I created and booted from a Live USB stick for Garuda linux with Hyprland, and almost everything worked on my ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16. I then decided to commit to install it on my second SSD. Upon rebooting the second display, the ScreenPad, on the ASUS did not show any graphics, but it behaved like a touch pad for the above display as if it were a duplicate secondary display.
I searched for specifically my computer model and the ScreenPad and found only one issue on this forum about a Zen book and the ScreenPad.
I found other partially related issues of displays not working as expected, and typically it seems to be a proprietary NVIDIA driver vs. opensource or the DKMS drivers.
My questions to the forum is what does the Live USB default to, opensource or proprietary drivers? I’d like to try and load the same driver as the Live USB even if the graphics card is not wholly utilized, since my work method requires the ScreenPad. I have searched for and found ways to drop back to the opensource drivers, but I figured knowing why the Live USB worked off the bat with the ScreenPad and the install didn’t, might make it easier for me to choose what to do next.
Thank you, and my garuda-inxi output follows here:
System:
Kernel: 6.13.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=e3e34266-3563-4b15-8580-f4e58a59c525 rw
rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.47.2 with: waybar tools:
avail: swayidle,swaylock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Zephyrus Duo 16
GX650RX_GX650RX v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: GX650RX v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: GX650RX.319
date: 08/11/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 64.8 Wh (94.9%)
condition: 68.3/90.0 Wh (75.9%) power: 25.7 W volts: 15.9
min: 15.9 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion
serial: N/A status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404107
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16
tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1397 min/max: 400/4935 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores:
1: 1397 2: 1397 3: 1397 4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1397 7: 1397
8: 1397 9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1397 12: 1397 13: 1397 14: 1397
15: 1397 16: 1397 bogomips: 105407
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2
sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA103M [GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 570.124.04
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere
code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2420
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt [Radeon
680M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-3
empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, DP-8, Writeback-1, eDP-2
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300
temp: 47.0 C
Device-3: Quanta USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 0408:30c3 class-ID: fe01
serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland
v: 24.1.6 compositor: Hyprland v: 0.47.2 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 3200x1600
display-ID: 1
Monitor-1: DP-3 pos: right model: BOE Display 0x0a68
built: 2021 res: mode: 640x480 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 284
gamma: 1.2 size: 344x99mm (13.54x3.9") diag: 358mm (14.1")
modes: max: 3840x1100 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: AU Optronics 0x8e9d
built: 2021 res: mode: 2560x1600 hz: 60 scale: 160% (1.6)
to: 1602x1001 dpi: 189 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46") diag: 406mm (16") ratio: 16:10
modes: 2560x1600
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU driver: N/A
device-ID: 10de:2420 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon 680M (RADV REMBRANDT)
driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:1681 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check
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Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: kanshi, wdisplays, wlr-randr x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max:
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2288 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon
High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio
Coprocessor vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD
Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off
tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless
Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7921e v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0489:e0e2 class-ID: e001
serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no
class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.77 TiB used: 32.67 GiB (1.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check
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ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVL22T0HBLB-00B00 size: 1.86 TiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: GXB7401Q temp: 36.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:7 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 990 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0B2QKXJ7 temp: 44.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 32.67 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
maj-min: 259:9
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
maj-min: 259:8
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 32.67 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
maj-min: 259:9
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB
size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.67 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:9
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB
size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.67 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:9
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60)
cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.61 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.8 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: amdgpu
temp: 47.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.61 GiB
used: 2.76 GiB (9.0%)
Processes: 356 Power: uptime: 12m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.18 GiB
services: upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1989 libs: 452
tools: octopi,pacseek,paru Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.0 running-in: foot
inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-01-26
Last full system update: 2025-03-05
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units: