First of all: I’m very new to Linux and have almost no idea what I’m doing. I’m running Bazzite, and while I was trying to update my Nvidia drivers (yes I’m using the right version of the OS) after a reboot my desktop was gone, only black screens and a lone cursor. I’ve spent the last three hours trying every solution I’ve found on the web with no luck. I don’t know what to do
Maybe you can start by giving some info about your computer’s hardware. I know Bazzite does not have the program inxi installed by itself because it does not fit into the system. What you can do, to give at least some info, is open the KDE System-Settings, scroll down to the last section System and click in there on: About this system. You now see some info about your machine in the large field on the right.
Then open the KDE menu (button bottom left on your screen) and in the Utilities menu item click on Spectacle. In here chose the Rectangle way to create a screenshot, create a rectangle with your mouse around the computer details, release the left-mouse button and click on Enter. In the toolbar in Spectacle click the third button (well, here with me it is the third button) named Copy.
Click with the right-mouse button here in your answer on the spot where you want to insert the screenshot and select paste. You wil now get something like this:
Then also explain how you did the Nvidia update, was it in a terminal, did you use Discover, just explain it.
hi, welcome.
this sounds more like an issue with your distro or the driver install process that you did, rather than with KDE, but there are some things to try… or you can try asking your question in a distro specific forum.
do you see the GRUB screen when you reboot? sometimes you need to hit ESC while it’s booting to get to the screen.
if so, you can try the options under the Advanced menu to try and undo the driver update, or boot to an earlier kernel that may still work.
do you still have the installation media? the USB stick you used to install linux.
if so, you can boot to that LIVE version and use the tools there to try and undo the driver install.
or worst case you can reinstall the OS and start over.
if you do end up reinstalling linux, i would recommend an easier, more mainstream distro like kubuntu where the nvida driver installation is a point and click affair.