Monitor goes from Alienware AWF to Unknown-1 after update

Hello everyone,

I have had this issue twice already, on a fresh install my monitor is being recognized and i can use it to it s full capabilities up to 240 hz, but after i do garuda-update, it changes to Unknown and is locked at 60hz, the whole pc also starts running slower…

System:
Kernel: 6.5.9-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=194fae68-4203-4487-8f1a-a42dc549d22d rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z490M v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z490M serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F22 date: 06/07/2023
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-10600KF bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xF8
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4600 min/max: 800/4800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 4600 2: 4600 3: 4600 4: 4600 5: 4600 6: 4600
7: 4600 8: 4600 9: 4600 10: 4600 11: 4600 12: 4600 bogomips: 98397
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 535.113.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-09) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-23 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2484 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: gbm: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 15.17 GiB unified: yes
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 driver: nvidia v: 535.113.01
device-ID: 10de:2484 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Kingston HyperX QuadCast
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0951:16df class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-4: Kingston HyperX 7.1 Audio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 0951:16a4 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.5.9-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.83 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:0d4d class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 4020
bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 743.36 GiB used: 10.23 GiB (1.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN520
SDAPNUW-256G-1002 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 20110000 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 480GB
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 04RL scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
size: 57.75 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.23 GiB (4.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.23 GiB (4.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.23 GiB (4.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.23 GiB (4.3%) 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: 15.54 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C pch: 44.0 C mobo: 30.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 290 Uptime: 15m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.54 GiB used: 2.42 GiB (15.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1771 libs: 516 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.30
Garuda (2.6.17-1):
System install date:     2023-11-15
Last full system update: 2023-11-15
Is partially upgraded:   Yes
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

Run a garuda-update again and reboot and see if the issue persists.

Might be related to this thread that we are still working on a solution for Can't change the resolution, the monitor is unknown - #32 by omar1218

Searching more on the issue today, I came across this "Unknown" primary display (Gnome + Nvidia + Dual monitor) / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums suggesting to enable DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) for Nvidia NVIDIA - ArchWiki

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