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sacred hearth Apr 25, 2026, 11:13 PM

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ive seen another thread but that solution did not work
whenever i turn on my computer, it gives me a blank screen with a cursour in the top right, i have to go into another tty to reboot sddm then it works
any help?

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ping me cus im prolly not checking here too often

opaque vigil Apr 26, 2026, 12:06 AM

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@sacred hearth
Did you
sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target ? Also whats your gpu and drivers?

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Did you also enable the service to start on boot?

sacred hearth Apr 26, 2026, 1:50 AM

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opaque vigil Did you also enable the service to start on boot?

I’ve done this

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But not the others

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I have an rtx 2050 and doms drivers

sacred hearth Apr 26, 2026, 1:52 AM

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opaque vigil <@1337715343459881045> Did you `sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target` ? ...

Nothing changes after doing this

opaque vigil Apr 26, 2026, 2:31 AM

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sacred hearth I have an rtx 2050 and doms drivers

You mean nvidia-open-dkms?

sacred hearth Apr 26, 2026, 2:32 AM

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opaque vigil You mean nvidia-open-dkms?

I think so

opaque vigil Apr 26, 2026, 2:32 AM

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If its dkms make sure you have linux-headers installed assuming youre not on Zen.

sacred hearth Apr 26, 2026, 2:33 AM

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Linux headers are installed

opaque vigil Apr 26, 2026, 2:33 AM

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Okay, hmm then its none of the obvious culprits.

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Im ready to bet that switching to lightdm would just work sometimes sddm is real fussy, otherwise quick like that I dont know what else to suggest, Im in the middle of watching a movie lol 😅

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If its not fixed by tomorrow I'll ping you again and we can look deeper into it.

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nyanpuppu_comf

sacred hearth Apr 26, 2026, 3:12 AM

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Aight

sacred hearth Apr 26, 2026, 7:26 AM

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ive moved over to ly for the time being

sacred hearth May 8, 2026, 2:26 PM

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@opaque vigil i dont know if youre still active but i am back on sddm

opaque vigil May 8, 2026, 4:03 PM

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And it still blackscreen?

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