[SOLVED] External screen working only with NVidia Performance-Mode

[maffin]

Hi!
Is it just me or with version 525 I get issues while using an external screen with my laptop?
I cannot use the external screen as primary without being in NVidia performance-mode, on-demand just simply does not work and only shows the cursor if I mirror the laptop's screen.
I feel like it's too early for me to blame these NVidia drivers since it's my first time with Linux Mint, but I wanted to hear you out just in case.
I'm wondering if it's an hardware limitation given that the HDMI port in laptops with a discrete graphics card are usually interfaced with it.
Sorry if my guess may seem really dumb.

[SMG]

I'm wondering if it's an hardware limitation given that the HDMI port in laptops with a discrete graphics card are usually interfaced with it.

Welcome to the forum, maffin.

Please open the System Reports app and click the System Information tab on the left. Your computer's information should come up in the right pane. Then click the Copy button in the lower right and paste the results into a reply window here so we can see how Linux Mint views your hardware.

[maffin]

I'm wondering if it's an hardware limitation given that the HDMI port in laptops with a discrete graphics card are usually interfaced with it.

Welcome to the forum, maffin.

Please open the System Reports app and click the System Information tab on the left. Your computer's information should come up in the right pane. Then click the Copy button in the lower right and paste the results into a reply window here so we can see how Linux Mint views your hardware.

Hi! Thanks for assisting me.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-69-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX517ZM_FX517ZM v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX517ZM v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FX517ZM.312 date: 02/24/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 67.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 67.8/75.8 Wh (89.4%) volts: 17.3 min: 15.9
    model: ASUS A32-K55 serial: N/A status: Full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: 10-core (6-mt/4-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12650H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake rev: 3 cache: L1: 864 KiB L2: 9.5 MiB L3: 24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2893 high: 3806 min/max: 400/4600:4700:3500 cores: 1: 3724 2: 3466 3: 949
    4: 3806 5: 3676 6: 3786 7: 1825 8: 2781 9: 2714 10: 1280 11: 3646 12: 3800 13: 3000 14: 2915
    15: 2891 16: 2038 bogomips: 86016
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
    active: none off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a3
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 525.89.02 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-3,eDP-2
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520
  Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-7:5
    chip-ID: 322e:202c
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915,nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4096x2304 s-dpi: 120
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 4096x2304 dpi: 174 diag: 685mm (27")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.89.02
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
  Device-3: Logitech PRO X type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1.2:6
    chip-ID: 046d:0aaa
  Device-4: ASUSTek C-Media Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    bus-ID: 3-9:7 chip-ID: 0b05:6206
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-69-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:51f0
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:1a1e
  IF: eno2 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:8 chip-ID: 8087:0026
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 356b
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.75 TiB used: 707.48 GiB (25.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNU512GZ size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 27.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Lexar model: SSD NM620 512GB size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 27.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04UBD200 size: 1.82 TiB serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.89 GiB used: 97.76 GiB (20.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-4: 3-1:2 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0bda:5411
  Device-1: 3-1.1:4 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 046d:c53f
  Device-2: 3-1.2:6 info: Logitech PRO X type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 046d:0aaa
  Device-3: 3-2:3 info: Fnatic Gear miniSTREAK type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 2f0e:0102
  Device-4: 3-7:5 info: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video driver: uvcvideo rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 322e:202c
  Device-5: 3-9:7 info: ASUSTek C-Media Audio type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0b05:6206
  Device-6: 3-10:8 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0026
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
  Hub-6: 4-1:2 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0bda:0411
  Device-1: 4-1.4:3 info: Toshiba America EXTERNAL_USB type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0480:0901
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2700
Repos:
  Packages: 2514 apt: 2498 flatpak: 11 snap: 5
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/appimagelauncher-team-stable-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/appimagelauncher-team-stable-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/appimagelauncher-team/stable/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu jammy stable
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-debian-bullseye-prod bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/obsproject-obs-studio-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/obsproject-obs-studio-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Processes: 391 Uptime: 13m Memory: 15.29 GiB used: 4.53 GiB (29.6%) Init: systemd v: 249
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13

[SMG]

I'm wondering if it's an hardware limitation given that the HDMI port in laptops with a discrete graphics card are usually interfaced with it.

This is likely the issue.

Your inxi output seems to indicate the HDMI port may only be attached to the Nvidia GPU which matches your observations.

Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
active: none off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a3

Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 525.89.02 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-3,eDP-2
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520

Just letting you know if this is the correct link Product Support For FX517ZM, the latest BIOS/UEFI is 316 and lists "Optimize system performance".

Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX517ZM_FX517ZM v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX517ZM v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FX517ZM.312 date: 02/24/2022

I'm not aware it would have any effect on this issue, but ASUS update usually do help with any performance issues.

Also, with a 12th-gen Intel CPU, I do recommend using a newer kernel than the 5.15 LTS for better support/performance of the cores. You can install the latest 6.0-oem kernel with

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sudo apt-get install linux-oem-22.04b

and reboot.

[maffin]

I'm wondering if it's an hardware limitation given that the HDMI port in laptops with a discrete graphics card are usually interfaced with it.

This is likely the issue.

Your inxi output seems to indicate the HDMI port may only be attached to the Nvidia GPU which matches your observations.

Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
active: none off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a3

Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 525.89.02 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-3,eDP-2
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520

Just letting you know if this is the correct link Product Support For FX517ZM, the latest BIOS/UEFI is 316 and lists "Optimize system performance".

Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX517ZM_FX517ZM v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX517ZM v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FX517ZM.312 date: 02/24/2022

I'm not aware it would have any effect on this issue, but ASUS update usually do help with any performance issues.

Also, with a 12th-gen Intel CPU, I do recommend using a newer kernel than the 5.15 LTS for better support/performance of the cores. You can install the latest 6.0-oem kernel with

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sudo apt-get install linux-oem-22.04b

and reboot.

Thank you, I've updated the kernel and the BIOS as well. I didn't know I could check such infos with inxi. Thank you so much!