HDMI broke after garuda-update

Issues & Assistance
1

My regular setup is my laptop with garuda connected via hdmi to a non-smart TV i use as a monitor, hadn’t updated maybe in a couple of weeks and after updating my second screen no longer shows (mind you with another computer the tv still works).

xrandr only shows my builtin display:

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) 344mm x 193mm
   1920x1080    144.04*+
   1440x1080    144.01  
   1400x1050    144.00  
   1280x1024    144.05  
   1280x960     144.13  
   1152x864     144.09  
   1024x768     143.87  
   800x600      143.83  
   640x480      143.85  
   320x240      142.05  
   1680x1050    144.07  
   1440x900     143.99  
   1280x800     144.00  
   1152x720     143.97  
   960x600      144.01  
   928x580      143.82  
   800x500      143.68  
   768x480      143.69  
   720x480      143.85  
   640x400      144.04  
   320x200      141.40  
   1600x900     144.04  
   1368x768     143.93  
   1280x720     143.85  
   1024x576     143.91  
   864x486      143.63  
   720x400      143.88  
   640x350      143.57

nvidia-smi shows:

Tue May 20 12:55:11 2025       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.144                Driver Version: 570.144        CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 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 GTX 1650        Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   43C    P8              5W /   60W |       5MiB /   4096MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            2125      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                             4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

garuda-inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 6.14.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=1ff06791-3783-4094-b0dd-898c4b519967 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=f1f58c16-f4e6-4587-b7db-88c32ef6457f loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Katana GF66 11SC v: REV:1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1582 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 1582.3 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: E1582IMS.30A date: 07/22/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.4 Wh (98.2%) condition: 38.1/52.0 Wh (73.2%)
    volts: 12.3 min: 11.4 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: charging
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x56
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB
    desc: 6x1.2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 64512
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
    built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9a68 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 570.144
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as
    of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
    built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f9d class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Bison HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-10:3 chip-ID: 5986:211b
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0xaf90 built: 2020 res:
    mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
    size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia
    platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: iris
    device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
    device-ID: 8086:9a68 memory: 3.64 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 14 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:9a68 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 570.144
    device-ID: 10de:1f9d surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.0.5-arch1.1 (LLVM
    19.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  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 Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs,
    snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 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 Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: virbr0 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: 3-14:4 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: 476.94 GiB used: 410.72 GiB (86.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PCP3512F-AI1
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: ECFK52.8 temp: 35.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 410.72 GiB (87.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 410.72 GiB (87.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 410.72 GiB (87.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 410.72 GiB (87.8%) 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: 7.46 GiB used: 7.9 MiB (0.1%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 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: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.46 GiB used: 3.75 GiB (50.3%)
  Processes: 317 Power: uptime: 28m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 2.94 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2589 pm: pacman pkgs: 2555 libs: 607 tools: paru pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 34 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
    default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2022-08-03
  Last full system update: 2025-05-20
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

Hardware configuration shows:

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2

Try using a different HDMI cable or connect to a different HDMI port on the TV

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3

Please try logging into a x11 session and see if it persist?

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4

The recommended driver for Turing GPUs is nvidia-open and in your case for the linux-zen kernel the nvidia-open-dkms driver is the correct one.

Try to remove the nvidia-dkms drivers first and then install the nvidia-open-dkms drivers:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-open-dkms egl-wayland lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia nvidia-settings opencl-nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-prime

Then reboot and check if HDMI works w/o issues.

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5

my tv has 2 hdmi inputs and i use the other for another computer with another cable, after switching things around and testing all combinations i can conclude both cables and hdmi ports on the tv are good, problem comes from the laptop

6

issue persists on plasma-x11 session

7

trying to remove nvidia-dkms before installing the indicated packages fails:

[🔴] × sudo pacman -Rns nvidia-dkms
[sudo] password for na-tt:
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing nvidia-dkms breaks dependency 'nvidia-dkms' required by garuda-nvidia-config

i’m kind of afraid of breaking my system by uninstalling the garuda-nvidia-configuration meta package so before doing it i would like to ask for confirmation, checking with pacman -Qii i also see that said package is required by garuda-nvidia-prime-config so i guess it would have to be removed as well

8

Yep, you have to remove both packages first, that’s harmless.
Try it in one go:

sudo pacman -R garuda-nvidia-prime-config garuda-nvidia-config nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia libxnvctrl lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia gwe nvidia-prime python-py3nvml
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9

i did as you said and the issue persists, as a sanity check i booted from a live usb with Ubuntu 24.04 i had laying around, and even there the issue persisted. I don’t know how well is the live os driver setup of ubuntu so idk if this means my hardware is physically broken or not, what do you think?

10

So have you installed the nvidia-open-dkms drivers now? Please post a current garuda-inxi.

Boot a Garuda live.iso (with selected proprietary nvidia drivers) and check if HDMI works there.

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Here is the new garuda-inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 6.14.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=1ff06791-3783-4094-b0dd-898c4b519967 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=f1f58c16-f4e6-4587-b7db-88c32ef6457f loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Katana GF66 11SC v: REV:1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1582 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 1582.3 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: E1582IMS.30A date: 07/22/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 33.5 Wh (90.1%) condition: 37.2/52.0 Wh (71.6%)
    volts: 11.0 min: 11.4 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x56
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB
    desc: 6x1.2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 64512
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
    built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9a68 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 570.144
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as
    of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
    built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f9d class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Bison HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-10:2 chip-ID: 5986:211b
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0xaf90 built: 2020 res:
    mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
    size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia
    platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: iris
    device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
    device-ID: 8086:9a68 memory: 7.28 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 14 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:9a68 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 570.144
    device-ID: 10de:1f9d surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.1-arch1.1 (LLVM
    19.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  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 Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs,
    snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 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 Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: virbr0 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: 3-14:3 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 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: 476.94 GiB used: 377.64 GiB (79.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PCP3512F-AI1
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: ECFK52.8 temp: 27.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 377.64 GiB (80.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 377.64 GiB (80.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 377.64 GiB (80.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 377.64 GiB (80.7%) 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: 7.46 GiB used: 852.3 MiB (11.2%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
    max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.46 GiB used: 2.77 GiB (37.2%)
  Processes: 359 Power: uptime: 1d 52m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 2.94 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2585 pm: pacman pkgs: 2551 libs: 607 tools: paru pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 34 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
    default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2022-08-03
  Last full system update: 2025-05-22
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

I tried with the live garuda iso (mocka edition) tried both the proprietary (nvidia) boot option as well as the open just in case, both failed. tried fedora 42 as well and failed too.

At this point i think my hdmi port somehow got physically damaged, what a shame.

Thank you very much for all the assistance provided, sorry if i’ve wasted your time.

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Hello everyone, i have come with a final update.

Today i started thinking how i had moved my tv i use as monitor to the living room for a small get together and the issues started when i moved it back in to my home office. I also hadn’t noticed until recently that my other PC: a desktop with ubuntu 24.04 plugged into the other hdmi port of the tv also started having issues: image worked fine but audio was missing and there was a resolution issue wherein the login screen had the wrong resolution, something like 640 x 480 when the real resolution was 1366x768, although once logged in it corrected itself.

In hindsight it should have been obvious that the tv was the source of the issues, sadly i didn’t have another display available for testing. Today it occurred to me to unplug it and plug it back in, that’s all it took, now everything works like it should.

I guess my tv is showing its age (bough in 2015 non-smart samsung) it’s been trough a lot with me but still chugging along, glad it still has some fight left in it, it will be a sad day when it goes to electronics heaven.

ok, kind of an underwhelming but happy end of story for me, thank you everyone for your assistance, specially nepti who provided so much help. I’m sorry i essentially wasted your time in something that wasn’t OS related.

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You don’t know that beforehand. Troubleshooting has helped to narrow down the cause. In the end, the only remaining causes were a faulty laptop or a faulty TV. So it’s not a waste of time. :wink:

Besides, we’re here to help, you’re welcome. :slight_smile:

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Hardware issues are often hard to figure out. My favorite was getting transient freezes and I couldn’t figure out what was causing them. The pet owners out there will know what I’m talking about, it was a young puppy chewing on my USB cable. Once I replaced the cable no more freezes. Thought I’d get smart and tape the USB cable up out of his reach and problem solved. Until the tape let go and I couldn’t figure out why I was encountering freezes again.

Thankfully he’s past the teething stage now. :dog_face:

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