I just installed Manjaro today, and I have 2 monitors, the main one is connected to my Nvidia GPU via display port and works just fine, however the second one, connected to my motherboard is not being detected by the system. It’s stuck on a gray screen with three dots if that helps. I’m new to Arch so I’m not sure what could cause the issue. I installed all the updates that the software manager prompted me to, however it did not fix the issue.
Well, this is Manjaro not Arch, so…
Anyway, please provide the outputs of:
mhwd --list
and
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
mhwd --list
> 0000:03:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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network-r8168 2016.04.20 true PCI
> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1402) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-nvidia 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0380:8086:041e) Display controller Intel Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.1.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=c1f38d85-5b3e-4d8c-a8bc-027ad1709495 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 44.3 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 44.1
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H81M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2205 date: 05/26/2015
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.49 GiB used: 2.77 GiB (17.9%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-4170 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2901 high: 3703 min/max: 800/3700 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2779 2: 3703 3: 1423
4: 3702 bogomips: 29608
Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
vpid xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
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: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm
built: 2013 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:041e class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 535.54.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-07) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1402 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: DP-0 model: Belinea/Maxdata B1925S1W
serial: <filter> built: 2006 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93") diag: 502mm (19.8") ratio: 15:9, 16:10
modes: max: 1440x900 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.54.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX
950/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK 8 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403
Device-4: Intel USB PnP Sound Device
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:3 chip-ID: 8086:0808 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.1.38-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.73 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK H81M-C driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 935.25 GiB used: 11.79 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC46 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Verbatim model: STORE N GO
size: 3.73 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2.66
scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: CDDVDW SH-224FB rev: SB00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 915.81 GiB (98.31%) used: 11.79 GiB (1.3%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: c1f38d85-5b3e-4d8c-a8bc-027ad1709495
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.45 GiB fs: iso9660
ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
uuid: D0A3-C7FC
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:8008
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:8000
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-4:2 info: Verbatim Flash Drive type: mass storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 200mA chip-ID: 18a5:0302 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 3-10:3 info: Intel USB PnP Sound Device type: audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8086:0808 class-ID: 0300
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Evision RGB Keyboard type: keyboard,mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 400mA chip-ID: 3299:2736 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 5-2:3 info: SteelSeries ApS Aerox 3 type: mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 400mA chip-ID: 1038:1836 class-ID: 0300
Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 60 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 16%
Info:
Processes: 238 Uptime: 29m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1160 libs: 321 tools: gnome-software,pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.28
Also sorry, I thought that Manjaro being Arch based means I could use some knowledge about Arch
Both seem to have a driver…
Please provide the outputs of:
glxinfo | grep server
and
prime-run glxinfo | grep server
glxinfo | grep server
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
prime-run glxinfo | grep server
zsh: command not found: prime-run
Although Manjaro is based on Arch, and a lot of it is the same, and we even recommend the Arch-wiki for a lot of things, it’s not Arch.
Oh okay, sorry about that
No worries, man!
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OK, this 
tells me your system is using only the Nvidia card, as you mentioned. But this: 
…shows both are available and both’s drivers are installed…so I don’t think it’s disabled in BIOS/UEFI, but you can check to confirm.
Because I am stumped…
Or, check in the BIOS/UEFI that the on-board is not primary. (If there is such an option.) And run the above 
2 commands again and see let’s what it spits out then.
Any pointers on where to look? 
yeah…
Okay, I’m gonna snoop around and let you know, keep your fingers crossed!
So, I found nothing… But it’s kinda weird, since I don’t recall having this issue on windows or Mint. I never had to tweak anything in bios. I hope someone can find a solution, because I really like Manjaro so far.
Year, I really don’t know what else to do. Originally thought it might be a missing driver, but
…shows no hybrid driver available, from what I can see.
So, I don’t know…
That’s a shame, let’s hope someone else might be able to find a solution. The only thing that comes to my mind is a kernel change maybe? If that’s even possible, of course.
You can change to a newer or different kernel, although I highly doubt it will make a difference.
Check here for more information:
You should maybe have a look at Bumblebe and/or Optimus as well.
Ok, so this is odd… I installed bumblebee, and now the second monitor works fine, but the GPU one is stuck on the gray screen… 
Erm…OK.
Well, what happens when you run:
optirun glxgears -info
If it fails, try the following command (from virtualgl):
optirun glxspheres64
Wait, sorry, I tried reinstalling the OS, and now before installing any updates, the screen gets detected, I can mouse over it, but it’s just a black screen.
That’s a good start then. Please provide the output of:
mhwd --listinstalled
and
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width