Michael Eager composed on 2023-11-30 09:36 (UTC-0800):
I upgraded from Fedora 38 to Fedora 39 on an AMD Ryzen 5 5600
with Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 graphics card. I'm running KDE
Plasma-X11, not Wayland.
I tried to install the GPU drivers several ways using repos/RPMs,
but was not successful. I am using the Nvidia proprietary
drivers. They support dual monitors with no problems; I've had
problems with the nouveau driver and dual monitors in the past.
I start the system in multi-user (CLI) mode and then run
"startx"
to start X11 and Plasma. (I started doing this in F38 because of
sddm hanging, which I was not able to resolve.)
When I log in with my user account and run startx, I get a black
screen (extending across both monitors) with an X cursor. The
cursor moves in response to the mouse, but neither left or right
mouse button do anything. I can get to an alternate console
using alt-F3 and kill the login.
I have discovered a bit of a rain dance to get a working system. I
can log in as root, run startx, and get a working KDE Plasma-X11
screen. Then I log out to the sddm screen and log in again with
my user account. After this, everything (or almost everything)
works correctly.
I've checked the system logs and the Xorg log for any error
or warning messages, but nothing looks incorrect or at all
informative.
Does anyone have any suggestions or insights into this problem?
All good in Plasma/X11 using Intel Graphics, but I'm not using SDDM. I'm still
happy with KDM:
# inxi -GSaz --vs --zl --hostname
inxi 3.3.31-00 (2023-11-02)
System:
Host: big41 Kernel: 6.6.3-200.fc39.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 2.40-13.fc39 clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: ro root=LABEL=<filter> ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 audit=0
selinux=0 consoleblank=0
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm:
1: KDM 2: XDM Distro: Fedora release 39 (Thirty Nine)
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl
Corp driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5 process: Intel 45nm built: 2008
ports: active: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:2e32 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1200 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 762x254mm (30.00x10.00")
s-diag: 803mm (31.62")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,left model: NEC EA243WM
serial: <filter> built: 2011 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 519x324mm (20.43x12.76") diag: 612mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: right model: Dell P2213 serial: <filter> built: 2012
res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65")
diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel G41 (ELK) device-ID: 8086:2e32
memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
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