Half black screen above 60Hz with Nvidia GPU

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Hello!
So I have 2 monitors Gold Phoenix G-Master 1920x1080 240Hz and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card.
Left monitor can handle 240Hz but my right one cannot.

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The image above shows both monitors working on 240Hz.

Both monitors are plugged with DisplayPort (right one is also plugged with HDMI to Raspberry Pi 400)

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Please show us the output from

inxi -Ga

and

kscreen-doctor- o
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inxi -Ga

Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-05)
    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
    active: DP-2,DP-3 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2182
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 42.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    alternate: nouveau,nv,nvidia dri: zink gpu: nouveau d-rect: 3840x1080
    display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: right res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.2 256 bits)
    direct-render: Yes

kscreen-doctor

ibEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to open nouveau: /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (search paths /usr/lib64/dri, suffix _dri)

warning: queue 0x55ce251ae200 destroyed while proxies still attached:
  wl_display@1 still attached
warning: queue 0x55ce251ab8e0 destroyed while proxies still attached:
  wl_display@1 still attached

P.S: kscreen-doctor- o is not working

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It is

kscreen-doctor -o
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Now my right screen is on 60Hz btw and my left screen on 240Hz. I would like to have both at 240Hz

libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to open nouveau: /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (search paths /usr/lib64/dri, suffix _dri)

warning: queue 0x55def2199230 destroyed while proxies still attached:
  wl_display@1 still attached
Output: 1 DP-2 enabled connected priority 1 DisplayPort Modes: 0:1920x1080@60*! 1:1920x1080@240 2:1920x1080@165 3:1920x1080@144 4:1920x1080@120 5:1920x1080@120 6:1920x1080@100 7:1920x1080@60 8:1920x1080@50 9:1920x1080@24 10:1920x1080@24 11:1600x1200@60 12:1680x1050@60 13:1280x1024@75 14:1280x1024@60 15:1440x900@75 16:1440x900@60 17:1280x960@60 18:1152x864@75 19:1280x720@60 20:1280x720@60 21:1280x720@50 22:1152x720@60 23:1024x768@75 24:1024x768@60 25:832x624@75 26:800x600@75 27:800x600@60 28:720x576@50 29:720x480@60 30:720x480@60 31:640x480@75 32:640x480@60 33:640x480@60 34:720x400@70 35:1280x1024@60 36:1024x768@60 37:1280x800@60 38:1920x1080@60 39:1600x900@60 40:1368x768@60 41:1280x720@60 Geometry: 1920,0 1920x1080 Scale: 1 Rotation: 1 Overscan: 0 Vrr: incapable RgbRange: unknown
Output: 2 DP-3 enabled connected priority 2 DisplayPort Modes: 0:1920x1080@60! 1:1920x1080@240* 2:1920x1080@165 3:1920x1080@144 4:1920x1080@120 5:1920x1080@120 6:1920x1080@100 7:1920x1080@60 8:1920x1080@50 9:1920x1080@24 10:1920x1080@24 11:1600x1200@60 12:1680x1050@60 13:1280x1024@75 14:1280x1024@60 15:1440x900@75 16:1440x900@60 17:1280x960@60 18:1152x864@75 19:1280x720@60 20:1280x720@60 21:1280x720@50 22:1152x720@60 23:1024x768@75 24:1024x768@60 25:832x624@75 26:800x600@75 27:800x600@60 28:720x576@50 29:720x480@60 30:720x480@60 31:640x480@75 32:640x480@60 33:640x480@60 34:720x400@70 35:1280x1024@60 36:1024x768@60 37:1280x800@60 38:1920x1080@60 39:1600x900@60 40:1368x768@60 41:1280x720@60 Geometry: 0,0 1920x1080 Scale: 1 Rotation: 1 Overscan: 0 Vrr: incapable RgbRange: unknown
warning: queue 0x55def2199d00 destroyed while proxies still attached:
  wl_display@1 still attached
malloc_consolidate(): unaligned fastbin chunk detected
Aborted (core dumped)
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Sorry about my command typo earlier. Are you not able to configure both displays as required via via System Settings > Hardware > Display and Monitor

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You could also use kscreen-doctor itself…

kscreen-doctor output.1.mode.1
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I am, but my right screen is half black when it is on 240Hz while my left screen is okey with this as its shown on the image.
I changed my both monitors to 240Hz in the settings, however still my right monitor is half black. Now I changed back my right screen to 60Hz, and my left screen is on 240Hz. But you know, I want both having 240Hz.
So I don’t know what causes this issue :frowning:

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Ok, thanks for clarifying. I note that you are using the nouveau driver…not sure if that is impacting somehow. Have you tried using the nvida driver? Do you get the same issue when using a Plasma (X11) session?

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I don’t know what is nouveau, but I have Nvidia GPU.
I didn’t tried on X11 yet. Let me come back home and I’ll post it as quick as possible.

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So, X11 duplicated my left screen to the right screen, but knew that I have right screen and I could NOT come back so I had to reboot my system. It was like my left screen is on left, right on right side, but my right monitor had duplicated left monitor and I could not get my right one on the right. That was strange, not gonna switch to X11.
What about nouveau and nvidia driver, how can I change it?

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https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers

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Can I install some of them if I have GeForce GTX 1660 Ti?
zypper se nvidia

S | Name                                           | Summary                                                                | Type
--+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
  | bumblebee-status-module-nvidia                 | Displays GPU name, temperature and memory usage                        | package
  | bumblebee-status-module-nvidia-optimus-manager | GPU selection for NVIDIA optimus using optimus-manager                 | package
  | bumblebee-status-module-nvidia-prime           | GPU selection for NVIDIA optimus using bbswitch                        | package
i | kernel-firmware-nvidia                         | Kernel firmware files for Nvidia Tegra and graphics drivers            | package
  | kernel-firmware-nvidia-gsp-G06                 | Kernel firmware file for open NVIDIA kernel module driver G06          | package
  | libnvidia-egl-wayland-devel                    | Development package for libnvidia-egl-wayland                          | package
  | libnvidia-egl-wayland1                         | The EGLStream-based Wayland external platform                          | package
  | libnvidia-egl-wayland1-32bit                   | The EGLStream-based Wayland external platform                          | package
  | nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default      | NVIDIA open kernel module driver for GeForce RTX 2000 series and newer | package
  | nvidia-texture-tools                           | NVIDIA Texture Tools                                                   | package
  | pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu                            | Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the Nvidia GPU                  | package
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Did you read the wiki? You need to add the Nvidia repository. Afterwards you can install the G06 branch as it fits your card…

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Yes, and I don’t understand the difference between G05 and G06. However I wanted just ask if some of the listed before may apply to my situation. E.g. what is libnvidia-egl-wayland1? Is it important?

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G05 is the 470 driver series: not applicable for your card
G06 is the 525 driver series: the right driver for your card

None of these packages are drivers for your card. So no.

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Thank you, it works. Both my screens have 240Hz refresh rate.
So it’s solved

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Thanks for the update. Switching from the nouveau to nvidia driver did help as we hoped it might. :wink: