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Colonizor48

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Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

I get a black screen after installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers. I get a black screen with no cursor when  starting my laptop, or after logging out. Sleeping works fine. I can input my password and boot into KDE Plasma + wayland just fine. I can post any logs or anything needed. Removing the drivers causes SDDM to work fine.

Last edited by Colonizor48 (2024-01-21 20:57:10)

d.ALT

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Do you have some sort of VRR or G-Sync settings enabled?

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Colonizor48

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Do you have some sort of VRR or G-Sync settings enabled?

I'm not sure, how can I disable them?

d.ALT

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Note: As of SDDM version 0.20, Wayland sessions are listed and can be started from SDDM, but the SDDM greeter itself still runs in X11 mode by default, although an experimental Wayland greeter can be enabled.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM

I don't know how to manage X.org settings in mixed setups (X.org + Wayland)... Sorry.
Let's wait for some SuperArcher  help.

In the meanwhile, please post here output of:

# journalctl -b --no-pager

Last edited by d.ALT (2024-01-13 21:51:35)

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seth

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Also please post your Xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

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Colonizor48

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Registered: 2024-01-13

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Note: As of SDDM version 0.20, Wayland sessions are listed and can be started from SDDM, but the SDDM greeter itself still runs in X11 mode by default, although an experimental Wayland greeter can be enabled.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM

I don't know how to manage X.org settings in mixed setups (X.org + Wayland)... Sorry.
Let's wait for some SuperArcher  help.

In the meanwhile, please post here output of:

# journalctl -b --no-pager

How do I upload files on this fourm?

V1del

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

you can copy that entire output and paste it in bbcode code tags or alternatively upload to a pastebin, e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

Colonizor48

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

https://file.io/hqg0sGEjtRIX

here are my files

seth

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Looks like you've the nvidia modules in the initramfs, but not the i915 one and end up running the server on the nvidia GPU where no outputs are attached.
Add i915 to the initramfs or explicitly select the intel IGP as primary GPU, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Configuration should do (the PCI ID there is correct for your sysetm)

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Colonizor48

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Looks like you've the nvidia modules in the initramfs, but not the i915 one and end up running the server on the nvidia GPU where no outputs are attached.
Add i915 to the initramfs or explicitly select the intel IGP as primary GPU, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Configuration should do (the PCI ID there is correct for your sysetm)

for the command
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource radeon Intel
what should I put instead of radeon?

seth

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Nothing, the link is just meant to illustrate a pattern how to select a GPU as primary one
Edit: you don't want to redirect anyting, just make sure the IGP is used.

Last edited by seth (2024-01-20 21:25:53)

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Colonizor48

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

Nothing, the link is just meant to illustrate a pattern how to select a GPU as primary one
Edit: you don't want to redirect anyting, just make sure the IGP is used.

works perfectly now. Thank you!

seth

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Re: Black Screen with SDDM using proprietary Nvidia Drivers[SOLVED]

\o/
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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