Secondary monitor connected to laptop wond go to 100hz

NominalSum · 2025-12-03 05:17:43

It has worked at 100hz on differnt distros but I can not get it to work on arch. Im searching the wiki but cant find anything there.

[backalley@archlinux ~]$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 382mm x 215mm
   1920x1080    143.88*+
   1440x1080    143.80  
   1400x1050    143.89  
   1280x1024    143.79  
   1280x960     143.86  
   1152x864     143.92  
   1024x768     143.87  
   800x600      143.83  
   640x480      143.85  
   320x240      142.05  
   1680x1050    143.88  
   1440x900     143.86  
   1280x800     143.84  
   1152x720     143.77  
   960x600      143.72  
   928x580      143.50  
   800x500      143.68  
   768x480      143.69  
   720x480      143.85  
   640x400      143.37  
   320x200      141.40  
   1600x900     143.93  
   1368x768     143.77  
   1280x720     143.85  
   1024x576     143.91  
   864x486      143.63  
   720x400      143.88  
   640x350      143.57  
HDMI-A-4 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 540mm x 310mm
   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

Thanks for any help

Last edited by NominalSum (2025-12-03 05:21:05)

seth · 2025-12-03 09:42:51

nvidia?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=310035

btw. "will not" == "won't"

NominalSum · 2025-12-03 19:44:15

seth wrote:

nvidia?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=310035
btw. "will not" == "won't"

It is nvidia, yes. Ill check out the link. I am very new to computing at this depth. So learning this is kinda fun. Never bothered with much linux wise other than playing in backtrack and kali years ago.

NominalSum · 2025-12-03 19:49:37

So is the nvidia-smi 580.105.08 the thing I want to change? Is it just a driver roll back? Ill look into how to do that and get back with a solved or unsolved.

[backalley@archlinux ~]$ nvidia-smi
Wed Dec  3 13:46:57 2025       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.105.08             Driver Version: 580.105.08     CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| N/A   28C    P8              3W /  115W |      53MiB /   8188MiB |     11%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A             912      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                             2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1079      G   /usr/bin/kwin_wayland                     2MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Last edited by NominalSum (2025-12-03 19:50:07)

NominalSum · 2025-12-03 19:51:42

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Last edited by NominalSum (2025-12-03 19:59:27)

seth · 2025-12-03 21:43:15

Is it just a driver roll back?

Yes.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages
nb. that you'll have to use nvidia-dkms or nvidia-open-dkms since it has to be built for the used kernel.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … le_Support

NominalSum · 2025-12-11 19:57:03

seth wrote:

Is it just a driver roll back?
Yes.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages
nb. that you'll have to use nvidia-dkms or nvidia-open-dkms since it has to be built for the used kernel.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … le_Support

Was away for a bit and back to this issue. I got the rollback packages and when I choose to rollback nvidia I have some option. After I choose one, are yopu saying Ill have to "rebuild" the kernal?

seth · 2025-12-11 20:00:17

No, you have to build the nvidia module for the installed kernel using dkms, implying to install the nvidia-dkms or nvidia-open-dkms package, not the non-dkms one.
And also the kernel headers.

NominalSum · 2025-12-11 20:08:05

Well damn. I know I can do the roll back, I think, but looking at the second link, I am very confused. When i rollback, I check dkms status, then rebuild. Would I choose dkms install nvidia/diver number ? The do dkms remove nvidia/old driver number ? Sorry if this seems obvious, im on an irregular schedule and setup currently and would be stoked if I could not mess things up again, haha

seth · 2025-12-11 20:14:55

You're not rolling anything back.
You install the older version of the nvidia drivers.

pacman -U 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-utils/nvidia-utils-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-open-dkms/nvidia-open-dkms-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'

or

pacman -U 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-utils/nvidia-utils-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-dkms/nvidia-dkms-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'

and make sure to have linux-headers installed.

NominalSum · 2025-12-11 20:16:45

NominalSum wrote:

Well damn. I know I can do the roll back, I think, but looking at the second link, I am very confused. When i rollback, I check dkms status, then rebuild. Would I choose dkms install nvidia/diver number ? The do dkms remove nvidia/old driver number ? Sorry if this seems obvious, im on an irregular schedule and setup currently and would be stoked if I could not mess things up again, haha

Im reading through it all again and not know if I would want to rebuild all modules, specific kernal, specific kernal module, or build module for all kernals.

NominalSum · 2025-12-11 20:22:27

backalley@archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -U 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-utils/nvidia-utils-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-open-dkms/nvidia-open-dkms-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[sudo] password for backalley: 
:: Retrieving packages...
 nvidia-utils-580.95.05...   287.6 MiB  11.8 MiB/s 00:24 [##############################] 100%
 nvidia-open-dkms-580.9...    12.0 MiB  1223 KiB/s 00:10 [##############################] 100%
loading packages...
warning: downgrading package nvidia-utils (580.105.08-5 => 580.95.05-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: nvidia-open-dkms-580.95.05-1 and nvidia-dkms-580.105.08-5 are in conflict (NVIDIA-MODULE). Remove nvidia-dkms? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing nvidia-utils (580.95.05-1) breaks dependency 'nvidia-utils=580.105.08' required by lib32-nvidia-utils

I ahve an issue. I think it means by changing the driver, utils doesnt recognize it anymore because it still with the old driver?

seth · 2025-12-11 20:32:00

Since you've the multilib enabled, you'll also need to install https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/ … kg.tar.zst

Off topic:

specific kernal, specific kernal module, or build module for all kernals.

Do you mind telling me roughly where in the world you live and what your native tongue is?
This weird "kernAl" thing shows up a lot lately - is there something like that in your native language or how do you come up with that?

NominalSum · 2025-12-11 20:42:21

seth wrote:

Since you've the multilib enabled, you'll also need to install https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/ … kg.tar.zst
Off topic:
specific kernal, specific kernal module, or build module for all kernals.
Do you mind telling me roughly where in the world you live and what your native tongue is?
This weird "kernAl" thing shows up a lot lately - is there something like that in your native language or how do you come up with that?

I speak english and am from the states, just an error I didnt even realize I was doing. Reading error. I swore I saw it spelled with an al and always had, though my terms like that were never really something I was overly familiar with. Ive only dabbled in linux a bit and this is my first foray into actually trying to learn to use command lines and actually learn about my pc and os. Just turned 40 and need a new hobby. Also gonna go back to school part time to get more knowledge.

About the link there. I clicked on it and it started a download. Can I use those kinds of browser dl's properly through konsole?

seth · 2025-12-11 21:39:49

Can I use those kinds of browser dl's properly through konsole?

Yes and you can also directly "pacman -U" like you did before.

NominalSum · 2025-12-11 22:08:10

seth wrote:

Can I use those kinds of browser dl's properly through konsole?
Yes and you can also directly "pacman -U" like you did before.

I instead added the link to the command like the others were. Black screened. I didnt have a differnt device to respond on so i did a new install and got nvidia drivers installed, but still on the newest. I ran home while the install was finishing and grabbed another laptop so I can ssh into this one if I need. Im pretty sure setting up ssh stuff is easy enough and I believe that will give me the ability to chroot into the arch machine if my screen goes black again. That was more of a question, actually. If I set up ssh stuff, can I chroot in and do work I need from a different laptop in the event I get another black screen issue?

Last edited by NominalSum (2025-12-11 22:12:49)

NominalSum · 2025-12-11 22:18:39

My driver install went as follows, if the info helps at all.

sudo pacman -S base-devel linux-headers --needed
sudo pacman -S nvidia-utils nvidia-settings
sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf  (enabled multilib)
sudo vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (removed 'o"' from the end)
sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms

seth · 2025-12-11 22:21:12

If I set up ssh stuff, can I chroot in and do work I need from a different laptop in the event I get another black screen issue?

No, you can *either* ssh into the system *xor* chroot into the system (eg. from booting the installation iso)

Also you'll most likely be able to still boot the multi-user.target (2nd link below) in doubt along the "nomodeset" https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_parameters

Pay close attention when building the older dkms module, also you perhaps want to install

pacman -U 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-utils/nvidia-utils-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/nvidia-dkms/nvidia-dkms-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'  'https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/lib32-nvidia-utils/lib32-nvidia-utils-580.95.05-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'

ie. the non-open version you're currently using (though nvidia-open supports your device)

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