SDDM not loading automatically

[arvidjaar]

SDDM was started but failed to launch X server. May be due to

Dec 25 11:06:11 rivendell kernel: [drm:drm_set_master [drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000600] Failed to grab modeset ownership
Dec 25 11:06:11 rivendell kernel: [drm:drm_set_master [drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000600] Failed to grab modeset ownership
Dec 25 11:06:11 rivendell kernel: [drm:drm_set_master [drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000600] Failed to grab modeset ownership

May be it is familiar to someone. I vaguely remember seeing these messages but cannot tell right now what could be the reason.

You could try

Solution to nvidia-drm Failed to grab modeset ownership

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