Its not the same they are both unknown devices.
try auto install propietary drivers again?
Also check before you do this that secure boot and fast boot is disabled in your bios
If nothing else works, I would also give a chance to the linux-lts kernel. And then again autoinstall.
Switching to the lts kernel fixed it - kind of. Garuda says its working at 240hz but nothing changed when I ran the commands and it still felt like 60hz. Not only that but when logged out and back in again 60 was again my only option.
I mark the solution for you
Wait i thought i fixed it but i didn't.
Can you mark the thread as unsolved?
Yes, but somebody does it
I think it would be helpful at this point to provide a picture of the situation, ex:
lts installed, Nvidia drivers? same error with xrandr? In what sense did it seem to work but then not? Any other previous tests redone?
This hasn't been asked, but..
How is the display(s) (single, multiple?) actually connected?
Eh.. Sorry, strike that. This is a laptop with eDP.... With that, I'd be more worried about hardware related issues with that situation.
But, to reference actual specs:
Display FHD 360Hz, QHD 240Hz (G-SYNC or OLED) or 4K 144Hz
So, in order to get that 240Hz, it looks like you /need/ G-SYNC support which.. Pretty much is non-existent in Linux to my knowledge.
Did you check then reinstall and then reinstall drivers
I have the oled model, I dont think this display has gsync. Also here is what I mean by kind of works:
when I execute xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode custom_default_240
the screen doesn't go black or flicker or anything, it just runs and doesn't error. Afterwards, I am able to choose 240hz as an option in the display settings, but nothing else changes. The refresh rate of the screen still feels like it is 60. When I run glxgears
to test the refresh rate it targets rendering at 60fps. The ufo test only shows up to 60fps as well.
So that's what i mean by kind of works. The display settings indicate it does, but the refresh rate does not change.
what was the output of glxgears
I realized I might be reinstalling the drivers wrong. To do this I would go to the settings manager than switch to and from the open source drivers. I tried to do it from the command line but I cant because the package breaks a dependency in grauda-nvidia-config. To reinstall it should I get rid of that or do it another way?
I wonder if for such high refresh rates it would be better to try with a wayland session.
did you check that fast boot and secure boot is disabled in your bios? as you card is being detected but not enabled?
I made sure both of those were off.
Agreed, be sure that wayland-protocols is installed. Wayland made my 144hz monitor actually work
I have wayland installed. How do I make garuda use it?