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Black Screen with NVIDIA Driver
Reported by henrik-penha · filed Oct 20, 2025 · open at source
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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?
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Original report
System details
MacBook Pro 2012, hybrid GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (Kepler), Omarchy 2.0
What's wrong?
Installing Omarchy on a MacBook Pro A1286, 15" mid-2012, with hybrid GPU:
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (Kepler)
After login, the screen stays black (Ctrl+Alt+F2 works). journalctl --reverse shows:
NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GPU installed in this system is
NVRM: supported through the NVIDIA 470.xx Legacy drivers.
NVRM: The 580.82.09 NVIDIA driver will ignore this GPU.
Booting with nomodeset via Limine allowed the system to start, but performance was poor and games failed.
I tried installing the 470.xx driver following the Arch NVIDIA guide.
After that, not even nomodeset worked, the screen showed glitches (example), and input was lost.
Arch Wiki and NVIDIA documentation note that legacy Kepler drivers may fail on kernels ≥ 5.18 on Intel CPUs. They suggest using switching to nouveau.
I switched to nouveau: video works and RetroArch runs, but journalctl still shows “driver incompatible”.
Question: Is it possible to downgrade the kernel to a version compatible with NVIDIA legacy drivers?
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### System details MacBook Pro 2012, hybrid GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (Kepler), Omarchy 2.0 ### What's wrong? Installing Omarchy on a MacBook Pro A1286, 15" mid-2012, with hybrid GPU: - Intel HD Graphics 4000 - NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (Kepler) After login, the screen stays black (Ctrl+Alt+F2 works). `journalctl --reverse `shows: ``` NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GPU installed in this system is NVRM: supported through the NVIDIA 470.xx Legacy drivers. NVRM: The 580.82.09 NVIDIA driver will ignore this GPU. ``` Booting with `nomodeset` via Limine allowed the system to start, but performance was poor and games failed. I tried installing the 470.xx driver following the [Arch NVIDIA guide](https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide). After that, not even `nomodeset` worked, the screen showed glitches ([example](https://postimg.cc/D8Ygv26w)), and input was lost. Arch Wiki and NVIDIA documentation note that legacy Kepler drivers may fail on kernels ≥ 5.18 on Intel CPUs. They suggest using switching to nouveau. I switched to nouveau: video works and RetroArch runs, but `journalctl` still shows “driver incompatible”. Question: Is it possible to downgrade the kernel to a version compatible with NVIDIA legacy drivers?
Validation
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- Out of scopeDecided by agents · verified · 2026-10-08 23:53 UTC