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adr77

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From: Israel

Registered: 2023-10-28

Posts: 176

Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

update post: I've now set all the kernel parameters via the grub configuration file (that is "/etc/default/grub") and here are the results plus all xorg logs:

• nomodeset - blackout, fetched log over archiso

• nvidia_drm.modeset=1 - stuck over tty, fetched locally

• both - blackout, fetched over archiso

here are the logs:

"nomodeset":

[     7.868] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-427.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[     7.880] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     7.880] Current Operating System: Linux sevencommaone 6.6.35-2-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:05:23 +0000 x86_64
[     7.880] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=70c61ad7-b23d-4fd7-a310-df288620a623 rw loglevel=3 nomodeset
[     7.880]  
[     7.880] Current version of pixman: 0.43.4
[     7.880] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     7.880] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     7.880] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jun 26 16:46:58 2024
[     7.886] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     7.886] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     7.889] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     7.889] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     7.889] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     7.889] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     7.889] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using the first device section listed.
[     7.889] (**) |   |-->Device "MyRustyTesla"
[     7.889] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     7.889] (**) Option "IgnoreABI" "1"
[     7.889] (**) Ignoring ABI Version
[     7.889] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[     7.889] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     7.889] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     7.889] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     7.889] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[     7.889] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[     7.890] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[     7.890] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.892] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[     7.892] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.892] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
[     7.892] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[     7.892] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.892] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[     7.892] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.892] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[     7.892] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.892] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[     7.892] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.892] (==) FontPath set to:
	
[     7.892] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[     7.892] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     7.892] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     7.892] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     7.892] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[     7.892] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[     7.892] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[     7.892] (++) using VT number 2

[     7.892] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[     7.893] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[     7.893] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/platform/simple-framebuffer.0/drm/card0
[     7.907] (--) PCI:*(2@0:0:0) 10de:08a0:106b:00ce rev 162, Mem @ 0xd2000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00001000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     7.907] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[     7.907] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     7.908] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg/libglx.so
[     8.102] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     8.102] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     8.102] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     8.103] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:26:50 PST 2019
[     8.104] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[     8.106] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[     8.119] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     8.119] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     8.119] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     8.119] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[     8.119] This server has a video driver ABI version of 25.2 that this
driver does not officially support.  Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[     8.119] =================================================================
[     8.119] (WW) NVIDIA: The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[     8.119] (WW) NVIDIA: This driver was compiled against the X.Org server SDK from commit e6ef2b12404dfec7f23592a3524d2a63d9d25802 and may not be compatible with the final version of this SDK.
[     8.120] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:06:00 PST 2019
[     8.120] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[     8.129] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     8.129] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     8.129] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[     8.129] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[     8.129] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[     8.129] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[     8.129] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[     8.132] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     8.132] 	compiled for 1.21.1.13, module version = 1.0.0
[     8.132] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     8.132] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[     8.132] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[     8.132] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[     8.135] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     8.135] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     8.135] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[     8.135] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     8.135] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     8.136] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration

"nvidia_drm.modeset=1":

[     7.626] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-430.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[     7.632] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     7.632] Current Operating System: Linux sevencommaone 6.6.35-2-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:05:23 +0000 x86_64
[     7.632] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=70c61ad7-b23d-4fd7-a310-df288620a623 rw loglevel=3 nomodeset nvidia_drm.modeset=1
[     7.632]  
[     7.632] Current version of pixman: 0.43.4
[     7.632] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     7.632] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     7.632] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jun 26 16:52:20 2024
[     7.636] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     7.636] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     7.638] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     7.638] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     7.638] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     7.638] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     7.638] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using the first device section listed.
[     7.638] (**) |   |-->Device "MyRustyTesla"
[     7.638] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     7.638] (**) Option "IgnoreABI" "1"
[     7.638] (**) Ignoring ABI Version
[     7.638] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[     7.638] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     7.638] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     7.638] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     7.638] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[     7.638] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[     7.639] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[     7.639] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (==) FontPath set to:
	
[     7.641] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[     7.641] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     7.641] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     7.641] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     7.641] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[     7.641] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[     7.641] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[     7.642] (++) using VT number 2

[     7.642] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[     7.648] (--) PCI:*(2@0:0:0) 10de:08a0:106b:00ce rev 162, Mem @ 0xd2000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00001000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     7.648] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[     7.648] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     7.648] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg/libglx.so
[     7.824] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     7.824] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.824] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     7.825] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:26:50 PST 2019
[     7.826] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[     7.828] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[     7.842] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     7.842] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.842] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     7.842] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[     7.842] This server has a video driver ABI version of 25.2 that this
driver does not officially support.  Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[     7.842] =================================================================
[     7.842] (WW) NVIDIA: The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[     7.842] (WW) NVIDIA: This driver was compiled against the X.Org server SDK from commit e6ef2b12404dfec7f23592a3524d2a63d9d25802 and may not be compatible with the final version of this SDK.
[     7.843] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:06:00 PST 2019
[     7.843] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[     7.849] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     7.849] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     7.849] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[     7.849] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[     7.849] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[     7.849] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[     7.849] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[     7.851] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.851] 	compiled for 1.21.1.13, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.851] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     7.851] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[     7.851] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[     7.851] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[     7.854] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     7.854] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration

both:

[     7.626] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-430.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[     7.632] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     7.632] Current Operating System: Linux sevencommaone 6.6.35-2-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:05:23 +0000 x86_64
[     7.632] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=70c61ad7-b23d-4fd7-a310-df288620a623 rw loglevel=3 nomodeset nvidia_drm.modeset=1
[     7.632]  
[     7.632] Current version of pixman: 0.43.4
[     7.632] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     7.632] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     7.632] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jun 26 16:52:20 2024
[     7.636] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     7.636] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     7.638] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     7.638] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     7.638] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     7.638] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     7.638] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using the first device section listed.
[     7.638] (**) |   |-->Device "MyRustyTesla"
[     7.638] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     7.638] (**) Option "IgnoreABI" "1"
[     7.638] (**) Ignoring ABI Version
[     7.638] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[     7.638] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     7.638] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     7.638] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     7.638] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[     7.638] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[     7.639] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[     7.639] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[     7.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.641] (==) FontPath set to:
	
[     7.641] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[     7.641] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     7.641] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     7.641] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     7.641] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[     7.641] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[     7.641] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[     7.642] (++) using VT number 2

[     7.642] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[     7.648] (--) PCI:*(2@0:0:0) 10de:08a0:106b:00ce rev 162, Mem @ 0xd2000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00001000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     7.648] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[     7.648] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     7.648] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg/libglx.so
[     7.824] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     7.824] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.824] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     7.825] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:26:50 PST 2019
[     7.826] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[     7.828] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[     7.842] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     7.842] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.842] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     7.842] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[     7.842] This server has a video driver ABI version of 25.2 that this
driver does not officially support.  Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[     7.842] =================================================================
[     7.842] (WW) NVIDIA: The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[     7.842] (WW) NVIDIA: This driver was compiled against the X.Org server SDK from commit e6ef2b12404dfec7f23592a3524d2a63d9d25802 and may not be compatible with the final version of this SDK.
[     7.843] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:06:00 PST 2019
[     7.843] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[     7.849] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     7.849] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     7.849] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[     7.849] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[     7.849] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[     7.849] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[     7.849] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[     7.851] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.851] 	compiled for 1.21.1.13, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.851] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     7.851] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[     7.851] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[     7.851] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[     7.854] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     7.854] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     7.854] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 63,689

Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

Apparently the device doesn't register as bus master…
https://askubuntu.com/questions/264247/ … 573#613573

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adr77

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From: Israel

Registered: 2023-10-28

Posts: 176

Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

a small problem with that... "lshw" is either a command that doesn't exist in Arch, or it was removed from Linux in general. the tutorial actually seemed legit for what it is.

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 63,689

Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/lshw/
Though you could get the same information using lspci

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adr77

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From: Israel

Registered: 2023-10-28

Posts: 176

Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

using the same flags? i ended up installing lshw anyway

Last edited by adr77 (2024-06-27 05:47:50)

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

No? It's a completely different tool with different scope and will also print a different output format - it will just allow you to see the device along it's bus id

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From: Israel

Registered: 2023-10-28

Posts: 176

Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

I have news!

• 3D acceleration works! Ri-li and ClassiCube were able to launch.

• Firefox still has a black border around it.

• no brightness, but I saw that the AskUbuntu link you sent also has a brightness fix for it in another link.

the "brightness fix" has bricked KDE Plasma and it doesn't start now. I do get into SDDM but after that, nothing. Can't even switch to a tty, it blacks out and I can only switch back to SDDM. I'll make a copy of the Xorg log and send it, but I'll remove the brightness control file for now.

and it has gotten worse. KDE loads now, but it took  a hot minute and I don't have any ability to right click on the desktop, and my wallpaper is gone.

Not only that, but whenever the cursor is in a program, it is more Mac/90's X11-like, but when it is hovering over the "void' of a desktop, it becomes the cursor I set in KDE's system settings (Oxygen Zion).

Xorg log:

[     8.195] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-429.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[     8.201] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     8.201] Current Operating System: Linux sevencommaone 6.6.35-2-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:05:23 +0000 x86_64
[     8.201] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=70c61ad7-b23d-4fd7-a310-df288620a623 rw loglevel=3
[     8.201]  
[     8.201] Current version of pixman: 0.43.4
[     8.201] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     8.201] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     8.201] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jun 27 09:19:22 2024
[     8.207] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     8.207] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     8.209] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     8.209] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     8.209] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     8.209] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     8.209] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using the first device section listed.
[     8.209] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[     8.209] (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "MyRustyTesla"
[     8.209] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     8.209] (**) Option "IgnoreABI" "1"
[     8.209] (**) Ignoring ABI Version
[     8.209] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[     8.209] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     8.210] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     8.210] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     8.210] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[     8.210] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[     8.210] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[     8.210] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     8.211] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[     8.211] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     8.211] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
[     8.211] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[     8.211] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     8.211] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[     8.211] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     8.211] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[     8.211] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     8.211] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[     8.212] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     8.212] (==) FontPath set to:
	
[     8.212] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[     8.212] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     8.212] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     8.212] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     8.212] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[     8.212] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[     8.212] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[     8.212] (++) using VT number 2

[     8.212] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[     8.213] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[     8.213] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/platform/simple-framebuffer.0/drm/card0
[     8.223] (--) PCI:*(2@0:0:0) 10de:08a0:106b:00ce rev 162, Mem @ 0xd2000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00001000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     8.223] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[     8.223] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     8.224] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg/libglx.so
[     8.391] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     8.391] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     8.391] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     8.392] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:26:50 PST 2019
[     8.393] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[     8.396] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[     8.412] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     8.412] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     8.412] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     8.412] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[     8.412] This server has a video driver ABI version of 25.2 that this
driver does not officially support.  Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[     8.412] =================================================================
[     8.412] (WW) NVIDIA: The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[     8.413] (WW) NVIDIA: This driver was compiled against the X.Org server SDK from commit e6ef2b12404dfec7f23592a3524d2a63d9d25802 and may not be compatible with the final version of this SDK.
[     8.413] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:06:00 PST 2019
[     8.413] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[     8.422] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     8.422] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     8.422] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[     8.422] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[     8.422] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[     8.422] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[     8.422] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[     8.427] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     8.427] 	compiled for 1.21.1.13, module version = 1.0.0
[     8.427] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     8.427] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[     8.427] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[     8.427] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[     8.432] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     8.432] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     8.432] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[     8.432] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     8.432] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     8.432] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
[     8.432] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[     8.937] (II) NVIDIA(0): Display (Apple Color LCD (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[     8.937] (II) NVIDIA(0):     Vision stereo.
[     9.274] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 320M (C89) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
[     9.274] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
[     9.274] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.89.02.00.00
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GeForce 320M at PCI:2:0:0
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(0):     Apple Color LCD (DFP-0) (boot, connected)
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-1
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-2
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(0): Apple Color LCD (DFP-0): Internal LVDS
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Apple Color LCD (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[     9.276] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 480.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     9.277] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[     9.277] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device Apple Color LCD (DFP-0) (Using EDID frequencies has
[     9.277] (**) NVIDIA(0):     been enabled on all display devices.)
[     9.277] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
[     9.277] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[     9.277] (==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
[     9.277] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
[     9.277] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[     9.277] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[     9.277] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 800
[    10.346] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (112, 112); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[    10.346] (--) NVIDIA(0):     option
[    10.346] (II) NVIDIA: Using 768.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory access.
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0):     may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0):     configuration option may not be set correctly.  When the
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0):     ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0):     try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications.  For
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0):     details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[    10.354] (II) NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.
[    10.356] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[    10.721] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[    10.721] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled
[    10.721] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    10.721] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[    10.722] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    10.722] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    10.722] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    10.722] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    10.722] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: nvidia
[    10.722] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[    10.722] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[    10.723] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[    10.723] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[    10.723] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[    10.723] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    10.723] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[    10.723] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[    10.724] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[    10.724] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[    10.724] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[    10.724] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[    10.724] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[    10.725] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[    10.725] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[    10.725] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    10.725] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    10.725] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[    10.725] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[    10.725] (II) Initializing extension Present
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[    10.726] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[    10.726] (II) Indirect GLX disabled.(II) Initializing extension NV-GLX
[    10.727] (II) Initializing extension NV-CONTROL
[    10.727] (II) Initializing extension XINERAMA
[    10.847] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[    10.847] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    10.847] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[    10.848] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[    10.854] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    10.854] 	compiled for 1.21.1.8, module version = 1.4.0
[    10.854] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    10.854] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.4
[    10.854] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[    10.854] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    10.854] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[    10.865] (II) event3  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.865] (II) event3  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    10.865] (II) event3  - Power Button: device removed
[    10.893] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[    10.893] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[    10.894] (II) event3  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.894] (II) event3  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    10.895] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event4)
[    10.895] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    10.895] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[    10.895] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[    10.896] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[    10.897] (II) event4  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.897] (II) event4  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    10.898] (II) event4  - Video Bus: device removed
[    10.936] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:2b/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input4/event4"
[    10.936] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[    10.938] (II) event4  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.938] (II) event4  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    10.939] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[    10.939] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    10.939] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[    10.939] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    10.939] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[    10.940] (II) event1  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.941] (II) event1  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    10.941] (II) event1  - Power Button: device removed
[    10.965] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1/event1"
[    10.965] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[    10.966] (II) event1  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.966] (II) event1  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    10.967] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event0)
[    10.967] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    10.967] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    10.968] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event2)
[    10.968] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    10.968] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
[    10.968] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[    10.968] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[    10.969] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.969] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    10.969] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: device removed
[    10.990] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input2/event2"
[    10.990] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[    10.991] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    10.991] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    10.993] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech M720 Triathlon (/dev/input/event7)
[    10.993] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    10.993] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    10.993] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Logitech M720 Triathlon'
[    10.993] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: always reports core events
[    10.993] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[    10.995] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Mouse
[    10.995] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device is a pointer
[    10.995] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device is a keyboard
[    10.996] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device removed
[    11.013] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.013] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.013] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.013] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: needs a virtual subdevice
[    11.013] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0003/0003:046D:405E.0007/input/input18/event7"
[    11.013] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech M720 Triathlon" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[    11.013] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    11.013] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    11.013] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    11.013] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    11.016] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Mouse
[    11.016] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device is a pointer
[    11.016] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device is a keyboard
[    11.018] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech M720 Triathlon (/dev/input/mouse1)
[    11.018] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.018] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.019] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (/dev/input/event5)
[    11.019] (**) Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    11.019] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad'
[    11.019] (**) Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: always reports core events
[    11.019] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[    11.021] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    11.021] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: device is a keyboard
[    11.022] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: device removed
[    11.040] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0/0003:05AC:0237.0004/input/input10/event5"
[    11.040] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[    11.042] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    11.042] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: device is a keyboard
[    11.044] (II) config/udev: Adding input device bcm5974 (/dev/input/event8)
[    11.044] (**) bcm5974: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[    11.044] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'bcm5974'
[    11.044] (**) bcm5974: always reports core events
[    11.044] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
[    11.051] (II) event8  - bcm5974: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    11.052] (II) event8  - bcm5974: device is a touchpad
[    11.052] (II) event8  - bcm5974: device removed
[    11.086] (II) libinput: bcm5974: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.086] (II) libinput: bcm5974: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.086] (II) libinput: bcm5974: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.087] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.2/input/input19/event8"
[    11.087] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "bcm5974" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 12)
[    11.088] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    11.088] (**) bcm5974: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    11.088] (**) bcm5974: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    11.088] (**) bcm5974: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    11.095] (II) event8  - bcm5974: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    11.097] (II) event8  - bcm5974: device is a touchpad
[    11.098] (II) config/udev: Adding input device bcm5974 (/dev/input/mouse2)
[    11.098] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.098] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.099] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia Headphone (/dev/input/event9)
[    11.099] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.099] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.100] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event11)
[    11.100] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.100] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.100] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event12)
[    11.100] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.100] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.101] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event13)
[    11.101] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.101] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.102] (II) config/udev: Adding input device applesmc (/dev/input/event6)
[    11.102] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.102] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.102] (II) config/udev: Adding input device applesmc (/dev/input/js0)
[    11.102] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.102] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.103] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event10)
[    11.103] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    11.103] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    11.117] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    11.117] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    11.117] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Logitech M720 Triathlon'
[    11.117] (**) Logitech M720 Triathlon: always reports core events
[    11.117] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[    11.117] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: is a virtual subdevice
[    11.117] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.117] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.117] (II) libinput: Logitech M720 Triathlon: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[    11.117] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0003/0003:046D:405E.0007/input/input18/event7"
[    11.117] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech M720 Triathlon" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[    21.014] (II) event3  - Power Button: device removed
[    21.050] (II) event4  - Video Bus: device removed
[    21.090] (II) event1  - Power Button: device removed
[    21.103] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: device removed
[    21.124] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: device removed
[    21.137] (II) event8  - bcm5974: device removed
[    21.183] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device removed
[    33.551] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0):     may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0):     configuration option may not be set correctly.  When the
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0):     ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0):     try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications.  For
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0):     details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[    33.871] (II) NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.
[    33.872] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Apple Color LCD (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[    33.872] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[    33.881] (II) event3  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    33.881] (II) event3  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    33.883] (II) event4  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    33.883] (II) event4  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    33.885] (II) event1  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    33.885] (II) event1  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    33.886] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    33.886] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    33.889] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Mouse
[    33.889] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device is a pointer
[    33.889] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device is a keyboard
[    33.892] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    33.892] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: device is a keyboard
[    33.899] (II) event8  - bcm5974: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    33.900] (II) event8  - bcm5974: device is a touchpad
[    52.552] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Apple Color LCD (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[    52.552] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[    72.032] (II) event3  - Power Button: device removed
[    72.047] (II) event4  - Video Bus: device removed
[    72.091] (II) event1  - Power Button: device removed
[    72.104] (II) event2  - Sleep Button: device removed
[    72.122] (II) event5  - Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: device removed
[    72.137] (II) event8  - bcm5974: device removed
[    72.184] (II) event7  - Logitech M720 Triathlon: device removed

from a wild guess, I rebooted. it is now back to how it was, except the cursor issue. and System Settings don't launch, only having the window decor appear but nothing else, it mirrors what was under it (i.e., the desktop or Firefox), and it doesn't do anything else. other Qt apps like Dolphin or KPat do work, and it only seems to be the desktop.

Good news! the laptop now goes to sleep. Closing the lid turns off the apple on the back, and lifting the lid now shows me the KDE lock screen (not SDDM) and I can log back in.

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

so uh... sorry for the bump... I want my settings back... please.

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

Run systemsettings from an interactive shell and see whether it hurls error messages at you.
Are there other open issues?

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

primary, more important: Firefox still has the black border, and brightness.

secondary, less important: GRUB not showing

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

"log" of what happens with KDE System Settings when launched over Konsole:

[andaro@sevencommaone ~]$ systemsettings
Qt: Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 authentication rejected
failed to create drawable
failed to create drawable
failed to create drawable
failed to create drawable

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

For FF open a new issue, link a screenshot to give an idea what's actually going on.
wrt. "brightness" I assume you mean the backlight?
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-bl-dkms and wrt https://askubuntu.com/questions/76081/b … dia-driver what *exactly* did you actually do there?

Edit:

loginctl session-staus
echo $XAUTHORITY

And in case: don't try to sudo that!

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

I have the backlight package installed, and running the file caused KDE to blackout. by "blackout" I mean that SDDM started fine and KDE was showing signs of loading, but after that, nothing. just a black screen, and I couldn't even switch to another tty to copy the Xorg log.

Once we're done with all this, I'll start a new issue for FF.

further explanation of the backlight blackout:

• copied the code I'll put at the bottom and modified "Quadro K1000M" to "GeForce 320M" to match what I have

• saved the file to "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia-brightness.conf" as said in the guide

• rebooted the system

• logged into KDE through SDDM as always

• default KDE loading screen, as I didn't bother changing that yet

• backlight turns off with the apple on the back, pressing FN+Ctrl+Alt+F5 to get to tty5 does nothing

• no other keys but the power key do nothing

the code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro K1000M" # swapped for "GeForce 320M"
    Option         "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
EndSection

update: the loginctl and XAuth stuff

[andaro@sevencommaone ~]$ loginctl session-status
2 - andaro (1000)
  Since: Thu 2024-06-27 19:58:17 IDT; 3min 57s ago
  State: active
 Leader: 476 (sddm-helper)
   Seat: seat0; vc2
    TTY: tty2
 Remote: no
Service: sddm
   Type: x11
  Class: user
Desktop: KDE
   Idle: no
   Unit: session-2.scope
         ├─476 /usr/lib/sddm/sddm-helper --socket /tmp/sddm-auth-9f87e9d6-1399-4e17-bc53-55259afa5d0a --id 1 --start /usr/bin/startplasma-x11 --
user andaro
         ├─500 /usr/bin/kwalletd6 --pam-login 12 13
         └─501 /usr/bin/startplasma-x11

Jun 27 19:58:17 sevencommaone systemd[1]: Started Session 2 of User andaro.
Jun 27 19:58:17 sevencommaone sddm-helper[499]: pam_kwallet5: final socket path: /run/user/1000/kwallet5.socket
[andaro@sevencommaone ~]$ echo $XAUTHORITY
/tmp/xauth_WdyvyX

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

Running what file?
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-bl-dkms is supposed to provide a kernel module that exposes the backlight into sysfs

lsmod | grep nvida_bl
stat /sys/class/backlight/nvidia_backlight

Also, if anything, you'd want to inject "Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"" into the config we had previously added or, assuming that's actually no longer required, the one provided by the nvidia-340xx-utils package (you can copy it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and edit it there to not have it overwritten with an update)

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

lsmod returns nothing, and stat said that the file/directory doesn't exist.

I'm not sure if my config file that's at "etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf" is the one powering all this, or if it is something else, I am simply too afraid to mess up and have to go back a step.

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

Post your xorg log - it tells what'd driving what.
Also

modinfo nvidia_bl
dkms status

You've a proper KDE session, SDDM sets a custom XAUTHORITY location, but that looks plausible.
Looks like that's a red herring and the problem is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482430 resp. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477854#c6
Ther backtrace in the latter has kwin running on the software rasterizer…

qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

I couldn't quite get what you're on about, but here's the modinfo and dkms status

[andaro@sevencommaone ~]$ modinfo nvidia_bl
modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia_bl not found.
[andaro@sevencommaone ~]$ dkms status
nvidia/340.108, 6.6.35-2-lts, x86_64: installed
nvidia/340.108, 6.9.6-arch1-1, x86_64: installed
nvidia-bl/18.11.0: added

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

You didn't build the nvida-bl module or the build failed.
Try to rebuild it and pay attention to errors.

"qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation" will print kwin's perspective on your opengl stack - it's suspicious that the matching bug reports on systemsettings operate on software GL.
Can you run systemsettings when logging into a fresh user account?

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

for the backlight - I'll rebuild using the monolith, last time I did it locally.

about this - the only AUR package I found was for the standard Linux kernel, and couldn't find anything for the LTS kernel. what should I do?

the qdbus command does not exist. either a typo from your end or I am not supposed to run it in a console.

update: so I made a user and called it "nuhuh" (yes, very original) and it has the same output of what happens when I run systemsettings from the console:

[nuhuh@sevencommaone ~]$ systemsettings
failed to create drawable
failed to create drawable
failed to create drawable
failed to create drawable

after that, it just creates the window frame and nothing else.

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

it has been a minute - any suggestions?

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

* There's no notification for edits - ideally don't post to post that you're gonna pasrt the information later.
* qdbus is shipped w/ qt5-tools and qt6-tools
* dkms isn't bound to a specific kernel, that's the whole point of dkms

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

Sorry for the AWOL, but qdbus simply does not exist in my system. all it says is "command not found". unless it's not a terminal program that needs another way to activate it, I am somewhat lost on what to do.

update, turns out it's called "qdbus6" on my system, the log as asked:

[andaro@sevencommaone ~]$ qdbus6 org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation
KWin Support Information:
The following information should be used when requesting support on e.g. https://discuss.kde.org.
It provides information about the currently running instance, which options are used,
what OpenGL driver and which effects are running.
Please post the information provided underneath this introductory text to a paste bin service
like https://paste.kde.org instead of pasting into support threads.

==========================

Version
=======
KWin version: 6.1.1
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Qt compile version: 6.7.2
XCB compile version: 1.17.0

Operation Mode: X11 only

Build Options
=============
KWIN_BUILD_DECORATIONS: yes
KWIN_BUILD_TABBOX: yes
KWIN_BUILD_ACTIVITIES: yes
HAVE_X11_XCB: yes
HAVE_GLX: yes

X11
===
Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
Vendor Release: 12101013
Protocol Version/Revision: 11/0
SHAPE: yes; Version: 0x11
RANDR: yes; Version: 0x14
DAMAGE: yes; Version: 0x11
Composite: yes; Version: 0x4
RENDER: yes; Version: 0xb
XFIXES: yes; Version: 0x50
SYNC: yes; Version: 0x31
GLX: yes; Version: 0x0

Decoration
==========
Plugin: org.kde.kwin.aurorae
Theme: kwin4_decoration_qml_plastik
Plugin recommends border size: No
onAllDesktopsAvailable: false
alphaChannelSupported: true
closeOnDoubleClickOnMenu: false
decorationButtonsLeft: 0
decorationButtonsRight: 6, 3, 4, 5
borderSize: 3
gridUnit: 10
font: Noto Sans,10,-1,0,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
smallSpacing: 2
largeSpacing: 10

Output backend
==============
Name: KWin::X11StandaloneBackend

Cursor
======
themeName: Oxygen_Zion
themeSize: 24

Options
=======
focusPolicy: ClickToFocus
xwaylandCrashPolicy: 1
xwaylandMaxCrashCount: 3
nextFocusPrefersMouse: false
clickRaise: true
autoRaise: false
autoRaiseInterval: 0
delayFocusInterval: 0
shadeHover: false
shadeHoverInterval: 250
separateScreenFocus: false
placement: 5
activationDesktopPolicy: SwitchToOtherDesktop
focusPolicyIsReasonable: true
borderSnapZone: 10
windowSnapZone: 10
centerSnapZone: 0
snapOnlyWhenOverlapping: false
edgeBarrier: 100
cornerBarrier: 1
rollOverDesktops: false
focusStealingPreventionLevel: 1
operationTitlebarDblClick: 5000
operationMaxButtonLeftClick: 5000
operationMaxButtonMiddleClick: 5015
operationMaxButtonRightClick: 5014
commandActiveTitlebar1: MouseRaise
commandActiveTitlebar2: MouseNothing
commandActiveTitlebar3: MouseOperationsMenu
commandInactiveTitlebar1: MouseActivateAndRaise
commandInactiveTitlebar2: MouseNothing
commandInactiveTitlebar3: MouseOperationsMenu
commandWindow1: MouseActivateRaiseAndPassClick
commandWindow2: MouseActivateAndPassClick
commandWindow3: MouseActivateAndPassClick
commandWindowWheel: MouseNothing
commandAll1: MouseUnrestrictedMove
commandAll2: MouseToggleRaiseAndLower
commandAll3: MouseUnrestrictedResize
keyCmdAllModKey: 16777250
condensedTitle: false
electricBorderMaximize: true
electricBorderTiling: true
electricBorderCornerRatio: 0.25
borderlessMaximizedWindows: false
killPingTimeout: 5000
hideUtilityWindowsForInactive: true
compositingMode: 1
useCompositing: true
hiddenPreviews: 1
glSmoothScale: 2
glStrictBinding: false
glStrictBindingFollowsDriver: true
glPreferBufferSwap: AutoSwapStrategy
glPlatformInterface: 1
windowsBlockCompositing: true
allowTearing: true

Screen Edges
============
desktopSwitching: false
desktopSwitchingMovingClients: false
cursorPushBackDistance: 1x1
timeThreshold: 75
reActivateThreshold: 350
actionTopLeft: 0
actionTop: 0
actionTopRight: 0
actionRight: 0
actionBottomRight: 0
actionBottom: 0
actionBottomLeft: 0
actionLeft: 0

Screens
=======
Number of Screens: 1

Screen 0:
---------
Name: LVDS-0
Enabled: 1
Geometry: 0,0,1280x800
Scale: 1
Refresh Rate: 60003
Adaptive Sync: incapable

Compositing
===========
Compositing is active
Compositing Type: OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 320M/integrated/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.1.0 NVIDIA 340.108
OpenGL platform interface: GLX
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
Driver: NVIDIA
Driver version: 340.108
GPU class: G80/G90
OpenGL version: 3.1
GLSL version: 1.40
X server version: 1.21.1
Linux kernel version: 6.6.36
Direct rendering: Requires strict binding: no
Virtual Machine:  no
OpenGL 2 Shaders are used

Loaded Effects:
---------------
screenshot
outputlocator
colorpicker
zoom
screenedge
contrast
login
sessionquit
logout
slidingpopups
windowaperture
slide
maximize
squash
scale
fullscreen
fadingpopups
frozenapp
morphingpopups
dialogparent
windowview
tileseditor
overview
highlightwindow
blendchanges
startupfeedback
kscreen

Currently Active Effects:
-------------------------
contrast

Effect Settings:
----------------
screenshot:

outputlocator:

colorpicker:

zoom:
zoomFactor: 1.2
mousePointer: 0
mouseTracking: 0
focusTrackingEnabled: false
textCaretTrackingEnabled: false
focusDelay: 350
moveFactor: 20
targetZoom: 1

screenedge:

contrast:

login:
pluginId: login
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

sessionquit:
pluginId: sessionquit
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

logout:
pluginId: logout
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

slidingpopups:
slideInDuration: 200
slideOutDuration: 200

windowaperture:
pluginId: windowaperture
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

slide:
horizontalGap: 45
verticalGap: 20
slideBackground: true

maximize:
pluginId: maximize
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

squash:
pluginId: squash
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

scale:
pluginId: scale
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

fullscreen:
pluginId: fullscreen
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

fadingpopups:
pluginId: fadingpopups
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

frozenapp:
pluginId: frozenapp
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

morphingpopups:
pluginId: morphingpopups
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

dialogparent:
pluginId: dialogparent
isActiveFullScreenEffect: false

windowview:
activeView: 
delegate: 
animationDuration: 300
ignoreMinimized: false
mode: 
partialActivationFactor: 0
gestureInProgress: false
searchText: 
selectedIds: 

tileseditor:
activeView: 
delegate: 
animationDuration: 200

overview:
activeView: 
delegate: 
animationDuration: 300
ignoreMinimized: false
filterWindows: true
organizedGrid: true
overviewPartialActivationFactor: 0
overviewGestureInProgress: false
transitionPartialActivationFactor: 0
transitionGestureInProgress: false
gridPartialActivationFactor: 0
gridGestureInProgress: false
desktopOffset: 
searchText: 

highlightwindow:

blendchanges:

startupfeedback:
type: 1

kscreen:


Loaded Plugins:
---------------
krunnerintegration
nightlight

Available Plugins:
------------------
BounceKeysPlugin
StickyKeysPlugin
buttonsrebind
eis
krunnerintegration
nightlight
screencast

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

Looks as you'd expect/want.
Does

QT_OPENGL=software QT_QUICK_BACKEND=software systemsettings

work?

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

It does, only reporting "failed to create drawable" once, and I was able to access System Settings.

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Re: Plethora of issues on a MacBook7,1

The QSG will make unconditional use of GL extensions your GPU/driver doesn't provide.
If you encounter more of those issues you can generally circumvent it by forcing software GL for the particular client, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA … oftware_GL
(Obviously you're not gonna be able to run superturboturkeypuncher³ this way)

Did you manage to compile the nvidia-bl module?

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