Clevo P65 Laptop with Nvidia & Gsync - 60Hz only on LMDE 6

[user952]

Hi there,


I've never made a post and I'm not much experienced in deeper Linux Mint (already happy to get my Laptop work for Gaming)
but I'll try my best to explain my case:

I've got following problem:
I have a Clevo XMG P65 Laptop from 2015 with Nvidia 970M GPU and 75hz Gsync Monitor

On Lmde4 with the version 4.19 Kernel, Nvidia 418 Driver and down below posted nvidia.conf the Display is running perfect with 75hz
Lmde6 with version 6.1 Kernel it's maximum 60hz, can't choose higher, same on Lmde5.
Gsync works on both, 60 and 75hz.

In my Bios I have UEFI and Discrete Mode activated
Already tried some things like changing parameters on the nvidia.conf, installing version 470 nvidia and new 525 driver,
changing Graphicmode to MS Hybrid (Starts with Blackscreen).. nothing helped..

Here are some (hopefully useful) outputs from lmde 4 and 6 for comparsion:

LMDE4:
1. System Info:

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 System:    Host: x-com Kernel: 4.19.0-26-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 4 Debbie 
           base: Debian 10.2 buster 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Notebook product: P65_P67RGRERA v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Notebook model: P65_P67RGRERA serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends 
           v: 1.05.19 date: 07/20/2017 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S 
           rev: 3 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 41472 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 
           5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: nvidia v: 450.66 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1618 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~75Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 970M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.66 direct render: Yes 

2. Inxi:

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user@x-com:~$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] driver: nvidia v: 450.66 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~75Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 970M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.66 

3. xrandr:

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user@x-com:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 382mm x 215mm
   1920x1080     75.00*+
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

4. nvidia.conf:

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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 418.74

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
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"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LGD"
    HorizSync       83.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 970M"
#   Option         "RegistryDwords" "OGL_MaxFramesAllowed=0x1;"
    Option         "TripleBuffer" "True"
    Option         "SwapbuffersWait" "True"  
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
    Option         "metamodes" "1920x1080_75 +0+0"
    Option         "FlatPanelProperties" "DitheringMode = Static-2x2"
    Option         "SLI" "Off"
    Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
    Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

LMDE6:
1. System Info:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
    tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Notebook product: P65_P67RGRERA v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Notebook model: P65_P67RGRERA serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    v: 1.05.19 date: 07/20/2017
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache:
    L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 bogomips: 41599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: nvidia v: 525.125.06
    arch: Maxwell pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1618
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 128
  Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 128 diag: 438mm (17.26")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.125.06 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes

2. Inxi:

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la@uz:~$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] driver: nvidia v: 525.125.06
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.125.06 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX
    970M/PCIe/SSE2

3. xrandr:

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la@uz:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 382mm x 215mm
   1920x1080     60.02*+
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

4. nvidia.conf:

Just actual the same like LMDE4


Also what I saw what's strange:


In nvidia-display settings, the Connections Link is 2 Lanes @ 2.70Gbps in LMDE4
Screenshot:
https://ibb.co/rk1w8R9

LMDE6:
2 Lanes @ 1.62Gbps
Screenshot:
https://ibb.co/XFbzQ0N


Could that be a Kernel or hardware/display compatibility Problem? I also read something about EDID..

Got Lmde6 and 4 on each seperate SSD so i can test if you have suggestions

Hope we can solve this, as I love Gaming with full 75hz refreshrate on this machine and want to keep it up to date.
Also don't want to change the Distro, cause I really like Lmde

[SMG]

I've got following problem:
I have a Clevo XMG P65 Laptop from 2015 with Nvidia 970M GPU and 75hz Gsync Monitor

Welcome to the forum, user952.

What refresh rate options are you seeing when you test a live session of LMDE 6 (which would be using the nouveau driver)? What results are you getting for xrandr in the live session?

changing Graphicmode to MS Hybrid (Starts with Blackscreen)

It starts with a black screen because you have custom xorg.conf files which shut out the Intel driver preventing it from being used.

4. nvidia.conf:

Just actual the same like LMDE4

How did you get them to be the same?

[user952]

Hi SMG,

thank you for the reply.

What refresh rate options are you seeing when you test a live session of LMDE 6 (which would be using the nouveau driver)? What results are you getting for xrandr in the live session?

On LMDE6 Livesystem I've got:

In Displaysettings - Refresh Rate selection of 60.02, 120.02, 119.94, 59.96, 59.93 @ 1920x1080

xrandr:

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mint@mint:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 382mm x 215mm
   1920x1080     60.02*+  60.01    59.97    59.96    59.93  
   1680x1050     60.00    59.95    59.88  
   1400x1050     59.98    60.00  
   1600x900      59.99    59.94    59.95    59.82  
   1280x1024     59.95    60.02  
   1400x900      59.96    59.88  
   1280x960      60.00    59.99  
   1440x810      60.00    59.97  
   1368x768      59.88    59.85  
   1280x800      59.99    59.97    59.81    59.91  
   1152x864      59.97  
   1280x720      60.00    59.99    59.86    59.74  
   1024x768      60.04    60.00    59.95  
   960x720       60.00  
   928x696       60.05  
   896x672       60.01  
   1024x576      59.95    59.96    59.90    59.82  
   960x600       59.93    60.00  
   960x540       59.96    59.99    59.63    59.82  
   800x600       60.00    60.32    59.96    56.25  
   840x525       60.01    59.88  
   864x486       59.92    59.57  
   700x525       59.98  
   800x450       59.95    59.82  
   640x512       60.02  
   700x450       59.96    59.88  
   640x480       60.00    59.94  
   720x405       59.51    58.99  
   684x384       59.88    59.85  
   640x400       59.88    59.98  
   640x360       59.86    59.83    59.84    59.32  
   512x384       60.00  
   512x288       60.00    59.92  
   480x270       59.63    59.82  
   400x300       60.32    56.34  
   432x243       59.92    59.57  
   320x240       60.05  
   360x202       59.51    59.13  
   320x180       59.84    59.32  
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Inxi -G:

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mint@mint:~$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] driver: nouveau v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV124

It starts with a black screen because you have custom xorg.conf files which shut out the Intel driver preventing it from being used.

Ah okay

How did you get them to be the same?

just copied the 20-nvidia.conf into /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
Ok it's a bit different, tried some EDID and Modeline commands but didn't had any impact:

actual nvidia.conf on installed LMDE6:

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
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"
#     HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LGD"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
#    Modeline "1920x1080_75.0" +hsync -vsync  
 Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
#    Option         "metamodes"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
    Option         "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0"
    Option         "SLI" "Off"
    Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
    Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
  # Option         "AllowIndirectGLXProtocol" "off"
  # Option         "TripleBuffer" "on"
    Option         "UseEDIDFreqs" "FALSE"
    Option        "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE"
   Option         "ModeValidation" "AllowNonEdidModes"
EndSection

[SMG]

On LMDE6 Livesystem I've got:

In Displaysettings - Refresh Rate selection of 60.02, 120.02, 119.94, 59.96, 59.93 @ 1920x1080

You're getting refresh rates that don't exist in xrandr. I don't recall seeing that happen in the past and have no idea what is generating those options.

60Hz plus or minus a little bit are the only options in xrandr.

How did you get them to be the same?

just copied the 20-nvidia.conf into /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

What happens if you don't do that and let the driver work the way it normally would?

[user952]

You're getting refresh rates that don't exist in xrandr. I don't recall seeing that happen in the past and have no idea what is generating those options.

Hmmm I think it has to do something with Hardware / Kernel..
Maybe I should make a new Post in the Linux Mint "Graphics Cards & Monitors" section?

What happens if you don't do that and let the driver work the way it normally would?

You mean when there's no 20-nvidia.conf in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d?
Not much difference, as I also had this state after the fresh Install of LMDE6.

[SMG]

Maybe I should make a new Post in the Linux Mint "Graphics Cards & Monitors" section?

That forum is for those running Linux Mint based on Ubuntu. Unless you plan on doing a new install with a Linux Mint 21 version then no, you should not make a new post in the that forum.