I never asked for help before but after over a year searching for solutions i give up now and jump over my shadow.
—Unimportant side note how I ended up here—
I started with Linux December 2023 (choose Garuda) after my hatred towards Windows grew too much. And even with this 1 and a half issue that I have, I dont regret it. I really enjoy (Garuda) Linux now. Anyways to my problem…
—side note end
I have a rather weird setup that not many people have. Therefore not many will run into this problem. Here is the inxi:
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System:
Kernel: 6.13.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=1558769d-e5c1-48cf-bebb-4f2f0b2898eb rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
resume=UUID=26f5ac2b-2f19-40c7-8b31-5d603e5aabcd loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.11.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Razer product: Blade Stealth 13 (Early 2020) - RZ09-0310 v: 2.04
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Razer model: LY325 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: RZ09-03102G52
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Razer v: 1.04 date: 11/19/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 47.9/53.4 Wh (89.7%) volts: 11.5 min: 11.6
model: Razer Blade type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-1065G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake gen: core 10 level: v4
note: check built: 2019-21 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5
microcode: 0xC6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3008 min/max: 400/3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
cores: 1: 3008 2: 3008 3: 3008 4: 3008 5: 3008 6: 3008 7: 3008 8: 3008 bogomips: 23961
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 vendor: Razer USA driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-11
process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, DP-8
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:8a52 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 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: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
off: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 2e:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2216 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: Razer USA 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: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 58:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f95 class-ID: 0302
Device-4: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-6:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56d5 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
d-rect: 5760x2160 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: right model: MSI MAG271CR serial: <filter> built: 2020 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: AU Optronics 0x272b built: 2018 res: mode: 3840x2160
hz: 60 scale: 200% (2) to: 1920x1080 dpi: 333 gamma: 1.2 size: 293x165mm (11.54x6.5")
diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11:
drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL GT2) device-ID: 8086:8a52
memory: 7.49 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
A
PI: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 13 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel Iris Plus
Graphics (ICL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:8a52 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2216
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with
Max-Q Design driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1f95 surfaces: wayland device: 3 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Razer USA driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-icl
alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_icl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:34c8
class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2e:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: 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: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:34f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet driver: ax88179_178a type: USB rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 10-1:2 chip-ID: 0b95:1790 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
IF: enp51s0u1 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:9 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: no address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no
pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 504.96 GiB (27.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%) used: 504.96 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%) used: 504.96 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%) used: 504.96 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%) used: 504.96 GiB (27.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.35 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.35 GiB used: 5.21 GiB (33.9%)
Processes: 298 Power: uptime: 39m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.07 GiB
services: o
rg_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 2046 pm: pacman pkgs: 2039 libs: 575 tools: octopi,pamac,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date: 2024-05-10
Last full system update: 2025-03-01
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
(i hope i did that right, as mentioned first timer)
So yes I have an external Graphics Card, and its Nvidia.
It works perfectly fine if i use Xorg with all-ways-egpu (which i found after some research) but in wayland i have horrible graphical flickering on the second monitor that is connected to the eGPU (small horizontal lines all over the screen especially on windows) .
I tried also installing Gnome to see if its just KDE having issues with wayland but it had the same glitches. So its either Nvidia or wayland or both. (for testing i used external drive with EndeavorOS but it had the same issue)
I also tried capping the second Monitor to 60hz since many ppl claimed that it helps. Nope.
Others say that this shouldnt happen after 555 driver version… I have 570. So yeah eGPU seems to be different.
I also tried fully reinstalling Garuda one or 2 times in the past, because I remember the day it started was with a big KDE update (i think it was 6.0) and before it just had like 5-10 fps, so not useable either. now fps is fine but Graphics bugs… if i could i would put a video in here to show what i mean.
Im lost, I dont know what to do anymore, I mean yes it works under Xorg but with one monitor being 4K and just 13" and the other being 1080p and 27" you can imagine that the scaling is horrible. Not to mention the performance and security part.
I hope someone sees this and knows what to do, even though I doubt it, or someone who has contacts to people in power to fix it 
I tried to post it on the Nvidia site for feedbacks on the linux drivers, but they wanted me to make an account and asked too many questions (some of these were very questionable) about me so i gave that up as well.
So yeah… Send help, and if someone knows German, you can speak with me in german. I just write this in english to raise my chances of finding someone who has knowledge (and magical powers at this point )
