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I have a Alienware m15 R6 with RTX 3070. The builtin monitor is a 1080p 165hz panel.
The native refresh rate is not detected what so ever. Not from GNOME Settings, neither from xrandr output
xrandr --verbose
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 194mm
1920x1080 60.01*+ 60.01 59.97 59.96 59.93
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 59.99 59.94 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1440x810 60.00 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1280x800 59.99 59.97 59.81 59.91
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
1024x768 60.04 60.00
960x720 60.00
928x696 60.05
896x672 60.01
1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
960x600 59.93 60.00
960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25
840x525 60.01 59.88
864x486 59.92 59.57
700x525 59.98
800x450 59.95 59.82
640x512 60.02
700x450 59.96 59.88
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x405 59.51 58.99
684x384 59.88 59.85
640x400 59.88 59.98
640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
512x384 60.00
512x288 60.00 59.92
480x270 59.63 59.82
400x300 60.32 56.34
432x243 59.92 59.57
320x240 60.05
360x202 59.51 59.13
320x180 59.84 59.32
1920x1080_165.00 164.83
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Went through the steps of manually adding a modeline as you can see on the last modeline showed above.
When trying to set it:
alien-laptop% xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode 1920x1080_165.00 --verbose
crtc 0: 1920x1080_165.00 164.83 +0+0 "eDP-1"
xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed
crtc 0: disable
crtc 1: disable
crtc 2: disable
crtc 3: disable
crtc 4: disable
crtc 5: disable
crtc 6: disable
crtc 7: disable
screen 0: revert
crtc 0: revert
crtc 1: revert
crtc 2: revert
crtc 3: revert
crtc 4: revert
crtc 5: revert
crtc 6: revert
crtc 7: revert
Relevant `journalctl -xe` output
Mar 19 11:07:36 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (EE) modeset(0): failed to set mode: No such file or directory
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "LGD", prod id 1662
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 145.92 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1169 +hsync -vsync (70.2 kHz eP)
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "LGD", prod id 1662
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 145.92 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1169 +hsync -vsync (70.2 kHz eP)
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: disconnected
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal DisplayPort
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 2670.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 2670.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-4: disconnected
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-4: Internal TMDS
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-4: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[1038]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
Mar 19 11:07:37 alien-laptop gnome-shell[1139]: Unhandled promise rejection. To suppress this warning, add an error handler to your promise chain with .catch() or a try-catch block around your await expression. Stack trace of the failed >
_loadFile@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:488:20
_load@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:518:14
_init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:278:14
Background@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:234:4
getBackground@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:609:30
_createBackgroundActor@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:780:49
BackgroundManager@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:706:37
_createBackgroundManager@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:461:27
_updateBackgrounds@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:507:34
_monitorsChanged@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:571:14
Output of `xrandr --props | edid-decode`
alien-laptop% xrandr --props | edid-decode
edid-decode (hex):
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 30 e4 7e 06 00 00 00 00
00 1e 01 04 a5 22 13 78 07 a8 95 a6 54 4b 9b 26
0f 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 00 39 80 a0 70 38 59 40 30 20
35 00 58 c2 10 00 00 1a 00 00 00 fd 00 3c a5 c1
c1 29 01 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe 00 54
59 39 30 56 81 31 35 36 57 46 47 0a 00 00 00 00
00 02 41 3f 9e 00 11 00 00 0f 01 0a 20 20 01 34
70 13 79 00 00 03 01 14 b8 9c 00 84 7f 07 9f 00
2f 80 1f 00 37 04 58 00 02 00 04 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f8 90
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Block 0, Base EDID:
EDID Structure Version & Revision: 1.4
Vendor & Product Identification:
Manufacturer: LGD
Model: 1662
Made in: 2020
Basic Display Parameters & Features:
Digital display
Bits per primary color channel: 8
DisplayPort interface
Maximum image size: 34 cm x 19 cm
Gamma: 2.20
Supported color formats: RGB 4:4:4
Default (sRGB) color space is primary color space
First detailed timing includes the native pixel format and preferred refresh rate
Display is continuous frequency
Color Characteristics:
Red : 0.6503, 0.3300
Green: 0.2949, 0.6054
Blue : 0.1503, 0.0595
White: 0.3134, 0.3291
Established Timings I & II: none
Standard Timings: none
Detailed Timing Descriptors:
DTD 1: 1920x1080 60.011844 Hz 16:9 70.154 kHz 145.920000 MHz (344 mm x 194 mm)
Hfront 48 Hsync 32 Hback 80 Hpol P
Vfront 3 Vsync 5 Vback 81 Vpol N
Display Range Limits:
Monitor ranges (Bare Limits): 60-165 Hz V, 193-193 kHz H, max dotclock 410 MHz
Alphanumeric Data String: 'TY90V'
Manufacturer-Specified Display Descriptor (0x00): 00 00 00 02 41 3f 9e 00 11 00 00 0f 01 0a 20 20 '....A?........ '
Extension blocks: 1
Checksum: 0x34
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Block 1, DisplayID Extension Block:
Version: 1.3
Extension Count: 0
Display Product Type: Extension Section
Video Timing Modes Type 1 - Detailed Timings Data Block:
DTD: 1920x1080 165.003784 Hz 16:9 192.889 kHz 401.210000 MHz (aspect 16:9, no 3D stereo, preferred)
Hfront 48 Hsync 32 Hback 80 Hpol P
Vfront 3 Vsync 5 Vback 81 Vpol N
Checksum: 0xf8
Checksum: 0x90
Last edited by fabricio7p (2022-03-20 13:47:09)
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This recently shows up a lot, so I'm not sure this will help but since the naive 1080p/165Hz is at 525.00 MHz and the EDID offers a modeline at 401.21 MHz you could try
cvt12 1920 1080 165 -b
# 1920x1080 @ 165.000 Hz Reduced Blank (CVT) field rate 165.000 Hz; hsync: 192.885 kHz; pclk: 385.77 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080_165.00_rb2" 385.77 1920 1928 1960 2000 1080 1155 1163 1169 +hsync -vsync
which is well below the advertised pclk and matches hsync and polarity.
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Unfortunately same problem.
I found a Arch Wiki page about my device that states "no workaround"
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Alienware_M15_R6
Is that something that will eventually be fixed in the kernel? Whose fault is this?
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nvidia or alienware (driver bug resp. modified GPU requiring specific driver for the device - which alienware will only provide for windows)
Do you have a 160Hz mode by default?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Alienw … resh_Rates seems different? The output configured at 165Hz but glxgears capped on 60fps on gnome is/was a gnome thing, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/1430
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I posted the output for `xrandr --verbose` above. Apparently no default 165hz mode, only 1080p 60hz.
My output is indeed different from the Wiki article.
Its a fresh install of Arch with GNOME, nvidia, linux-firmware and linux-headers packages installed
Last edited by fabricio7p (2022-03-19 17:19:25)
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And actually seems an optimus system - so nvidia should be off the hook…
Can you please post the entire Xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General
You could also try the xf86-video-intel driver - or alternatively, if possible, disable the intel chip in the BIOS.
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Hey it actually worked! I entered the BIOS and disabled switchable graphics in the BIOS video settings, which means disabling Intel UHD.
Logged in to Linux and the 165hz mode was fully detected, just went to GNOME settings and switched.
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So the blame is with intel ;-)
I'm not sure though whether the IGP is actually capable of producing that signal (equivalent to 5280x2970 @60Hz)
Check an old journal or the notebooks manual for the actual IGP chip.
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.
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