LXQT Black screen without menu only cairo dock loading (fresh metal install)

Hi,

I have formatted and installed LXQT on bare metal but the screen is black with only cairo dock launching on the desktop.

Booting from live disk everything worked fine.

Any thing I can do to get it to work?

System:
  Kernel: 6.2.2-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=65b3faab-3bc9-4b95-b34b-f3dcac595c5a rw single
    rootflags=subvol=@
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.2 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 info: cairo-dock
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Quanta product: NLCB v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Quanta model: NLCB v: Type2 - Board Version
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: QP171 date: 09/14/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 50.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 50.7/50.6 Wh (100.2%)
    volts: 17.3 min: 15.2 model: MWL32b type: Unknown serial: N/A
    status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-10875H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Comet Lake gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1927 high: 2300 min/max: 800/5100 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 2300 3: 2300
    4: 800 5: 845 6: 2300 7: 2300 8: 800 9: 2300 10: 2300 11: 2300
    12: 2300 13: 2300 14: 2300 15: 2300 16: 2300 bogomips: 73598
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104M [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile / Max-Q]
    vendor: QUANTA driver: nvidia v: 525.89.02
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 525.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-02) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e91 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 143
    s-size: 341x191mm (13.43x7.52") s-diag: 391mm (15.39")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
    size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo
    missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: QUANTA
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: QUANTA driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.2-zen2-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.66 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: QUANTA driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 704.24 GiB used: 5.14 GiB (0.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 model: 256GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: S1111H0L
    temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 5.14 GiB (1.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-2bfb4a9a-5cc9-413a-bc09-43da99ede8e7
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 752 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 5.14 GiB (1.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-2bfb4a9a-5cc9-413a-bc09-43da99ede8e7
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 5.14 GiB (1.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-2bfb4a9a-5cc9-413a-bc09-43da99ede8e7
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 5.14 GiB (1.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-2bfb4a9a-5cc9-413a-bc09-43da99ede8e7
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.53 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C pch: 50.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
    temp: 42 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 316 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.53 GiB
  used: 1.96 GiB (12.7%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1181
  libs: 309 tools: octopi,paru Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: qterminal inxi: 3.3.25
Garuda (2.6.15-1):
  System install date:     2023-03-11
  Last full system update: 2023-03-11
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            plymouth-deactivate.service 

Did you install Plasma as well? It’s easy to break things by installing desktop environments on top of each other. Different DEs have different ways of doing the same things and conflicts can be introduced unintentionally.

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I wiped the drive with gnome disks to 0 then installed LXQT.
I will try another wipe and install.