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#1 2026-08-24 03:52:17
- Fullsteam
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Second monitor not being used by system (resolved)
Hi
I ran an update yesterday and when I booted up today my second monitor won't display despite doing it fine yesterday.
Also tried running Nvidia-smi but it is saying it can't communicate with the driver
graphics card Nvidia RTX 2080 super
xrandr output
Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 2560 x 1440, maximum 32767 x 32767
Unknown-1 connected primary 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 677mm x 381mm
2560x1440 59.96*+
1920x1440 59.97
1600x1200 59.87
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
1920x1200 59.88
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
2048x1152 59.90
1920x1080 59.96
1600x900 59.95
1368x768 59.88
1280x720 59.86
1024x576 59.90
864x486 59.92
720x400 59.27
640x350 59.28 oh also running under Wayland not Xorg
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#2 2026-08-24 04:22:38
- Fullsteam
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Re: Second monitor not being used by system (resolved)
resolved by updating
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#3 2026-08-24 09:50:21
- seth
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Re: Second monitor not being used by system (resolved)
Fyi, the output shows that you've been running on the simpledrm devie (software emulation) ie. the nvidia driver did not load, was to late or failed to take over.
You previous journal will show you the details.
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