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I'm new to Arch Linux and wanted to use the plasma 5 desktop with sddm.

I'm able to start the plasma desktop via startx without any issues but when I try to use sddm it only shows me a black screen on startup.



I tried to restart the sddm service with systemctl restart sddm but it remains black.



When I run sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breezeit shows the greeter screen but I can't get it to run on startup.



My /etc/sddm.config looks like this:



[Autologin]
Relogin=false
Session=
User=

[General]
HaltCommand=
RebootCommand=

[Theme]
Current=breeze
CursorTheme=breeze_cursors

[Users]
MaximumUid=65000
MinimumUid=1000


And journalctl -b --unit=sddm.service gives me the following output



Jan 13 11:04:15 dev systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Initializing...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Logind interface found
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Display server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Setting default cursor
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Display server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-2eb05f1d0ede"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] returning.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0)
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter session started successfully
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Message received from greeter: Connect



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  • Are you using NVidia+Intel hybrid graphics? wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus#SDDM fixed this issue for me.
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I'm new to Arch Linux and wanted to use the plasma 5 desktop with sddm.

I'm able to start the plasma desktop via startx without any issues but when I try to use sddm it only shows me a black screen on startup.



I tried to restart the sddm service with systemctl restart sddm but it remains black.



When I run sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breezeit shows the greeter screen but I can't get it to run on startup.



My /etc/sddm.config looks like this:



[Autologin]
Relogin=false
Session=
User=

[General]
HaltCommand=
RebootCommand=

[Theme]
Current=breeze
CursorTheme=breeze_cursors

[Users]
MaximumUid=65000
MinimumUid=1000


And journalctl -b --unit=sddm.service gives me the following output



Jan 13 11:04:15 dev systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Initializing...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Logind interface found
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Display server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Setting default cursor
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Display server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-2eb05f1d0ede"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] returning.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0)
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter session started successfully
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Message received from greeter: Connect



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  • Are you using NVidia+Intel hybrid graphics? wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus#SDDM fixed this issue for me.
    – Elmo Todurov
    Mar 9 at 10:22












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I'm new to Arch Linux and wanted to use the plasma 5 desktop with sddm.

I'm able to start the plasma desktop via startx without any issues but when I try to use sddm it only shows me a black screen on startup.



I tried to restart the sddm service with systemctl restart sddm but it remains black.



When I run sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breezeit shows the greeter screen but I can't get it to run on startup.



My /etc/sddm.config looks like this:



[Autologin]
Relogin=false
Session=
User=

[General]
HaltCommand=
RebootCommand=

[Theme]
Current=breeze
CursorTheme=breeze_cursors

[Users]
MaximumUid=65000
MinimumUid=1000


And journalctl -b --unit=sddm.service gives me the following output



Jan 13 11:04:15 dev systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Initializing...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Logind interface found
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Display server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Setting default cursor
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Display server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-2eb05f1d0ede"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] returning.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0)
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter session started successfully
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Message received from greeter: Connect



arch-linux plasma5 sddm




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I'm new to Arch Linux and wanted to use the plasma 5 desktop with sddm.

I'm able to start the plasma desktop via startx without any issues but when I try to use sddm it only shows me a black screen on startup.



I tried to restart the sddm service with systemctl restart sddm but it remains black.



When I run sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breezeit shows the greeter screen but I can't get it to run on startup.



My /etc/sddm.config looks like this:



[Autologin]
Relogin=false
Session=
User=

[General]
HaltCommand=
RebootCommand=

[Theme]
Current=breeze
CursorTheme=breeze_cursors

[Users]
MaximumUid=65000
MinimumUid=1000


And journalctl -b --unit=sddm.service gives me the following output



Jan 13 11:04:15 dev systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Initializing...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Logind interface found
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Display server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:15 dev sddm[855]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Setting default cursor
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Display server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Socket server started.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/af3bc692-6770-441f-9c28-2eb05f1d0ede"
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Starting...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: [PAM] returning.
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm-helper[869]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0)
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Greeter session started successfully
Jan 13 11:04:18 dev sddm[855]: Message received from greeter: Connect




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  • Are you using NVidia+Intel hybrid graphics? wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus#SDDM fixed this issue for me.
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  • Are you using NVidia+Intel hybrid graphics? wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus#SDDM fixed this issue for me.
    – Elmo Todurov
    Mar 9 at 10:22















Are you using NVidia+Intel hybrid graphics? wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus#SDDM fixed this issue for me.
– Elmo Todurov
Mar 9 at 10:22




Are you using NVidia+Intel hybrid graphics? wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus#SDDM fixed this issue for me.
– Elmo Todurov
Mar 9 at 10:22










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I don't know why Elmo Todurov wrote a comment instead of an answer, but it was indeed the only working solution for me and therefore an answer.



edit the file: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup



prepend the following lines:



xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
xrandr --auto





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    I don't know why Elmo Todurov wrote a comment instead of an answer, but it was indeed the only working solution for me and therefore an answer.



    edit the file: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup



    prepend the following lines:



    xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
    xrandr --auto





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      I don't know why Elmo Todurov wrote a comment instead of an answer, but it was indeed the only working solution for me and therefore an answer.



      edit the file: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup



      prepend the following lines:



      xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
      xrandr --auto





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        I don't know why Elmo Todurov wrote a comment instead of an answer, but it was indeed the only working solution for me and therefore an answer.



        edit the file: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup



        prepend the following lines:



        xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
        xrandr --auto





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        I don't know why Elmo Todurov wrote a comment instead of an answer, but it was indeed the only working solution for me and therefore an answer.



        edit the file: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup



        prepend the following lines:



        xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
        xrandr --auto






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