I tried all the different nvidia variants (dkms, vanilla, lts), and all had this same behaviour. When logged in, the external screen stays black. I’ve to move my mouse on it so it refreshes, then it will refresh everytime I move my mouse on the screen; it won’t (ever) otherwise. Downgrading every …

I’m getting this also. This makes my setup impossible to use. And when I tried to see if the bug with orientation was resolved with this new version, I found that’s gotten even worse! It takes many seconds to change and locks up everything and only the mouse pointer moves on the internal screen, I …

arch linux user here, downgrading to the previous version fixed this issue. sudo downgrade 'nvidia<=530.41.03-1' nvidia-utils nvidia-lts ... warning: downgrading package nvidia-lts (1:530.41.03-1 => 1:525.89.02-11) warning: downgrading package nvidia-utils (530.41.03-1 => 525.89.02-2) warning: down…

Same issue here. Not nice for programming or writing.

@mxmilkiib @florian.castellane @simon.klemenc could you guys please post debug logs? looks like devs only reply when a moderate ammount of people do post them…

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (274.6 KB) Same error here with arch linux. After downgrading, the HDMI no longer works (not recognised). Trying to find which package is responsible.

With each update, a new issue appears with my external monitor on my laptop. (External monitor is run by dedicated GPU) This is another one that occurred with the latest update. Truly amazing Nvidia. nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (288.8 KB) Edit: FYI this only seems to happen on Xorg for me. On Wayl…

I have filed a bug 4074722 internally for original post, shall try for local repro and update. If required, shall request more information. Thanks in advance.

I downgraded, but the previous few releases I can downgrade to all eventually freeze the external screen solid, requiring it to be disabled then re-enabled (only to freeze again later), like I reported in my original post on this forum. I’ve gone back to 530. and I can’t reproduce the mouse moving …

you downgraded all the packages? my ignorelist: lib32-nvidia-utils: ignoring package upgrade (525.89.02-1 => 530.41.03-1) libxnvctrl: ignoring package upgrade (525.89.02-1 => 530.41.03-1) nvidia-dkms: ignoring package upgrade (525.89.02-2 => 530.41.03-1) nvidia-settings: ignoring package upgrad…

[530.41.03] External monitor stays frozen until I move my mouse

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simon.klemenc April 14, 2023, 7:24am 12

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[530.41.03] External monitor stays frozen until I move my mouse

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