Hi,
I believe that my setup (GTX 1070, G-Sync tag on my monitor; more details further down) should support G-Sync, but it does not work (according to the visual indicators from the nvidia-settings). The most common suggestion I have found online was to enable an option in nvidia-settings:
X Server Display Configuration → Advanded → Enable “Allow G-SYNC on monitor not validated as G-SYNC Compatible”
Despite being an enthusiastic linux user, I am a rookie when it comes to the terminal. So if there is anything I can try or any report I can provide, I will be very glad to do so if you can provide me with the specific commands to run.
EDIT: Apologies - I have misread your post - ignore me.
I assume you’ve ticked the G-sync option pictured above and checked the visual indicator and it’s still not working. In which case I’m not sure as I haven’t encountered that problem myself.
Looks like you’ve enabled the settings in the correct location. I’m not sure on this one, far as I can tell you’re not on a laptop, you’re not using HDMI (which would be a problem with an older HDMI standard port). In fact it looks like near the same model monitor I have.
That’s a weird one.
What would I do…easiest first, I’d try a different cable since you seem to have the software set up correctly to eliminate that being a possibility. Be sure to disconnect any other monitors.
Does G-sync work in Windows on that monitor? If it does, forget the cable…
Another option would be to try a live USB of another distro (I would pick an Arch based distro to test personally) with the proprietary driver enabled and see if I could get it going there to eliminate the desktop environment being the cause. I think Manjaro does a live USB image with Nvidia drivers as an option, then run glxgears and see if the indicator shows GSYNC.
I don’t know enough about the driver to make any suggestions regarding digging around in the terminal, you could maybe check the journal “journalctl -b -1” to check last boot - maybe grep for Nvidia “journalctl -b -1 | grep Nvidia” and see if there are any errors that jump out.
I have the following set in my kernel parameters as well for what it’s worth:
*Note: this may be a red herring! nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1
You’d have to check the fedora documentation on how to enable kernel parameters if you’ve not done already:
I’m on Arch Linux with systemd boot (not grub, I’m not a fan of grub). This may be relevant:
I’ve not used fedora since about 2003 so I’d have to do a lot of reading up before I could help there.
Beyond that I’m not sure - but I’d definitely try a new, clean (default) environment in which to test. If it works there then the issue is with the fedora install, and re-installing drivers and resetting configs would be in order.
Thanks for your help @Xeauron!
The solution was indeed that simple: I disconnected my second monitor, bought and connected a new DP cable and the G-SYNC status did indeed activacte as intended.
