Wayland not working Cinnamon

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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

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Fix.

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That was just because I upgraded repositories, after full system update, still the issue persists

garuda-inxi :

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.30-2-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
    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: cinnamon-screensaver avail: 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: 3404 high: 3421 min/max: 800/3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3412 2: 3392 3: 3393
    4: 3421 5: 3392 6: 3416 7: 3393 8: 3420 bogomips: 41524
  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: 3-7:6 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: k6.6.30-2-lts status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.6 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: enp0s20u2 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: wlp0s20u4i2 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Samsung GT-I9070 (network tethering USB debugging enabled)
    driver: rndis_host v: kernel type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 04e8:6864 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC driver: btusb,rtw_8821cu type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 0bda:c820
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
    status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
  Device-3: 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: 3-5:5
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Report: ID: hci1 rfk-id: 1 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: 42.33 GiB (3.1%)
  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: 3.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4c21 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 97 GiB size: 97 GiB (100.00%) used: 23.07 GiB (23.8%)
    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: 19.25 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: 23.07 GiB (23.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 97 GiB size: 97 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 23.07 GiB (23.8%) 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: 75.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 59 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3400
Info:
  Memory: total: 24 GiB available: 23.42 GiB used: 2.23 GiB (9.5%)
  Processes: 340 Power: uptime: 0m 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: 14.1.1 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: 2024-05-11
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:            nvidia-powerd.service
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Seems you must wait for wayland on cinnamon.

Have you searched in cinnamon forums?

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Yes I searched but didn’t find any solution relevant and as I mentioned it is not only problem with Cinnamon Wayland, the same issue is there with GNOME, Plasma wayland sessions also.

Most probably it is due to nvidia somehow or other, rest parts are working properly

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Yep.

You are using the lts kernel and have an older nvidia card, so try the nvidia-lts driver.

If that doesn’t help, try the linux-zen kernel in combination with the nvidia-dkms driver. Optionally try an older nvidia driver version.

If none of this works, then you will have to use X11 until further notice.

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Tried using so, lts, zen, arch with respective drivers and using dkms also, but it didn’t work.

Anyway, I don’t find any solution currently so will stick to X11 instead, hope X11 support won’t end till few years, as Fedora is ending X11 support, GNOME and Plasma DEs are on the way to do so

Still Wayland is not so stable as X11 for many nvidia machines, but these people are after ending X11 support in near future

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If you don’t need the full performance of the GTX 965M, then you have another option: the open source ‘nouveau’ driver.

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it’s not just you, Wayland is currently NOT ready for use with NVIDIA users, don’t use it, it’s not really worth the headaches. Why it’s being pushed as the default, i don’t know as there’s alot of Linux users out there still using older Nvidia cards.

X11 works perfectly fine and just because they aren’t developing it anymore, doesn’t mean its going to stop working.

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For nvidia wait for the 555 beta driver to come out this month an then try. Should hit around the 15th but that could change.

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