Monitor keep restaring

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Hi all,

i have been using garuda linux for a year now, but lately my monitor has been turning off and on repeatedly. I also have an installation with windows operating system and there I can continue with the same installation without any problems. As of today, my monitor did not turn on at all on linux and I connected using HDMI cable, but this time I am using it at 60 hz limit. here are my system specs, waiting for your help

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=13d21f7d-d39f-47a7-a6c3-989678d7b5b9 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    resume=UUID=3a226f53-deba-4536-83bd-fad5dbdce7a7 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0 wm: kwin_wayland
    with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B450M-A II v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU
    uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3802 date: 04/28/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0xA201210
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4193 min/max: 550/5278 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
    governor: performance cores: 1: 4193 2: 4193 3: 4193 4: 4193 5: 4193 6: 4193 7: 4193 8: 4193
    9: 4193 10: 4193 11: 4193 12: 4193 bogomips: 100803
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT]
    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: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,
    DP-2, DP-3, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung Odyssey G5 serial: <filter> built: 2245 res: mode: 2560x1440
    hz: 60 scale: 114% (1.15) to: 2226x1252 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.1-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 (radeonsi navi21 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.61
    6.13.5-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:73bf memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 13 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 6800 (RADV
    NAVI21) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:73bf surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
    type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 6800 driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:73bf
    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
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0d:00.4
    chip-ID: 1022:1487 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: 1.4.1 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: Rea
ltek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 08:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: TP-Link UB500 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-2.3.2:6 chip-ID: 2357:0604 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10 status:
    discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.3 TiB used: 711.37 GiB (30.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SN570 500GB
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 234110WD temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: CC46 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: XS2000 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1000 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 936.79 GiB size: 936.79 GiB (100.00%) used: 711.37 GiB (75.9%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 936.79 GiB size: 936.79 GiB (100.00%) used: 711.37 GiB (75.9%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
  ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 936.79 GiB size: 936.79 GiB (100.00%) used: 711.37 GiB (75.9%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
  ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 936.79 GiB size: 936.79 GiB (100.00%) used: 711.37 GiB (75.9%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.52 GiB used: 78.5 MiB (0.5%) 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: 17.07 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb2
    maj-min: 8:18
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C mem: 46.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.52 GiB used: 5.03 GiB (32.4%)
  Processes: 369 Power: uptime: 36m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.2 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1942 pm: pacman pkgs: 1919 libs: 575 tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 23
    Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2024-10-23
  Last full system update: 2025-03-20 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:
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System:

  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung Odyssey G5 serial: <filter> built: 2245 res: mode: 2560x1440
    hz: 60 scale: 114% (1.15) to: 2226x1252 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400


Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2024-10-23
  Last full system update: 2025-03-20 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No

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First off I would reboot, then I would check your HDMI cable, maybe replace it with a DP cable just to see if that helps. Does no look like it is recognizing it correctly, should be 32"

and welcome

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Try setting the scaling to 100% and see if that helps.

A BIOS update would also be a good idea:

Version 4622 / 15.77 MB / 2024/11/14

  1. Updated AGESA to version ComboV2PI 1.2.0.Cc.
  2. Resolved CPU exception when adjusting items like ““When system is in sleep, hibernate, or soft off states”” in certain languages.
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I did scaling to %100 but still keep restarting.

And I did BIOS update, but keep restarting. But thanks for your kindly reply.

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Actually I’m using DP and getting restarting on DP cable, but when I use HDMI my monitor up and running.

But this time my HDMI cable couldn’t fully support my monitor. I can use monitor only 60hz.

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Since when exactly have you had the issue, did it first occur after a system update?

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I’ve had this problem for the last 2 months, but at the time I could unplug and plug in the DP cable and it would go away. now it’s a complete restart loop. It is hard to say that it is directly after a system update.

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If any issues arise that you can’t resolve quickly yourself, then you open a topic promptly and not after such a long time. :wink:

Check the monitor settings under “System Settings” → “Display & Monitor” and reset them to the default values as a test.

You are using wayland - log out → select “Desktop Session: Plasma (X11)” in the login screen → log in again and check whether you have the same issues under x11.

Create a new user as a test and check whether you have the same issues in this account.

Edit: You can also try different kernels, for example linux-lts:

sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers

and/or linux-znver3:

sudo pacman -S linux-znver3 linux-znver3-headers

After the installation reboot, select the kernel in the Grub menu and boot with it.

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I have this issue, but on Windows. My monitor works fine one Linux. One work around I found was to use a different HDMI port on my machine when I use Windows.

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I reset monitor settings, but keep restarting on DP.

Try Desktop Settings: Plasma (X11) but still restarting monitor.

And also try different kernels, lts or znver3 or zen. Still keep restarting :confused:

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Hi, setting the monitor’s Display Port version from 1.2 to 1.1 seems to have solved the issue for me.

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