Another Black Screen on Wayland Post

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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Have been going through previous threads but nothing working yet.

This is a new Desktop install yesterday. No problem logging in with X11.
Logging in with Wayland is a black screen although MullvadVPN startup GUI is there but nothing else. Mouse works, keyboard doesn’t. Display is low resolution (mouse pointer oversized).
Tried installing the LTS kernel but bootup hangs up (below) with “a start job is running”, and had to boot into the live USB to remove it.
Might be something to do with the Nvidia driver installation?

System info…

A start job is running for /dev/disk/by-uuid/b4165cad-0c0f-4d3-9e17-9207de5d5e24

inxi -bz
Kernel: 6.9.10-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.3 Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4802
    date: 06/15/2023
CPU:
  Info: 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 2199
    min/max: 2200/5083
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X] driver: nvidia
    v: 555.58.02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1 driver: X:
    loaded: N/A unloaded: modesetting failed: nvidia gpu: nvidia
    resolution: 2560x1440~144Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 555.58.02
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 20.92 TiB used: 226.04 GiB (1.1%)
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.69 GiB used: 3.16 GiB (5.0%)
  Processes: 498 Uptime: 2m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.35


inxi -Gza
 Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:24c9 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: N/A unloaded: modesetting
    failed: nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 707x393mm (27.83x15.47")
    s-diag: 809mm (31.85")
  Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: HDMI-0 res: 2560x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 93
    size: 697x393mm (27.44x15.47") modes: 1024x768
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 555.58.02
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02 device-ID: 10de:24c9
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
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Something I’ve found, I can’t run reinstall kernels and my system is systemd :thinking:

$ ps -p 1 -o comm=~
systemd
$ sudo reinstall-kernels
sudo: reinstall-kernels: command not found
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It seems so:

What was your method for installing the Nvidia drivers?

Your init system is systemd, but reinstall-kernels is for systemd-boot (the bootloader). If you are using dracut with Grub, you can regenerate the initramfs like this:

sudo dracut-rebuild
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Installed Nvidia drivers using this method which worked ok on another EOS KDE install last month.

Ran sudo dracut-rebuild successfully but still can’t get into Wayland.

I’ve tried 3 times now to install another kernel (LTS) but each time the boot process stops before the login window. And every time I have to run/boot the live USB to remove it.

Would like to see if that makes a difference or not but not having any success getting it installed.

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Try installing nvidia and nvidia-lts instead of nvidia-dkms to see if it makes any difference.

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

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).

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When you installed did you use the option that includes the nvidia driver or did you install it yourself?

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Instead of installing nvidia-dkms try this

sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-libgl nvidia-settings

Edit: This would be if using the current kernel.

Edit: Also there are three newer UEFI Bios updates for that board that have newer AMD AGESA as well. Please read each over as one specify’s backing up Bitlocker key before updating to that version. I don’t know what that means if not using duel boot with Windows? I’ve never been a fan of bitlocker to begin with and don’t use it.

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Installed both and couldn’t make it to the login screen again so booted the live USB and uninstalled them. Back to X11 again. :slight_smile:

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No difference. I’d like to try and install the LTS kernel but on boot up I don’t get any options. On my other install, I had the choice of 2 kernels and a fall back.

I’ll go ahead an update the BIOS and see if that helps anything.

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Updated the Bios and had issues booting anything after that (so thought the update fubarred my PC). Started removing/trading out hardware out of the PC one by one, and finally used another GPU (AMD) and everything started working fine. Had the Nvidia GPU less than a year so will see what they say about replacing/repairing it.

Reinstalled EOS and Wayland is buttery smooth now so will stick with the AMD GPU.

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