So another update:
as @MichelN suggested, I tried to use older nvidia drivers..
I installed the nvidia-575xx-open-dkms and nvidia-575xx-utils (before that, i removed the old or “new” stuff ofc, got into a bit of dependency hell though).
Result was… no change, same issues after reboot.
Then i tried to find 570, but couldnt find it so i went even further back and choose 550 instead.
So I installed nvidia-550xx-dkms and nvidia-550xx-utils.
I thought that this would work because around that time things were working (i think), but to my surprise it just didnt. No 2nd monitor (apart from login screen and showing up on the kde settings) and kernel panic on the mainline linux kernel.
So I decided to rip out the nvidia drivers and go nouveau (hope i spelled it right), but no. same issue. another kernel panic on the mainline linux kernel. So i thought maybe its “tainted”? does this exist and happen? (read something about how nvidia does “taint” a kernel on the arch forum)
So after that i now did another reinstall of EOS. but this time i didnt choose the nvidia thing on the select screen. and this time i didnt get a kernel panic on the iso either the first time trying. progress i thought. but at the end,… now that its installed. im back again with the mainline linux kernel going to sleepmode (blackscreen + unresponsive + keyboard rgb backlight + power led doing sleepmode indicator) after login. and lts still 2nd monitor detected but no screen.
After 6 months of this persisting issue,… i dont know anymore. i am going in circles mentally. i tried everything basically. from different kernels to drivers to hardware tests. the hardware is fine, even works on old installs as i tested it back in the day (think it was in the previous thread i linked above)… but something is wrong, and it seems since i am the only one with this laptop in the linux world… there doesnt seem to be another one with a razer blade stealth 13 (early 2020 version)… im stuck. even if everything worked flawlessly when i started out… heck it doesnt even seem that there is someone with a gtx 1650ti. havent found any of these. the issue could be anywhere… but im not smart nor experienced enough to find it.
Hate to annoy you guys @thefrog @MyNameIsRichard but since you 2 are a bit longer here than me maybe you 2 know someone on this forum who could know what is wrong and has time and patience to maybe guide me through this? I really dont know what to do anymore. Im tired and my motivation is also now at the rock bottom, but deep down i still wish to fix it somehow… even if the chances are low.
I am at the point now where i dont care if i get a working nvidia driver where the performance is good and everything works, or if it is the nouveau driver where i have like this ~40% performance loss. but if it works im fine with it. All I want is to login into any kernel without fear, and both monitors to work…
anyway, another new inxi, with nouveau this time
inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.12.63-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.4 Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Razer product: Blade Stealth 13 (Early 2020) -
RZ09-0310 v: 2.04 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Razer model: LY325 serial: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
vendor: Razer v: 1.04 date: 11/19/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.2 Wh (100%) condition: 47.2/53.2 Wh (88.8%)
volts: 11.94 min: 11.55
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-1065G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3900 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] driver: nouveau
v: kernel
Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: iris gpu: i915
resolution: 1: 1920x1080~144Hz 2: 3840x2160~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast
platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.2-arch1.1
renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL GT2)
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-icl
API: ALSA v: k6.12.63-1-lts status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 54:8d:5a:cf:59:4a
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S1000G size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 912.62 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 2 GiB used: 664 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 912.62 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-4: /var/log size: 912.62 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.36 GiB used: 3.54 GiB (23.0%)
Processes: 259 Uptime: 1h 5m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.40
also just noticed, since i installed it today, it has a cool os age 1.1.2026
…at least something good about this whole situation.
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