Arch linux nvidia black screen. Switching to X11 resolved the issue temporarily.
Thanks for the lead and quick responses! The question is whether I should add my voice to the bug report link you sent me for Arch, or to nvidia? This needs to get resolved. Finally I ran sudo mkinitcpio -P and rebooted. Problem resolved when i commented out following from /etc/environment: #GBM_BACKEND=nvidia-drm #__GLX_VENDOR_LIBR… Jan 20, 2024 · Using a GTX 1050 with nvidia proprietary drivers, Xorg, Xfce and LightDM. Get rid of the xorg. 29-1 NVIDIA CUDA Deep Neural Network library local/egl-wayland 2:1. Switching to X11 resolved the issue temporarily. Apr 26, 2018 · I'm using an Nvidia optimus setup, but recently (presumable since an update) Nvidia is no longer working (it boots into a black screen). I tried specifying amdgpu and radeon modules to mkinitcpio. conf file (that file replaces the xorg. I created a new file at /etc/modprobe. [AMD/ATI] Renoir (rev c2) Mar 20, 2017 · FS#53374 - [sddm] Black screen and "Auth: sddm-helper exited with 6" with nvidia-340xx Attached to Project: Arch Linux Opened by Andrej Podzimek (andrej) - Sunday, 19 March 2017, 19:24 GMT Mar 11, 2018 · I installed Arch from existing debian because Arch Installer crashes at some point. service. 5. fbdev=1, the screen will not blank BUT ALSO switch to a visible new graphics setting nvidia-drmdrmfb (a framebuffer device from NVIDIA different from simpledrmdrmfb and efifb, I guess). conf file that was used several years ago if you have an Nvidia card). , Ltd. At boot i get stuck into a black screen and i'm unable to do anything, neither access to another tty. After reading the wiki I tried to install different types of drivers but I was unable to get startx to work. ) Nov 19, 2022 · After updating of system Wayland session was just black screen. Jun 29, 2011 · I had to disable optimus and switch to my dedicated nVidia graphics card in bios in order to make nvidia driver work. 7. Everything was fine until I installed the nvidia drivers: from that moment, once the boot is complete I get a normal (and working) GDM login screen, but I cannot switch to TTY with Ctrl+Alt+Fn. I found plenty of posts with the black Nov 10, 2010 · Re: fresh install with nvidia RTX3060 black screen after reboot MSI boards are notorious for a broken UEFI implementation that doesn't allow proper access to NVRAM. Oct 8, 2022 · Re: Arch boots to a black screen when nvidia drivers are installed (3060) Did you regenerate initramfs (mkinitcpio -P ) after installing nvidia drivers ? If yes , 515. I can login using tty and start gnome using "startx" without any problems. 13-1 EGLStream-based Wayland external platform local/ffnvcodec-headers 12. I have a default gui and i can launch a terminal. If I try to share only a window it works perfectly. Although, there isn't a particular entry in Arch Linux wiki for this notebook, there is one for the 2022 model. The display manager (lightdm in my case) starts, but all I can see is a black screen and the cursor. Oct 18, 2023 · I have an Nvidia 3090 paired with an LG C2 42inch display. When I randomly smash my keyboard and mouse, after like 15 seconds the lock screen appears. Jun 13, 2023 · Wanted to confirm that I’m suddenly seeing a similar but worse issue – the whole screen flickers completely to black and back each time this occurs. When I enter my password, it does get unlocked, but the screen goes black again. "For the Maxwell (NV110/GMXXX) series and newer, install the nvidia package (for use with the linux kernel) or nvidia-lts package (for use with the linux-lts kernel) or nvidia-dkms package (for all other kernels). Aug 28, 2023 · Re: Black Screen Nvidia Optimus Nvidia optimus generally sucks on Linux. 57. X11 sessions work. The rest are too long to type it here. Dec 27, 2022 · But when i run the command "Hyprland", I remain with a black screen, i think something must be missing in my config because if i install weston and launch it. Right now I'm using default ones (nouveau) and GDM & Gnome boots fine. I use CTRL + ALT F2 to switch to tty2 and work in terminal or ssh. I've checked everything only that parameter makes it works. May 23, 2023 · Nvidia 3060 Max Q - GPU AMD 6800H CPU - IGPU - Radeon 680M. I have a Geforce GTX 1060 6GB, running the Nvidia driver nvidia-470. The video card itself is amd rx 6700 xt, I am using GNOME and Wayland. And then, while installing an earlier driver version, I realized update-initramfs would say it’ll resume from the wrong partition. Aug 14, 2024 · Hello, I've been trying for months to install NVIDIA drivers for my Afox Nvidia GT 730. 06-1 NVIDIA drivers May 10, 2024 · I'm running KDE plasma6 on a Lenovo T570 with an nvidia graphics card (nouveau driver). May 22, 2024 · I am building a new system and after trying to install nvidia drivers and rebooting I get a black screen with a cursor in the top left corner. When I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 I have a black screen with a cursor. log: Mar 7, 2023 · - Less rapid black screen, mouse slowness: color lightning, frame skip off - Random UI flicker: retro/trippy lightning, frame skip off, parallax 100% I also tested on Minecraft and I got a initial black flicker when loading up a world but it went away quickly and didn't reappear when reentering a world, I only noticed a short one during my Oct 18, 2019 · After the grub screen, it loads up until it says "Reached target Graphical Interface", and then it gets stuck on a black screen with a cursor in the corner. However, if I install the nvidia drivers I am met with a black screen and have to remove the nvidia driver for the desktop environment (kde plasma) to show up. 03. May 19, 2024 · Hello, I've been trying for months to install NVIDIA drivers for my Afox Nvidia GT 730. - Removed all modules. Here's my journalctl -b -p err: https://0x0. Jul 11, 2023 · Re: [SOLVED] Black screen after installing nvidia package 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. Issue started right after update. nvidia-lts (updated yesterday) I suspect this is the cause. Any solutions ? Jan 27, 2024 · Don't follow random guides. The solution was to enable the kernel mode setting, as haigioli suggested above. Feb 8, 2016 · When I follow the Arch wiki steps exactly for installing the nvidia proprietary drivers with linux or linux-lts kernels, I get a completely black screen immediately after the first few lines of output early in the boot process. conf, but that also failed. 56. I can't type or do anything like Ctrl + Alt + F1,2,3,4 to switch to tty like that. You can also try to add the nvidia module directly to your mkinitcpio. If you have a laptop with hybrid Intel/NVIDIA graphics, see NVIDIA Optimus instead. 6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 30 12:30:03 UTC 2018 Sep 24, 2021 · I am experiencing two problems with the nvidia-driver-470 drivers installed. Same problem on OBS-Studio. Looking at my pacman. System Info: Arch Linux - 6. conf, and put the following lines inside: options nvidia_drm modeset=1. It produces building of nvidia dkms. If these packages do not work, nvidia-beta (AUR) may have a newer driver version that offers support. When freshly installed, I launched into sddm and KDE fine and booted into it as well. After I login I get a black screen with a cursor. The "p" is priority, it doesn't control the boot age, -x is flat out spam - never use this in support requests and while that looks like a system journal, run journalctl as root unless you're in the wheel or adm groups. Aug 1, 2014 · The solution in the Arch Wiki gives a line to put into your 20-nvidia. I do not have a DE or a DM of any kind installed, I have not set X to start auotmaticly, I have had no interaction with x so far other than instaling it. Tried nomodeset and acpi=off with no luck. Every reboot goes to a blank screen. 1 KB) Apr 11, 2023 · And copied the file 20-nvidia. Oct 21, 2023 · After setting this up and running sudo mkinitcpio -p linux-lts and then rebooting, the end result is a X11 that runs, KDE Plasma with black screen on its login with a visible cursor (and can't login with it), a Wayland session that works but buggy beyond use, and a NVIDIA card that uses vfio-pci as its driver. conf you created in /etc/X11/xorg. PC: ThinkPad W541 Graphic card: Nvidia Quadro K2100M and an Intel graphic card too. I tried using the official installer from the Afox website but it didn't work, even after disabling X session and the nouveau driver. fbdev=1 as below Jan 3, 2024 · local/cuda 12. Jun 26, 2022 · Arch Linux. This is the definitive fix, it works for me, it's tested! Jan 23, 2022 · Re: [SOLVED] New installation boots into black screen Updating to new nvidia drivers with the version that was just released (520. For certain games it will just show a black screen. What's I doing do first ? Thanks for your help ! Last edited by Titome (2018-10-10 13:08:00) Jun 14, 2024 · I originally installed arch with archinstall and everything was working. 0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co. fbdev=1. I can see text in tty when I log out from DE, but after boot all I see is a black screen. Rebooting after install, I didn’t understand how to Enroll MOK. However, upon booting and after selecting the boot mode I wanted (Arch Linux 64 bit Installation Medium), I encountered an error; full logs before the black screen shown below: Sep 16, 2022 · Hello all. It might be worth mentioning so other noobs like me who decide to put Arch on their gaming laptops can make sure their device is configured correctly. So I added MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm) to /etc/mkinitcpio. Aug 15, 2016 · Update: I tried to boot live arch Linux (2017. I tried following the instructions on the arch wiki, but it didn't work for me. Switching to Wayland session on Arch. I can still change my tty and a cursor blink on the screen. If you get only a black screen, odds are that X is running. When i connected a second monitor (HDMI), i saw the login screen, but still my laptop screen was black. After I installed the driver and reboot, I got a black screen with a static underscore. Start PC 2. Using a hybrid laptop intel 630 + nvidia 1660 ti. If you get a black screen when starting X, make sure that there are no ampersands after the two xrandr commands in ~/. Sleeping works fine. 76 appears to have issues in some combinations, possibly with the 3000 nvidia series cards . While gaming some lines or overlays can be seen those as of loading. 1-1 Nvidia VDPAU library multilib/lib32-nvidia-340xx-libgl 340. modeset=0 and video=SVIDEO-1:d, still the same black screen however. The command Jul 26, 2021 · after booting from grub i get a black screen and doesnt go to the gnome login screen. But this time the only thing that appear Mar 24, 2023 · Black screen on boot after update to 530 (Arch Linux). Everitying had been fine untill I installed linux-headers. For instance: # MODULES=(usbhid xhci_hcd) MODULES=(usbhid xhci_hcd nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm) # BINARIES # This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may # wish into the CPIO image. 08. are taken from the Arch NVIDIA Optimus page Nov 23, 2023 · So I let my Arch Linux system stay up to date. Then I Sep 6, 2018 · I ran into the same problem with an nvidia card after the today's update to plasma 6. Aug 19, 2011 · While booting the installation program (via USB), the screen goes black, it looks just like the screen has been switched off. Graphic card: $ lspci | grep NVIDIA 01:00. modeset=1 nvidia-drm. 0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] (rev 05) DeviceName: Onboard - Video Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co. May 2, 2018 · # pacman -Qs nvidia local/nvidia-340xx 340. conf, then regenerated the initramfs with sudo mkinitcpio -p linux-zen which successfully generates the image. If I go to tty2 (without logging in) and then go back to tty1 the screen is now black. st/XPuM. I installed the NVIDIA driver on my laptop and everything was fine. If there are ampersands, it seems that the window manager can run before the xrandr commands finish executing, leading to a black screen. arch1-1) along with nvidia (to 555. I did some changes to i3 and now i found myself after the login screen with a black screen and a mouse cursor. If I try and boot one of the new Live ISOs (which are using Wayland now for the SDDM), all I get there is a blank screen or a locked image. But i want to use with NVIDIA Card. The laptop would refuse to boot my unified kernel image, either directly or through systemd-boot, and remain stuck on the arch splash screen (or a black screen if I remove the splash). Then I rebooted and typed sudo optimus-manager --set-startup nvidia. What I have tried so far: Install lts kernel, and nvidia-dkms for it. 1-1 Jan 29, 2023 · 00:02. modeset=1 and nvidia_drm. Laptops are rather similar, the main difference is the dedicated GPU, the model that I have (2023) has a Feb 19, 2018 · I'm currently running Arch on an Asus ROG GL552VW with Nvidia drivers, Xfce as my DE, compiz as my WM, GDM as my DM and with plymouth. May 13, 2024 · I'm using the linux-zen kernel and an Nvidia gpu and I have gone through the Nvidia setup in the wiki including setting the kernel parameters with nvidia_drm. xinitrc Aug 1, 2020 · What's up boys. modeset=1 nvidia_drm. I had the EXACT issue you describe on a dell precision 7540 laptop, a few days ago. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. And still SDDM is just a black screen. And here is the thing, I can login with X11 and everything seems to work and the odd thing is that I've never been able to login with X11 since my GPU is not supported i believe. modeset=1 (black screen) nomodeset (drm:radeon_init [radeon]] *ERROR* no UMS suppot in radeon module) disconnected second screen (black screen) If you have installed an update of NVIDIA and your screen stays black after launching Xorg, or if shutting down Xorg causes a machine poweroff, try the below workarounds: Prepend "xrandr --auto" to your xinitrc. There are solutions for this but they involve installing the nvidia proprietary drivers (pacman -S nvidia). This is for all of you who is having problems with your optimus laptop and optimus-switch: sometimes, when NVIDIA is on (via set-nvidia. Also I installed the intel driver using pacman -S xf86-video-intel. Everything apparently works, TTYs are the right resolution (1920x1080) and Cinnamon starts fine and in the right resolution. Mar 7, 2024 · Hi, i just did a update and after reboot when i try to login with wayland I'm greeted with a black screen and just a cursor. Have you checked your /var/log/Xorg. Also (just tried) - if I enter my password on the "stuck" output of fsck, I'm again logged in. Sep 10, 2013 · I kept getting a black screen only. Adding nvidia modules to mkinitcpio. This morning I did a system update via 'pacman -Syu' and a reboot. Jul 13, 2024 · options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable=1 options nvidia_drm modeset=1 fbdev1 - Those same lines in /etc/kernel/cmdline and running "sudo mkinitcpio -P" Dec 17, 2015 · The problem was a black screen with a flashing cursor when trying to start sddm and having to do a hard shut down. My monitor goes into standby mode almost immediately, and the only thing I can do is reboot using the switch on the monitor. modeset=0' allows to get login but I have problems with running Xorg (no screens found, xrandr - no devices found) Aug 2, 2020 · I added 'debug --verbose' to my GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to investigate and it appears that SDDM does actually start. My Mar 29, 2015 · About 3 out of 5 logins I only have a black screen with an X cursor at the bottom right. Only option is to force a Dec 5, 2023 · I experienced this 3 times already but what happens is when you start the computer, go past the login screen after typing your password the screen is just black without anything on the screen. 6-arch1-1. Apr 24, 2011 · [travnick@travnick-lap ~]$ yaourt -Qs nvidia community/cuda 7. And if i launch Hyprland on the weston GUI, it launch itself inside the gui launched by weston. 0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 760] (rev a1) Video driver: $ yaourt -Q nvidia extra/nvidia 337 I've been having a lot of trouble recently with drivers for my NVIDIA GT320 card. conf. See 'systemctl status lightdm. 5-2 Nvidia VDPAU library local/lib32-nvidia-utils 545. 1-2 Nvidia VDPAU library local/libxnvctrl 375. 25 second), this happens every few minutes. This started happening about a week ago right before I was planning to reinstall Arch. I get a black screen with no cursor when starting my laptop, or after logging out. Problem: On boot, gdm fails to start. Switching virtual consoles allows me to login. 26-1 NVIDIA drivers for linux local/nvidia-libgl 375. 02-6. 76: I have a system with a RTX3060 connected to a HDMI monitor through a KVM switch (work monitor) and a RTX3060 connected directly to a DP monitor (calibrated for graphics work). Ok, hear me out. How to reproduce: 1. No Xorg session. I realized two problems. Jan 29, 2017 · local/cuda 8. From my experience, try to use proprietary nvidia drivers as they tend to run better than nouveau. I can still launch applications (Win+W shortcut) but the resolution is very poor (issue with display drivers?). Once logged in I get (again Hey all, I'm using NVIDIA drivers, and whenever I run startx I get a completely black screen, and I can't switch to other ttys. Now, reboot your Arch system. 14. These screens sometimes stay or 2 to 3 second and other times they stay for more than 5 mins. This is my first post, I hope I get everything right and comply with the rules (otherwise please forgive me). Nov 1, 2023 · I am essentially having the same problem with Wayland. When I try to log in from the lock screen, I only see a black screen with a mouse cursor. 75-5. Jan 1, 2024 · for some reason since today it started to just not run with my nvidia gpu and drivers (laptop with optimus); Jan 10, 2022 · When I install optimus-manager, my screen stay black with white text at boot. A subreddit for the Arch Linux user community for support and useful news. modeset=0 (gives drm:radeon_init [radeon]] *ERROR* no UMS suppot in radeon module) radeon. Last edited by lith/heli (2021-10-20 21:04:53) Sep 6, 2018 · @seth I downgraded the nvidia-dkms driver (I always use that one), as well as nvidia-utils the the previous working version and it now works with CSM disabled. It works fine with previous version (6. Aug 31, 2020 · For use with my nvidia GPU, a gtx 1060 . If any existing modules are in the brackets, leave them there. Jan 18, 2022 · Hi i am experiencing sudden black screen while gaming in arch on lutris. It's just a black screen with cursor blinking at the left top corner. Logged into my PiKVM, which also received a black screen, but was able to ping the Arch machine. Jul 19, 2013 · The system works fine, I can log in and type "startx", after that picture comes up. After installing Arch, I installed the "xf86-video-nouveau" driver using pacman. Nov 21, 2018 · I used the nouveau driver for nvidia before, but now I want the proprietary NVIDIA ones for gaming. Linux goes sleep fast and nice, but upon resume nothing good happens, both displays are black, but highlighted. 28-2 NVIDIA's GPU programming toolkit multilib/lib32-libvdpau 1. (I initially had the black screen problem with nvidia and linux-lts. modeset=1 kernel parameter. Removing the drivers causes SDDM to work fine. Short of it, my desktop crashed (kde) and never came back one day. May 16, 2024 · Re: Nvidia Driver Issue 4070 SUPER graphic showing black screen Hey, I'm having a similar issue with a GTX 1070, I want you to try something to verify if we have the same issue - boot up from USB, mount your root and boot partitions, `arch-chroot` into it, and run `mkinitcpio -P`. When I restart sddm, I have a lot of artifacts and snow on the screen, they disappear and the screen remain black. Oct 25, 2020 · lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-installer-db nvidia-installer-dkms nvidia-lts nvidia-settings nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia I believe the important part is to install nvidia-lts instead of nvidia. Using nvidia-lts fixed it for me. 5 months of uptime (as good as it gets with linux these days, almost windoze-ish), and mostly it seems to be an nvidia issue. I switched to display port, that works fine. i think this has to do with drivers because i installed a new driver for my nvidia graphics card and now this happened. Log in and enjoy a seamless Wayland experience with NVIDIA and your beloved Arch Linux. For the community open-source driver, see Nouveau. Sep 29, 2022 · Hello, I'm on a personal pc. 4), works as expected with nomodeset kernel parameter (although this is not a solution, as I have an AMD integrated GPU which requires KMS — there is no backlight control nor HW decoding etc). However, now when I turn on the pc I just see a black screen. I'm currently booting with a USB ISO, mounting the filesystem and arch-chrooting in /mnt. 1-arch1-1 Feb 6, 2010 · Hi, I have installed Arch x86_64 (with ReiserFS) recently on my computer Intel Q9000 4x2. So after reboot I see black screen but I can swich to another console (Ctrl+Alt+F2) Deletetion of linux-headers & reboot solves the issue but I need to have linux-heades for virtualbox-dkms. [FAILED] Failed to Start Light Display Manager. Ctrl+Alt+Fn (F2~F7) does not work. Systemd-boot entry from arch wiki would also not boot. service' for details. Software: Archlinux installed using arch-install Envycontrol. Btw I have a nvidia card and I've tried to follow this thread but with no success. The graphics card is AMD(ATI) AMD Radeon HD 6470M & HD 6520G May 23, 2013 · What I have tried: Updating, downgrading kernel and Nvidia drivers & kernel, installing alternative drivers (nouveau). If I try to start a Wayland session (rather than an X11 session) on my current main machine, all I get is a black screen. Jul 13, 2020 · As the title says, I'm getting a weird behavior each time I boot up my arch linux installation. Jan 9, 2023 · When I use yay-S nvidia to install the nvidia driver and other common software, and then reboot, I get a black screen. I have already deactivated all extensions, reactivated individually. I installed: nvidia, nvidia-settings, nvidia-utils, bbswitch-dkms, optimus-manager, xf86 Nov 3, 2023 · Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules # in this array. Feb 22, 2019 · Hello. Sep 24, 2022 · I get a black screen when I run startx. I decided to start it from console as stated in the KDE wiki. Press the Login button 5. Removed above variables from env and did reinstall of Nvidia again black screen. The monitor says there is no input. - Prepended xrandr --auto to . Just before I installed the nvidia package on a fresh arch installation and rebootet the system. Using NVIDIA proprietary drivers. st/XPuQ. At first, without an NVIDIA device, GDM starts and works normally on Wayland, but stops working once an NVIDIA eGPU is plugged in (or the nvidia module is loaded for other reasons). Installation goes well, until I try install Nvida drivers. However, after rebooting i saw black screen on my laptop. If I run on X11 all is fine. Sep 27, 2020 · I have tried disabling nvidia modesetting by adding "GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos nvidia-drm. I have an nVidia GPU and have installed nvidia, nvidia-lts, nvidia-utils. Mar 9, 2024 · When I lock it, my screen gets black. Initially, I noticed I could choose between X11 and Wayland on the login screen. gen locale-gen nano /etc/default/grub For PC questions/assistance. The driver seems to work fine at first, with a correct image, displayed. When returning from a user logout (Lock Screen) unlocking the user with any means, the screen simply goes black and only the mouse cursor remains, pressing any key on the keyboard, nothing happens, the only way to get out of this prison is by using the keys to change tty and manually restarting lightdm through the terminal Oct 26, 2020 · It's always a pain to get proper nvidia drivers working. i can still press ctrl alt f3 to get to the terminal screen. 0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Apr 4, 2021 · Today after reboot got black screen after loading. This happens at both 100Hz and 120Hz when VRR is enabled and occurs in both Xorg and Wayland. The line reads: Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }" Jul 31, 2021 · Hi, I am running ARCH Linux with the kernel Linux archlinux 5. 106-32 NVIDIA drivers for linux, 340xx legacy branch local/nvidia-340xx-utils 340. os: arch , card = gtx 1650 super nvidia-bug-report. conf to /etc/X11/xorg. I tried to switch to LightDM by installing lightm, then lightdm-gtk-greeter and enabling lightdm. At the login screen of the display manager you’re using, choose the Wayland Session option. The problem: I installed Envycontrol using - yay and it seemed that it went well. The archwiki says that this might be because of a conflict with my intel graphics, when adding the suggested solution to modprobe still gives a black screen, but with a blinking dash in the left-upper corner. 13. Sep 9, 2021 · I've recently attempted to install Arch, so I burned the ISO onto my flash drive. If I choose Wayland (chosen by default now), I get a black screen with a cursor. Upgraded the kernel (to 6. Went away from home, came back to my not sleeping (should have been asleep) desktop PC, turned on one monitor and got a black screen. Screen turns black with Nvidia, loses HDMI signal, and can't recover May 12, 2015 · After I try to boot the x64_86 version, the screen goes black after 'booting kernel'. Install TVM and xterm (and xclock, alternativly comment that row out) # pacman -S xorg-twm xterm xorg-xclock Then copy the contents from the default xinitrc to yor local . The output gave me "no backend detected" at the end. 26-1 NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension local/nvidia 375. If you have a specific Keyboard/Mouse/AnyPart that is doing something strange, include the model number i. 06) fixes it! Marking as solved, thanks for the help Nov 4, 2017 · Installed nvidia (and nvidia-utils as dep), ran nvidia-xconfig, rebooted, got black screen with cursor. 20 drivers, but since reboot Arch appears to start up as normal but attempting to login to KDE begins the load screen (where the hard drive icon and stuff phase in from left to right) but instead it pauses after the hard drive icon, then black screens and puts me back at KDE login. This is reproduced even for the LTS kernel and driver versions. But if I try to install nvidia-390xx drivers (alongside with nvidia-390xx-utils and nvidia-390xx-settings). chroot in and rerun the grub-install command with the --removable flag. 16. I've installed Arch Linux with nvidia-dkms+xfce4. log for errors? I'd start my debugging by ruling out Gnome all together. And if someone reading this while having the same issues, all the other problems are about configuration i figure it out. I think it might be a problem with lighten or nvidia, but I'm not entirely sure and I don't know how to approach it. Tried unplugging/replugging the power and display cables - didn't help. More info on the forum post I link below. Apr 15, 2017 · I've had black screen issues with these drivers before (using GTX 980 Ti, Arch Linux with latest everything and HDMI output). Oct 13, 2019 · I’ve recently had issues with my desktop unable to get to a desktop after a good 2. Last edited by lasmed (2022-04-11 02:30:40) Mar 7, 2024 · Isn't really helpful. 1-4 OpenCL library and ICD loader from NVIDIA extra/libvdpau 1. xinitrc This is the procedure for and sequence of commands to install Nvidia-410 for GeForce RTX 2070: 1) sudo apt-get purge nvidia* 2) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 3) sudo apt-get update 4) sudo apt-get install nvidia-410 and finally 6) Reboot. After installation, I boot Arch and after a few line of messeges I get blank/black screen. However, now when I start my system, it goes to a black screen with a white index bar on the top left and the cursor showing/able to move. You are all set up. e. Here's my journalctl -b: https://0x0. 9. TTYs other than 7th work fine. They don't display the no source message, so they have some sort of signal, I guess. Tried to set: GBM_BACKEND=nvidia-drm __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia and do the upgrade of nvidia, still black screen. I have egl-wayland, lightdm, xorg-xwayland and 510 nvidia driver installed. The main difference is that i can see it Oct 16, 2013 · Re: Xorg black screen with nvidia optimus EDIT: Note that I am now able to use bbswitch in combination with the blacklist to allow dynamic switch of GPU. 29. Mar 28, 2022 · MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm). d/ get absolutely rid of the nvidia-xconfig generated config in /etc/X11/xorg. Following a reboot after installing nvidia, lib32-nvidia-utils and nvidia-utils, my system is a lit, black screen. However, after a few reboots, I encountered the black screen again. Like this thread here: Black screen after install of nvidia driver ubuntu - #204 by ioguiman When using Mar 6, 2014 · I try to install archlinux but after install nvidia driver & reboot my screen is totally black My nvidia card is a GTX770. This matches the lts kernel. Mar 9, 2020 · Tour Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have After installing nvidia, nvidia-settings and optimus-manager package, I started and enabled the optimus-manager. I am using an Nvidia 4070, and I have read the Nvidia wiki page, installed the correct driver, and also set all of the options below. My findings from this week: The Nouveau drivers work, but I couldn't get them to do 4K at 60 Hz, unlike the proprietary drivers (might well be my fault, though). I have the linux-hardened kernel, and installed nvidia-dkms. If I do, the screen goes black, but even worse, the monitor goes into sleep mode and I cannot get back to X (with Ctrl+Alt+F1). Since I restarted after my last system update today, my third monitor is a black screen. I figured it was time to upgrade to Arch However, I am having the same issue. After that, i used ‘xrander --auto’ command and the laptop monitor came to life Apr 11, 2022 · Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3070 Driver Identifier: nvidia Display Server: wayland Desktop Environment: Gnome 4. I can post any logs or anything needed. As soon as i start the X session with startx after logging in (I don't have a login manager so far) the screen gets black and I can't do anything. log: Mar 1, 2022 · My display manager shows plasma-wayland session just fine, but when I try to use it, it shows nothing but black screen. Other two screen are fine. Before I installed it I installed mesa and vulkan-radeon. May 11, 2017 · I'm new to arch linux and had trouble getting rid of my screen tearing, but it seems that following the instructions to set up nvidia-prime correctly fixed all of my problems. 54. conf - Uninstalled and reinstalled xf86-video-amdgpu - Added and removed kms hook. I also tried to install linux-lts and nvidia-lts drivers, same issue. Edit Now that I thnk about it. Then decided to get more logs with setting debug kernel param and by some not clear reason after that boot was successful. After smashing the mouse and kb again for another 15 seconds, I finally get to my unlocked desktop. Specs: Jun 2, 2022 · 04:00. sh) and you reboot, screen is either off with no backlight, or screen is black, there is backlight and no cursor. Select Gnome on Wayland 4. May 12, 2024 · 3) If I change from Dynamic Graphics to Discrete Graphics in UEFI settings and also add the two module parameters nvidia_drm. I can input my password and boot into KDE Plasma + wayland just fine. 3. But when I booted up my PC it just took me to a black screen with a blinking cursor at the top left. I only configured my system, and typed: Jul 9, 2018 · i've installed the following packages: nvidia nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils. Jun 3, 2024 · I recently installed Arch Linux with KDE. The following are my Xorg. Now I have switched to the closed-source drivers ( nvidia package), after removing the nvidia-open package, and suspend to RAM works correctly. Aug 15, 2022 · Re: [SOLVED] Black screen after resume from suspend (nvidia-open) Thank you guys, I have completely missed that issues in the nvidia's issue tracker. 01) black screen after boot. modeset=1. Home; Packages; Forums; Wiki cryptlvm root=/dev/MyVolGroup/root loglevel=3 quiet ibt=off nvidia-drm. If I just enter my password the system is starting. If you have a setup with nvidia that does NOT get a black screen, please feel free to run above command and post output. In my grub config I have updated it as below to include nvidia_drm. When I start working on multiple apps with each other, or when I'm scrolling in the browser, I notice part (not the whole) of my screen goes black for a very short time (probably less than 0. However the nvidia-modesetting module still loads. Mar 23, 2014 · I did a fresh install of my arch linux and It was working fine for few days, but suddenly the startx got crashed and I was unable to start startx. Hi Arch-Community, I noticed my screen turns black after logging in via sddm, (the mouse cursor is still visible though). Note: Onboard Intel graphics card works with emulator no black screen. Nvidia options. Nov 17, 2023 · I decided to change from nvidia to amd. . xinitrc. Mar 6, 2024 · Can someone on neon that uses Nvidia AND gets a black screen please post the output of: tree /etc/X11. gz (333. I am on Arch Linux, which recently updated to 535. 5 my screen is black after login (looks like it is simply turned off). 4-1 on X11 with GDM 3. Nov 29, 2023 · - I loaded amdgpu before Nvidia in mkinitcpio. I opened my MacBook and was able to SSH into my Arch PC. GMD does not start. 00GHz 4GB RAM Nvidia 9600M GT. I have tested linux kernel, linux-xanmod kernel and linux-lts, and I also tried to use the driver nvidia-open. Nov 5, 2023 · I've installed arch using the archinstall guide (i've choosen i3 as desktop manager) and after the reboot everything went fine. d/nvidia. The docs says debug: Enable kernel debugging (events log level). - I loaded amdgpy after Nvidia mkinitcpio. Followed most of archwiki advices like adding something to kernel params or blacklisting intel graphics drivers and adding nvidia to initramfs, nothing works. According to the system joutnal, nvidia driver loads normally: I'm on Arch Linux (installed via archinstall script) with GNOME 40. 6. service (I've also tried lightdm-plymouth. But make sure to include what category of user you are, ie if you get a black screen or not. Mar 28, 2010 · I'm facing the same problem after upgrading to kde6. log I can see that the nvidia-lts driver has been updated recently. Yes, I did rerun Nov 4, 2023 · Re: [SOLVED]Sway cant login black screen Uninstalled nvidia. I just got a new GPU (AMD 6750 XT) to replace my 3060 Ti. Then added the nvidia-drm. 1. 1-2 NVIDIA's GPU programming toolkit local/cudnn 8. gp_init_delay=1 kernel parameter. Specs: Nvidia 3090 Dell U-Series 38" AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. After installing the video card I got a black screen. 15-2 (xorg-drivers) Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards # uname -a Linux LIFEBOOK-ARCH 4. This article covers the official NVIDIA graphics card drivers. 106-1 NVIDIA drivers utilities local/xf86-video-nouveau 1. But I dont understand why, at boot or by using startx, I get a black screen. 1-1 and nvidia 460. [MSI] Device 12b8 -- 01:00. This caused black screen to happen earlier in the startup, not seeing regular systemd output. Apr 16, 2024 · Update: The problem is that DVI output broke in the latest NVIDIA drivers. Any help would be appreciated. Things I've tried: radeon. When asking a question or stating a problem, please add as much detail as possible. I'm trying to share my entire screen on Discord (the client, not the web version opened on the browser) and the result is a black screen. conf (block ecnrypt lvm2 filesystem) mkinitcpio -P nano /etc/locale. Recently encountered a problem that i have not been able to resolve. I've recently bought an Asus Zephyrus G14 (2023 [ga402x]) and, as any Arch linux user would do, decided to install Arch Linux. [MSI] Device 12b8 Kernel driver in use: nvidia Aug 7, 2019 · Hi all, after the update of the kernel to version >= 6. Apr 2, 2021 · I am using Gnome 3. The laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad z475 and, as per the "Beginners' Guide", I've tried to use i915. The only thing i can do is add param '3' to grub boot parameters, do the shell login and uninstall nvidia drivers; with the nouveau the system boots perfectly. 2. 58-2) today and after rebooting got a black screen saying that the screen is not receiving signal, changing tty isn’t possible. Jan 23, 2024 · Same problem here, RTX 3070, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with X11 and i3-wm. When I blacklist the Nouveau kernel from loading (either manually, or allowing the Nvidia installer to do it for me), then I am unable once again to boot my PC. 0. After few research I found out that It was Nvidia driver Issue. service). d Black screen after reboot and I see the following errors! /var/log/lightdm/x-0. Sep 17, 2018 · [ OK ] Started Login Service. May 3, 2019 · Hi all. Some info about my system: - CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K Nov 16, 2015 · So the most interesting part is that on boot the screen freezes at the output of fsck. 76-1 NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit) extra/libcl 1. I was under the impression that this was all I had to do because Linux should provide a smooth transition to AMD afterwards. I noticed that even when I log out, the problem is not Feb 14, 2012 · I recently updated to the Nvidia 331. I'm sure the dm is running because I can easily login by pressing Enter, followed by the user password and Enter again. Now I'm using intel with bumblebee (optimus support for linux) & optimus enabled in bios, and bumblebee loads proprietary nvidia drivers when required. Jul 4, 2024 · I am unable to start an Wayland session in KDE. I’ve already tried the disable_vrr_mclk_switch=1 option and it didn’t Nov 19, 2020 · I experience black screen just after nvidia driver kernel mode setting. Jan 13, 2024 · I get a black screen after installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers. log. A typical symptom of the problem is a black screen with a blinking cursor upon logouts and GDM restarts and the following message in GDM's logs (accessed by running Oct 20, 2021 · Additionally there's currently a bug in the nvidia drivers and their GSync integration, that can lead to a black screen with full screen GL/graphics contexts if you happen to have a Gsync/Freesync monitor you might want to try to turn that off for the time being ( nvidia-settings has an option for that otherwise check monitor settings) Mar 3, 2023 · - Umounted and rebooted in order to access to the other system, and successfully acceded to the archlinux grub, and entered the password for the unencryption for the partition as I always did, but after that, the kernel loads some log messages on the screen and then the system remains with black screen and a line on the top of the left, it Jul 31, 2024 · Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Arch linux on my PC and everything is working so far except the latest Nvidia driver 555. 76-1 NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks (32-bit) multilib/lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils 340. This time, the lock screen doesn’t appear, and I no longer have Sep 24, 2022 · Following the suggestions from other folks (thanks!) on Arch Linux / Open NVidia driver bug tracker, this actually work for me on 515. Whenever I play a game with VRR enabled, I get really bad flickering where it will intermittently show a black frame. conf in modules. 0-1 FFmpeg version of headers required to interface with Nvidias codec APIs local/lib32-libvdpau 1. I’m using RTX 2070 Super and nvidia-drm. Interestingly these lines could be seen while watching videos on youtube. Aug 17, 2021 · Okay, I’ll have to take that back. After the login to the tty1-shell I tried to start my i3 window manager via 'startx' as usual. When I try to load an awesomewm with startx I get a black screen, I suspect there is smth wrong with nvidia, but I need your help. 26-2 NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks local/nvidia-settings 375. 26-1 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver local Jan 7, 2022 · I'm currently migrating all my daily work from Windows to Linux. Screen is black, no mouse or anything. It only shows a black screen with a keyboard cursor (not blinking) and a mouse cursor. These interruptions last roughly a second. conf (why would that guide suggest the sometimes correct variant for the old offloading style, to immediately fucking it over with nvidia-xconfig). 38. I cannot even switch to tty2. I found that 'nomodeset' or 'i915. Last edited by vaibhavsingh97 (2017-08-05 11:31:57) If you've an nvidia system May 18, 2024 · After upgrading, rebooting and starting a Plasma 6 Wayland session with SDDM, the screen goes black and I can only see the cursor (which also disappears sometimes). Use the rcutree. This is my hook: [Trigger] Operation=Install Operation=Upgrade Operation=Remove Jun 29, 2024 · arch-chroot /mnt pacman -S linux grub efibootmgr lvm2 sudo nano vim pacman -S gnome gnome-tweaks networkmanager pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-lts passwd useradd -m -G wheel user passwd user visudo nano /etc/mkinitcpio. Type your Password 3. However, these do not work and I still get a black screen. 44-3 NVIDIA's GPU programming toolkit local/libvdpau 1. Display managers Apr 4, 2024 · Testing Wayland with NVIDIA on Arch Linux. modeset=0"" to /etc/default/grub and running grub-mkconfig. xihfctdxucxnrgqdxchoqcrueeipcuqbnapjoijmnemeob