Black screen with Linux 6.13 and NVIDIA 565.77

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I’ve just downloaded the kernel 6.13 from the Manjaro settings and it also downloaded linux613-nvidia, but I get a black screen after logging into the account (the lock screen gets displayed)

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There doesn’t seem anything specific in Known Issues and Solutions, however, I’ll drop this tutorial here in case it’s needed later.

In the meantime, please wait for commentary from others.

Regards.

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I can still boot on the OS because I have 6.12 installed, I’m gonna try to reinstall 6.13 and update this post

Edit: yes I still have the issue, and it’s weird because when I boot with 6.13 I don’t see any boot splash screen, then it goes into the login screen, and after I log in I see my mouse cursor for half a second and then it disappears and the screen remains black

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Try booting into 6.12, and check the logs:

Finding errors for specific boot

journalctl --priority=warning..crit --no-pager --boot=-1

Where:

  • The --priority=warning..err argument limits the output to warnings and errors only;
  • the --no-pager formats the output nicely for use here, on the forum; and
  • the --boot=-1 argument limits the output to log messages from the previous boot. This can be adjusted to -2 for the boot before that, -3 to the boot before that, and so on and so forth.

More:

Note that the above text is partially pre-prepared as general instructions for new users. Please take the time to follow the given links to learn more.

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I’ve found another person mentioning this issue on the official NVIDIA forum

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Best stick to 6.12 anyway, since it’s LTS.

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Yeah but this is not the solution for the issue, I guess we have to wait for NVIDIA to fix it? I really don’t know what’s causing it

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Didn’t say ore even imply that fixes the problem. I just reckon it’s better and easier to stick to the LTS stuff. There’s a reason the non-LTS kernels were originally known as experimental.

I think your guess is :100:

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Depending on the graphics card you may need the nvidia-open drivers to support your card, not the nvidia module. Please check via nvidia-driver-assistant which module your card needs.

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The issue you’re having is very much an unknown quantity at this time; a solution to this particular configuration will no doubt present itself at some point.

In the meantime, a valid resolution would be to remain with kernel 6.12, which is known not to create this issue for you.

I’ve (only recently) switched to using kernel 6.12 myself; with kernel 6.6 (LTS) as my failsafe. There is generally little reason to switch to the latest-and-greatest when a current LTS kernel is stable for your needs; unless, for the sake of testing.

Given the situation you’ve outlined, you could easily adopt the same kernels as I have. Perhaps monitor the progress of 6.13 from time to time; if it hasn’t been forced EOL within the next few months, try it again.

Linux (as always) is a moving target.

Regards.