Hello, I have a Acer PH18-71 with Intel and RTX4070. When i have an external monitor connected through HDMI and start using the dedicated GPU there is a high chance that the external monitor freezes, everything else is supposedly working since the sound is continuing. I then have to change over to…

Tested latest 535.113.01 driver release - same issue. Attaching 2 logs - first one is made right after a short freeze, second one made during full freeze. Please help! nvidia-bug-report-short-freeze.log.gz (321.6 KB) nvidia-bug-report-full-freeze.log.gz (336.2 KB) P.S. I had Windows 10 and now …

We have a bug filed 4322356 internally for tracking purpose, shall keep updated on the same.

Thank you! I tested latest betta driver 545.23.06 and found that bug can be reproduced even easier: only run __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia glxgears on laptop display without running any other apps on second monitor. Now hold right bottom corner of the gears window a…

I got the same when i did what ursom suggested. The second monitor froze until i used xrandr to enable it again. Im using 535.113.01

Affects me too. Happens several times a day. Can be reproduced via glxgears easily. I am using driver 545.23.06 on an RTX 3060 Laptop GPU with monitors connected via USB-C.

I have the same problem, and my external screen freezes constantly, sometimes within the same minute, while my laptop is not frozen, if I (e.g.) open a Terminal nothing happens to my external screen, but if I remove the HDMI cable the laptop screen takes over, I can see that the Terminal did indeed …

Hello, @generix I will stick to this thread now, other readers might want to have a look at this thread too. So I did your recommendation of sudo apt install nvidia-driver-535 And now I’m back to my fault statue. I have attached a bug report from earlier today, and just now after re-installing …

@j22gim @generix I installed nvidia-driver-525 apt list --installed | grep nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-525/jammy-updates,jammy-security,jammy,now 525.125.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 [installed] The problems are just as bad as before, the external monitor freezes within minutes after boot. nvidia-b…

The 525 driver is installed correctly and working now but obviously has the same bug so you can return to the current 535 driver as well.

External monitor freezes when using dedicated GPU

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j22gim October 25, 2023, 7:21am 8

Same here with RTX 4080 (MSI laptop) on Linux. Makes the second monitor unusable.
It used to work fine a few weeks ago… so I’m trying to revert back to previous drivers without messing up…

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