Only a section of the screen can be used
Issue Description
Only a section of the screen can be used
Hello! I've been experiencing a strange phenomenon for a few days now.
I have 2 screens and use them accordingly, without having had any problems so far. Now I can work with both of them as before, but after a longer break, e.g. 30 minutes, the monitors look normal, but when I try to click on something, it only works in a relatively small area, which is about 2/3 of the monitor (4K).
If I move something within this area, the overlapping area disappears under the edges. It looks as if you are looking through a window and only see a section at a time. Within this window I can type in everything, move it etc. but I can't get to the outside. A comparison might be working with Virtualbox, except that you can't get out with the mouse, once in and you stay in. So I log on to the console with CTRL+F3 and perform a shutdown -fr now. After the restart, it runs until I take a longer break and the game starts again from the beginning.
This only happens on one screen and the rest is unusable. This afternoon I also had the effect that it was first on the right screen and then a little later only on the left screen, where it stayed.
The whole thing is very strange and I would like to work normally again.
Does anyone have an idea how I can get it to work properly again?
The whole thing is very strange and I would like to work normally again.
Only a section of the screen can be used
This only happens on one screen and the rest is not usable. This afternoon I also had the effect that it was first on the right screen and then a little later only on the left screen, where it stayed.
The whole thing is very strange and I would like to work normally again.
Does anyone have any idea how I can get it to work properly again?
Expected Behavior
I would like to be able to use the entire workspace without being trapped in a “window”.
Additional Information
Here is what I found about the graphics driver (a Radeon RX 7900 XT is installed):
lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900M] (rev cc)
Subsystem: Sapphire Technology Limited PULSE RX 7900 XTX
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
Kernel modules: amdgpu
--
17:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc [AMD/ATI] Raphael (rev c2)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device d000
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
Kernel modules: amdgpuThe following has helped: If I type xset s off -dpms & into the console then this error no longer occurs.
I then created the file ~/.xprofile - with the content “xset s off -dpms &”
But it cannot be a permanent solution to switch off something that is needed.
Environment & Versions
inxi -Fxxxz
System:
Kernel: 6.12.6-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.43 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: plank,xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: X670 AORUS ELITE AX v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: F32g date: 12/03/2024
CPU:
Info: 12-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
arch: Zen 4 rev: 2 cache: L1: 768 KiB L2: 12 MiB L3: 64 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3006 min/max: 545/5733 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3006
2: 3006 3: 3006 4: 3006 5: 3006 6: 3006 7: 3006 8: 3006 9: 3006 10: 3006
11: 3006 12: 3006 13: 3006 14: 3006 15: 3006 16: 3006 17: 3006 18: 3006
19: 3006 20: 3006 21: 3006 22: 3006 23: 3006 24: 3006 bogomips: 225267
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900
XTX/7900 GRE/7900M] vendor: Sapphire PULSE driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-3 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DP-2
empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: Gigabyte
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: none empty: DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-3, Writeback-2
bus-ID: 17:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 42.0 C
Device-3: SunplusIT Depstech webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-5:2 chip-ID: 1bdf:5050
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5376x1512 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1423x401mm (56.02x15.79")
s-diag: 1478mm (58.21")
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,right
model: Samsung U32J59x serial: <filter> res: 2688x1512 hz: 60 dpi: 98
size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5") modes: max: 3840x2160
min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 pos: left model: Samsung U32J59x
serial: <filter> res: 2688x1512 hz: 60 dpi: 98
size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5") modes: max: 3840x2160
min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.2-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (radeonsi
navi31 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.59 6.12.6-arch1-1) device-ID: 1002:744c
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 10 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0
type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:744c device: 1
type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:164e
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 17:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 17:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: SunplusIT Depstech webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-5:2 chip-ID: 1bdf:5050
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-5: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)
driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 9-1.4:6 chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.12.6-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp16s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 11:00.0
chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-7:4 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616 class-ID: e001
serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.46 TiB used: 1.1 TiB (20.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7
temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EFRX-68N32N0
size: 3.64 TiB type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1021 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 195.31 GiB used: 47.99 GiB (24.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 2 GiB used: 584 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 1.63 TiB used: 1.05 TiB (64.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-4: /var/log size: 195.31 GiB used: 47.99 GiB (24.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.6 C mobo: 36.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 56.0 C mem: 67.0 C
fan: 65 watts: 47.00
Info:
Memory: total: 128 GiB note: est. available: 124.92 GiB
used: 5.55 GiB (4.4%)
Processes: 504 Power: uptime: 25m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
Packages: 2412 pm: pacman pkgs: 2402 pm: flatpak pkgs: 10 Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: yakuake
inxi: 3.3.36