[SOLVED] New to arch and need help with resolution/Hz

legitobin · 2025-05-25 16:51:56

Hello so i choosed arch as my second linux distro its going well my first was zorin which was user friendly on all but it didnt felt like a linux so decided to switch to arch and everything seems to be going well i got the hang of most things but my Hz is stuck at 60 hz for no reason i downlaoded nvidia drivers and all looked around forums but couldnt get the hang of it and im still stuck on 60 hz my specs are Nvidia RTX4060, Ryzen 5 7500F i can give any other information if yall need to help me i tried to add a custom xrandr but it didnt seem to work my monitor is 1920x1080(native) and its on 165 on other distros and windows but it doesnt seem to be working on here. Thanks in advance. (complete newb btw)

Last edited by legitobin (2025-05-29 15:10:28)

fanda · 2025-05-25 18:48:35

Maybe check the possibilities with the command:
xrandr

And then try changing the mode:
xrandr --output <DISPLAY> --mode <RESOLUTION>

seth · 2025-05-25 20:22:21

First things first: is this actually on X11 or a wayland compositor?
And which?

loginctl session-status

Second, what's your metric for the 60Hz?
Monitor OSD, some webservice, xrandr output, "feelings"…?

For X11 actually post the output of "xrandr -q", for wayland, xrandr has very limited meaning because it talks to an X11 server emulation layer only.

legitobin · 2025-05-28 16:47:44

fanda wrote:

Maybe check the possibilities with the command:
xrandr
And then try changing the mode:
xrandr --output <DISPLAY> --mode <RESOLUTION>

thabks for answering but i already tried it before my screen port is DP-1

legitobin · 2025-05-28 16:52:22

seth wrote:

First things first: is this actually on X11 or a wayland compositor?
And which?
loginctl session-status
Second, what's your metric for the 60Hz?
Monitor OSD, some webservice, xrandr output, "feelings"…?
For X11 actually post the output of "xrandr -q", for wayland, xrandr has very limited meaning because it talks to an X11 server emulation layer only.

Firstly thanks for answering and i use wayland. i didnt install it manually or anything i installed hyprland from archinstall and for loginctl idk what you need on it as i mentioned im a complete beginner and i downloaded meowrch but before downloading meowrch it was like this still on xrandr maximum output shows as 60 hz and it indeed does feel like 60 hz. I use display port.

seth · 2025-05-28 18:31:45

xrandr on wayland has limited meaning, still please post "xrandr -q" and see https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Monitors/ - and ideally test the behavior on and post the xrandr output from an X11 session.

legitobin · 2025-05-28 18:40:52

seth wrote:

xrandr on wayland has limited meaning, still please post "xrandr -q" and see https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Monitors/ - and ideally test the behavior on and post the xrandr output from an X11 session.

Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 600mm x 330mm
1920x1080 59.96*+
1440x1080 59.99
1400x1050 59.98
1280x1024 59.89
1280x960 59.94
1152x864 59.96
1024x768 59.92
800x600 59.86
640x480 59.38
320x240 59.29
1680x1050 59.95
1440x900 59.89
1280x800 59.81
1152x720 59.97
960x600 59.63
928x580 59.88
800x500 59.50
768x480 59.90
720x480 59.71
640x400 59.95
320x200 58.14
1600x900 59.95
1368x768 59.88
1280x720 59.86
1024x576 59.90
864x486 59.92
720x400 59.27
640x350 59.28

This is xrandr -q

and this is wlr-randr

DP-1 "SAC DP 0000000100000 (DP-1)"
Make: SAC
Model: DP
Serial: 0000000100000
Physical size: 600x330 mm
Enabled: yes
Modes:
1920x1080 px, 60.000000 Hz (preferred, current)
1920x1080 px, 164.996002 Hz
1920x1080 px, 144.000000 Hz
1920x1080 px, 119.999001 Hz
1920x1080 px, 99.998001 Hz
1920x1080 px, 59.938999 Hz
1680x1050 px, 59.953999 Hz
1280x1024 px, 75.025002 Hz
1280x1024 px, 60.020000 Hz
1440x900 px, 59.887001 Hz
1440x900 px, 59.901001 Hz
1024x768 px, 75.028999 Hz
1024x768 px, 70.069000 Hz
1024x768 px, 60.004002 Hz
800x600 px, 75.000000 Hz
800x600 px, 72.188004 Hz
800x600 px, 60.317001 Hz
800x600 px, 56.250000 Hz
720x480 px, 59.939999 Hz
640x480 px, 75.000000 Hz
640x480 px, 72.808998 Hz
640x480 px, 59.939999 Hz
640x480 px, 59.929001 Hz
Position: 0,0
Transform: normal
Scale: 1.000000
Adaptive Sync: disabled

seth · 2025-05-28 18:52:13

Please use [code][/code] tags. Edit your post in this regard.

Did you see that wlr-randr lists several high frequency modes? Have you tried to activate one of them?

legitobin · 2025-05-28 18:53:34

seth wrote:

Please use [code][/code] tags. Edit your post in this regard.
Did you see that wlr-randr lists several high frequency modes? Have you tried to activate one of them?

i tried to put on the hertz but nothing changes atleast visibly i expect pc to open and close screen to change the hertz but nothing changes

seth · 2025-05-28 21:14:01

Tried *how*?
Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

xrandr will not properly work on wayland.

legitobin · 2025-05-29 04:39:29

i used it like this

 ╭╴  legitobin at ~                                                              ? 07:36
╰─? wlr-randr --output DP-1 --mode 1920x1080@165
unknown mode: 1920x1080@165

after that i tried

 ╭╴  legitobin at ~                                                              ? 07:36
╰─? wlr-randr --output DP-1 --mode 1920x1080@164.996002

after that i checked backed at wlr-randr and it was still using 60 hz

 ╭╴  legitobin at ~                                                              ? 07:38
╰─? wlr-randr
DP-1 "SAC DP 0000000100000 (DP-1)"
  Make: SAC
  Model: DP
  Serial: 0000000100000
  Physical size: 600x330 mm
  Enabled: yes
  Modes:
    1920x1080 px, 60.000000 Hz (preferred, current)
    1920x1080 px, 164.996002 Hz
    1920x1080 px, 144.000000 Hz
    1920x1080 px, 119.999001 Hz
    1920x1080 px, 99.998001 Hz
    1920x1080 px, 59.938999 Hz
    1680x1050 px, 59.953999 Hz
    1280x1024 px, 75.025002 Hz
    1280x1024 px, 60.020000 Hz
    1440x900 px, 59.887001 Hz
    1440x900 px, 59.901001 Hz
    1024x768 px, 75.028999 Hz
    1024x768 px, 70.069000 Hz
    1024x768 px, 60.004002 Hz
    800x600 px, 75.000000 Hz
    800x600 px, 72.188004 Hz
    800x600 px, 60.317001 Hz
    800x600 px, 56.250000 Hz
    720x480 px, 59.939999 Hz
    640x480 px, 75.000000 Hz
    640x480 px, 72.808998 Hz
    640x480 px, 59.939999 Hz
    640x480 px, 59.929001 Hz
  Position: 0,0
  Transform: normal
  Scale: 1.000000
  Adaptive Sync: disabled

seth · 2025-05-29 06:15:34

Please use the hyprland configuration and test the X11 behavior.

hyprland has abandoned wlroots and it's possible that wlr-randr, just like xrandr, does nothing on that compositor.
Welcome to wayland…

legitobin · 2025-05-29 13:45:12

thank you so much for the help it is fixed now. i used monitors.conf and changed it i feel so dumb now

seth · 2025-05-29 14:03:29

\o/
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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