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Horrible lag on monitors plugged into dGPU on gaming laptop

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Description

NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Version

595.58.03

Please confirm this issue does not happen with the proprietary driver (of the same version). This issue tracker is only for bugs specific to the open kernel driver.
  • I confirm that this does not happen with the proprietary driver package.
Operating System and Version

Arch Linux

Kernel Release

Linux archlinux 6.19.6-arch1-3-g14

Please confirm you are running a stable release kernel (e.g. not a -rc). We do not accept bug reports for unreleased kernels.
  • I am running on a stable kernel release.
Hardware: GPU

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU

Describe the bug

Horrible Lag when doing anything, even moving the mouse on monitors plugged into my dGPU. I believe this happened after upgrading to the latest version 595.58.03, I only just started noticing this yesterday, but wasn't using my monitors at my desk yesterday. I couldn't get any other nvidia driver versions installed. Tried to downgrade but it didn't work. Pacman and yay dont give me the option to install the proprietary driver just the nvidia-dkms package at this version.

Sometimes its fine for a few seconds but then it will go back to lagging horribly. Even completely locking up the mouse for like 20 seconds or so.

To Reproduce
  • Use a gaming laptop with an nvidia dGPU, preferably same GPU, the 3080 laptop edition.
  • Install latest nvidia-dkms drivers
  • Try to do anything, move the mouse, launch an application, it will lag horribly.
Bug Incidence

Always

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

More Info

If anything I can improve on on detailing or information I can provide let me know. Not sure why I couldn't find the default nvidia package from pacman and yay, it would let me install it before. If I could get assistance on that if it will help produce logs or investigate the issue, that would be great. I need my monitors to work badly

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Research direction

Start by reviewing nvidia-bug-report.log.gz and the reproduction details for Arch Linux, Linux 6.19.6-arch1-3, and nvidia-dkms 595.58.03. No source file or test is named; done means the dGPU-connected monitor lag and mouse lockups no longer occur during repeated reproduction.

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Assessment

Tech stack
arch-linux, c, linux
Domain
operating-systems, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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