Hi Guys, I know about the typical NVIDIA issues with a second monitor still I have never been able to fix this and things got even weirder…
I have a Manjaro instance running on my Tuxedo Polaris 15 laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 onboard. Never got it to work with a second monitor and tried all suggestions from this forum. Somehow xrandr doesn’t detect the HDMI monitor. Finally decided to give it up and start with a fresh install.
Got a pendrive ready with Manjaro on it. Booted for testing with the proprietary drivers. My second monitor became visible and future looked bright! Created a new partition on my harddisk and installed Manjaro from the pendrive. Booted again. Second monitor still there!! Yeeha! Needed to install the neccesary updates. Booted again. Black screen on both monitors…
did only an update on plasma-desktop and booted again. Manjaro was back again but only on my first monitor and xrandr doesn’t spot the monitor in HDMI again!
What the hell happened here?
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Thank you Spellmaster @Mirdarthos !
Let’s start with an inxi dump:
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 5.15.32-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=31763d78-a8ad-4b7b-b422-3856b0c57f0a ro quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TUXEDO product: TUXEDO Polaris 15 Intel Gen1
v: Standard serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: TUXEDO s model: POLARIS1501I2060 v: Standard
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: N.1.03
date: 08/03/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 62.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 62.3/62.3 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 16.7 min: 15.2 model: standard type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
Device-1: hid-6c:5d:63:2b:e4:01-battery model: Rapoo Bluetooth Mouse
serial: N/A charge: N/A status: discharging
Memory:
RAM: total: 62.65 GiB used: 2.29 GiB (3.7%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
family: 6 model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xEC
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 62431
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt
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 hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida
intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq
pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap 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 x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
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 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Tongfang Hongkong
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile]
vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: nvidia v: 510.60.02
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f15
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-13:10
chip-ID: 04f2:b642 class-ID: 0e02
Device-4: SJ-180517-N 1080P Webcam type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0806:0806
class-ID: 0102
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x084d built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
hz: 144 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.8
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Tongfang Hongkong
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Tongfang Hongkong
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: SJ-180517-N 1080P Webcam type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0806:0806
class-ID: 0102
Device-4: C-Media USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 0d8c:0134
class-ID: 0300
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.32-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.49 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
bus-ID: 2-1.3:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: enp0s20f0u1u3 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:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:12 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.77 TiB used: 14.14 GiB (0.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 PRO 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B2QEXP7 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 PRO 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B2QEXP7 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST31000333AS
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: HDD
rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0122 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 99.5 GiB size: 97.43 GiB (97.93%) used: 14.13 GiB (14.5%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:8 label: N/A
uuid: 31763d78-a8ad-4b7b-b422-3856b0c57f0a
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 2.2 MiB (0.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: 2AFD-354E
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A
uuid: 180472f0-8b50-4539-8195-092ce4327829
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4 size: 236.34 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: caf1f6f0-8c81-49b2-a2e1-8eba2c9dc9a4
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:6 size: 373.19 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: e3ff6d77-4d6c-4a6b-b788-6381d2ab5d31
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:7 size: 236.34 GiB fs: btrfs label: N/A
uuid: c558f48c-28fb-4db2-8e34-5877ad40bfb7
ID-4: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3 size: 953.87 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: ee4d413d-1b68-4db7-9e25-45271e93aa17
ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: Maxtor
uuid: D2CC71B8CC719785
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129
class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: SJ-180517-N 1080P Webcam type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 0806:0806 class-ID: 0102
Hub-2: 1-5:4 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 0bda:5411 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 1-5.1:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5.1.1:9 info: SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1c4f:0002 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-5.1.2:11 info: Maxtor Mobile Hard Disk Drive (1TB)
type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0d49:7410 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-5.1.3:13 info: MosArt Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 062a:4101 class-ID: 0301
Device-4: 1-5.4:8 info: Xenta [T3] 2.4GHz and IR Air Mouse Remote Control
type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1d57:ad03 class-ID: 0301
Device-5: 1-9:5 info: C-Media USB PnP Audio Device type: Audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0134 class-ID: 0300
Device-6: 1-12:7 info: Microdia USB Keyboard type: Keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0c45:7603 class-ID: 0301
Device-7: 1-13:10 info: Chicony HD Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b642
class-ID: 0e02
Device-8: 1-14:12 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 2-1:2 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 0bda:0411 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1.3:3 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s
power: 288mA chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C pch: 59.0 C mobo: 47.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 316 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 11 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1310 lib: 413
flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.15
xrandr --query
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
1920x1080 144.00*+ 60.01 59.97 59.96 59.93
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1400x1050 74.76 59.98
1600x900 59.99 59.94 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 85.02 75.02 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 85.00 60.00
1440x810 60.00 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1280x800 59.99 59.97 59.81 59.91
1152x864 75.00
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
1024x768 85.00 75.05 60.04 85.00 75.03 70.07 60.00
1024x768i 86.96
960x720 85.00 75.00 60.00
928x696 75.00 60.05
896x672 75.05 60.01
1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
960x600 59.93 60.00
832x624 74.55
960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
800x600 85.00 75.00 70.00 65.00 60.00 85.14 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
840x525 60.01 59.88
864x486 59.92 59.57
700x525 74.76 59.98
800x450 59.95 59.82
640x512 85.02 75.02 60.02
700x450 59.96 59.88
640x480 85.09 60.00 85.01 72.81 75.00 59.94
720x405 59.51 58.99
720x400 85.04
684x384 59.88 59.85
640x400 59.88 59.98 85.08
576x432 75.00
640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
640x350 85.08
512x384 85.00 75.03 70.07 60.00
512x384i 87.06
512x288 60.00 59.92
416x312 74.66
480x270 59.63 59.82
400x300 85.27 72.19 75.12 60.32 56.34
432x243 59.92 59.57
320x240 85.18 72.81 75.00 60.05
360x202 59.51 59.13
360x200 85.04
320x200 85.27
320x180 59.84 59.32
320x175 85.27
mhwd --list
0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1f15) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-nvidia 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:04:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
network-r8168 2016.04.20 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:9bc4) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
mhwd --listinstalled
Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
Now I hope to see some magic…
go to system settings/ compositor, uncheck enable on startup, click apply, reboot … youll probably need to reboot several times 4-5 …
What kinda Windows method is that?! Keep repeating the same solution over and over again until it works. I tried 5 times and not surprisingly got the same result everytime again. Unfortunately.
yes i was hoping disabling compositor would work like it did here
go to etc/x11 and what .conf file do you have there?
The compositor would be a good guess @brahma though I need the thing for my wobbly windows 
As I mentioned before I am on an almost plain vanilla Manjaro installation. The only thing I did install and try is optimus-manager. Therefore my X11 contains:
00-keyboard.conf 10-optimus-manager.conf 30-touchpad.conf
I believe KDE no longer uses X11 configuration and so by default I have no xorg.conf
if it was the compositor, you could enable it with alt+shift+f12 when you boot into your desktop, thats what i have to do…
so if you using optimus, did you try booting only with intel and then only with nvidia drivers?
you are correct with the xorg.conf, but it can happen that it is still in the x11 folder, so thats why i asked you to check, just to be sure…
optimus never worked for me.
optimus-manager --switch nvidia ✔
ERROR: a GPU setup was initiated but Xorg post-start hook did not run.
Log at /var/log/optimus-manager/switch/switch-20220513T093030.log
If your login manager is GDM, make sure to follow those instructions:
https://github.com/Askannz/optimus-manager#important--gnome-and-gdm-users
If your display manager is neither GDM, SDDM nor LightDM, or if you don't use one, read the wiki:
https://github.com/Askannz/optimus-manager/wiki/FAQ,-common-issues,-troubleshooting
Cannot execute command because of previous errors.
But eventually it is not optimus that is causing my problems. I installed it to help me out of it.
ok, so uninstall optimus … and also there was released a stable update, so you could update your system, reboot and check, maybe it will be fixed
Too easy! Too bloody easy! But it worked!!
Ran the updates. Reboot. Uninstalled optimus. Checked the X11 folder: 90-mhwd.conf that was deleted by optimus still gone but 10-optimus-manager.conf was gone too. Reboot.
Two working monitors!
My dear @brahma I owe you a beer. Thank you so much!
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