I've been using CachyOS for a while now, and it's been great, but I've recently run into a frustrating issue. Every time I start my system, it shows the CachyOS logo and then just goes to a black screen. After some digging, I found that if I switch to a TTY and run 'sudo systemctl restart sddm,' the GUI loads properly and everything works fine. The issue is that after every reboot, I have to keep repeating this command because it just defaults back to the black screen. It did boot into the GUI on its own a few times before, but now it almost never does. Here are my specs: OS: CachyOS x86_64, Host: Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6, Kernel: Linux 6.16.7-2-cachyos, Shell: bash 5.3.3, Display: 1920x1080 @ 120Hz, DE: KDE Plasma 6.4.5, WM: KWin (Wayland), CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile, GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Mobile.
3 Answers
Have you tried checking the status of the sddm service? Running 'systemctl status sddm.service' can give you insights into any errors that sddm encountered while starting up. It’s a good starting point for debugging this issue.
Yeah, definitely check the service status! If it's shown as disabled, you can enable it with 'sudo systemctl enable sddm'. This ensures that it starts up with your system every time instead of leaving you with that black screen.
I had a similar issue a while ago. It’s strange but even if the status shows as active, there could be underlying errors. Make sure you look into that, as sometimes the GUI seems fine but there are hidden issues.
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