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xii69

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Registered: 2024-08-20

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[SOLVED] Blackscreen after reboot (fresh install)

Hey, just installed Arch Linux with sddm and KDE, booted normally and installed what I need for example firefox, discord and other stuff, after a reboot I just see a black screen with my mouse

Last edited by xii69 (2024-09-07 15:00:07)

xii69

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Re: [SOLVED] Blackscreen after reboot (fresh install)

Restarting sddm service in tty loads the system again, but what is the problem?

xii69

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Re: [SOLVED] Blackscreen after reboot (fresh install)

Now restarting sddm with x11 leads to a black screen with my mouse pointer
Restarting with wayland leads to a black screen with a blinker underline and nothing else

Editing the config file in /etc/sddm.conf

xii69

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Re: [SOLVED] Blackscreen after reboot (fresh install)

Somehow its related to this 2 options:
System Settings > Colors & Theme > Login Screen (SDDM) & Boot Splash Screen
When I use a Login Screen other than the defaults or a Boot Splash other than the defaults it cannot boot, but when I generate the sddm.conf defaults and log back in and config those 2 options on something default like Breeze, boots fine, weird

Last edited by xii69 (2024-09-06 01:41:33)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Blackscreen after reboot (fresh install)

Normal and expected, install qt5-declarative if you want Qt5 based themes to work (it's an optional dependency of SDDM and pacman will have told you when installing sddm that this is necessary)

xii69

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Re: [SOLVED] Blackscreen after reboot (fresh install)

thanks