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amhainen

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[SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

My display is showing odd output. I went through the install twice and ended up in the same spot. I have an XoticPC GW15 with an Nvidia 3070Ti (note:resolution is 1440p at 165Hz). This is my first laptop with a dedicated graphics card (I am not a gamer). I am also confused if I am using the Nvidia card or the Intel on-board graphics. Thanks for any help!

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Last edited by amhainen (2022-12-31 16:44:51)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

Please replace the oversized image w/ a link (the maximum is 250x250 px) and post your xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

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amhainen

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

I think I got the picture resized. There were four Xorg logs I found (I had to arch-chroot in because I had no video):

https://www.alexhainen.com/var-log-Xorg0log.txt
https://www.alexhainen.com/var-log-Xorg0logold.txt
https://www.alexhainen.com/home-user-lo … rg0log.txt
https://www.alexhainen.com/home-user-lo … logold.txt

Hope that saves posting ~360 lines four times. Thanks for the help!

amhainen

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

Also, I did go into the BIOS (question: is it still called BIOS? I am installing as UEFI) and the computer is using "dgpu" for the switchable graphics. The other options were "igpu" and "mshybrid". I switched to igpd and then X wouldn't load at all, but the terminal (CTRL+ALT+F2) was back to normal. I am back to "dgpu" with the same errors persisting.

(Ideally, I would be able to use switchable graphics, but I am still too confused with the Nvidia setup)

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

The servers for the logs in your $HOME failed because the nvidia kernel module wasn't loaded.
In general, please remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf - it's generated by nvidia settings, useless, pointless and full of cruft and will at best only hide problems.

The two logs in /var/log show short but succesful runs on the nvidia GPU.
What kind of desktop session is this on the photo? (kde, gnome, xfce4, …)
How do you log in (some desktop manager like lightdm?)?
Is the broken output also a problem during the login?

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

I switched to igpd and then X wouldn't load at all

Because of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf

the terminal (CTRL+ALT+F2) was back to normal

Do you mean the broken output is also a problem on terminal sessions/during the boot?

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amhainen

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

I am using XFCE with lightdm (and the light-gtk-greeter). The display errors are present at lightdm, though I can login with typing and hoping I get things correct.

Even in the CTRL+ALT+F2, I am still having those display errors.

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I did try to mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old, but I wasn't having luck in the scrambled terminal (I probably forgot "sudo"). So I fired up the live environment, made the move, and rebooted into the installed Arch with no change (display errors still the same).

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

The terminal sounds like I's a HW/BIOS issue in redirecting the GPU.
You may have more success w/ the hybrid setup and a regular optimus/prime configuration.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus

display errors still the same

On the intel or nvidia GPU?

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amhainen

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Re: [SOLVED] Display Errors on New Install (Tearing?) XOTICPC GW-15 MsHybr

Changing the BIOS/settings to "MsHybrid" got it to work! I made that change and made sure that Windows still came up. It came up fine and installed the Intel drivers. From there, I reinstalled Arch from setp 1 and the display came up perfectly. Thanks so much for the help!