Michael Eager composed on 2023-11-30 09:36 (UTC-0800):
> I upgraded from Fedora 38 to Fedora 39 on an AMD Ryzen 5 5600
> with Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 graphics card. I'm running KDE
> Plasma-X11, not Wayland.
> I tried to install the GPU drivers several ways using repos/RPMs,
> but was not successful. I am using the Nvidia proprietary
> drivers. They support dual monitors with no problems; I've had
> problems with the nouveau driver and dual monitors in the past.
> I start the system in multi-user (CLI) mode and then run "startx"
> to start X11 and Plasma. (I started doing this in F38 because of
> sddm hanging, which I was not able to resolve.)
> When I log in with my user account and run startx, I get a black
> screen (extending across both monitors) with an X cursor. The
> cursor moves in response to the mouse, but neither left or right
> mouse button do anything. I can get to an alternate console
> using alt-F3 and kill the login.
> I have discovered a bit of a rain dance to get a working system. I
> can log in as root, run startx, and get a working KDE Plasma-X11
> screen. Then I log out to the sddm screen and log in again with
> my user account. After this, everything (or almost everything)
> works correctly.
> I've checked the system logs and the Xorg log for any error
> or warning messages, but nothing looks incorrect or at all
> informative.
> Does anyone have any suggestions or insights into this problem?
All good in Plasma/X11 using Intel Graphics, but I'm not using SDDM. I'm still
happy with KDM:
# inxi -GSaz --vs --zl --hostname
inxi 3.3.31-00 (2023-11-02)
System:
Host: big41 Kernel: 6.6.3-200.fc39.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 2.40-13.fc39 clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: ro root=LABEL=<filter> ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 audit=0
selinux=0 consoleblank=0
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm:
1: KDM 2: XDM Distro: Fedora release 39 (Thirty Nine)
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl
Corp driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5 process: Intel 45nm built: 2008
ports: active: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:2e32 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1200 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 762x254mm (30.00x10.00")
s-diag: 803mm (31.62")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,left model: NEC EA243WM
serial: <filter> built: 2011 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 519x324mm (20.43x12.76") diag: 612mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: right model: Dell P2213 serial: <filter> built: 2012
res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65")
diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel G41 (ELK) device-ID: 8086:2e32
memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
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