Hi,
I’ve been having issues with running multiple monitors on KDE. In the past, I have been able to resolve the issue with changing kernel, removing all drivers and reinstalling more up-to-date ones, but this time I’ve hit a dead end.
Loading off USB, I’ve noticed that proprietary drivers won’t run my external monitor, but open source ones work seamlessly… until updates come along. I am unable to install open source drivers through manjaro settings>hardware configurations – only the proprietary drivers can be installed (checked).
- How can I get multiple monitors to work again, as they do out of the box with a fresh install/usb drive boot with open source driver install?
- How can I keep them working and which updates should I avoid to keep the multiple monitors working?
The output of inxi -G
is:
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107GLM [Quadro K1000M] driver: N/A
Device-3: Acer ThinkPad Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 21.1.6
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.4.138-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
root=UUID=66bcf131-a796-4aac-9db2-f3c2dcb27c74 ro quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2436CTO v: ThinkPad W530
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 2436CTO serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO
v: G5ETA6WW (2.66 ) date: 08/24/2016
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 0.8/86.6 Wh (0.9%) volts: 11.9
min: 11.1 model: LGC 45N1011 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Mouse
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: Discharging
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.2 GiB used: 5.2 GiB (34.2%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3360M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21
cache: L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 22357
Speed: 3340 MHz min/max: 1200/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3340 2: 3474
3: 3293 4: 3293
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept
erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida
lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
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 status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107GLM [Quadro K1000M] driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0ffc
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Acer ThinkPad Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 5986:02d2 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.7x9.4")
s-diag: 485mm (19.1")
Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 116 size: 350x190mm (13.8x7.5")
diag: 398mm (15.7")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
v: 4.2 Mesa 21.1.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.4.138-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
v: 3.2.6-k port: 8080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce
v: kernel port: 5000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8176 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: br-442bf472b41d state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> scope: link
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-3: veth0fa4701 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: veth1120228 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: veth21f1bff state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: veth36e73ee state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-7: vethdae7c20 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] type: USB driver: btusb
v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:3 chip-ID: 0a5c:21e6 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.78 TiB used: 1.15 TiB (24.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 0712 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4L6Q scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-00JC3T0
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 238.47 GiB size: 233.72 GiB (98.01%)
used: 115.62 GiB (49.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: N/A
uuid: 66bcf131-a796-4aac-9db2-f3c2dcb27c74
ID-2: /run/media/lyndon/DATA2 raw-size: 931.51 GiB
size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%) used: 592.06 GiB (63.6%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdc1
maj-min: 8:33 label: DATA2 uuid: 216E9F960D94B55B
ID-3: /run/timeshift/backup raw-size: 2.21 TiB size: 2.2 TiB (99.85%)
used: 471.59 GiB (20.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: Backups
uuid: 2a1bc655-1f49-4120-bbb7-4c344954b032
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1.43 TiB fs: ntfs label: data_share
uuid: 0EFBBD2969827E5E
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.4:3 info: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad]
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 0a5c:21e6 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-1.6:4 info: Acer ThinkPad Integrated Camera type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA
chip-ID: 5986:02d2 class-ID: 0e02
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1.5:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-1:2 info: Seagate RSS LLC Expansion Portable type: Mass Storage
driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 896mA
chip-ID: 0bc2:231a class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 71.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3294
Info:
Processes: 260 Uptime: 18h 16m wakeups: 37 Init: systemd v: 248
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1687
lib: 448 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.06
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