Blank display at login nvidia 1650 driver 570

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Hello again,

I am running XFCE on a laptop with 2 external monitors.
Not so long ago, a XFCE update broke the profiles I have set up for my display configuration.
XFCE Display Profile Detection - Support / Xfce - Manjaro Linux Forum

After the latest update, I login to a blank screen with just the mouse cursor.
No windows/menus are displayed.
However, it seems that the system is operational.
Using Guake or my keyboard shortcut to launch Terminator work since I can type sudo reboot or xfce4-session-logout

I tried to login with a system user that I’ve never used before.
Display is normal, but when I changed my displays from Mirror to Extend, it now also has the same issue.

Deleting the config and display profiles will probably not work in this case since the system user with a clean profile has the same problem.

20+ years of using XFCE, so I don’t really want to change to another desktop manager :slight_smile:

Has anyone else encountered this?

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Please post more information about system

inxi -Faz
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I booted using a BTRFS snapshot from a couple of days ago prior to the system upgrade yesterday to get a session.
This /may/ not be XFCE related.
Since I was back in, I installed Enlightenment and KDE Plasma. I forgot to use the --no-upgrade flag.

Enlightenment has the same issue as XFCE on my account, and a newly created user.
KDE was odd. Only the built-in panel and the HDMI connected monitor worked. The 2nd monitor connected via USB-C did not.

Once again, I removed .config/xfce4, .cache/xfce4, .local/share/xfce4 and it is working again with the latest snapshot.

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=a74b281a-25a7-4e8d-b94b-8aba4289c4f1 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash resume=UUID=f20c1fab-aaa7-47d7-8526-8b21329c46de
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: ulauncher,xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM
    v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81SY v: Legion Y540-15IRH-PG0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Legion Y540-15IRH-PG0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: LENOVO_MT_81SY_BU_idea_FM_Legion Y540-15IRH-PG0
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: BHCN42WW date: 05/21/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.3/52.5 Wh (73.0%)
    volts: 12.6 min: 11.3 model: LGC L17L3PG1 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: full cycles: 610
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
    serial: <filter> charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xFA
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
    desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
    8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 62431
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
    ports: active: none off: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
    active: none off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.1.5:29
    chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b6d9
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
    dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-1-0 note: disabled pos: right
    model: Dell S2421HN serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: N/A dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1-0 note: disabled pos: primary,left
    model: Dell S2421HN serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: N/A dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-3: eDP-1 note: disabled model: LG Display 0x05e5 built: 2018
    res: N/A dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris
    inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.1-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
    GT2) device-ID: 8086:3e9b memory: 15.25 GiB unified: yes
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.1.5:29
    chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. USB Audio Device
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.3.7:27 chip-ID: 0c76:1694 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.19-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: on status: off (using pipewire-pulse)
    tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 3000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:12
    chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.84 TiB used: 32.04 GiB (1.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: HP model: SSD EX900 Pro 1TB
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 52A8T27A temp: 35.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10SPZX-24Z10
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1A05 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 400 GiB size: 400 GiB (100.00%) used: 30.53 GiB (7.6%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 588 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 400 GiB size: 400 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 30.53 GiB (7.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 400 GiB size: 400 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 30.53 GiB (7.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C pch: 63.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.22 GiB used: 3.63 GiB (11.6%)
  Processes: 332 Power: uptime: 49m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.46 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1135 libs: 346 tools: pamac,yay pm: pkg pkgs: 0
    Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
    running-in: terminator inxi: 3.3.37
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I don’t know if exactly the same problem. My screen was in black and if I disconnect the display, I can continue working.
Maybe you can read my post and see if something similar :slight_smile:

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Thanks @ZeR0ByTe, I’ll look into that if this re-occurs.
I use the Intel adapter, but I do have the Nvidia drivers installed.
Apart from the hassle of re-configuring the desktop again, it seems okay at the moment.
The fact that Enlightenment had the same issue, and KDE had other display issues seem to indicate a driver problem.
(KDE with Wayland did not detect the external monitors at all)

Edit: After reading your post, your display config is the same as mine and I had the very same problem with KDE (the monitor connected to USB-C did not work, even thought it does on the login screen and the initial KDE splash screen).

Thanks again.

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A post was split to a new topic: I have a similar issue #2

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I was a bit hasty in my testing.
Deleting my XFCE configs did help me login and reconfigure my displays. But I rebooted in the evening and the problem was back.

I tried Garuda XFCE - same issue.
Garuda KDE (old ISO). This worked, but I did not upgrade.
CachyOS latest Live ISO. Same KDE issue with ‘stuck’ HDMI display and blank USB-C display.
Endeavor latest Live ISO. Same as CachyOS

I’ll try the solution @ZeR0ByTe suggested and if it fails, try and older kernel (whichever the Garuda KDE ISO ships with). Thanks @jmac

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After installing Garuda, CachyOS and Endeavor, the results were mixed.
I’ve re-installed Manjaro XFCE and as I’m really not sure what’s causing this, I added the following exclusions to pacman.conf

IgnorePkg   = nvidia-utils linux612-nvidia linux-firmware-whence linux-firmware nvidia-prime linux612 linux-api-headers nvidia-settings lib32-nvidia-utils

NoUpgrade   = linux612-nvidia linux-firmware linux-api-headers linux612 linux-firmware-whence

Not ideal, but I have a system that’s working.

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I cannot pin-point the issue and have been posting on various forums, where others are also experiencing similar issues.

Hardware related: No. Windows actually works
Manjaro: Unlikely, since Garuda, Cachy and Endeavor does the same, and I’ve seen a couple of posts on the main Arch forum.
XFCE: Possible, but KDE has a similar problem.
Nvidia: Possible. One of the XFCE dev’s suggested I try the Nouveau drivers, but I had the same problem.
Kernel: Possible, but I disabled kernel and nvidia updates on a working system, ran an update, and the problem appeared.
X11: Likely. I have not tried Wayland.

So I am at a loss until I can test on another machine and distro.

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Title is no longer valid

Stable was synced again at March 30. 2025

→ [Stable Update] 2025-03-30 - Kernels, Gnome 48, Mesa, Plymouth, LibreOffice

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I tested the March 30th release as soon as it dropped.
I had the same issue except that the laptop display remained blank even after disconnecting the externals.
I’ve tried some of the nvidia module options others suggested to fix the issue after resuming, but it did not help unfortunately.

While on the latest version, I deleted all xfcw/xfwm configs and state files to start clean. This worked until I set my displays to Extend and rebooted.

I’ve reverted back to the December update until I can test further.

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There is no end to the pain of Nvidia users :grimacing:

Plymouth ?

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Test on an ancient Dell Inspiron 3542 following the same process. Installed from XFCE 202412 ISO. Set the external display to Extended. Upgraded. No issues at all.
Confirms that it has to be Nvidia-related.
I had to the same issue with nouveau, so I’ll disable the discrete GPU in the BIOS.

Thanks all.