So this sucks. I have three monitors. When I installed KDE last week, it detected all my three monitors out of the box and everything was beautiful.
I did the mistake of bringing my laptop to another desk with only one different monitor, plugged it in and had to enable it, but it was detected. Then next day I sat back at my regular desk with my three monitors and only two work. I’ve plugged and unplugged in all sorts of ways, reboot and all that jazz. It will just not detect a third monitor. Like if I unplug one that is working, it will detect the other one that was not working, it just won’t give me a third, which was working out of the box. So, gotta be a config.
I read something about maybe the system disabled something in the bios? IS that even possible?
Could this be something with NVIDA settings that got changed? How can I show this for help since I’m not too familiar with that…
Any help would be really appreciated to get back to working efficiently!
Here is my system info
inxi -Fzx
System:
Kernel: 6.12.9-200.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 2.43.1-5.fc41
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 5431 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 032XGP v: A01 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.27.0 date: 11/14/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 34.0 Wh (60.2%) condition: 56.5/64.0 Wh (88.2%)
volts: 16.4 min: 15.2 model: BYD DELL R05P02C status: charging
Device-1: hid-19:04:16:04:5c:02-battery model: Bluetooth Keyboard
charge: N/A status: discharging
CPU:
Info: 12-core (4-mt/8-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1250P bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Alder Lake rev: 3 cache: L1: 1.1 MiB L2: 9 MiB
L3: 12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1503 min/max: 400/4400:3300 cores: 1: 1503 2: 1503
3: 1503 4: 1503 5: 1503 6: 1503 7: 1503 8: 1503 9: 1503 10: 1503 11: 1503
12: 1503 13: 1503 14: 1503 15: 1503 16: 1503 bogomips: 67584
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce MX550] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia
v: 565.77 arch: Turing bus-ID: 02:00.0
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_FHD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
bus-ID: 3-6:4
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia resolution: 1: 2194x1234
2: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia platforms:
active: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.3 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL GT2)
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.296 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland devices: 3
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
API: ALSA v: k6.12.9-200.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
bus-ID: 3-10:7
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 92.3 GiB (38.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: BC901 NVMe 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB temp: 39.9 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 232.02 GiB used: 92.26 GiB (39.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 199.8 MiB used: 43.6 MiB (21.8%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 1.99 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1313
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.85 GiB used: 7.27 GiB (49.0%)
Processes: 522 Uptime: 11m Init: systemd target: graphical (5)
Packages: 16 note: see --rpm Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.32
inxi: 3.3.36
@computersavvy seems pretty active in external monitor issues, here is more information about the system
randr
Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
HDMI-A-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 528mm x 297mm
1920x1080 74.91*+
1440x1080 74.92
1400x1050 74.87
1280x1024 74.90
1280x960 74.86
1152x864 74.82
1024x768 74.67
800x600 74.91
640x480 74.77
320x240 73.82
1680x1050 74.89
1440x900 74.85
1280x800 74.76
1152x720 74.72
960x600 74.84
928x580 74.58
800x500 74.87
768x480 74.71
720x480 74.51
640x400 74.23
320x200 73.70
1600x900 74.89
1368x768 74.73
1280x720 74.78
1024x576 74.80
864x486 74.45
720x400 74.23
640x350 74.53
DP-1 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 528mm x 297mm
1920x1080 74.91*+
1440x1080 74.92
1400x1050 74.87
1280x1024 74.90
1280x960 74.86
1152x864 74.82
1024x768 74.67
800x600 74.91
640x480 74.77
320x240 73.82
1680x1050 74.89
1440x900 74.85
1280x800 74.76
1152x720 74.72
960x600 74.84
928x580 74.58
800x500 74.87
768x480 74.71
720x480 74.51
640x400 74.23
320x200 73.70
1600x900 74.89
1368x768 74.73
1280x720 74.78
1024x576 74.80
864x486 74.45
720x400 74.23
640x350 74.53
dnf list installed '*nvidia*'
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Installed packages
akmod-nvidia.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 <unknown>
kmod-nvidia-6.12.7-200.fc41.x86_64.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 @commandline
kmod-nvidia-6.12.8-200.fc41.x86_64.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 @commandline
kmod-nvidia-6.12.9-200.fc41.x86_64.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 @commandline
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch 20241210-1.fc41 <unknown>
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 <unknown>
nvidia-settings.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 <unknown>
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 <unknown>
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 <unknown>
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 <unknown>
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 3:565.77-3.fc41 <unknown>
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 <unknown>
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 <unknown>
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-xorg-libs.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 <unknown>
Available packages
golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit.x86_64 1.16.2-1.fc41 updates
golang-github-nvidia-container-toolkit-devel.noarch 1.16.2-1.fc41 updates
golang-github-nvidia-nvlib-devel.noarch 0.6.1-1.fc41 fedora
golang-github-nvidia-nvml-devel.noarch 0.12.4.0-3.fc41 fedora
kmod-nvidia.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
libva-nvidia-driver.i686 0.0.13^20241108git259b7b7-2.fc41 updates
libva-nvidia-driver.x86_64 0.0.13^20241108git259b7b7-2.fc41 updates
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
nvidia-query-resource-opengl.x86_64 1.0.0-18.fc41 fedora
nvidia-query-resource-opengl-lib.i686 1.0.0-18.fc41 fedora
nvidia-query-resource-opengl-lib.x86_64 1.0.0-18.fc41 fedora
nvidia-texture-tools.i686 2.1.2-10.fc41 fedora
nvidia-texture-tools.x86_64 2.1.2-10.fc41 fedora
nvidia-texture-tools-devel.i686 2.1.2-10.fc41 fedora
nvidia-texture-tools-devel.x86_64 2.1.2-10.fc41 fedora
nvidia-xconfig.x86_64 3:565.77-1.fc41 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu.x86_64 6.3.2-2.fc41 updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.i686 3:565.77-3.fc41 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel.i686 3:565.77-3.fc41 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel.x86_64 3:565.77-3.fc41 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
mokutil --sb-state
SecureBoot disabled