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aymanelj

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Registered: 2022-05-13

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[SOLVED] TTY1 blinking cursor after Grub

I know this question has been asked a lot, but I was not able to fix the issue by looking through existing threads. I logged in using TTY2, I can't copy paste the outputs but I am assuming the issue comes from nvidia.

journalctl -b - 1

shows this error line

systemd-modules-load[314]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-uvm'

What could be the cause of this?

Last edited by aymanelj (2022-09-10 15:50:21)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] TTY1 blinking cursor after Grub

I can't copy paste the outputs

1st link below

The message is harmless, please post the entire system journal

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

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aymanelj

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Re: [SOLVED] TTY1 blinking cursor after Grub

Oh my god this is amazing, i didn't know you could do that! Here is the output.

Last edited by aymanelj (2022-09-03 21:52:51)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] TTY1 blinking cursor after Grub

Welcome to the pro-show.

Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
Sep 03 11:49:03 archelj /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[801]: (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"

You're using a static server layout generated by nvidia-xconfig/settings.
Don't.
Remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and don't run that config tool again. It produces cruft and garbage and is at best useless.

However, there's no trace of the nvidia kernel module at all, do you simply lack https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nvidia-lts/ ?

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aymanelj

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Re: [SOLVED] TTY1 blinking cursor after Grub

Do I have to install nvidia-lts

sudo pacman -S extra/nvidia-lts

The output of

sudo pacman -Qn | grep nvidia

is

nvidia 515.65.01-11
nvidia-settings 515.65.01-1
nvidia-utils 515.65.01-2
opencl-nvidia 515.65.01-2

Edit:

I installed nvidia-lts, and it works now! Thank you very much, this is exactly why I love the arch community.

Last edited by aymanelj (2022-09-03 23:55:09)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] TTY1 blinking cursor after Grub

You need the modules for the kernel you're using. Since you're using the -lts kernel, yes, you need the -lts modules.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] TTY1 blinking cursor after Grub

I installed nvidia-lts, and it works now!

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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