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A proof layer — requirements, tests and verified fixes — for two of Omarchy's subsystems: the application menu (launcher scripts, QML model, JSONC config, search and selection) and the lock screen (lock scripts, QML, PAM authentication). Scope is deliberately limited to those components of omacom/omarchy; the rest of the distribution is not covered.

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[Hardware]: Black screen on boot on AMD Strix Point / Radeon 890M laptops (ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14) due to Aquamarine atomic DRM commit failure

Reported by codyoss · filed Sep 2, 2026 · open at source

Decided: Out of scope — decided by agents · verified 3 days ago.

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1 · What is claimed?
Only the report text below — no validator has restated it as checkable claims yet.
2 · What does it affect?
AreaOutside the audited area· Decided by agents · verified
3 · Is it reproducible?
No validation has been run yet.
4 · What remains unclear?
  • Not validated yet: no claims, no reproducer.
5 · What happens next?
Decided by agents and verified by a second, independent agent — see the decision.

Original report

[Hardware]: Black screen on boot on AMD Strix Point / Radeon 890M laptops (ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14) due to Aquamarine atomic DRM commit failurerevision 1 · captured 2026-09-28 21:24 UTC via poll

System details

  • Device: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024 / GA403 series) (Also reported on MSI Stealth A16 AI+ in #8030)
  • CPU / iGPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Radeon 890M / RDNA 3.5 architecture)
  • dGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40-Series
  • Display: Internal 14" 2.8K OLED 120Hz (eDP-1, 2880x1800)
  • OS / Compositor: Omarchy 4.x (quattro), Hyprland 0.56.2 (Aquamarine 0.14+), uwsm session manager

What's wrong?

1. Symptom

On a fresh install of Omarchy on AMD Strix Point laptops (specifically tested on ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 / Radeon 890M), the system hangs on a black screen immediately after login/display manager.

Switching to a TTY and inspecting Hyprland startup logs shows the compositor stalling at:

Creating the AquamarineRenderer!
[AQ] atomic drm request: failed to commit: Cannot allocate memory

(This is the same silent boot freeze reported by users on Strix Point hardware in #8030).

2. Root Cause

Hyprland's Aquamarine backend encounters an atomic DRM commit failure when initializing the DRM plane on AMD Strix Point (Radeon 890M / RDNA 3.5) iGPUs. To initialize successfully, Aquamarine must fall back to legacy DRM commits and software cursors:
- AQ_NO_ATOMIC=1
- WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1 (and no_hardware_cursors = true in looknfeel)

3. Critical Timing Nuance

Aquamarine reads AQ_NO_ATOMIC directly from the process environment before reading Hyprland Lua configuration files. Setting this inside ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua via hl.env() is evaluated too late. It must be exported in the session environment:
- ~/.config/uwsm/env-hyprland
- ~/.config/uwsm/env
- /etc/environment

4. Additional Hardware Fixes Tested for GA403 / Strix Point

  1. Early KMS in Initramfs: mkinitcpio.conf needs early module loading (MODULES=(amdgpu nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)), and the bootloader requires nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1.
  2. Persistent Colon-Free Udev Symlinks: As noted in #8776, Aquamarine splits AQ_DRM_DEVICES on :, breaking standard /dev/dri/by-path/pci-... paths. A persistent udev rule mapping the iGPU to /dev/dri/amd-igpu allows clean multi-GPU routing.
  3. Internal OLED Scaling: Proper default scaling in ~/.config/hypr/monitors.lua:
local omarchy_monitor_scale = 1.5
local omarchy_gdk_scale = 1.5

hl.env("GDK_SCALE", tostring(omarchy_gdk_scale))

hl.monitor({
    output = "eDP-1",
    mode = "2880x1800@120",
    position = "0x0",
    scale = omarchy_monitor_scale
})

5. Tested Setup Script

A standalone script that detects Strix Point / NVIDIA hardware, configures early KMS, writes the udev symlinks, sets up uwsm environment flags, and formats monitors.lua has been tested and confirmed working:
- Gist Reference: https://gist.github.com/codyoss/a506c49ed5212c5b3e40614a7ac4c435

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### System details
- **Device:** ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024 / GA403 series) *(Also reported on MSI Stealth A16 AI+ in #8030)*
- **CPU / iGPU:** AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Radeon 890M / RDNA 3.5 architecture)
- **dGPU:** NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40-Series
- **Display:** Internal 14" 2.8K OLED 120Hz (`eDP-1`, 2880x1800)
- **OS / Compositor:** Omarchy 4.x (`quattro`), Hyprland 0.56.2 (Aquamarine 0.14+), `uwsm` session manager

### What's wrong?

#### 1. Symptom
On a fresh install of Omarchy on AMD Strix Point laptops (specifically tested on ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 / Radeon 890M), the system hangs on a black screen immediately after login/display manager.

Switching to a TTY and inspecting Hyprland startup logs shows the compositor stalling at:
```
Creating the AquamarineRenderer!
[AQ] atomic drm request: failed to commit: Cannot allocate memory
```
*(This is the same silent boot freeze reported by users on Strix Point hardware in #8030).*

#### 2. Root Cause
Hyprland's Aquamarine backend encounters an atomic DRM commit failure when initializing the DRM plane on AMD Strix Point (Radeon 890M / RDNA 3.5) iGPUs. To initialize successfully, Aquamarine must fall back to legacy DRM commits and software cursors:
- `AQ_NO_ATOMIC=1`
- `WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1` (and `no_hardware_cursors = true` in looknfeel)

#### 3. Critical Timing Nuance
Aquamarine reads `AQ_NO_ATOMIC` directly from the process environment **before** reading Hyprland Lua configuration files. Setting this inside `~/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua` via `hl.env()` is evaluated too late. It must be exported in the session environment:
- `~/.config/uwsm/env-hyprland`
- `~/.config/uwsm/env`
- `/etc/environment`

#### 4. Additional Hardware Fixes Tested for GA403 / Strix Point
1. **Early KMS in Initramfs:** `mkinitcpio.conf` needs early module loading (`MODULES=(amdgpu nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)`), and the bootloader requires `nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1`.
2. **Persistent Colon-Free Udev Symlinks:** As noted in #8776, Aquamarine splits `AQ_DRM_DEVICES` on `:`, breaking standard `/dev/dri/by-path/pci-...` paths. A persistent udev rule mapping the iGPU to `/dev/dri/amd-igpu` allows clean multi-GPU routing.
3. **Internal OLED Scaling:** Proper default scaling in `~/.config/hypr/monitors.lua`:
```lua
local omarchy_monitor_scale = 1.5
local omarchy_gdk_scale = 1.5

hl.env("GDK_SCALE", tostring(omarchy_gdk_scale))

hl.monitor({
    output = "eDP-1",
    mode = "2880x1800@120",
    position = "0x0",
    scale = omarchy_monitor_scale
})
```

#### 5. Tested Setup Script
A standalone script that detects Strix Point / NVIDIA hardware, configures early KMS, writes the udev symlinks, sets up `uwsm` environment flags, and formats `monitors.lua` has been tested and confirmed working:
- **Gist Reference:** https://gist.github.com/codyoss/a506c49ed5212c5b3e40614a7ac4c435

Validation

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Linked

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Decision

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  • Out of scopeDecided by agents · verified · 2026-10-09 10:32 UTC