SWAY first install always ends in black screen; no TTY

[jonathon]

@ondrish

I reboot and i get a black screen with a blinking text cursor

[FAQ] Computer doesn’t boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message

While there are many potential reasons why your installation doesn’t boot to a desktop, the primary reason is that the graphics drivers haven’t loaded correctly so your login/display manager (DM) doesn’t start. This is why you get a “black screen” or stuck at an [ OK ] Started some service message. The normal reason for this is that you have the incorrect driver version for the kernel. This can happens when the mirror you are updating from is not fully synchronised, or times out, and so y…

@ondrish

My hw is ryzen 9 5900, radeon RX6900xt but I doubt that is relevant

Graphics hardware not being relevant to an apparent graphics driver issue? Whatever next!