Second monitor max refresh rate 60Hz Hybrid GPU

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New here and also new to Linux. Searched through the Forum but couldn’t find something that helped (broke Manjaro a couple times following some guides and had to reinstall, that’s why I’m deciding to finally post my issue).

I installed Manjaro a couple weeks ago. Long story short, installed on an ASUS TUF A15 Laptop. Native refresh rate is 144Hz. Laptop has an integrated AMD graphics driver and a discrete Nvidia GPU 3050.

I have an external monitor up to 120Hz with HDMI (tested it and it worked with Windows at that refresh rate) but in Manjaro (Wayland or X11) I can only go up to 75Hz max (if I select the 120Hz option, screen turns black and monitor displays the “No signal” label) .

I’m using Nvidia propietary drivers installed through the Manjaro GUI.

Here’s some things I’ve seen people ask when dealing with this kind of issues (if it helps)

lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E “(VGA|3D)”

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile]
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
--
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000 Mobile Series)] (rev c7)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Renoir [Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000 Mobile Series)]
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu

mhwd -l

> 0000:02:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         network-r8168            2023.09.12                true            PCI


> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:25a2) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-amd-nvidia-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
video-hybrid-amd-nvidia-470xx-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
          video-nvidia            2023.03.23               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-470xx            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


> 0000:06:00.0 (0300:1002:1636) Display controller ATI Technologies Inc:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-amd-nvidia-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
video-hybrid-amd-nvidia-470xx-prime            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

Kernel is 6.6.26-1

Thanks in advance, I’ll provide more information as needed. For now, this is something I can provide and I hope it helps.

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Hi @Bolnoob23 and welcome to the Manjaro community

If you also provide the output to:

inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width

…this will assist others to help more effectively.

As a new user, please take some time to familiarise yourself with Forum requirements; in particular, the many ways to use the forum to your benefit. To that end, some or all these links will be invaluable:

And last, but not least, the Stable Update Announcements, which you should check frequently for important update related information. Occasionally an issue might be directly related to a particular update; it’s always best to check those announcements.

I hope this helps. Cheers.

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Thanks for the response. As for the info requested, here’s the output.

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.26-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=8a8132b1-f645-48ff-b7c6-acfa7f6cc72f rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.11 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
    v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506ICB_FA506ICB
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA506ICB v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: FA506ICB.307
    date: 12/28/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 56.0 Wh (62.3%) condition: 89.9/90.2 Wh (99.6%)
    volts: 15.9 min: 15.9 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: not charging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.05 GiB used: 3.79 GiB (25.2%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial
    part-no: CT8G4SFRA32A.M4FE serial: <filter>
  Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
    part-no: M471A1G44AB0-CWE serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x8600106
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
    desc: 2x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 731 high: 1397 min/max: 400/4006 scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1397 2: 400 3: 400
    4: 1397 5: 1385 6: 1397 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400
    bogomips: 71895
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
    f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs
    irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
    msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
    pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
    pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
    rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
    sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc
    tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
    protection
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  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; STIBP:
    always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 550.67 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Renoir [Radeon RX Vega 6 ] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 41.0 C
  Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 322e:202c
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
    unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: nvidia,amdgpu d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: right res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast surfaceless:
    drv: nvidia wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
    inactive: gbm,device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.2-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir
    LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.6.26-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1636 memory: 500 MiB
    unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 550.67 device-ID: 10de:25a2
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon
    Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.2-manjaro1.1
    device-ID: 1002:1636 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: N/A
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
    snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir,
    snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.5
    chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-5: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.1.4:8 chip-ID: b58e:9e84 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-6: Razer USA Kraken Tournament Edition
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 1532:0520 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.26-1-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: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 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
  Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.33 TiB used: 227.72 GiB (9.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Seagate
    model: XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 3.2.F.83 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLQ512HBLU-00B00
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: FXM7201Q temp: 31.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 937.53 GiB (98.32%)
    used: 227.72 GiB (24.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 8a8132b1-f645-48ff-b7c6-acfa7f6cc72f
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 300 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 9740-EABC
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:4 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 226E-4240
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:5 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:6 size: 453.29 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 9A506FDF506FC11D
  ID-4: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:7 size: 617 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 9AEE47A9EE477D0F
  ID-5: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:8 size: 750 MiB fs: ntfs label: RECOVERY
    uuid: E03864EE3864C55E
  ID-6: /dev/nvme1n1p6 maj-min: 259:9 size: 22 GiB fs: ntfs label: RESTORE
    uuid: 5AF4757CF4755B69
  ID-7: /dev/nvme1n1p7 maj-min: 259:10 size: 200 MiB fs: vfat label: MYASUS
    uuid: 7075-DA3E
  ID-8: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 130E-28CC
  ID-9: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 953.57 GiB fs: exfat label: SSD_Ext
    uuid: B0FD-E9D7
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 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: Huasheng USB2.0 HUB ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 214b:7250 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 1-1.1:4 info: Huasheng USB2.0 HUB ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 214b:7250 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.1.3:7 info: Microsoft Xbox Controller type: <vendor specific>
    driver: xpad interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 045e:0b12 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-1.1.4:8 info: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone
    type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: b58e:9e84 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-1.3:5 info: Logitech G213 Prodigy Gaming Keyboard
    type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c336 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-4:3 info: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 322e:202c class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: Realtek RTL9210 M.2 NVME Adapter type: mass storage
    driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 0bda:9210 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 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: 3-1:2 info: Logitech G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c08b class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-2:3 info: Razer USA Kraken Tournament Edition type: audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1532:0520 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 3-3:4 info: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 36.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1450 libs: 487 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 341
  1: cpu: 43.7% command: firefox pid: 1523 mem: 538.0 MiB (3.4%)
  2: cpu: 17.8% command: konsole pid: 2286 mem: 174.7 MiB (1.1%)
  3: cpu: 16.5% command: plasmashell pid: 1034 mem: 750.4 MiB (4.8%)
  4: cpu: 12.9% command: firefox pid: 1924 mem: 208.4 MiB (1.3%)
  5: cpu: 10.6% command: kwin_wayland pid: 846 mem: 238.6 MiB (1.5%)
  Memory top: 5 of 341
  1: mem: 750.4 MiB (4.8%) command: plasmashell pid: 1034 cpu: 16.5%
  2: mem: 538.0 MiB (3.4%) command: firefox pid: 1523 cpu: 43.7%
  3: mem: 412.7 MiB (2.6%) command: telegram-desktop pid: 1657 cpu: 5.2%
  4: mem: 331.1 MiB (2.1%) command: firefox pid: 1783 cpu: 7.6%
  5: mem: 238.6 MiB (1.5%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 846 cpu: 10.6%
Info:
  Processes: 341 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
    image: 6 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
    v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
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While I have nothing useful to add redarding your refresh rate, I would strongly suggest you attend to your swap space (or lack thereof) at the earliest opportunity. I presume you chose what seemed like the easiest partitioning method during install; it happens a lot. Sooner or later, you will likely regret not having configured swap; so, just a heads up, as they say.

Cheers.

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Absolutely, will do. As I’ve stated before, this is my first time with Linux and foolishly I was expecting that, as in Windows, everything just worked “out of the box”. But I’ll make sure to attend to the swap space. Thanks again.

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Well, you’ve certainly chosen one of the distributions furthest from that expectation. :slight_smile: Manjaro (as with Arch, on which Manjaro is based) has a so-called rolling release cycle. What this means for the user is that things are constantly being updated, and manual intervention (by the user) is often not only needed, but expected.

Unlike Windows, a user is likewise expected to perform regular maintenance and updates - not just whenever one feels like it, but frequently, whenever updates are available. Without doing this, the system will break sooner or later. You might be surprised how many don’t seem to grasp the concept.

Some people do need something simpler - a distribution that only needs to be updated on a regular cycle of 3 months, 6 months, or yearly - that’s what we commonly call a point release cycle (for example 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 etc) - this requires less intervention, less aptitude for learning, and often encourages a sense of entitlement, general apathy and brain rot (much like Windows, but without the restrictions). :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Manjaro doesn’t have those limitations.

Don’t let this deter you, though, as maintaining a Manjaro system really only boils down to common sense and a willingness to learn. And look, you’re learning already. :wink:

Cheers.

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I second @soundofthunder .
Aside that, if you have hybrid setup, this means, the desktop space is using AMD iGPU (while Nvidia is only on demand per app/window), so you are using Mesa and open source drivers.

If I recall correctly, HDMI is a proprietary protocol, and thus it limits refresh rate when you use open source drivers. Additionally, different refresh rate on multiple monitors is a problem, and it works the best on Wayland.

https://www.howtogeek.com/hdmi-forum-open-source-drivers-hdmi-2-1/

If that is the case, you can’t do much. You could switch to full Nvidia mode and probably that would solve your refresh rate problem, but it would cause more energy usage, which on a laptop is not a good idea. Maybe the HDMI to VGA or DVI adapter would help (depending on what your monitor supports), because those support open drivers (if I am not mistaken), and secondary monitor should be able to use 120 Hz refresh rate. This is a wild guess thou, so I can’t guarantee it will work.

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From what I’ve read, I have to agree with that; and I recall there have been solutions found. Unfortunately I can’t offer any advice based on practical experience, as I do not have a multiple monitor configuration.

Cheers.

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Yep, I’m pretty sure this could be the case since I had something similar using Windows.

For some reason, using Wayland makes my screen “glitch”. Very often it pops a fullscreen green tint and then after a couple of seconds another fullscreen green tint or a magenta one

Monitor supports only HDMI and DPI, however, the Laptop only has an HDMI Output (?). Also, I think I read somewhere that this HDMI port is basically the AMD iGPU output, and the Nvidia GPU doesn’t have an HDMI or DPI Output on this model (ASUS TUF A15).

As I mentioned before (and also, soundofthunder kindly pointed out too) is that I was trying to use Manjaro as a distro that “works out of the box” when that’s far from the truth, because obviously on Windows I could use this monitor at 120Hz refresh rate without issues but obviously here’s not the case.

I think I’ll settle down with just a max refresh rate of 75Hz for now

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That might often be caused by a loose (or poor quality) monitor cable - sometimes one can pay a lot of money for a cable that isn’t necessarily fit for purpose (cables that come with a monitor are seldom that).

Nonetheless, Wayland will be the ongoing development focus in the next few years rather than X11 (a dinosaur, in many respects), so it might pay to keep searching for Wayland-oriented solutions.

That said, 75Hz seems a decent refresh rate for most needs.

Cheers.

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I think it was this. I switched to an HDMI cable that came with a capture card. Swtiched to Wayland and the “glitch” happened just like two to three times. It doesn’t happen anymore. Thank you very much for the suggestion.

And coming back to the original purpose of the post, I’ll just be on the lookout for future updates. For now, I’ll settle for the 75Hz refresh rate

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not the first time that bad/wrong hdmi-cables are the source for fails. i mark @soundofthunder post as the solution cause he pointed to the solution, please remember to mark the person who gives you a solution in future. feel free to unmark it if you think other.

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Thank you all, life happened and completely forgot. It was previously discussed that maybe the solution could be to put the Nvidia GPU to be the persistent GPU that was used all the time but that meant more energy usage and since it’s a laptop that’s out of the question.

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