Blank Desktop: Arch > Awesome (Default Settings)

[Trml]

SDDM still is only experimental Wayland support and I've seen SDDM keyboard bugs like that. I may be an X11 dependency it requires is missing (that would be an archinstall bug). Since Archwiki now recommends to KDE default on the plasma login manager, I'd second @f33dm3bits suggestion to use that.

You can try without re-installing, switch to a terminal (ctrl-alt-F3), login, disable SDDM (systemctl disable --now sddm), install plasma login manager and start it (systemctl start plasmalogin.service). If it works, enable it. You can later switch login-managers once you are settled with the desktop, if you still wish to. If it does not start, it may be graphics related (which I doubt, since SDDM starts).

 

[AlphaObeisance]

SDDM still is only experimental Wayland support and I've seen SDDM keyboard bugs like that. I may be an X11 dependency it requires is missing (that would be an archinstall bug). Since Archwiki now recommends to KDE default on the plasma login manager, I'd second @f33dm3bits suggestion to use that.

You can try without re-installing, switch to a terminal (ctrl-alt-F3), login, disable SDDM (systemctl disable --now sddm), install plasma login manager and start it (systemctl start plasmalogin.service). If it works, enable it. You can later switch login-managers once you are settled with the desktop, if you still wish to. If it does not start, it may be graphics related (which I doubt, since SDDM starts).

It may just be my hardware compatibility, but I've never had an issue with SDDM and wayland. My son runs Arch Linux + KDE Plasma on Wayland with SDDM and it's worked fine for the past couple years (also having used archinstall). He's never had these kinds of issues. I'd lean into misconfiguration/missing GPU drivers as well.

 

[YellowGTM]

No dice, sorry.

I did everything as you stated. Here's a video - no graphics driver options appear:

Archinstall video

Once again, at the greeter login, I'm able to enter a password, but clicking or pressing enter has no effect.

Do I have a corrupt ISO?
Is my PC to blame?

Maybe I'm not meant to have Lunix in my life...

 

[YellowGTM]

A little surprise, after rebooting with the new boot manger (Linux Lite).

We now have a functional desktop and working web browser.



I'm not sure what the option was, as it flashed quickly and I wasn't paying attention.

I'll fool around a bit more later

Thank you to everyone that has helped. I'll do anything to get away from. MS Windows!

 

[f33dm3bits]

I did everything as you stated. Here's a video - no graphics driver options appear:

What gpu do you have? I booted up an arch iso and ran archinstall don't see that either, but it will probably either install the correct nvidia drivers based on if an Nvidia gpu is detected or not, as in with amd gpu's you don't need to install any drivers as they are in the kernel and in mesa which already get installed.

 

[AlphaObeisance]

No dice, sorry.

I'm glad you got it worked out! In the event you try again; I'd suggest running

pacman -Sy archinstall

before running archinstall next time; it seems your archinstall is quite dated (or the ISO is broken).

Your willingness to persist despite these difficulties means you have the Linux spirit if you were to ask me. Keep on keepin on, study and learn; before too long you'll be wizzing around Linux as if you were native your whole life.

 

[f33dm3bits]

pacman -Sy archinstall

When you start archinstall it automatically checks if there's a new version available and it will update it if there is a new version available as I saw it do it after I ran archinstall in my vm.

 

[Trml]

I've never had an issue with SDDM and wayland

I do, older intel cpu. I still use SDDM and it always starts wayland sessions stable, but the greeter itself refuses to autoconfigure the laptop display for itself on wayland here (this is the experimental part).

What gpu do you have?

 

[AlphaObeisance]

I do, older intel cpu. I still use SDDM and it always starts wayland sessions stable, but the greeter itself refuses to autoconfigure the laptop display for itself on wayland here (this is the experimental part).

that's interesting and unfortunate. I run AMD CPU so that might explain it. I seem to witness a lot of intel users frequently encountering odd behaviors in Linux more often than not. I almost wish I had an intel rig just so I could investigate! These kinds of issues are quite intriguing to me.

 

[YellowGTM]

What gpu do you have? I booted up an arch iso and ran archinstall don't see that either, but it will probably either install the correct nvidia drivers based on if an Nvidia gpu is detected or not, as in with amd gpu's you don't need to install any drivers as they are in the kernel and in mesa which already get installed.

NVIDIA GForce.GTX 1060

False Alarm, earlier. The environment that I showed earlier was an eMMC install for Linpus Lite, and nothing to do with Arch Install.

I'm.going.to grab another computer, and download a fresh ISO over the next couple of days.

This current scenario is just not going well.

 

[f33dm3bits]

NVIDIA GForce.GTX 1060

Nvidia dropped support for legacy/old gpu's with the 590 drivers, you need the 580 drivers with that gpu, you can get them from the AUR. You can install them after you have installed your system with archinstall.

Arch Linux - News: NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal and lower support; main packages switch to Open Kernel Modules

archlinux.org

1. Install yay(or paru), the latter is the one I use.

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

2. Install the 580 nvidia packages.

yay -S nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils

3. Reboot.

If there are updates for these drivers you will need to install them with yay(or paru), so best to just update your system with yay(or paru) which will update Arch repo packages and AUR builds.

 

[YellowGTM]

Hello All,

I have successfully installed Ubuntu on this system , and having fun poking around.

Another step closer to becoming part of the Linux family, and away from that nasty MS Windows

Now I'll be checking for apps to replace my software,
or Ubuntu versions of the same!

I haven't given up on Arch , and I'm looking into AGL as well for other projects

You haven't seen the last of me, I'm sure.