Public bug reported: I have two different monitors hooked up. One has a 60 Hz refresh rate, the other one has a 144 Hz one. I did make sure to select the correct resolution and refresh rate for booth.
The issue is that any objects on the desktop environment such as windows (browsers, file managers, terminals), basically, every graphical part of the screen, get rendered in 60 frames per second, in stead of the correct 144 frames per second. This is very easily repeatable if you have two monitors with two refresh rates, I suppose. After you set up your monitors, make sure to enable 144 Hz, then "test" it by moving your mouse around. It should feel smooth, just like it should on 144 Hz. Now move a window (such as a browser, or your file manager) around. You should notice that it still feels like it runs at 60 Hz. To sum up: What should happen: - The windows that are currently on the 144 Hz Monitor should be rendered at the specified refresh rate What actually happens - The refresh rate of rendered windows (excluding games) appears to be capped to the lowest refresh rate monitor I did test this further and it seemed to confirm my hypothesis. When I set my second, 60 Hz monitor, to run at 30 Hz, everything excluding my cursor was now being rendered at 30 Hz on both screens. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu12 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-20.21-generic 5.0.8 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.03.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:03:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 418.56 Fri Mar 15 12:59:26 CDT 2019 GCC version: gcc version 8.3.0 (Ubuntu 8.3.0-6ubuntu1) ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jul 21 19:47:07 2019 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: disco DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia, 418.56, 5.0.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 418.56, 5.0.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] [10de:1b80] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] [1462:3362] InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-07-16 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) MachineType: MSI MS-7885 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.0.0-20-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/15/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.E0 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.E0:bd06/15/2018:svnMSI:pnMS-7885:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnX99ASLIPLUS(MS-7885):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: Default string dmi.product.name: MS-7885 dmi.product.sku: Default string dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.97-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.0.2-1ubuntu1.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.4-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.0.1-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20180925-2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug disco refresh-rate ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1837330 Title: Multiple different display refresh rates lead to the lowest one being chosen for rendering the window animations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1837330/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp