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snorkysnark

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Registered: 2026-05-23

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Black screen in some desktop environments after Nvidia update

For context I have a dual-GPU laptop (Intel/Nvidia) and I'm using the nvidia-580xx driver from the AUR.

After a recent update, some environments boot to a black screen with only a cursor being visible.

Working:
- LightDM
- SDDM (with DisplayServer=wayland)
- Hyprland
- Cinnamon (Wayland or Software Rendering)

Black screen:
- SDDM
- Cinnamon (X11)

Yes, I have the nvidia_drm.modeset flag
Is anyone having similar issues?

Last edited by snorkysnark (2026-05-23 22:19:35)

snorkysnark

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Registered: 2026-05-23

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Black screen in some desktop environments after Nvidia update

Okay, it was really the intel driver that's at fault. Replacing the

Section "Device"
	Identifier "iGPU"
	Driver "intel"
	BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

with

Section "Device"
	Identifier "iGPU"
	Driver "modesetting"
	BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

fixed the issue

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 75,664

Re: [SOLVED] Black screen in some desktop environments after Nvidia update

ftr, w/o https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_ … ecent_GPUs or mesa-amber (But don't do either!!! This isn't what you want) you'd be on software rendering.

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