Objective: Utilize 2 external monitors with this laptop Problem: Cannot display on any external monitors, though when this computer is in Windows 10 mode (dual booted), there is no issue. Dell Latitude G5 5590 CPU: Intel i7-9750H @ 2.6MHz (turboboost disabled) Two GPUS: Intel 630 (CFL GT2) TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] Ubuntu Studio 20.05 Kernel: 5.4.0-66-lowlatency Previous threads examined, similar but not resolving the issue; [image] Nvidia-settings: error, unable to load info from any available system (GTX 1660ti, Ubuntu 20.04, kernel Linux Hello, I’m the owner of a new Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506IV laptop, and I’m facing some issues. I’m using Ubuntu 20.04 with 5.5 kernel: 5.5.0-050500-generic nvidia-smi shows: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 440.64 Driver Version: 440.64 CUDA Version: 10.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | … [image] nvidia-xconfig doesnt do what i want it to, nor does nvidia-settings Linux Maybe some more practical infos: You have a hybrid amd/nvidia system so you can’t/mustn’t use nvidia-xconfig, you’ll never get a working config out of it. In general, nvidia-xconfig shouldn’t be used on modern systems. The problem with Ubuntu’s prime-select feature is it (still) doesn’t work for amd/nvidia but only for intel/nvidia. Needs manual tweaking of the config files. You could try this: Please delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf and modify /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf replacing … nvidia-smi shows; +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 460.32.03 Driver Version: 460.32.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce RTX 2060 On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A | | N/A 56C P8 7W / N/A | 1MiB / 5934MiB | 0% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | No running processes found | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ sudo lshw -c video shows: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:169 memory:ec000000-ecffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:ed000000-ed07ffff *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:167 memory:eb000000-ebffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:5000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff inxi -G shows the driver has been loaded (though the version may be too recent?); Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] driver: nvidia v: 460.32.03 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa tty: N/A OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 nvidia-settings only show the following; ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system (nvidia-settings:62511): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:00:50.606: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed ** Message: 09:00:50.609: PRIME: Requires offloading ** Message: 09:00:50.609: PRIME: is it supported? yes ** Message: 09:00:50.649: PRIME: Usage: /usr/bin/prime-select nvidia|intel|on-demand|query ** Message: 09:00:50.649: PRIME: on-demand mode: "1" ** Message: 09:00:50.649: PRIME: is "on-demand" mode supported? yes [NVIDIA-settings] Secure boot is disabled: mokutil --sb-state SecureBoot disabled Platform is in Setup Mode Output of dpkg -l | grep nvidia : ii libnvidia-cfg1-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library ii libnvidia-common-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 all Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries rc libnvidia-compute-450:amd64 450.51.05-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package ii libnvidia-compute-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package rc libnvidia-compute-460-server:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package ii libnvidia-decode-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries ii libnvidia-encode-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library ii libnvidia-extra-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver ii libnvidia-fbc1-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library ii libnvidia-gl-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD ii libnvidia-ifr1-460:amd64 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library ii libnvidia-ml-dev 10.1.243-3 amd64 NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) development files rc nvidia-compute-utils-450 450.51.05-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities ii nvidia-compute-utils-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities ii nvidia-cuda-dev 10.1.243-3 amd64 NVIDIA CUDA development files ii nvidia-cuda-doc 10.1.243-3 all NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation ii nvidia-cuda-gdb 10.1.243-3 amd64 NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB) ii nvidia-cuda-toolkit 10.1.243-3 amd64 NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit rc nvidia-dkms-450 450.51.05-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package ii nvidia-dkms-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package ii nvidia-driver-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage rc nvidia-kernel-common-450 450.51.05-0ubuntu1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module ii nvidia-kernel-common-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module ii nvidia-kernel-source-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package ii nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64 10.1.243-3 amd64 NVIDIA OpenCL development files ii nvidia-prime 0.8.15.3~0.20.04.1 all Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime ii nvidia-profiler 10.1.243-3 amd64 NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL ii nvidia-settings 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver ii nvidia-utils-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries ii nvidia-visual-profiler 10.1.243-3 amd64 NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL ii screen-resolution-extra 0.18build1 all Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460 460.32.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver There is no output from lsmod | grep nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf contains; # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 460.32.03 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Output from sudo nvidia-bug-report.sh is attached; nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (10.7 MB) xrandr --listproviders shows; Providers: number : 1 Provider 0: id: 0x47 cap: 0x9, Source Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 5 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting I had upgraded the NVIDIA drivers to 460, though that didn’t work, and for some reason I’m having difficulty reverting the version to something earlier, such as 450 Am I missing anything obvious?

While still not able to utilize any external monitor, I think we are almost there. Removed /etc/X11/xorg.conf (actually renamed to xorg.conf.old) Added to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules nvidia nvidia-modeset nvidia-drm There is no (discernable) change from the following; nvidia-smi sudo lshw -c video inxi -G nvidia-settings dpkg -l | grep nvidia xrandr --listproviders However, lsmod | grep nvidia now shows; nvidia_uvm 1011712 0 nvidia_modeset 1228800 1 nvidia 34037760 19 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset i2c_nvidia_gpu 16384 0 hardinfo shows; -Display- Resolution : 1920x1080 pixels Vendor : The X.Org Foundation Version : 1.20.9 Current Display Name : :0.0 -Monitors- Monitor 0 : 1920x1080 pixels -OpenGL- Vendor : Intel Renderer : Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) Version : 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 20.2.6 Direct Rendering : Yes -Extensions- Composite DAMAGE DOUBLE-BUFFER DPMS DRI2 DRI3 GLX Generic Event Extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER MIT-SHM Present RANDR RECORD RENDER SECURITY SHAPE SYNC X-Resource XC-MISC XFIXES XFree86-DGA XFree86-VidModeExtension XINERAMA XInputExtension XKEYBOARD XTEST XVideo default screen number: 0

Please create a new nvidia-bug-report.log.

It may also be pertinent to note that I had started setting up for a deep learning environment, upgrading to CUDA 11.2, upgrading to the 460 driver, and blacklisting Noveau. Though hearing of temperature concerns with the cooling on the G5, I’ve since removed /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf several reboots ago and am now aiming at an eGPU with a 30x0 (to be determined later). Even before this, though, I was unable to utilize an external monitor in Ubuntu 20.04.

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (10.7 MB)

A hard reboot (vs. a restart) did the trick! Thank you so much!

Laptop unable to display on external monitors on Ubuntu 20.04

Graphics / Linux Linux

generix March 6, 2021, 2:51pm 2

Please delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf and embed the driver into the initrd:
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-mint-nvidia-driver-loads-with-startx-but-not-on-initial-startup/168262/2?u=generix

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