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esuhl

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From: UK

Registered: 2009-09-16

Posts: 140

[SOLVED] New monitor only works with linux-lts kernel. nVidia GTX 770

My 1920x1080 monitor broke.  So I swapped it for a Dell G2724D (2560x1440), connected via the same HDMI cable.

Now, after selecting the "Arch linux" entry in GRUB, I only see the following, before further output is garbled illegibly:

:: running early hook [udev]
Starting systemd-udevd version 254.1-1-arch
:: running hook [udev]
:: Triggering uevents...

However, if I boot using the linux-lts GRUB option, the display works normally.

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My Arch OS boots to a bash shell/login. I then run "startx" to start XFCE.

I have an old nVidia GTX 770 video card, and use the nouveau driver.  The card is so old, the nvidia drivers no longer support it.

Output from linux-lts:

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 "VGA"
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 770] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GK104 [GeForce GTX 770]
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau

It's a BIOS (not UEFI) PC. GRUB is installed in the MBR.  (I have reinstalled GRUB and rebuilt the config file.)

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I thought I might need to supply an EDID file.  I booted to linux-lts, and ran "get-edid", but it was unsuccessful (pastebin below).

- I tried adding/removing the nouveau module from mkinitcpio.conf.
- I tried adding kernel parameter "nouveau.config=NvMSI=0" in GRUB. (I already had "nouveau.noaccel=1" to prevent random system lockups.)
- I tried setting GRUB's "GRUB_GFXMODE" back to "auto", and disabling "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep".

PASTEBINS:
# get-edid
/etc/default/grub
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

I'm not sure how to troubleshoot further.

Can anyone help? :-)

Last edited by esuhl (2023-09-07 11:12:08)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] New monitor only works with linux-lts kernel. nVidia GTX 770

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Installation
Kepler is supported by nvidia-470xx*

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esuhl

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From: UK

Registered: 2009-09-16

Posts: 140

Re: [SOLVED] New monitor only works with linux-lts kernel. nVidia GTX 770

Amazing!  Thanks so much - that works perfectly! :-D