Forcing X to use builtin graphics controller no longer works

[obones]

Hello,

I have just updated my Manjaro system to the latest version and after rebooting, the graphical login screen did not display.
I went looking for errors in the journal and found those lines:

sddm[474655]: Display server starting...
sddm[474655]: Writing cookie to "/run/sddm/xauth_dgfEis"
sddm[474655]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt2 -auth /run/sddm/xauth_dgfEis -noreset -displayfd 16
sddm[474655]: Failed to read display number from pipe
sddm[474655]: Display server stopping...
sddm[474655]: Attempt 2 starting the Display server on vt 2 failed

So clearly, there is an issue with X that won’t start, so I went looking for clues inside the X server log which tells me this:

[ 15972.571] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-474681.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[ 15972.572]
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.16
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 15972.572] Current Operating System: Linux server 6.1.131-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Mar 13 15:02:58 UTC 2025 x86_64
[ 15972.572] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64 root=UUID=fbef46d4-88f2-410f-b4a0-5317042b4585 rw time resume=UUID=95cd1d4c-4729-4ed0-9649-efdcc49d6c48 udev.log_priority=3 xhci_hcd.quirks=270336
[ 15972.572]
[ 15972.572] Current version of pixman: 0.44.2
[ 15972.572]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 15972.572] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 15972.572] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 28 22:07:15 2025
[ 15972.572] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 15972.572] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 15972.572] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[ 15972.572] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 15972.572] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 15972.572] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 15972.573] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
        Using the first device section listed.
[ 15972.573] (**) |   |-->Device "intel"
[ 15972.573] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
        Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 15972.573] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[ 15972.573] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 15972.573] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 15972.573] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 15972.573] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[ 15972.573] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 15972.573] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[ 15972.573]    Entry deleted from font path.
[ 15972.573] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[ 15972.573]    Entry deleted from font path.
[ 15972.573] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 15972.573]    Entry deleted from font path.
[ 15972.573] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 15972.573]    Entry deleted from font path.
[ 15972.573] (==) FontPath set to:
        /usr/share/fonts/misc,
        /usr/share/fonts/TTF
[ 15972.573] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 15972.573] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
        If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 15972.573] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 15972.573]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 15972.573]    X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[ 15972.573]    X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[ 15972.573]    X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 15972.573] (++) using VT number 2

[ 15972.573] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[ 15972.577] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[ 15972.577] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card1
[ 15972.578] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 15972.578] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
[ 15972.583] (**) OutputClass "nvidia" ModulePath extended to "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 15972.585] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:1912:1028:06b7 rev 6, Mem @ 0xf5000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 15972.585] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:2504:1458:40e2 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 15972.585] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 15972.585] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 15972.585] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 15972.587] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15972.587]    compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.0.0
[ 15972.587]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 15972.587] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 15972.587] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 15972.588] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15972.588]    compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.21.1
[ 15972.588]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 15972.588]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[ 15972.588] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 15972.613] (II) modeset(0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
[ 15972.614] (II) modeset(G0): using drv /dev/dri/card1
[ 15972.614] (II) modeset(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
        "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 15972.614] (==) modeset(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 15972.614] (==) modeset(0): RGB weight 888
[ 15972.614] (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 15972.614] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 15972.614] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 15972.614] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 15972.620] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15972.620]    compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.0.1
[ 15972.620]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 15972.678] (II) modeset(0): glamor X acceleration enabled on Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2)
[ 15972.678] (II) modeset(0): glamor initialized
[ 15972.678] (==) modeset(0): VariableRefresh: disabled
[ 15972.678] (==) modeset(0): AsyncFlipSecondaries: disabled
[ 15972.705] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-1 has no monitor section
[ 15972.705] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 has no monitor section
[ 15972.708] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-2 has no monitor section
[ 15972.708] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 has no monitor section
[ 15972.712] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-3 has no monitor section
[ 15972.712] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-3 has no monitor section
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output HDMI-1
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer: RAW  Model: 0  Serial#: 1
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Year: 2012  Week: 6
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Digital Display Input
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Indeterminate output size
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): redX: 0.636 redY: 0.349   greenX: 0.290 greenY: 0.589
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): blueX: 0.143 blueY: 0.080   whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Supported established timings:
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 720x400@70Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 640x480@60Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 640x480@72Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 640x480@75Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 800x600@56Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 800x600@60Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 800x600@72Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 800x600@75Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 1024x768@60Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 1024x768@70Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): 1024x768@75Hz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): clock: 65.0 MHz   Image Size:  575 x 323 mm
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 1024  h_sync: 1048  h_sync_end 1184 h_blank_end 1344 h_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 768  v_sync: 771  v_sync_end 777 v_blanking: 806 v_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 76 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 80 kHz, PixClock max 165 MHz
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Monitor name: AAA
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): clock: 27.0 MHz   Image Size:  509 x 286 mm
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 720  h_sync: 736  h_sync_end 798 h_blank_end 858 h_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 480  v_sync: 489  v_sync_end 495 v_blanking: 525 v_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): clock: 27.0 MHz   Image Size:  509 x 286 mm
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 720  h_sync: 732  h_sync_end 796 h_blank_end 864 h_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 576  v_sync: 581  v_sync_end 586 v_blanking: 625 v_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): clock: 74.2 MHz   Image Size:  509 x 286 mm
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 1920  h_sync: 2008  h_sync_end 2052 h_blank_end 2200 h_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 540  v_sync: 542  v_sync_end 547 v_blanking: 562 v_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): clock: 74.2 MHz   Image Size:  509 x 286 mm
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 1920  h_sync: 2448  h_sync_end 2492 h_blank_end 2640 h_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 540  v_sync: 542  v_sync_end 547 v_blanking: 562 v_border: 0
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): Number of EDID sections to follow: 1
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   00ffffffffffff004837000001000000
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   06160103800000780ad7a5a2594a9624
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   145054afce0001010101010101010101
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   01010101010164190040410026301888
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   36003f4321000018000000fd00324c1e
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   5010000a202020202020000000000000
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   000000000000000000000000000000fc
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   004141410a2020202020202020200112
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   020329f123097f074f90010203060715
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   161112130405141f830100006c030c00
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   1000b82dc0010101018c0ad08a20e02d
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   10103e9600fd1e110000188c0ad09020
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   4031200c405500fd1e11000018011d80
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   18711c1620582c2500fd1e1100009e01
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   1d80d0721c1620102c2580fd1e110000
[ 15972.739] (II) modeset(0):   9e00000000000000000000000000003e
[ 15972.740] (--) modeset(0): HDMI max TMDS frequency 225000KHz
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output HDMI-1
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz eP)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  148.50  1920 2008 2052 2200  1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x50.0  148.50  1920 2448 2492 2640  1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (56.2 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x59.9  148.35  1920 2008 2052 2200  1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.4 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080i"x60.0   74.25  1920 2008 2052 2200  1080 1084 1094 1125 interlace +hsync +vsync (33.8 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080i"x50.0   74.25  1920 2448 2492 2640  1080 1084 1094 1125 interlace +hsync +vsync (28.1 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080i"x59.9   74.18  1920 2008 2052 2200  1080 1084 1094 1125 interlace +hsync +vsync (33.7 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0   74.25  1280 1390 1430 1650  720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (45.0 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x50.0   74.25  1280 1720 1760 1980  720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x59.9   74.18  1280 1390 1430 1650  720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (45.0 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.1   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x72.2   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x75.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x576"x50.0   27.00  720 732 796 864  576 581 586 625 -hsync -vsync (31.2 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x576i"x50.0   13.50  720 732 795 864  576 580 586 625 interlace -hsync -vsync (15.6 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x480"x60.0   27.03  720 736 798 858  480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x480"x59.9   27.00  720 736 798 858  480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x480i"x60.0   13.51  720 739 801 858  480 488 494 525 interlace -hsync -vsync (15.8 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x480i"x59.9   13.50  720 739 801 858  480 488 494 525 interlace -hsync -vsync (15.7 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x75.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x72.8   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x400"x70.1   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 15972.740] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-1
[ 15972.743] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output HDMI-2
[ 15972.743] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-2
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output HDMI-3
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-3
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-1 connected
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 disconnected
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-2 disconnected
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 disconnected
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-3 disconnected
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-3 disconnected
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 15972.747] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-1 using initial mode 1024x768 +0+0
[ 15972.747] (==) modeset(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 15972.747] (==) modeset(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 15972.747] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 15972.747] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 15972.747] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[ 15972.747] (==) modeset(G0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 15972.747] (II) Applying OutputClass "nvidia" options to /dev/dri/card1
[ 15972.747] (==) modeset(G0): RGB weight 888
[ 15972.747] (==) modeset(G0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 15972.747] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 15972.747] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 15972.748] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 15972.748] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15972.748]    compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.0.1
[ 15972.748]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 15972.811] (II) modeset(G0): glamor X acceleration enabled on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
[ 15972.811] (II) modeset(G0): glamor initialized
[ 15972.811] (II) modeset(G0): Output HDMI-1-4 has no monitor section
[ 15972.812] (II) modeset(G0): Output DP-1-4 has no monitor section
[ 15972.812] (II) modeset(G0): Output HDMI-1-5 has no monitor section
[ 15972.812] (II) modeset(G0): Output DP-1-5 has no monitor section
[ 15972.813] (II) modeset(G0): EDID for output HDMI-1-4
[ 15972.813] (II) modeset(G0): EDID for output DP-1-4
[ 15972.813] (II) modeset(G0): EDID for output HDMI-1-5
[ 15972.814] (II) modeset(G0): EDID for output DP-1-5
[ 15972.814] (==) modeset(G0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 15972.814] (==) modeset(G0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 15972.814] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 15972.814] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 15972.814] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[ 15972.830] (==) modeset(0): Backing store enabled
[ 15972.830] (==) modeset(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 15972.964] (II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
[ 15972.964] (==) modeset(0): DPMS enabled
[ 15972.965] (II) modeset(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 15972.965] (II) modeset(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: iris
[ 15972.965] (II) modeset(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl
[ 15973.064] (==) modeset(G0): Backing store enabled
[ 15973.064] (==) modeset(G0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 15973.065] (II) modeset(G0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
[ 15973.065] (==) modeset(G0): DPMS enabled
[ 15973.065] (WW) modeset(G0): Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" is not used
[ 15973.065] (II) modeset(G0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 15973.065] (II) modeset(G0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: nouveau
[ 15973.065] (II) modeset(G0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: nouveau
[ 15973.065] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[ 15973.065] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[ 15973.065] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[ 15973.065] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 15973.066] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension Present
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 15973.067] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[ 15973.076] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized iris
[ 15973.076] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[ 15973.076] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 15973.076] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
[ 15973.076] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
[ 15973.076] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
[ 15973.076] (EE) modeset(G0): Failed to create pixmap
[ 15973.076] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 15973.076] (EE) failed to create screen resources(EE)
[ 15973.076] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[ 15973.076] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 15973.076] (EE)
[ 15973.076] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[ 15973.131] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

This did not help me much, but looking around for similar errors, I saw some suggestions about forcing the device inside an X configuration file, finding out its PCI id with this command:

[obones@server ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] (rev a1)

Now, this is running on a machine that has a built in Intel GPU and an additional NVidia GPU but as I wanted all graphics to be handled by the Intel GPU, I created a file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/15-force_intel.conf with this content:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "intel"
   BusID "PCI:0:2:0" #Double check this with xorg log/lspci this needs to be the bus of your integrated card
   Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

This used to work well, but I have a feeling that I missed an announcement or a new configuration somewhere that explains why sddm no longer works properly.

Does this ring a bell to anyone?
What can I try to get back to a working situation?

Thanks for your help.

[soundofthunder]

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[obones]

Ah, sorry, here is the result of inxi -zv8

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.131-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=fbef46d4-88f2-410f-b4a0-5317042b4585 rw time
    resume=UUID=95cd1d4c-4729-4ed0-9649-efdcc49d6c48 udev.log_priority=3 xhci_hcd.quirks=270336
  Console: pty pts/0 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Precision Tower 3620 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0MWYPT v: A02 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 06B7
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 2.7.3 date: 01/31/2018
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.24 GiB used: 10.05 GiB (32.2%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed:
    spec: 2400 MT/s actual: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: 01980000802C part-no: KYXC0V-MIB serial: <filter>
  Device-2: DIMM2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed:
    spec: 2400 MT/s actual: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: 01980000802C part-no: KYXC0V-MIB serial: <filter>
  Device-3: DIMM3 type: no module installed
  Device-4: DIMM4 type: no module installed
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-6700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S gen: core 6 level: v3
    note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 54417
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art
    avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de
    ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase
    fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single
    lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe
    pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp
    rep_good sdbg sep smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
    xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  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 mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9
    process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2,
    HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1912 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte 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: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
    empty: DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-4, HDMI-A-5 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Realtek RTL2838 DVB-T driver: usbfs type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 0bda:2838 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    dri: iris,nouveau gpu: i915 tty: 160x50
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: AAA serial: <filter> built: 2012 res: 1024x768 gamma: 1.2 chroma:
    red: x: 0.635 y: 0.349 green: x: 0.290 y: 0.588 blue: x: 0.141 y: 0.078 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 575x323mm (22.64x12.72") modes: 1024x768, 1920x1080, 1920x1080i, 1280x720, 800x600,
    720x576, 720x576i, 720x480, 720x480i, 640x480, 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,x11,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.1-arch1.2 note: console (EGL sourced)
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2, Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2), llvmpipe
    (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel HD
    Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:1912 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.131-1-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: off with: wireplumber status: off tools: pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: off with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15b7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Intel I210 Gigabit Network driver: igb v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1533 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-3: Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter driver: rt2800usb type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:6 chip-ID: 148f:5370 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlp0s20f0u8 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-1: br-b6b2a935dc51 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> virtual: proto kernel_ll scope: link
  IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: veth5dc661e state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: veth7e6cd46 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> virtual: proto kernel_ll scope: link
  IF-ID-6: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> virtual: proto kernel_ll scope: link
  Info: services: dhcpd, httpd, mld, NetworkManager, nginx, ntpd, smbd, sshd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.03 TiB used: 2.63 TiB (52.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: Predator SSD GM7 M.2 1TB size: 953.87 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: SN13683 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000VN004-2E4164 size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: SC60 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2UB102 size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ASUS model: DRW-2014L1T rev: 1.02 dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram
    state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 431.09 GiB size: 423.26 GiB (98.18%) used: 146.34 GiB (34.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A uuid: fbef46d4-88f2-410f-b4a0-5317042b4585
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: DD0A-E908
  ID-3: /files raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%) used: 1.31 TiB (73.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: N/A uuid: 8edf7a7e-bfd5-443c-aa70-453d97612cda
  ID-4: /mnt/backup raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.42%) used: 903.97 GiB (49.3%) fs: ext3
    dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: N/A uuid: 6d8d2f2f-318f-469d-b123-e47b51a67eee
  ID-5: /vm raw-size: 953.87 GiB size: 937.83 GiB (98.32%) used: 303.83 GiB (32.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A uuid: 353d827b-dc83-41fa-9753-ea19e3431c72
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes compressor: zstd
    max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.37 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3
    maj-min: 8:3 label: swap uuid: 95cd1d4c-4729-4ed0-9649-efdcc49d6c48
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: MGE UPS Systems type: HID driver: usbfs interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 20mA chip-ID: 0463:ffff class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: obones Presario 2710 type: keyboard,mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: feed:6060 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-2: 1-6:4 info: Manufacturer hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a05:7211 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6.1:7 info: Silicon Labs CP210x UART Bridge type: <vendor specific> driver: cp210x
    interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 10c4:ea60 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 1-6.4:8 info: Manufacturer hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a05:7211 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6.4.2:9 info: Silicon Labs BV 2010/10 type: <vendor specific>
    driver: cp210x,gpio_stub_drv interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 10c4:8b34 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-7:5 info: Realtek RTL2838 DVB-T type: Video driver: usbfs interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:2838 class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-8:6 info: Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter type: Network driver: rt2800usb
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 450mA
    chip-ID: 148f:5370 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C pch: 70.0 C mobo: 29.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1018 mobo: 1196
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1806 libs: 435 tools: octopi,pamac,yay pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: http://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirror.leitecastro.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://ridgewireless.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 343
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 1688025 mem: 3.97 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 8.1% command: ffmpeg pid: 486478 mem: 233.9 MiB (0.7%)
  3: cpu: 7.8% command: frigate.process:jardin pid: 486461 mem: 199.7 MiB (0.6%)
  4: cpu: 7.2% command: ffmpeg pid: 486470 mem: 226.2 MiB (0.7%)
  5: cpu: 4.9% command: frigate.process:devant pid: 486459 mem: 190.5 MiB (0.5%)
  Memory top: 5 of 343
  1: mem: 4615.9 MiB (14.4%) command: gunicorn: pid: 44634 cpu: 0.2%
  2: mem: 1459.9 MiB (4.5%) command: java pid: 264045 cpu: 2.9%
  3: mem: 1069.9 MiB (3.3%) command: frigate.detector.tensorrt pid: 486453 cpu: 3.2%
  4: mem: 586.2 MiB (1.8%) command: python3 pid: 486117 cpu: 1.9%
  5: mem: 447.8 MiB (1.3%) command: influxd pid: 920 cpu: 2.8%
Info:
  Processes: 343 Power: uptime: 16h 33m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.48 GiB
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: pty pts/0 (SSH)
    inxi: 3.3.37

[obones]

Ok, if I remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/15-force_intel.conf file that I created, the X server starts just fine, but it uses some Nvidia GPU resources as can be seen in the nvidia-smi output:

Sun Mar 30 10:40:50 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.133.07             Driver Version: 570.133.07     CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060        Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 66%   51C    P0             53W /  170W |    1172MiB /  12288MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A          486453      C   frigate.detector.tensorrt               490MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A          486470      C   ffmpeg                                  324MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A          486478      C   ffmpeg                                  324MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A         3743286      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                             4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Sure it’s not much, but used to be possible not to have it there at all, avoiding confusing display output as there are no displays plugged on the 3060