Problem on boot after first install with Nvidia graphic card

[megavolt]

Hello @v00d0

Ok yet another “timing problem” with hybrid gpus…

Still booting to blank screen

Looks like a timing issue… make the drivers load very early: Replace MODULES=() with: MODULES=(amdgpu nvidia) at /etc/mkinitcpio.conf Then run sudo mkinitcpio -P to update the initramfs. Reason of this is that the driver scheduled late and therefore the display-manager does not start at first time when switching from basic video mode to the graphical mode

If you have prime setup then use i915 (Intel) and nvidia.

If this does not help then try this:

Still booting to blank screen

There is link to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#Editing_provided_units, there it is explained. Read it carefully. Here you go: sudo systemctl edit --full gdm (this will create a new alternative service file. The original file will not be touched) There you add between [Service] and ExecStart=/usr/bin/gdm: ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 2 like this: [Service] ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 2 ExecStart=/usr/bin/gdm and save it with CTRL+S and close it with CTRL+X. sleep 2 stands for “wait 2 se…