So I am having a few issues with Nvidia and not sure what else to do. I think I have the right drivers. I am running a desktop with a i9 with integrated graphics and then an RTX 4070 TI Super. I tried having both my displays hooked up to the 4070 because it should be able to handle it, however when my system boots, it only displays graphics on the integrated output. So right now I have one monitor plugged into the iGPU and one plugged into the dGPU. So that is a minor annoyance, but the iGPU performs way better than the dGPU.
First, the iGPU runs at 4k 144hz with no issues. The dGPU won’t go above 4k 60hz or I just get a black picture. The system sees the monitor but I can’t see anything on it.
Second, I take a lot of screenshots and when I try to take a screenshot, the dGPU monitor goes black for about 5 seconds, while the iGPU stays on.
Third, I use a physical KVM switch and occasionally (Not as much today though), when I switch back over, the desktop stays black on the dGPU monitor and the system stutters extremely bad, until I unplug the nvidia monitor. The only fix I have seen is to reboot the system because if I plug the monitor back in, it goes black and everything stutters again.
I would love some help with this. I have checked the sys files and modeset is enabled along with fbdev. I am running what I think are the latest drivers per the Arch installation setup (565.77).
I know Nvidia isn’t the best on Linux, but I didn’t think it was this bad.
Here is my inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.12.4-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=6a78cf0a-6b26-44ce-b1d1-bc64b7d38376 rw rootflags=subvol=@
nowatchdog nvme_load=YES rd.luks.uuid=40fc2511-ca20-49e8-897d-9dabf5b24a5c
loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: XPS 8960 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 09M47G v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0BC0
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 2.12.0 date: 09/18/2024
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 96% condition: N/A volts: 4.1 min: N/A
model: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A
serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i9-14900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake
gen: core 14 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm)
family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x12B
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 12 cores: 24 threads: 32 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 2.1 MiB desc: d-16x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 16x64 KiB L2: 32 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 4x4 MiB L3: 36 MiB desc: 1x36 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 799 min/max: 800/5700:6000:4300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 799 2: 799 3: 799 4: 799
5: 799 6: 799 7: 799 8: 799 9: 799 10: 799 11: 799 12: 799 13: 799 14: 799
15: 799 16: 799 17: 799 18: 799 19: 799 20: 799 21: 799 22: 799 23: 799
24: 799 25: 799 26: 799 27: 799 28: 799 29: 799 30: 799 31: 799 32: 799
bogomips: 204032
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm)
built: 2022+ ports: active: DP-4 empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:a780 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 565.77 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-2
empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2705 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-13.2:45
chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia
d-rect: 7680x2160 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: right res: 3840x2160 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-4 pos: primary,left res: 3840x2160 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11:
drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.1-arch1.3
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
device-ID: 8086:a780 memory: 15.15 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2705
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
PS. this is a work desktop, and we were told we could install Linux on it. I run EndeavourOS on my laptop and love it. I did not get a choice on the GPU, but sadly, I would have still stuck with the 4070 as we do password cracking and the nvidia cards are way better with the cuda cores than AMD is.