Continuing the discussion from Manjaro hangs on boot and black screen since recent update:
I have similar problem with low resolution on secondary vga display
inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 5.8.18-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
root=UUID=512e503f-8b00-402e-b84a-6993e90b192f rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=13174f26-5b80-4513-a28d-1130d419943e
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: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: Presario CQ42 Notebook PC
v: 059C120000002810010000000 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1425 v: 54.57 serial: <filter>
BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: F.37 date: 04/07/2011
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 19.7 Wh condition: 19.7/19.7 Wh (100%) volts: 12.3/10.8
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium P6100 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Nehalem
family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 7982
Speed: 931 MHz min/max: 933/1999 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 962 2: 962
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds
status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
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: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0046
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2390x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 632x203mm (24.9x8.0")
s-diag: 664mm (26.1")
Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7")
diag: 354mm (13.9")
Monitor-2: VGA1 res: 1024x768 hz: 60
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.2.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
chip ID: 8086:3b56
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.18-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network
Adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma port: 4000
bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:4727
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 15.86 GiB (5.3%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK3265GSX size: 298.09 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm
serial: <filter> rev: 2C scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 289.29 GiB size: 283.75 GiB (98.08%)
used: 15.86 GiB (5.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.80 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 175 Uptime: 10m Memory: 5.61 GiB used: 1.40 GiB (25.0%)
Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: 1198 pacman: 1190
lib: 357 flatpak: 5 snap: 3 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: xfce4-terminal
inxi: 3.1.08
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2390 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+1024+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 170mm
1366x768 59.97*+
1280x720 59.74
1024x768 60.00
1024x576 60.00 59.90 59.82
960x540 60.00 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.32 56.25
864x486 60.00 59.92 59.57
640x480 59.94
720x405 59.51 60.00 58.99
680x384 60.00
640x360 59.84 59.32 60.00
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA1 connected primary 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.00*
800x600 60.32 56.25
848x480 60.00
640x480 59.94
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
It’s after recent update and switching back to earlier kernel doesn’t fix
I don’t have an Nvidea Graphics. Do I need to get the Nvidea drivers