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Andy3153

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Registered: 2018-12-24

Posts: 89

SDDM black screen

So, after a clean install i tried to start SDDM and i had a black screen. I tried different DM-s, only GDM seemed to work.

I made a config file for the nvidia driver, and now no DM worked at all. Removimg the config seemed to resolve this problem.
But still, what can i do to make SDDM work?
I read some articles, nothing could fix the problem

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,723

Re: SDDM black screen

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Please post more details about your hardware and which driver you actually have installed as well as journal logs of failing  boot in [ code ] tags, what is this? Is this a laptop? If this is a laptop and you simply installed the nvidia drivers this is completely expected read Nvidia Optimus for various setup approaches.

Andy3153

Member

Registered: 2018-12-24

Posts: 89

Re: SDDM black screen

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Please post more details about your hardware and which driver you actually have installed as well as journal logs of failing  boot in [ code ] tags, what is this? Is this a laptop? If this is a laptop and you simply installed the nvidia drivers this is completely expected read Nvidia Optimus for various setup approaches.

I have installed the "nvidia" driver, the proprietary one, and yes, it is a laptop