My 2. Monitor is not working after the update yesterday

Hello.
After the Update yesterday and manual interception via pacman -Sy chaotic-keyring and ‘garuda-update’ which fixed the Problem, my Monitor didn’t work anymore after a reboot.

I found this other Post where @ filo suggested reinstalling ‘optimus-manager’ and reboot which didn’t work.

Nvidia drivers install

I don’t know what I could try to solve the Monitor Problem so help would be very much appreciated :slight_smile: .

I can’t open Nvidia settings via menu or via Terminal which gives me this error:

'nvidia-settings'

(nvidia-settings:99160): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:12:18.941: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5822:26: '-shadow' is
not a valid color name

(nvidia-settings:99160): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:12:18.941: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5825:14: not a number

(nvidia-settings:99160): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:12:18.941: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5826:13: not a number

(nvidia-settings:99160): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:12:18.941: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5827:11: Expected a l
ength

ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system


```
'inxi -Faz'

System:
Kernel: 5.15.8-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=a9c31d33-eed7-4527-8146-96db878ccfee rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G5 5590 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0T3CD6 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.17.1 date: 10/05/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 41.0/60.0 Wh (68.3%)
volts: 16.9 min: 15.2 model: BYD DELL HYWXJ8C type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: Full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-8750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xEA
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: 9 MiB desc: 1x9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4013 high: 4065 min/max: 800/4100 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 4065 2: 4047 3: 3993
4: 4003 5: 4001 6: 4000 7: 4000 8: 4001 9: 4000 10: 3992 11: 4055
12: 4003 bogomips: 52799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 495.46 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f11 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0c45:671f class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: modesetting display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142
size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 395mm (15.5")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.8-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.41 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000
bus-ID: 3c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp60s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: no
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 919.63 GiB (65.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 80.51 GiB size: 80.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 75.35 GiB (93.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 650 MiB size: 646 MiB (99.38%)
used: 66.5 MiB (10.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 80.51 GiB size: 80.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 75.35 GiB (93.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 80.51 GiB size: 80.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 75.35 GiB (93.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 80.51 GiB size: 80.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 75.35 GiB (93.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.44 GiB used: 4.5 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C pch: 63.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 314 Uptime: 10m wakeups: 1139 Memory: 15.44 GiB
used: 4.18 GiB (27.1%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: 1485 pacman: 1478 lib: 382 flatpak: 7
Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.12 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.10
```

It looks like some people are having problems with 495.46 - but for other people it’s working fine (and there doesn’t seem to be any obvious pattern).

You could try downgrading all your nvidia packages (nvidia-dkms, nvidia-settings) to the previous 495.44 version to see if that helps.

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Same here, only on a GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile.

inxi -Faz
System:
Kernel: 5.15.8-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=7b6e96df-621e-4aaf-a245-80007eef5efa rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=15025ade-dda6-4f32-a486-4a0b51903fa0:luks-15025ade-dda6-4f32-a486-4a0b51903fa0
root=/dev/mapper/luks-15025ade-dda6-4f32-a486-4a0b51903fa0 splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82JF v: Legion 5 Pro 16ITH6
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Legion 5 Pro 16ITH6
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0R32862 WIN
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: H1CN26WW date: 05/22/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 78.1 Wh (95.0%) condition: 82.2/80.0 Wh (102.8%)
volts: 17.2 min: 15.4 model: Celxpert L20C4PC1 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: N/A cycles: 23
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M570 serial: <filter>
Use of uninitialized value $val2 in string eq at /usr/bin/inxi line 6943.
Use of uninitialized value $val2 in split at /usr/bin/inxi line 6948.
Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6950.
Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6953.
Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6954.
charge: 50% rechargeable: yes status:
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x32
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 10 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB
L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1701 high: 4232 min/max: 800/4600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 1644 2: 801 3: 1873
4: 1606 5: 856 6: 1912 7: 800 8: 800 9: 801 10: 3101 11: 801 12: 4218
13: 2176 14: 801 15: 801 16: 4232 bogomips: 73728
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107BM [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
driver: nvidia v: 495.46 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:25e2 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-6:3 chip-ID: 13d3:56bb class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: modesetting display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.7x16.7")
s-diag: 798mm (31.4")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 2560x1600 hz: 165 dpi: 188
size: 345x215mm (13.6x8.5") diag: 407mm (16")
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Blue Microphones type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-10:6 chip-ID: 046d:0ab7
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.8-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-3: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.41 running: yes
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: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 58:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp88s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-14:8 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.29 TiB used: 230.43 GiB (9.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512GDE9X084N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 41010C22
temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000P5SSD8
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: P4CR311 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.68 GiB size: 476.68 GiB (100.00%)
used: 88.8 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-15025ade-dda6-4f32-a486-4a0b51903fa0
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 16.7 MiB (6.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 141.61 GiB (7.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-a4ed31b6-55c7-4c61-86fd-10848d8a80d9
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.68 GiB size: 476.68 GiB (100.00%)
used: 88.8 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-15025ade-dda6-4f32-a486-4a0b51903fa0
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.68 GiB size: 476.68 GiB (100.00%)
used: 88.8 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-15025ade-dda6-4f32-a486-4a0b51903fa0
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.41 GiB used: 4.2 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 395 Uptime: 46m wakeups: 7 Memory: 15.41 GiB
used: 4.45 GiB (28.9%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1949 lib: 445 Shell: fish
v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.12 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.10

Hello Jonathon,

Downgrading the nvidia-dkmsPackage via the downgrade command didn't work because it depends on the nvidia-utils Package.
Downgrading the Nvidia-Utils Package dint work either because it depends on nvidia-dkms.

I read, that the nvidia driver version is tied to the Kernel version that's why but I have no clue.

I ended up Timeshifting back before the Update with the Python thing and it's working again. I guess I have to wait for a patch and update then. Is there a way to exclude the nvidia drivers from an update so I can update the other packages maybe? IgnorePkg nvidia-dkms didn't did the trick.

What about downgrading them both rather than separately?

That’s also a valid temporary workaround.

Partial upgrades are not a good idea. However, it doesn’t make sense that the Python update is still creating issues - all packages should now be rebuilt.

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I too used timeshif to get my second monitor working. I also followed the advice in this thread which suggested doing the upgrade, then reinstalling optimus-manager before rebooting. I did that but it didn't work for me.

That implies you have a different problem, unrelated to optimus-manager. Unless, of course, you reinstalled an old version?

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Okay, thank you jonathon. I will start a new thread.

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