Plymouth never gets seen

[surreal swan]

Both L4D2 and Steam crash when someone attempts to join a local server I host

@oblique ore

[oblique ore]

Clear custom configs if there is any

mv ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Left\ 4\ Dead\ 2/left4dead2/cfg/autoexec.cfg{,.bak}
mv ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Left\ 4\ Dead\ 2/left4dead2/cfg/listenserver.cfg{,.bak}

Disable overlay (Steam → Settings → In-Game → disable).
And run steam like STEAM_FORCE_IP=192.168.40.241 steam and record the console.

[surreal swan]

I forgot to move them back when I did a fresh install, so they're not there

[oblique ore]

Before you did a fresh install, was it working?

[surreal swan]

No, I did a fresh install of L4D2

I had this Arch install for 4 days

Still new to Arch as my first-ish distro

[oblique ore]

Welcome to Arch Linux. There are two different types of issues you might encounter; if you're lucky, you'll get the easy ones.

[surreal swan]

I did a manual install, but I do find some things tricky, like where to find most things I'm looking for

I know etc is configs, but then there's configs not in that folder and never know where to find em

[oblique ore]

Yeah, some programs ship with a default configuration and some don't, but most of them do. If you run the program, it generates a config that you can edit.

[surreal swan]

Got it

One thing I never figured out os how to stop my monitors turning off and on during boot, since I never end up seeing my plymouth boot animation

I have an old video from a couple moths ago when I was experimenting with it, but it's the exact same off and on issue

[oblique ore]

What gpu you use?

[surreal swan]

NVIDIA 3060 Ti

[oblique ore]

How about the bootloader?

[surreal swan]

grub

[oblique ore]

Edit the grub config file in /etc/default/grub and add to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT this nvidia-drm.modeset=1

After that show me the output of cat /etc/default/grub

[surreal swan]

Do I make the config, or do I add more?

[oblique ore]

Looks good, now run sudo mkinitcpio -P after that run sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[surreal swan]

Here's the video of what happens btw

[surreal swan]

Done, now do I reboot and test?

[oblique ore]

No, not yet show me the output of cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

[surreal swan]

As you can see, it also does this slow update thing from top to bottom on grub

[oblique ore]

Edit that file /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add to the HOOKS like after kms plymouth

[surreal swan]

Like this?

[oblique ore]

Yeah, save the file and run sudo mkinitcpio -P

[surreal swan]

Done, now what?

[oblique ore]

Add also splash to the grub config file after quiet and re-run sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[surreal swan]

then remake the config?

[surreal swan]

Done

[oblique ore]

Set your plymouth sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R YourTheme

[surreal swan]

I use the KDE settings for that, will that work?

It did it on my laptop before

[oblique ore]

Yeah, but to see Plymouth during boot (before KDE starts), you must use the plymouth-set-default-theme -R YourTheme method and rebuild initramfs.

[surreal swan]

How do I find theme folders and install them manually?

[oblique ore]

Check if you have any in ls -alh /usr/share/plymouth/themes/

[surreal swan]

/usr/share/plymouth/themes/breeze/breeze.plymouth

That's the one I'm doing

Found it after some digging

[oblique ore]

Okay, just run sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R breeze

[surreal swan]

Done, now the initramfs is the mkinitcpio?

[oblique ore]

Show the output if there is any.

[surreal swan]

==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: '6.18.2-arch2-1'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [systemd]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [microcode]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [plymouth]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [sd-vconsole]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful

[oblique ore]

To check just re-run sudo mkinitcpio -P

[surreal swan]

Same output

[oblique ore]

No errors?

[surreal swan]

Nope

[oblique ore]

Reboot.

[surreal swan]

It still does that weird wiping thing, and I only see it for a quarter of a second, then screen turns off, then turns back on for the login screen

[surreal swan]

Also, would there be a way to change which monitor grub shows up on?

[oblique ore]

Output of cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset

[surreal swan]

Y

[oblique ore]

Okay, how about cat /proc/cmdline?

[surreal swan]

BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=c5e7aae7-bf4e-4169-9315-8dd3ab73a799 rw loglevel=3 quiet splash nvidia-drm.modeset=1

I'm gonna change this thread and make a new one for L4D2 since this is the new topic

[oblique ore]

Re-run

sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R breeze
sudo plymouth-set-boot-theme --drm
sudo mkinitcpio -P

[surreal swan]

Plymouth never gets seen

[surreal swan]

==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: '6.18.2-arch2-1'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [systemd]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [microcode]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [plymouth]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [sd-vconsole]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
sudo: plymouth-set-boot-theme: command not found
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: '6.18.2-arch2-1'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [systemd]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [microcode]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [plymouth]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [sd-vconsole]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful

Only one "command not found"

[oblique ore]

Run them one by one.

[surreal swan]

Same thing

[oblique ore]

Which one?

[surreal swan]

sudo plymouth-set-boot-theme --drm

sudo: plymouth-set-boot-theme: command not found

[oblique ore]

Okay, that is fine. Find the monitor name with wayland-info

[surreal swan]

HKC OVERSEAS LIMITED 24E4

That's for all three of my monitors

DP-2 is my main one

[oblique ore]

Ok, edit the grub config and add to the cmdline video=DP-2:e and re-run sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

And reboot

[surreal swan]

cmdline default?

Like this?

[oblique ore]

Yes.

[surreal swan]

No change

[oblique ore]

Edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add to the MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm) and run sudo mkinitcpio -P
After that run sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R spinner to make simple.

[surreal swan]

Done

[oblique ore]

Reboot.

[surreal swan]

Still does it

[oblique ore]

What the other monitors name wayland-info?

[oblique ore]

Edit the grub config and add to cmdline video=DP-1:d video=DP-3:d

[surreal swan]

DP-2 is my middle, DP-3 is the one grub shows up on first boot, and DP-1 is my right monitor

[surreal swan]

This look good?

[oblique ore]

Yeah, I know. Keep the other one in the cmdline just add the other two.

[surreal swan]

Look good?

[oblique ore]

You have two spaces after modeset=1

[surreal swan]

Fixed, good now?

[oblique ore]

Show me.

[oblique ore]

Okay, good. Re-run sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

and reboot

[surreal swan]

It shows up on my main monitor first now, other monitors stay off until login (which I prefer)

Other issue still present

[oblique ore]

Good, finally.

[surreal swan]

Wait, no

[oblique ore]

You mean the Steam?

[surreal swan]

My other monitors stay off after login now

I'm stuck with one monitor

Should I undo the change?

[oblique ore]

Try removing all video=DP-2:e video=DP-1:d video=DP-3:d from grub config and remake the config.

[surreal swan]

My PC also locks up for a second or two every few seconds

[oblique ore]

It's Nvidia acting up.

[surreal swan]

Also, while we're on this topic

How to fix this, or suppress it?

[surreal swan]

The change is undone

[oblique ore]

It looks like a faulty USB cable or port.

[surreal swan]

Is there a way to supress this from popping up after shutting down? It takes up time to shutdown and reboot

[oblique ore]

In the grub config add printk.devkmsg=0 and remake the config, and reboot to check.

[surreal swan]

In the cmdline?

[oblique ore]

Yeah, and add this usbcore.autosuspend=-1 to.

[surreal swan]

Didn't fix anything, do I reboot a second time?

[oblique ore]

Ok.

[oblique ore]

You mean the USB thing.

[surreal swan]

Yes

[oblique ore]

Okay.

On NVIDIA + multiple monitors, Plymouth is essentially incompatible. For 3 monitors, you can’t realistically have a working early boot splash.

[surreal swan]

It does show up, but then the monitors get no input as if they're unplugged for a second when SDDM loads in, and does it again after login to switch to KDE

The monitors turn off their backlight and everything whenever it does that and takes time to load the image

[oblique ore]

You can remove the line from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)

[surreal swan]

the entire line, or just what's in the parenthesis?

[oblique ore]

Just comment it out.

[surreal swan]

Done

[oblique ore]

And rerun sudo mkinitcpio -P

[surreal swan]

Done

[oblique ore]

If no errors reboot.

[surreal swan]

Do I reboot using KDE instead or the terminal like I was doing to make it instant?

[oblique ore]

Any is fine.

[surreal swan]

Nothings changed

[oblique ore]

Remove modset=1 from GRUB.

Show me the cmdline.

[oblique ore]

Ok, save and remake the config.

[surreal swan]

Done

[oblique ore]

Did you have those USB things before?

[surreal swan]

I did still have them, yes

[oblique ore]

There is another way you can try see if it works.

[surreal swan]

Sure

[oblique ore]

Make a systemd service for it. Edit /etc/systemd/system/unbind-usb.service and add to it

[Unit]
Description=Unbind USB devices before shutdown
DefaultDependencies=no
Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/true
ExecStop=/bin/sh -c 'for d in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/driver; do echo -n > "$d/unbind" 2>/dev/null; done'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save the file and enable it sudo systemctl enable unbind-usb.service
Reboot.

[surreal swan]

Done

[oblique ore]

Did you reboot two times? is it still there?

[surreal swan]

I believe so

I disabled the script since I think it caused another issue, and undoing it did not fix it

[oblique ore]

It could be a dead port or a dead cable that’s causing all of the USB issues.