I have a multi-boot (F40, F42 and W10) MSI laptop with nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. If I boot to the F40 partition (which I’ve been using for quite some time), my external monitor is detected and works fine.
I just installed F42 in a separate partition. First time I booted (before installing the nvidia drivers) the external monitor was not detected. The xfce4-display-settings GUI app, xrandr and inxi -Gxx all only showed one monitor (I didn’t save the output).
I decided to install the nvidia drivers (via rpmfusion/akmod-nvidia) to see if that would fix the problem. Now the the external monitor is kind of detected… xfce4-display-settings, xrandr and inxi -Gxx all see something, but apparently don’t get enough information.
Not sure what to try to fix this, any help appreciated.
Output from various commands below and happy to supply more info if needed.
$ uname -srvmo
Linux 6.16.10-200.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Oct 2 19:23:55 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ dnf list --installed ‘*nvidia*’
Installed packages
akmod-nvidia.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-6.16.10-200.fc42.x86_64.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42@commandline@commandline
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch 20250917-2.fc42 updates
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
nvidia-settings.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.i686 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-xorg-libs.x86_64 3:580.95.05-1.fc42 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_uvm 4206592 0
nvidia_drm 155648 3
nvidia_modeset 2252800 3 nvidia_drm
nvidia 15863808 44 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 nvidia_drm
video 81920 3 msi_wmi,i915,nvidia_modeset
$ inxi -Gxx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104M [GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile / Max-Q 8GB/16GB]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05 arch: Ampere pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:249c
Device-3: Bison HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-11:3 chip-ID: 5986:2127
Display: x11 server: ``X.Org`` v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: iris
gpu: i915,nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1-0 note: disabled model: Sceptre F27
res: N/A dpi: 81 diag: 666mm (26.2")
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary model: Sharp LQ156M1JW23 res: 1920x1080
hz: 300 dpi: 142 diag: 395mm (15.5")
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.9 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
device-ID: 8086:9bc4
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
driver: mesa intel device-ID: 8086:9bc4 device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
driver: nvidia device-ID: 10de:249c device: 2 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: api: glxinfo,vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
$ xrandr
xrandr: Output HDMI-1-0 is not disconnected but has no modes
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1920x1080 300.01*+ 240.00 + 60.01 59.97 59.96 59.93 60.00
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1400x1050 74.76 59.98
1600x900 59.99 59.94 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 85.02 75.02 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 85.00 60.00
1440x810 60.00 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1280x800 59.99 59.97 59.81 59.91
1152x864 75.00
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
1024x768 85.00 75.05 60.04 85.00 75.03 70.07 60.00
1024x768i 86.96
960x720 85.00 75.00 60.00
928x696 75.00 60.05
896x672 75.05 60.01
1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
960x600 59.93 60.00
832x624 74.55
960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
800x600 85.00 75.00 70.00 65.00 60.00 85.14 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
840x525 60.01 59.88
864x486 59.92 59.57
700x525 74.76 59.98
800x450 59.95 59.82
640x512 85.02 75.02 60.02
700x450 59.96 59.88
640x480 85.09 60.00 85.01 72.81 75.00 59.94
720x405 59.51 58.99
720x400 85.04
684x384 59.88 59.85
640x400 59.88 59.98 85.08
576x432 75.00
640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
640x350 85.08
512x384 85.00 75.03 70.07 60.00
512x384i 87.06
512x288 60.00 59.92
416x312 74.66
480x270 59.63 59.82
400x300 85.27 72.19 75.12 60.32 56.34
432x243 59.92 59.57
320x240 85.18 72.81 75.00 60.05
360x202 59.51 59.13
360x200 85.04
320x200 85.27
320x180 59.84 59.32
320x175 85.27
DP-1-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1-0 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)