https://streamable.com/ku7jug

I tried switching to Linux on my main PC (cause I’m bored and I have an extra SSD to waste). Like the video shows, I can’t seem to get my left vertical monitor to properly configure on this OS. It’s completely broken. I can’t interact with anything on main monitor once I apply the settings as shown in the video.

The only way it works is if I keep my left monitor in horizontal position.

Google didn’t help and apparently it seems to be a common problem. It’s on me for choosing a broken distro but I kinda like it otherwise. I’d rather find a fix the screen problem.

I’m using an Nvidia 3070.

  • Digester@lemmy.worldOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    I fixed it, somehow the drivers I got from running

    nvidia-inst

    Showed some incompatibility, I restored the OS and installed the drivers from a difference source

    What’s strange was the fact that many other users reported the same problems but they weren’t able to find a fix, even when using alternative drivers.

    • adonis@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      what other source did you use? If you mean, you downloaded the drivers from nvidia website, etc… pls don’t do that.

      the goto-way on Linux is to always use the package manager, simce this makes it easier to keep everything up to date.

      If however, you did use pacman, than that’s all fine. nvidia-inst is just a wrapper for some other things that need to be taken care of.

      Also, nvidia is known to be troublesome on Linux, so it always needs some manual intervention here and there.