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#1 2024-03-11 10:27:44
- r0cz
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Monitor started going black when increasing refresh rate beyond 60hz
Hi,
I've been having issues with my primary monitor for the past week or so - I guess after upgrading `nvidia` from `545.29.06-18` to `550.54.14-4`.
Sometimes, when I boot, log in and start Xorg, my primary monitor will just go black and complain there's no signal.
I should say my setup has never experienced issues like this over many, many years, using a refresh rate of 144hz. I also dual-boot with Windows, where the monitor works fine.
I can't see anything wrong with xrandr or in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. It just seems normal, and I can move windows to the black screen as if it was functioning correctly.
Then I figured out I could bring it back to life by setting the refresh rate to 60hz using xrandr (with --rate), but the other way around turns it black again.
Like I said, it doesn't happen on every boot, but more often than not.
I have had luck turning it off (using xrandr --off) and on, but that worked once out of 20 attempts or so.
I don't have any Xorg configurations for displays, and I just set refresh rate in my WM (i3) configuration like this:
exec xrandr --output DP-2 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 144 --right-of HDMI-1Kernel: 6.7.9-arch1-1
NVIDIA driver: 550.54.14-5
Monitor: ASUS VG248QE
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Connected using DisplayPort.
Modes available (shows +1920+0 as my primary monitor is to the right):
DP-2 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
1920x1080 60.00 + 144.00* 119.98 99.93 84.90 59.94 50.00
1680x1050 59.95
1440x900 59.89
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1280x960 60.00
1280x800 59.81
1280x720 60.00 59.94 50.00
1152x864 75.00
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
800x600 75.00 72.19 60.32 56.25
720x576 50.00
720x480 59.94
640x480 75.00 59.94 59.93 I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out why and when this happens, and where to even look for logs other than Xorg.
I have tried downgrading the NVIDIA driver, but I gave up as it seemed like I had to downgrade the whole system because of kernel module mismatch.
Where can I look for issues?
Thanks!
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#2 2024-03-11 15:11:23
- r0cz
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Re: Monitor started going black when increasing refresh rate beyond 60hz
It turns out that setting the refresh rate using nvidia-settings works out, but I'm still interested in finding out why xrandr doesn't work.
I was under the impression that nvidia-settings just used xrandr/Xorg to set modes under the hood.
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#3 2024-03-11 15:47:47
- seth
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Re: Monitor started going black when increasing refresh rate beyond 60hz
xrandr uses the nvidia driver.
Can you obtain the output of "xrandr -v" after setting the mode w/ nvidia-settings resp. xrandr (you'll probably have to timeout the latter w/ "sleep 10" or so)
I don't have any Xorg configurations for displays
Why?
If you want to change this dynamically via commandline you can - at least temporarily - resort to
nvidia-settings -a CurrentMetaMode <metamodestring>You can query the string
nvidia-settings -q CurrentMetaModeafter setting the mode w/ nvidia-settings once.
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#4 2024-03-11 17:14:47
- r0cz
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Re: Monitor started going black when increasing refresh rate beyond 60hz
Can you obtain the output of "xrandr -v" after setting the mode w/ nvidia-settings resp. xrandr (you'll probably have to timeout the latter w/ "sleep 10" or so)
There's no difference, it's just:
xrandr program version 1.5.2
Server reports RandR version 1.6I don't have any Xorg configurations for displays
Why?
Sorry, I meant besides the xorg.conf nvidia-settings generated for me. It's just default.
And for the CLI usage of nvidia-settings, thanks. That's good to know! The output looks like this:
Attribute 'CurrentMetaMode' (n0va:0.0): id=50, switchable=no, source=nv-control :: DPY-3: 1920x1080_144 @1920x1080 +1920+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}, DPY-5: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080 +0+0
{ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}Which part is the mode string?
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#5 2024-03-11 17:22:12
- seth
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Re: Monitor started going black when increasing refresh rate beyond 60hz
F***, "xrandr --verbose" - sorry.
"DPY-3: 1920x1080_144 @1920x1080 +1920+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}, DPY-5: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}"
Please post that nvidia-settings generated xorg config that you most likely do not want to use at all (but that should actually contain the metamode)
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#6 2024-03-12 13:03:14
- r0cz
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Re: Monitor started going black when increasing refresh rate beyond 60hz
Had the same problem this morning, where nvidia-settings also didn't fix it. Left it on 60hz for an hour or so, and then changed it to 144hz first try.
It's working currently, and I can't seem to "break" it, so I'll post the working output of xrandr --verbose (left out unused outputs):
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP-2 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (0x1c1) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
Identifier: 0x1bf
Timestamp: 26361622
Subpixel: unknown
Gamma: 0.91:0.91:0.91
Brightness: 1.0
Clones:
CRTC: 0
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
EDID:
00ffffffffffff000469a42401010101
2c190104a5351e783a9de5a654549f26
0d5054b7ef00714f8180814081c08100
9500b3000101023a801871382d40582c
4500132b2100001e000000fd0032961e
a021000a202020202020000000fc0056
473234380a20202020202020000000ff
0046414c4d51533133383434390a0195
020318f14b900504030201111213141f
2309070783010000023a801871382d40
582c4500132b2100001e8a4d80a07038
2c4030203500132b2100001afe5b80a0
7038354030203500132b2100001a866f
80a07038404030203500132b2100001a
fc7e80887038124018203500132b2100
001e0000000000000000000000000073
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: DisplayPort
supported: DisplayPort
ConnectorType: DisplayPort
ConnectorNumber: 2
_ConnectorLocation: 2
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
1920x1080 (0x1c0) 148.500MHz +HSync +VSync +preferred
h: width 1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew 0 clock 67.50KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 60.00Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c1) 325.080MHz +HSync +VSync *current
h: width 1920 start 1944 end 1976 total 2056 skew 0 clock 158.11KHz
v: height 1080 start 1083 end 1088 total 1098 clock 144.00Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c2) 285.500MHz +HSync -VSync
h: width 1920 start 1968 end 2000 total 2080 skew 0 clock 137.26KHz
v: height 1080 start 1083 end 1088 total 1144 clock 119.98Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c3) 235.500MHz +HSync -VSync
h: width 1920 start 1968 end 2000 total 2080 skew 0 clock 113.22KHz
v: height 1080 start 1083 end 1088 total 1133 clock 99.93Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c4) 198.500MHz +HSync -VSync
h: width 1920 start 1968 end 2000 total 2080 skew 0 clock 95.43KHz
v: height 1080 start 1083 end 1088 total 1124 clock 84.90Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c5) 148.350MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew 0 clock 67.43KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 59.94Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c6) 148.500MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2448 end 2492 total 2640 skew 0 clock 56.25KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 50.00Hz
1680x1050 (0x1c7) 146.250MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1680 start 1784 end 1960 total 2240 skew 0 clock 65.29KHz
v: height 1050 start 1053 end 1059 total 1089 clock 59.95Hz
1440x900 (0x1c8) 106.500MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1440 start 1520 end 1672 total 1904 skew 0 clock 55.93KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 934 clock 59.89Hz
1280x1024 (0x1c9) 135.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1296 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 79.98KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 75.02Hz
1280x1024 (0x1ca) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 63.98KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 60.02Hz
1280x960 (0x1cb) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1376 end 1488 total 1800 skew 0 clock 60.00KHz
v: height 960 start 961 end 964 total 1000 clock 60.00Hz
1280x800 (0x1cc) 83.500MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1352 end 1480 total 1680 skew 0 clock 49.70KHz
v: height 800 start 803 end 809 total 831 clock 59.81Hz
1280x720 (0x1cd) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew 0 clock 45.00KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 60.00Hz
1280x720 (0x1ce) 74.180MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew 0 clock 44.96KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 59.94Hz
1280x720 (0x1cf) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1720 end 1760 total 1980 skew 0 clock 37.50KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 50.00Hz
1152x864 (0x1d0) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1344 total 1600 skew 0 clock 67.50KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 900 clock 75.00Hz
1024x768 (0x1d1) 78.750MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1024 start 1040 end 1136 total 1312 skew 0 clock 60.02KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 800 clock 75.03Hz
1024x768 (0x1d2) 75.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1328 skew 0 clock 56.48KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 70.07Hz
1024x768 (0x1d3) 65.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.36KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 60.00Hz
800x600 (0x1d4) 49.500MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 816 end 896 total 1056 skew 0 clock 46.88KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 604 total 625 clock 75.00Hz
800x600 (0x1d5) 50.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 856 end 976 total 1040 skew 0 clock 48.08KHz
v: height 600 start 637 end 643 total 666 clock 72.19Hz
800x600 (0x1d6) 40.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.88KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.32Hz
800x600 (0x1d7) 36.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 824 end 896 total 1024 skew 0 clock 35.16KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 603 total 625 clock 56.25Hz
720x576 (0x1d8) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 720 start 732 end 796 total 864 skew 0 clock 31.25KHz
v: height 576 start 581 end 586 total 625 clock 50.00Hz
720x480 (0x1d9) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 720 start 736 end 798 total 858 skew 0 clock 31.47KHz
v: height 480 start 489 end 495 total 525 clock 59.94Hz
640x480 (0x1da) 31.500MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 720 total 840 skew 0 clock 37.50KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 500 clock 75.00Hz
640x480 (0x1db) 25.175MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.47KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.94Hz
640x480 (0x1dc) 25.170MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.46KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.93Hz
HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (0x1c0) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
Identifier: 0x1de
Timestamp: 26361622
Subpixel: unknown
Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0
Brightness: 1.0
Clones:
CRTC: 1
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
CTM: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1
CscMatrix: 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0 0 0 0 65536 0
EDID:
00ffffffffffff000472ff02a5964133
2217010380351e78ca9265a655559f28
0d5054bfef80714f8140818081c08100
9500b300d1c0023a801871382d40582c
4500132b2100001e000000fd00374c1e
5011000a202020202020000000fc0047
323436484c0a202020202020000000ff
004c57414545303138383536330a0167
020324f14f0102030405060790111213
1415161f230907078301000067030c00
1000382d023a801871382d40582c4500
132b2100001f011d8018711c1620582c
2500132b2100009f011d007251d01e20
6e285500132b2100001e8c0ad08a20e0
2d10103e9600132b2100001800000000
0000000000000000000000000000007e
BorderDimensions: 4
supported: 4
Border: 0 0 0 0
range: (0, 65535)
SignalFormat: TMDS
supported: TMDS
ConnectorType: HDMI
ConnectorNumber: 1
_ConnectorLocation: 1
non-desktop: 0
supported: 0, 1
1920x1080 (0x1c0) 148.500MHz +HSync +VSync *current +preferred
h: width 1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew 0 clock 67.50KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 60.00Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c5) 148.350MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew 0 clock 67.43KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 59.94Hz
1920x1080 (0x1c6) 148.500MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1920 start 2448 end 2492 total 2640 skew 0 clock 56.25KHz
v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125 clock 50.00Hz
1680x1050 (0x1c7) 146.250MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1680 start 1784 end 1960 total 2240 skew 0 clock 65.29KHz
v: height 1050 start 1053 end 1059 total 1089 clock 59.95Hz
1440x900 (0x1c8) 106.500MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1440 start 1520 end 1672 total 1904 skew 0 clock 55.93KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 934 clock 59.89Hz
1280x1024 (0x1c9) 135.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1296 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 79.98KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 75.02Hz
1280x1024 (0x1ca) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 63.98KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 60.02Hz
1280x960 (0x1cb) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1376 end 1488 total 1800 skew 0 clock 60.00KHz
v: height 960 start 961 end 964 total 1000 clock 60.00Hz
1280x800 (0x1cc) 83.500MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1352 end 1480 total 1680 skew 0 clock 49.70KHz
v: height 800 start 803 end 809 total 831 clock 59.81Hz
1280x720 (0x1cd) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew 0 clock 45.00KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 60.00Hz
1280x720 (0x1ce) 74.180MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew 0 clock 44.96KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 59.94Hz
1280x720 (0x1cf) 74.250MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1720 end 1760 total 1980 skew 0 clock 37.50KHz
v: height 720 start 725 end 730 total 750 clock 50.00Hz
1152x864 (0x1d0) 108.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1344 total 1600 skew 0 clock 67.50KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 900 clock 75.00Hz
1024x768 (0x1d1) 78.750MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1024 start 1040 end 1136 total 1312 skew 0 clock 60.02KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 800 clock 75.03Hz
1024x768 (0x1d2) 75.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1328 skew 0 clock 56.48KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 70.07Hz
1024x768 (0x1d3) 65.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.36KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 60.00Hz
800x600 (0x1d4) 49.500MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 816 end 896 total 1056 skew 0 clock 46.88KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 604 total 625 clock 75.00Hz
800x600 (0x1d5) 50.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 856 end 976 total 1040 skew 0 clock 48.08KHz
v: height 600 start 637 end 643 total 666 clock 72.19Hz
800x600 (0x1d6) 40.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.88KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.32Hz
800x600 (0x1d7) 36.000MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 824 end 896 total 1024 skew 0 clock 35.16KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 603 total 625 clock 56.25Hz
720x576 (0x1d8) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 720 start 732 end 796 total 864 skew 0 clock 31.25KHz
v: height 576 start 581 end 586 total 625 clock 50.00Hz
720x480 (0x1d9) 27.000MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 720 start 736 end 798 total 858 skew 0 clock 31.47KHz
v: height 480 start 489 end 495 total 525 clock 59.94Hz
640x480 (0x1da) 31.500MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 720 total 840 skew 0 clock 37.50KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 500 clock 75.00Hz
640x480 (0x1df) 31.500MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 696 total 832 skew 0 clock 37.86KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 520 clock 72.81Hz
640x480 (0x1db) 25.175MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.47KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.94Hz
640x480 (0x1dc) 25.170MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.46KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.93HzAnd the xorg.conf it generated:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 545.29.06
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Ancor Communications Inc VG248"
HorizSync 30.0 - 160.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-3"
Option "metamodes" "DP-2: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0, HDMI-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
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#7 2024-03-12 13:29:26
- seth
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Re: Monitor started going black when increasing refresh rate beyond 60hz
Try this instead:
Section "Device"
Identifier "rtx3070"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "rtx3070"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-3"
Option "metamodes" "DP-2: 1920x1080_144 +1920+0, HDMI-1: 1920x1080 +0+0"
EndSectionand not altering the output in your i3config
60Hz is the preferred mode, I could see why altering the mode while 13 starts up could cause some issues (notably if you also run a compositor) but the permanent failure (sometimes™, at least) smells more like a cable issue (though the pclk isn't all that high)
Might the xrandr/nvidia-settings difference simply have been a fluke?
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