LG ULTRAGEAR GTX 1650 HDMI Blank screen until login screen

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As the topic states on boot the screen stay’s blank until the login screen.Once the login screen appears I can login with no issue’s.Pressing del esc on boot has no affect.I have removed quiet from the grub_cmdline and reduced the refresh rate from 143.99 to 120.00 and 59.95 and it did not work.

inxi -zv8
System:
  Kernel: 6.18.10-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=6645ab5c-30cc-43be-9e09-cb0115f32db3 rw udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.23.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: N/A Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Acer product: Aspire TC-780 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: Aspire TC-780(KBL) serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends
    v: R02-A1 date: 01/09/2017
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 24 GiB available: 23.42 GiB used: 3.44 GiB (14.7%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 16 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial
    part-no: CT16G4DFD824A.M16FD serial: <filter>
  Device-2: DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 8 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 017a
    part-no: 76.C102G.D170B serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-7400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake
    gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF8
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 24000
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx 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
    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 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 mitigation: Microcode
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
  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: disabled;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 590.48.01 alternate: nouveau,nova_core,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f82 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter>
    built: 2025 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
    chroma: red: x: 0.667 y: 0.325 green: x: 0.278 y: 0.675 blue: x: 0.149
    y: 0.031 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: 2560x1440, 3840x2160, 1920x1080,
    1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 96 2: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 97
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
    x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 25.3.5-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 3.91 GiB display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 2 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01
    device-ID: 10de:1f82 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.10-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
  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: 3.21 TiB used: 442.33 GiB (13.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT525MX300SSD4
    size: 489.05 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: R060 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA200
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0508 scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: Slimtype model: DVD A DA8AESH rev: XA11
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 488.55 GiB size: 488.31 GiB (99.95%)
    used: 62.25 GiB (12.7%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 6645ab5c-30cc-43be-9e09-cb0115f32db3
  ID-2: /Files raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.06 GiB (99.95%)
    used: 150.3 GiB (16.1%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: Files
    uuid: ba2ba377-3e1d-4af3-8006-0193528859d8
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 340 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 0026-8275
  ID-4: /run/media/straycat/Data raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (99.95%)
    used: 229.78 GiB (12.3%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: Data
    uuid: e0c70d0a-b211-49cf-a952-a3de8a23e913
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-5:2 info: ATEN Hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0557:8021 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5.1:4 info: Logitech USB Keyboard type: keyboard,HID,mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 90mA chip-ID: 046d:c34b class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-9:3 info: Realtek 3-in-1 (SD/SDHC/SDXC) Card Reader
    type: mass storage driver: ums-realtek interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:0153 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 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
  Device-1: 2-1:2 info: JMicron / USA JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s type: mass storage
    driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 152d:0578 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C pch: 33.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1507 libs: 412 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    9: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    11: https://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    12: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    16: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    17: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    18: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 245
  1: cpu: 8.8% command: org_kde_powerdevil pid: 1165 mem: 52.7 MiB (0.2%)
  2: cpu: 8.6% command: kwin_wayland pid: 993 mem: 249.1 MiB (1.0%)
  3: cpu: 2.0% command: chrome pid: 37806 mem: 286.3 MiB (1.1%)
  4: cpu: 1.4% command: chrome pid: 26101 mem: 427.4 MiB (1.7%)
  5: cpu: 1.0% command: konsole pid: 37935 mem: 237.7 MiB (0.9%)
  Memory top: 5 of 245
  1: mem: 595.3 MiB (2.4%) command: chrome pid: 26046 cpu: 0.4%
  2: mem: 499.5 MiB (2.0%) command: plasmashell pid: 1127 cpu: 0.0%
  3: mem: 427.4 MiB (1.7%) command: chrome pid: 26101 cpu: 1.4%
  4: mem: 286.3 MiB (1.1%) command: chrome pid: 37806 cpu: 2.0%
  5: mem: 271.7 MiB (1.1%) command: chrome pid: 26124 cpu: 0.0%
Info:
  Processes: 245 Power: uptime: 1d 11h 42m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
    reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 9.31 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd v: 259
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 21.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9
    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40
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Please provide the output of:

cat /etc/default/grub
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GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="udev.log_priority=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"

# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices
#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y

# Set to 'countdown' or 'menu' to change timeout behavior,
# press ESC key to display menu.
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden

# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command 'videoinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto

# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true

# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors.  Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only.  Entries specified as foreground/background.
GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-gray/black"
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="green/black"

# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/usr/share/grub/background.png"
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"

# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

# Uncomment to make GRUB remember the last selection. This requires
# setting 'GRUB_DEFAULT=saved' above.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu
#GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y

# Uncomment this option to enable os-prober execution in the grub-mkconfig command
#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

# Uncomment to ensure that the root filesystem is mounted read-only so that
# systemd-fsck can run the check automatically. We use 'fsck' by default, which
# needs 'rw' as boot parameter, to avoid delay in boot-time. 'fsck' needs to be
# removed from 'mkinitcpio.conf' to make 'systemd-fsck' work.
# See also Arch-Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fsck#Boot_time_checking
#GRUB_ROOT_FS_RO=true
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Change GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden to GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu and save.
Then run sudo update-grub, and reboot.

Let us know if you now see the GRUB menu, before this apparent blank screen.

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Changing to GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu shows the shut down but on reboot still the blank screen until the login screen.The monitor still shows entering energy saving mode until the login screen.Hitting the del for the bios or esc for the manjaro screen has no effect.

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You should also remove the word(s) “quiet” (and if present, “splash”) from the “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT” line.

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That was the first thing I removed and I had this from several years ago

nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1

The system and monitor work great other than not being able to see the bios and startup.

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If you cannot see the POST information — what you call the BIOS, but what I suspect would rather be a UEFI — then it’s obviously a hardware problem, possibly related to the HDMI port.

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You are probably right as this is an older desktop and graphic card.I have an older monitor that I am going to connect so I can install and start using the 6.19 kernel as it was showing the options at startup before I got this one.

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I would like to add I had not noticed that the 1650 card had a display port that still had the plastic cap inserted.I removed the hdmi cable and connected to the dp and everything now works with much better graphics.Thanks for trying to help as usual for me the issue is between the chair and the keyboard.

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