Option for 120Hz disappeared, only 60Hz now

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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I had to do a reinstall because of the Mesa bug following the instructions here, but now I’m unable to set the refresh rate on my laptop display to 120Hz. Only 60Hz is available.

I used to be able to set the display to 4K (3840x2160) at 120Hz at 200% in KDE Plasma using Wayland. I can still see the option available in the live ISO, but after I install it, it’s gone.

I’m using a laptop with hybrid graphics (Intel TigerLake and Nvidia RTX 3060). I’ve tried both nvidia-open and nouveau drivers, both don’t work.

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I think I found the problem. I think it’s Mesa 25.1.x. When I tried Manjaro, 120Hz works because they are still using Mesa 25.0.5

I don’t want to leave EOS, but I also don’t want to use 60Hz. Maybe I will check back when Mesa updates and see if it fixes the problem. At least I still have EOS on my AMD laptop :+1:

Edit: I also discovered that using the LTS kernel also fixes the problem.

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You do know you can downgrade packages ? If yes i would test that first before marking a solution.

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@MichelN’s suggestion is something that has fixed mesa issues for me in the past. It’s worth trying.

sudo downgrade mesa
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I tried downgrading, it doesn’t work.

https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-boot-after-new-mesa-update-25-1-3-3-and-chroot-doesnt-fix-it/72360/3

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Uh, yeah according to that, you said you have Gnome + KDE installed.
Know that if you install multiple DEs it can cause multiple weird issues/errors and instabilities…
(considering you still have Gnome + KDE as reinstall, as from your post its not clear how you did it)

I on you end, would try a clean reeinstall, with just 1 DE and try again, maybe it will solve from itself.

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I installed them on separate partitions with separate accounts, so the the dual boot is not the problem.

I did try a clean reinstall with just one DE and it didn’t fix the problem.

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I just discovered that using the LTS kernel also fixes the problem. I will add this to the solution.

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