SDDM crashes upon wake up after my display turned off by power management policy

Kaboufl · 28 March 2023 16:58

Hello everyone,

Im new to linux and dived in this ecosystem as my primary OS on my computer.

My problem is when the screens are turned off to save power ( which is a nice behavior ) :
When i get back to my computer and wake it up, only one of my screens are actually turned on and it displays only the cursor over a black screen, as it moves it changes shape ( hovering text, edge of a window, etc… ) but the screen is black.

I got this faulty behavior since the installation of Manjaro and fixed it by loading nvidia drivers before sddm ( found fix here : https://forum.manjaro.org/t/timing-issue-stuck-at-black-screen-before-login-screen-restart-of-sddm-fixes-it/70928 )

Since this fix, it works perfectly on startup and wake up from sleeping or hibernation, it only happens when the power saving policy turns my screens off and i want to “wake” them up. The only temporary fix is to use the tty ( via Ctrl + Alt + F2 right ? ) and throw a sudo systemctl restart sddm and i have to reconfigure the full screen setup.

here’s the sddm logs :

mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Initializing...
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Starting...
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Logind interface found
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Loading theme configuration from ""
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Display server starting...
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{2f88ad81-61d1-47f9-85c7-6e2050b072fd}"
mars 27 03:33:06 WorkStation sddm[564]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt1 -auth /var/run/sddm/{2f88ad81-61d1-47f9-85c7-6e2>
mars 27 03:33:07 WorkStation sddm[564]: Setting default cursor
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Running display setup script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Display server started.
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Socket server starting...
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Socket server started.
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/breath/theme.conf"
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Greeter starting...
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm-helper[600]: [PAM] Starting...
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm-helper[600]: [PAM] Authenticating...
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm-helper[600]: [PAM] returning.
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm-helper[600]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=964) by (uid=0)
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Greeter session started successfully
mars 27 03:33:08 WorkStation sddm[564]: Message received from greeter: Connect
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Message received from greeter: Login
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop"
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop"
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startplasma-x11"
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: [PAM] Starting...
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: [PAM] Authenticating...
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: pam_systemd_home(sddm:auth): systemd-homed is not available: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not fou>
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: [PAM] returning.
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Authenticated successfully
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user romain(uid=1000) by (uid=0)
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Greeter stopped.
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm-helper[666]: Starting: "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession \"/usr/bin/startplasma-x11\""
mars 27 03:33:23 WorkStation sddm[564]: Session started
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Authentication error: "Process crashed"
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Auth: sddm-helper crashed (exit code 15)
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Authentication error: "Process crashed"
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 15
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Socket server stopping...
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Socket server stopped.
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Display server stopping...
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation systemd[1]: Stopping Simple Desktop Display Manager...
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Display server stopped.
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Running display stop script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop"
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Removing display ":0" ...
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Loading theme configuration from ""
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Display server starting...
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{f5a6389f-ff88-406f-a008-f5873a70ce77}"
mars 27 03:36:37 WorkStation sddm[564]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt1 -auth /var/run/sddm/{f5a6389f-ff88-406f-a008-f58>
mars 27 03:36:41 WorkStation sddm[564]: Failed to read display number from pipe
mars 27 03:36:41 WorkStation sddm[564]: Display server stopping...
mars 27 03:36:41 WorkStation sddm[564]: Attempt 1 starting the Display server on vt 1 failed
mars 27 03:36:41 WorkStation sddm[564]: Signal received: SIGTERM
mars 27 03:36:41 WorkStation systemd[1]: sddm.service: Deactivated successfully.
mars 27 03:36:41 WorkStation systemd[1]: Stopped Simple Desktop Display Manager.
mars 27 03:36:41 WorkStation systemd[1]: sddm.service: Consumed 16.440s CPU time.
-- Boot 0d21e31275dc48b095a8ee4312870fc0 --

and the xandr prompt :

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 4480 x 1440, maximum 32767 x 32767
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-0 connected primary 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 697mm x 392mm
   2560x1440    164.80*+ 120.00    99.95    84.98    60.00  
   1920x1080     60.00    59.94    50.00  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1440x576      50.00  
   1440x480      59.94  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94    50.00  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    72.19    60.32    56.25  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x480       59.94  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    59.94    59.93  
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 connected 1920x1080+2560+360 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 476mm x 268mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1600x1200     60.00  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1280x1024     75.02    69.83    60.02  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    60.32    56.25  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    59.94  
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

If anyone has an idea i’ll take it,

Thanks !!

brahma · 28 March 2023 17:43

provide output from:
inxi -xG

disable screen locking in system settings, and see if that helped;
if it didnt helped, create a new test user from system settings, reboot, log in with the test user and test;
try with different kernels

Kaboufl · 28 March 2023 18:55

Hey thanks for your fast reply !

Sure, here’s the inxi -xG output :

Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080] driver: nvidia v: 525.89.02
    arch: Ampere bus-ID: 2b:00.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia
    resolution: 1: 2560x1440~165Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.89.02 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
    3080/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes

Im also using the proprietary drivers from nvidia.

Disabling screen locking doesn’t fix the issue.

I’ll try differents kernels as well from now, which tests can i do ?

brahma · 28 March 2023 19:19

with screen locking i meant this:

and click apply…

and in system settings/ login screen/ behaviour/ check 'automatically log in as your user and session plasma, click apply, and test …

then create the test user as outlined above and see if it happens with it too…

and try the 5.15, the 6.1 and the 6.2 kernel

Kaboufl · 28 March 2023 20:04

Fixed !!

Downgrading the kernel to 5.15.102-1 fixed the issue

system · 31 March 2023 10:05

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