Unable to use wayland in kde nvidia

Thenujan · March 16, 2022, 6:54am

When i select wayland and enter password in login screen the screen goes black for a while and then prompts me back to login.

inxi -Gazy output

Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
    v: 470.103.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:128b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C170 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-2:2 chip-ID: 046d:082b class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x272mm (19.0x10.7")
    s-diag: 554mm (21.8")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
    size: 477x268mm (18.8x10.6") diag: 547mm (21.5")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.103.01 direct render: Yes

output of cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

                                                                     ✔ 
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run.  Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array.  For instance:
#     MODULES=(piix ide_disk reiserfs)
MODULES="nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm"

# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image.  This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=()

# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way.  This is useful for config files.
FILES=""

# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file.  The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added.  Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
##   This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
##   No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
#    HOOKS=(base)
#
##   This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
##   work as a sane default
#    HOOKS=(base udev autodetect block filesystems)
#
##   This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
##   No autodetection is done.
#    HOOKS=(base udev block filesystems)
#
##   This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
##   Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
#    HOOKS=(base udev block mdadm encrypt filesystems)
#
##   This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
#    HOOKS=(base udev block lvm2 filesystems)
#
##   NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
#    usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap consolefont filesystems fsck"

# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"
#COMPRESSION="zstd"

# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=()

output of cat etc/default/grub

GRUB_DEFAULT="Advanced options for Manjaro Linux>Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 5.10.102-1-MANJARO x64 - fallback initramfs)"
GRUB_TIMEOUT=20
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash apparmor=1 nvidia-drm.modeset=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
# line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

# 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

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

# 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="/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt"

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

# 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

I have the following packages installed

egl-wayland                        2:1.1.9+r3+g582b2d3-1         extra      83.1 kB
kwayland                           5.91.0-1                      extra      7.6 MB
kwayland-integration               5.24.3-1                      extra      154.0 kB
kwayland-server                    5.24.3-1                      extra      3.4 MB
lib32-wayland                      1.20.0-1                      multilib   191.8 kB
plasma-wayland-session             5.24.3-1                      extra      3.3 kB
qt5-wayland                        5.15.3+kde+r40-1              extra      6.4 MB
qt6-wayland                        6.2.3-2                       extra      6.0 MB
wayland                            1.20.0-1                      extra      815.2 kB
wayland-protocols                  1.25-1                        extra      473.9 kB
wayland-utils                      1.0.0-2                       extra      45.1 kB
xorg-xwayland                      22.1.0-1                      extra      2.3 MB

bogdancovaciu · March 16, 2022, 7:42am

I think you need to add

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nvidia-drm.modeset=1"

then run
sudo update-grub

Again, not quite sure, but you missed the plasma-wayland-protocols package too, and reboot after that.

Last time i tested on another install, was “working” but not quite usable for some tasks, and IMO is not there yet for daily usage.

Thenujan · March 16, 2022, 8:28am

tried both didn’t work it reacts the same way.

you mean wayland on nvidia or simply just wayland?

bogdancovaciu · March 16, 2022, 8:36am

Wayland with Nvidia in KDE Plasma …
You might want to check also the sddm configs … Options like

[X11]
ServerArguments=-dpi 0

for example, should not be there i guess under /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf

Also, some installs seem to have a particular 00manjaro conf or something … not sure if needed tho.

Then there should be EnableHiDPI=true under /etc/sddm.conf for both X11 and Wayland.

Will take a closer look at my other install, later this evening, and see if i can still log in with wayland session.

Thenujan · March 16, 2022, 8:50am

It isnt there.

both were set to false but changing them to true didnt fix it

bogdancovaciu · March 16, 2022, 9:18am

Don’t know, will check more later, as this are just “surface” observations i had … Also, after a quick look, the other install has also wrapland and python-pywayland packages installed and the ~/.config/kwinrc on the install that i’m able to log in wayland sessions does not have the Backend=OpenGL in the [Compositing] options.
Anyway, hope someone else will pass by with more solid information.

rvc · March 16, 2022, 9:26am

did you try to go to another tty [ Ctrl+Alt+F2/F3/F4 etc] and try running executing “startplasma-wayland” ? perhaps you can get some verbose on whats wrong

Thenujan · March 16, 2022, 9:45am

it showed no backend specified through command line argument
which led to
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=255447

setting KWIN_COMPOSE=0
does make walynd session work but its not a great experience . cursor is glitching and sometimes the frame rate is very low.
btw i can only start it from command line .
Maybe i can set that as an environment variable and be able to use wayland without commandline.

JiaZhang · March 17, 2022, 2:51am

I heard that NVIDIA driver didn’t play well with Wayland. I never try Wayland before, so I can’t tell much.

system · March 19, 2022, 4:51pm

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