[SOLVED] Console not filled edge to edge

FallenArches · 2019-01-18 03:51:02

When I boot up my new Arch system the console does not fill my monitor. By that I mean that there is a region around the edge of the monitor that is always black. When I "startx" the window-manager (i3-gaps) fills the monitor just fine and after exiting i3 I then get a console that fills the screen.

Any ideas?

Last edited by FallenArches (2019-01-18 14:44:12)

jasonwryan · 2019-01-18 05:06:42

Video card? Driver? Journal/dmesg?

Moving to NC...

FallenArches · 2019-01-18 07:34:40

Video card is NVIDIA GT520 with the driver from nvidia-390xx-dkms

$ sudo lspci -v -s 05:00.0
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. ENGT520 SILENT
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 35, NUMA node 0
	Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Memory at d6000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

Filtered dmesg

$ dmesg | grep -i nvidia
[    3.264386] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    3.264395] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[    3.276130] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    3.287985] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 239
[    3.288413] nvidia 0000:05:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[    3.288824] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  390.87  Tue Aug 21 12:33:05 PDT 2018 (using threaded interrupts)
[    3.295862] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms  390.87  Tue Aug 21 16:16:14 PDT 2018
[    3.297010] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000500] Loading driver
[    3.297012] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:05:00.0 on minor 0
[    3.614761] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:05:00.1/sound/card1/input14
[    3.614949] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:05:00.1/sound/card1/input15
[ 1054.022095] caller _nv001169rm+0xe3/0x1d0 [nvidia] mapping multiple BARs
[ 1054.707324] Bad or missing usercopy whitelist? Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from SLUB object 'nvidia_stack_cache' (offset 11440, size 3)!
[ 1054.707337] Modules linked in: cfg80211 rfkill 8021q garp mrp stp llc snd_hda_codec_hdmi joydev input_leds nvidia_drm(POE) mousedev nvidia_modeset(POE) nvidia(POE) drm_kms_helper edac_mce_amd kvm_amd snd_hda_codec_via hid_generic ccp snd_hda_codec_generic wmi_bmof drm snd_hda_intel rng_core kvm snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep realtek usbhid snd_pcm r8169 agpgart ipmi_devintf hid irqbypass snd_timer sp5100_tco ipmi_msghandler snd syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt libphy fb_sys_fops i2c_piix4 soundcore pcspkr k10temp evdev asus_atk0110 mac_hid pcc_cpufreq wmi acpi_cpufreq ip_tables x_tables ext4 crc32c_generic crc16 mbcache jbd2 fscrypto dm_mod sd_mod sr_mod cdrom ohci_pci ata_generic pata_acpi ahci pata_atiixp libahci pata_jmicron libata ehci_pci xhci_pci ehci_hcd xhci_hcd scsi_mod ohci_hcd
[ 1054.707653]  os_memcpy_to_user+0x21/0x40 [nvidia]
[ 1054.707826]  _nv009384rm+0xbf/0xe0 [nvidia]
[ 1054.707984]  ? _nv028097rm+0x79/0x90 [nvidia]
[ 1054.708141]  ? _nv028097rm+0x55/0x90 [nvidia]
[ 1054.708294]  ? _nv013699rm+0xee/0x100 [nvidia]
[ 1054.708447]  ? _nv015347rm+0x154/0x270 [nvidia]
[ 1054.708612]  ? _nv008317rm+0x134/0x1a0 [nvidia]
[ 1054.708777]  ? _nv008296rm+0x29c/0x2b0 [nvidia]
[ 1054.708942]  ? _nv001072rm+0xe/0x20 [nvidia]
[ 1054.709108]  ? _nv007324rm+0xd8/0x100 [nvidia]
[ 1054.709263]  ? _nv001171rm+0x627/0x830 [nvidia]
[ 1054.709418]  ? rm_ioctl+0x73/0x100 [nvidia]
[ 1054.709565]  ? nvidia_ioctl+0x561/0x710 [nvidia]
[ 1054.709713]  ? nvidia_frontend_unlocked_ioctl+0x3a/0x50 [nvidia]
[ 1215.848296] caller _nv001169rm+0xe3/0x1d0 [nvidia] mapping multiple BARs

Sorry for leaving so much basic info out.

seth · 2019-01-18 09:05:41

Yeah, not "filtered", that's worthless.
However, what most likely happens is that you're running a VGA console (which is good - nvidia doesn't officially support framebuffer consoles. It can work, but you might get weird issues from it) and your monitor doesn't scale the signal to the native resolution, but runs it in a letterbox. You can often configure that behavor in the monitors OSD and will then get upscaled text from covering the entire panel.

FallenArches · 2019-01-18 14:42:06

I grabbed a VGA cable to hook up the monitor and that works fine. I'll stick with that since my eyes can't tell it apart from HDMI.

Arch Linux

#1 2019-01-18 03:51:02

[SOLVED] Console not filled edge to edge

#2 2019-01-18 05:06:42

Re: [SOLVED] Console not filled edge to edge

#3 2019-01-18 07:34:40

Re: [SOLVED] Console not filled edge to edge

#4 2019-01-18 09:05:41

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#5 2019-01-18 14:42:06

Re: [SOLVED] Console not filled edge to edge

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