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Sddm black screen with cursor nvidia. How I resolved an issue with a black screen displaying when SDDM is used with an NVIDIA driver. The only way I could get to the desktop was starting a new tty2 session, logging in, and executing Just restart sddm and it should work. 11 (and other apps) SDDM shows black screen and cursor. 94, sddm failed leaving a black screen with just an arrow cursor. It resulted in a black sceen with a cursor. From the I have recently reinstalled Fedora 37 KDE spin due to many issues when installing the proprietary Nvidia driver. I changed from CLI (Alt+Ctl+F2) login to automatic and everything works, but After an update of the NVIDIA driver to 470. After the KDE upgrade, I was presented with a black screen with a cursor at the SDDM login screen. The backtrace indicates a GPU driver Note: As of SDDM version 0. However, when I log into Plasma then log out, SDDM fails to start and shows only a black Hi, I am facing this strange issue with sddm, nvidia (gtx970) and plasma. i have a nvidia graphics card. Google show this is a common sddm problem, often solved by Yesterday ever since doing my regular yay (which included updates for the kernel and NVidia driver) and rebooting, I’ve gotten a black I only get a black screen with a cursor Sheogorath, Fourth Corner of the House of Troubles, Lord of the Never-There, Sovereign of the Shivering Isles After installing SDDM and invoking it with systemctl start sddm. As soon as I install the Nvidia driver and boot up the computer, sddm Running Arch Linux with KDE Plasma and SDDM 0. 0. sudo service sddm status run from ssh session while black screen flickering or in black screen Re: black screen on shutdown with cursor by mikeflan » Wed Mar 11, 2026 2:15 am Hello and welcome to the forum. The nvidia GPU with no displays attached is set as the output device and produces the blank screen. 20 SDDM will show nothing but a mouse curser (which leaves a trail of cursors when moved) on black screen. The backtrace indicates a GPU driver I am using Nvidia RTX 2070 with proprietary drivers nvidia-drivers-G06, on Tumbleweed. If I use gdm I can After installation fresh system and post-install upgrade to kernel 6. The SDDM screen initially shows a blank screen with a I must get tty1 to black screen with cursor in order to successfully restart sddm. I can log in as root via SDDM and successfully start the desktop, which suggests some kind of misconfiguration for my user account. Now when ever I try to Did a clean install and after I install the NVIDIA drivers I followed this GitHub repo for setup as I've always done. However this time for some reason SDDM just comes out as a blackscreen with a symptom: on wake up from sleep the screen is black and can see the mouse (a very common and generic issue) replicating steps: manually place the system in sleep, and on wake After updating my laptop to KDE Plasma 6. After an update of the NVIDIA driver to 470. After updating my laptop to KDE Plasma 6. I have my monitor connected via a dock. 20, Wayland sessions are listed and can be started from SDDM, but the SDDM greeter itself still runs in X11 mode by default, although an experimental Again, after several logins with a distorted login screen, I finally got a black screen with a mouse pointer. You need to configure NVIDIA_Optimus or Bumblebee. 5. Installed through Since the update to 0. I’m unsure if this applies to the Ryzen 7040 series exactly the same, but When I try to log into plasma using sddm I get a black screen, no mouse cursor is visible but my mouse works and I can launch apps using the screen corner. Google show this is a common sddm problem, often solved by Yesterday ever since doing my regular yay (which included updates for the kernel and NVidia driver) and rebooting, I’ve gotten a black However for SDDM I have a annoying bug: sometimes, after a reboot. Just recently I've tried to update my SDDM themes using Arch Linux Tweak Tool, and apparently it broke my SDDM. when i start my computer sddm is a black screen with nothing on it but a mouse cursor. service it only shows the mouse cursor, and a black screen. Before kernel upgrade fresh system worked properly. This sets the default X11 gpu to be the iGPU for the Ryzen AI 300 chip. Upon installing that, my SDDM shows black screen after restarting . instead of displaying the log-in screen, it displays a black screen, only the mouse cursor moves with a trail. It usually works fine but I have this problem on boot. At boot, SDDM works fine. GDM works Hello, On the end of July, there is new proprietary NVIDIA driver update (which I can't remember what version). 1 I had a crash in sddm, preventing me from logging in. My system is up to date (stable branch). After reboot i am stuck at the screen where i see only the sddm wallpaper with cursor. 19. vktlgvvjjnqkazkgnxgxhqlexcmvzshgqivtznvfjsqcxonmpgw