So, I’ve been trying to fix this problem for awhile now but nothing is working. After an update I did a month or so back, my dual monitor setup broke, showing the same thing on both sides (using the Odyssey G9 in pip mode) and the display settings only show “none-1”. Unable to change resolution and refresh rates to the correct settings. The terminal is also showing [discrete] next to my GPU (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060) when it used to not show it. The system was working fine before the update so I’ve been using a snapshot from before the update to continue using my desktop while I try fixing what ever keeps breaking when I update, which that snapshot uses linux-lts for its kernel as that worked for me before.
Edit: I was told what discrete meant, knowing that, I’m still gonna leave it in incase it’s useful information.
Heres my Garuda-inxi for the post update mess
System:
Kernel: 6.9.0-1-mainline arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-mainline
root=UUID=c9e5750d-6564-43d9-9812-a5c69f36d974 rw rootflags=subvol=@
nvme_load=YES loglevel=3 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.2.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4002 date: 06/15/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3916 high: 4841 min/max: 2200/4850 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3852 2: 3867
3: 3874 4: 3800 5: 3800 6: 3863 7: 3873 8: 3800 9: 3869 10: 3870 11: 3873
12: 4841 13: 3882 14: 3867 15: 3859 16: 3875 bogomips: 121420
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
v: 550.78 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2503 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Valve 3D Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-1.1:5 chip-ID: 28de:2400
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: None-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 size: N/A
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: swrast
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.8-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 122.76 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 14 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 550.78 device-ID: 10de:2503
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256
bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.8-arch1.1 (LLVM 17.0.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Valve VR Radio driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,usbhid type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.3.2:10
chip-ID: 28de:2102 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Valve VR Radio & HMD Mic
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.3.3:13 chip-ID: 28de:2102 class-ID: 0102
serial: <filter>
Device-5: HP HyperX QuadCast S driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2.4:6
chip-ID: 03f0:0d8b class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-6: Astro Gaming A50 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:14
chip-ID: 9886:002c class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.9.0-1-mainline status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 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 Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8168 v: 8.053.00-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-5:2
chip-ID: 8087:0025 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: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 16.84 TiB used: 1.87 TiB (11.1%)
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 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN770 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 731100WD temp: 41.9 C scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST14000DM001-2JC101
size: 12.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: DN01 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Memorex model: USB Flash Drive
size: 14.75 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 604.15 GiB (32.4%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 604.15 GiB (32.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 604.15 GiB (32.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 604.15 GiB (32.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 125.71 GiB used: 22.5 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 128 GiB note: est. available: 125.71 GiB
used: 12.24 GiB (9.7%)
Processes: 497 Power: uptime: 18m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 50.24 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2366 libs: 604 tools: aura, gnome-software,
octopi, pamac, paru Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 14.1.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-01-19
Last full system update: 2024-05-28
Is partially upgraded: Yes
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units: vmware.service
I’m not so sure as to why this happened as I’m new to linux so its possible I just messed something up or overlooking something. But I do have to mention that I did try to put an AMD GPU into my computer along side my nvidia one before the mess started, but it seemed to cause problems so I just took it out and everything seemed fine after until that update. Honestly was stupid to do without knowing better I must admit, lol. Any help would be appreciated.