported: TMDS
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 1
_ConnectorLocation: 1
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x23e
Timestamp: 15254
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: TMDS
supported: TMDS
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 2
_ConnectorLocation: 2
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x23f
Timestamp: 15254
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: DisplayPort
supported: DisplayPort
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 0
_ConnectorLocation: 0
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x240
Timestamp: 15254
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: DisplayPort
supported: DisplayPort
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 1
_ConnectorLocation: 1
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
DP-5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x241
Timestamp: 15254
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: DisplayPort
supported: DisplayPort
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 2
_ConnectorLocation: 2
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
And lastly mhwd -l && mhwd -li:
> 0000:01:00.0 (0302:10de:13b6) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2020.11.30 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 2020.11.30 false PCI
video-nvidia 2020.11.30 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 2020.11.30 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:591b) Display controller Intel Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2020.11.30 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 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
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2020.11.30 false PCI
EDIT: Figured it might be useful to post the current contents of the xorg.conf:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 455.45.01
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection