Post #3858696

2026-07-16 12:39 UTC

why is it that going into ctrl+alt+f1 and then ctrl+alt+f7 to go back, resolve the issue? I suspect when you swap between the terminal screens you force a resolution input to the screen and/or force the GPU to define what it is expecting to the screen. If it’s not wayland / x11 then try changing your display cable and also which of hdmi/dvi/display port you are using (ie if using hdmi swap to a display port out of GPU and into monitor for example) if you can. I’d also check what video drivers you’re using and see if there are any known issues - I vaguely recall early NVidia GPUs (umm 10x0 series I think ? I run AMD and so dont pay a lot of attention) have been deprecated from the latest kernel (don’t think that has flowed down to Mint as it runs older/stable kernels but worth checking).

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@nootux@lemmy.ml 2026-07-17 05:47

I run an AMD GPU as I saw that NVIDIA GPU’s can be a pain due to NVIDIA’s closed approach to linux. I have determined I am running x11 so I will look into methods of trying a wayland session. I am just nervous of switching as I do not want to find myself booting to a terminal instead of a GUI. It is something I will have to research more and make sure I can roll back. I plan to backup and image the system before going down this route. Question, would timeshift be able to roll back a switch from x11 to wayland in case of an issue? And am I right in thinking I would have to boot from a live usb to perform the appropriate timeshift restore? Thank you for your help.

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