Hi, I have a laptop using and AMD CPU+GPU and a discrete NVIDIA GPU. In very short, I have this setup: Monitor 2 ← DP cable → Monitor 1 ← USB C → Laptop When using Xorg and a newer version of the driver > 525.60.11, Monitor 1 does not work. The behavior is very strange. If I disable monitor 2, …

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While the symptoms are completely different, I suspect your issue to have the same reason as this: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/diagonal-screen-tearing-since-525-78-01-thinkpad-p1-gen2-t2000/243379?u=generix DisplayPort bandwidth too low.

Hi @generix , I appreciate your input. I looked quickly through the thread and the main difference is that Wayland for me works with no issue. It might be that the driver misbehaves with clocks only in Xorg…? I can try the “Prefer maximum performance” trick and report back. Would you like me to …

Quick update: Setting the NVIDIA card mode to “Prefer maximum performance” via NVIDIA X Settings still has the middle screen as black. It seems however that, sometimes, disabling and enabling the middle screen gets to work. It involves disabling all external monitors, then enabling monitor 2 and …

Hello, I tried using the newest driver 530.41.03, both proprietary and open version. For a short period of time, all monitor work, but then the two DP monitor just will stop refreshing themselves. Even with a single monitor, it does not get refreshed properly. I am attaching a screenshot that sho…

I have also degraded experience in Wayland with the latest drivers. I cannot move windows between monitors without the whole thing panicking and resetting over 15 seconds. Here is a video of the issue:

I’m having the same issues with any driver over 525.60.11 too on Ubuntu 22.10 on Xorg. One screen remains black or with a frozen frame. I have a laptop with intel 12700h with integrated graphics and a nvidia 3070. The laptop monitor runs on the integrated intel gpu and the 2 external monitors run on…

Hi, I am asking by directly replying to you seeing you are being very active. Given the major issue and the fact that I am forced to use the old drivers with such behavior, do you have any recommendation for escalating the issue?

Not sure if this is helpful, but this sounds a bit like my bug [image] V520 causes intermittent blanking on daisychained DP monitor, v515 ok Linux In Fedora linux with a GTX 1650. Symptom: the daisychained DP monitor works fine for 1 to 15 seconds, then goes b…

Black screen on multi-monitor setup on Xorg with driver > 525.60.11

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generix April 4, 2023, 12:56pm 9

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Black screen on multi-monitor setup on Xorg with driver > 525.60.11

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