# Wayland + Nvidia - No Signal Black Screen on Login **URL:** \ **Category:** Plasma\ **Created:** [March 3, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794 "2024-03-03T02:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/rudy-in/32/104346_2.png) [@rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/rudy-in)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/21 "2024-03-03T04:45:39Z")
That is why torvalds thucked nvidia ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/22 "2024-03-03T04:46:22Z")
Because it gets a black screen on Wayland? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/rudy-in/32/104346_2.png) [@rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/rudy-in)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/23 "2024-03-03T04:47:41Z")
Because it got too many issues thank god i did not take a nvidia laptop ---
**Author:** ![pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pr0927/32/91049_2.png) [@pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pr0927)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/24 "2024-03-03T04:47:46Z")
OK re-enabled iGPU in BIOS, removed from blacklist (in **/etc/modprobe.d** , not even sure that applies to my system/install). No dice - same black screen on Wayland. Going to try the “sddm-git” install now and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/rudy-in/32/104346_2.png) [@rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/rudy-in)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/25 "2024-03-03T04:48:25Z")
Go get intel 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/rudy-in/32/104346_2.png) [@rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/rudy-in)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/26 "2024-03-03T04:49:02Z")
Best gpu for linux i got intel tigerlake ---
**Author:** ![rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/rudy-in/32/104346_2.png) [@rudy-in](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/rudy-in)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/27 "2024-03-03T04:49:28Z")
Windows shows that its of 8 gb ×\_× ---
**Author:** ![pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pr0927/32/91049_2.png) [@pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pr0927)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/28 "2024-03-03T04:59:18Z")
No luck. Booted into a very old-school looking login screen after the “sddm-git” install - but Wayland did not work. X11 is, as always, working. A tiny part of me wonders if KDE Plasma 6 will fix this for me. If so…how might I go about trying that? ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/29 "2024-03-03T05:00:54Z")
> [@pr0927](#): > > Going to try the “sddm-git” install now and see what happens. I think it’s a bug in the NVIDIA drivers maybe? > **[RTX4090 530.\* Drivers not working on wayland/Gnome - Screen turns off -...](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx4090-530-drivers-not-working-on-wayland-gnome-screen-turns-off-works-on-xorg/249204)** > > Hey, So, i’m running a RTX4090 connected to na Apple Studio Display (5K). After a clean install on: Arch Ubuntu Fedora As soon as the latest nvidia drivers (530.\*) are installed, screen turns off as soon as the display manager (GDM being the... Edit: I know this is on Gnome but it’s still Wayland. Edit: But then again it works for me but i only have the GTX 1060 gpu. The RTX 4090 is a whole different animal. ---
**Author:** ![pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pr0927/32/91049_2.png) [@pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pr0927)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/30 "2024-03-03T05:03:39Z")
Oh fascinating. So I wonder if I set my main display down to 60Hz if that will fix things for the time being (not ideal though, of course - dammit Nvidia!). If I set this on X11 however, it won’t be updated on the Wayland side though, right? ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/31 "2024-03-03T05:05:30Z")
I’m not sure? You can try it easily enough. Edit: I only have 60 Hz monitors anyway and like i say my gpu is only the GTX 1060. ---
**Author:** ![pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pr0927/32/91049_2.png) [@pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pr0927)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/32 "2024-03-03T05:18:45Z")
Hmm, alright - thanks for that link, it led me to search for other things. It is possible that specifically 120Hz on the latest series of Nvidia drivers, when on Wayland with multiple monitors, is just broken: 1. [https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/kde-wayland-cannot-be-started-on-545-when-refresh-rate-is-above-60hz-rtx-4080/278040](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/kde-wayland-cannot-be-started-on-545-when-refresh-rate-is-above-60hz-rtx-4080/278040) 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/rlihic/nvidia\_drivers\_wayland\_monitor\_refresh\_rate/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/rlihic/nvidia_drivers_wayland_monitor_refresh_rate/) 3. [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=284544](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=284544) Just deleted the items in /.local/share/kscreen to reset monitor configuration, will reboot and see… ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/33 "2024-03-03T05:20:26Z")
I see. I didn’t look too far but i think there is some truth to some of it. ---
**Author:** ![d-air1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/d-air1/32/70006_2.png) [@d-air1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/d-air1)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/34 "2024-03-03T05:29:37Z")
I believe I recall having that issue with nvidia + wayland in plasma 5.27 as well, but I believe it was fixed in plasma 6 which I am currently running from the testing repos with no problem. However, there were a few issues relating to this that weren’t all caused by the same issue, so I’m not sure if what is causing your issue specifically got fixed. Also I’m not using any of the wayland or gbm environment variables that you are using. It was my understanding that kwin dropped eglstreams support back during 5.24, so I don’t believe the gbm variables are necessary anymore. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/35 "2024-03-03T05:31:43Z")
Who is using environmental variables. What are you referring to? ---
**Author:** ![d-air1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/d-air1/32/70006_2.png) [@d-air1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/d-air1)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/36 "2024-03-03T05:32:52Z")
I’m late to the thread I was replying to the OP’s original comment in which they posted the contents of their /etc/environment file. ---
**Author:** ![pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pr0927/32/91049_2.png) [@pr0927](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pr0927)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/37 "2024-03-03T05:35:03Z")
Well…that resolved it. Except first I tried 100Hz - on reboot got the same black screen. Set it to 60Hz - on reboot, it worked! So something is wrong with Nvidia’s drivers, as you’d suggested with that link, @ricklinux - at least for Wayland on KDE Plasma 5.27. I am curious if this will persist with KDE Plasma 6 - willing to give that a try (for science!) since I have nothing setup on this install yet and will probably nuke it for a proper tabula rasa. What was your way of installing it @d-air1 - your issue was frequency related too? ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/38 "2024-03-03T05:35:21Z")
Yes i see but i don’t know if it matters as i originally had those and was working on mine but i removed them for that reason also after reading more info. But again as i say the RTX 4090 is a whole different animal to my GTX 1060 card. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/39 "2024-03-03T05:36:15Z")
In the one post it said it was working at 165 Hz. Not sure what your monitors are capable of. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794/40 "2024-03-03T05:37:29Z")
@pr0927 Did you go back to sddm also? [Previous page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wayland-nvidia-no-signal-black-screen-on-login/51794.md?page=3)