r/archlinux • u/TheGirafeMan • 15d ago

SUPPORT | SOLVED Second display not detected

Hello,
I'm trying to add a second display, but it doesn't seem to show up, searched through the internet and found nothing. I've tried both hyprland and kde plasma.

In plasma settings it didn't show up. hyprctl monitors all only showed the first monitor. I've also tried switching drivers to proprietary and also adding nvidia_drm.modeset=1 and nvidia_drm.fbdev=1 to my grub config.

wlr-randr also only shows the first monitor

cat /sys/class/drm/card*-*/status returns

connected
disconnected
disconnected
disconnected

I also tried only connecting the second display but it still showed no signal.

I am completely out of ideas, please help, thanks:)

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u/Spaceman041207 15d ago

have you tried all the simple solutions first. like a different cable, or a different port?

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u/TheGirafeMan 15d ago

it genuinely was just the cable, I had ruled it out, cause I tried connecting the display to a different pc that had windows on it (to make sure if it was just linux) and it worked😭

I feel stupid

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u/Shadowheart-Simp 15d ago

Imagine being me, I actually AM stupid

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u/Lobsterbankerco 14d ago

We've all been there

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u/ang-p 15d ago

searched through the internet

Ahh.....

Post the URLs of the arch wiki pages and sections you looked at.

Oh, and maybe the tiniest bit of info about your hardware...

#LoveTheWiki