I recently installed Garuda Cinnamon on my Asus G751JL laptop, but wayland seems to be not working.
Maybe due to nvidia driver problem, it is not working, I know Cinnamon Wayland support is experimental but I also tried GNOME wayland, Plasma Wayland, Hyprland also separately installing respective Garuda versions, but wayland doesn’t work at all.
Issue : Starting wayland session → black screen, freeze
garuda-inxi :
System:
Kernel: 6.6.30-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=994440bb-4224-4ac7-bc5d-6f26fb2e7d1c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=8f2b23b5-1818-470f-8deb-ad30d564cd47 loglevel=3
nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1 ibt=off
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.0.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.0.1 tools:
avail: cinnamon-screensaver,xautolock vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: G751JL v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G751JL v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: ASUS-NotebookSKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: G751JL.205 date: 11/02/2015
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 58.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 58.3/66.0 Wh (88.4%)
volts: 15.0 min: 15.0 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-4720HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3512 high: 3600 min/max: 800/3600 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3433 2: 3600 3: 3600
4: 3409 5: 3600 6: 3407 7: 3451 8: 3600 bogomips: 41519
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 965M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 550.78 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:13d9 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-7:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b414
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 128 s-size: 381x211mm (15.00x8.31")
s-diag: 436mm (17.15")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: DP-2 note: disabled model: LG Display 0x046c
built: 2014 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2
size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.78
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 1.95 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 3 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M driver: nvidia v: 550.78 device-ID: 10de:13d9
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:0fbb class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.30-1-lts status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
IF: wls1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 3c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp60s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wlp0s20u4i2 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek 802.11ac NIC driver: btusb,rtw_8821cu type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:c820
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Device-2: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-5:4
chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Report: ID: hci1 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.35 TiB used: 36.3 GiB (2.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A3J0 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: A-Data model: SU630 size: 447.13 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4c21 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 97 GiB size: 97 GiB (100.00%) used: 17.06 GiB (17.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 615.8 MiB size: 614.6 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb7 maj-min: 8:23
ID-3: /home raw-size: 150.53 GiB size: 150.53 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.24 GiB (12.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 97 GiB size: 97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 17.06 GiB (17.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 97 GiB size: 97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 17.06 GiB (17.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 23.42 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdb6 maj-min: 8:22
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 72.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 58 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3300
Info:
Memory: total: 24 GiB available: 23.42 GiB used: 2.57 GiB (11.0%)
Processes: 308 Power: uptime: 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 9.33 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1591 libs: 438 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
v: 3.7.1 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-05-05
Last full system update: 2024-05-05
Is partially upgraded: Yes
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units: nvidia-powerd.service
I tried changing kernels : lts, zen, arch but still no difference
As per Archwiki, I tried most troubleshooting steps :
/etc/environment :
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=‘qt6ct’
MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1
GBM_BACKEND=nvidia-drm
__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia
ENABLE_VKBASALT=1
LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia
File: /etc/dracut.conf.d/nvidia.conf
force_drivers+=" nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm "
Tried adding and removing one or more combinations of nvidia kernel parameters :
nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1
File: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-power-management.conf
options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1
Please let me know if I am lacking one or more troubleshooting steps