Screen resolution stuck at 640x480

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System:
  Kernel: 6.9.12-x64v-xanmod1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-xanmod
    root=UUID=8119a388-b5e5-4d32-8490-b32855e4a1e8 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    resume=UUID=b85cd719-e7e3-4b8b-9946-b7c118af39bc loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.15.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: G75VW v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G75VW v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: ASUS-NotebookSKU
    uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: G75VW.218 date: 08/21/2012
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 48.2 Wh (95.3%) condition: 50.6/66.0 Wh (76.7%) volts: 16.4 min: 14.8
    model: ASUSTek G75--52 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-3630QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
    built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3400 min/max: 1200/3400 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance
    cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 3400 4: 3400 5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3400 8: 3400 bogomips: 38314
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GTX 660M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 470.256.02
    alternate: nvidiafb,nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 470.xx+
    status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Kepler-2 code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2012-2018 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0fd4 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation ASUS Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.3:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:2885 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: N/A unloaded: modesetting failed: nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
    gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: mode: 640x480 hz: 60 scale: 60% (0.6) to: 1067x800 dpi: 96
    size: 169x127mm (6.65x5") diag: 211mm (8.32") modes: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.1.4-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.6 256 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 15.21 GiB
    unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
    driver: nvidia v: 470.256.02 device-ID: 10de:0fd4 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 20.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.4-arch1.1 (LLVM 20.1.6)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: corectrl,nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.9.12-x64v-xanmod1-1 status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack t
ype: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave driver: ath9k
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK driver: atl1c v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1083
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3362 class-ID: e001
    serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 937.11 GiB used: 170.67 GiB (18.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS727575A9E364 size: 698.64 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: A200 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 225.67 GiB size: 225.67 GiB (100.00%) used: 170.67 GiB (75.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 225.67 GiB size: 225.67 GiB (100.00%) used: 170.67 GiB (75.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 225.67 GiB size: 225.67 GiB (100.00%) used: 170.67 GiB (75.6%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 225.67 GiB size: 225.67 GiB (100.00%) used: 170.67 GiB (75.6%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.58 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 12.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 67.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3000
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.58 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (18.8%)
  Processes: 334 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1963 pm: pacman pkgs: 1953 libs: 560 tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 10
    Compilers: clang: 20.1.6 gcc: 15.1.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-1):
  System install date:     2024-02-10
  Last full system update: 2025-06-30 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:

so here is my info, turned my computer on after an update lately and my screen is stuck. Saw some other posts about this issue, but i can’t see if i’m running x11 or wayland (tho i usually run x11 idk why it would suddenly change) if anyone sees any other issue here or can tell me how to change if i’m on wayland please do

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Can you try installing and booting any different, and possibly more standard, kernel?

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I did try to choose different kernels but they either had the same problem or had other issues (which is why I’m using that one originally) but once I’m near the laptop again I can try some other kernels to see if one works. Idk why this one stopped tho, been using this kernel pretty much since I downloaded Garuda

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If possible make a bios update (not shure if this is the right side for your laptop)

(think on right settings inside bios, after)

pls reboot

Question: You have consciously the nvidia driver not installed ?
If yes -->ok. If no → you should then install the nvidia-470xx-dkms driver for your system over konsole. (sudo pacman -S garuda-nvidia-470xx-config)

Current: you stay on wayland
Think on, it if you use x11, you must install explicitly kwin-x11.

If, use linux-xanmod-x64v2 + headers ( ivy cpu gen 3)

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hi, so after downloading kwin, I then needed to download plasma-x11-session to actually have my sessions show up at login which allowed me to switch to x11 which fixed my problem

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