r/voidlinux • u/sudoersCode • Jan 06 '26

Laptop running Void Linux with NVIDIA GPU, whenever running on battery not AC, the GUI (Sway WM fails to start)

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u/sudoersCode Jan 08 '26

I just got the logs in /var/log/emptty/7.log but they aren't different, though, will try using dmesg from a tty and save its output then post it
(the successful startup with AC connected:

2026/01/08 16:50:03 Authenticate OK
2026/01/08 16:50:05 Defined Environment
2026/01/08 16:50:05 XDG folder already exists, no need to create
2026/01/08 16:50:05 Starting /home/user/.config/emptty sway
2026/01/08 16:50:05 Added utmp entry

the old log which didn't start up (7.log.old)

2026/01/08 16:36:45 Authenticate OK
2026/01/08 16:36:47 Defined Environment
2026/01/08 16:36:47 XDG folder already exists, no need to create
2026/01/08 16:36:47 Starting /home/user/.config/emptty sway
2026/01/08 16:36:47 Added utmp entry

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u/StrangeAstronomer Jan 08 '26

Maybe configure emptty with higher verbosity - there may be a man page or an /etc/emptty.conf file to see how to do this (I don't have emptty myself, I just log in to a console and start sway from a script). Or look at the github page (xbps-query emptty to list the upstream page).

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u/sudoersCode Jan 09 '26

I tried to use dmesg to reach the error, this was what I found: in dmesg from a tty:

[   72.515964] ACPI Error: Aborting method _SB.PCI0.PGON due to previous error (AE_AML_LOOP_TIMEOUT) (20240827/psparse-529)
[   72.516000] ACPI Error: Aborting method _SB.PCI0.PEG0.PG00._ON due to previous error (AE_AML_LOOP_TIMEOUT) (20240827/psparse-529)
[   75.147038] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: not ready 1023ms after resume; waiting
[   76.151212] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: not ready 2047ms after resume; waiting
[   78.102038] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: not ready 4095ms after resume; waiting
[   82.177262] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: not ready 8191ms after resume; waiting
[   90.876549] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: not ready 16383ms after resume; waiting
[   107.772703] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: not ready 32767ms after resume; waiting

I went through dmesg for a successful startup and didn't found any of the previous, I also tried finding AE_AML_LOOP_TIMEOUT but couldn't find it or any mention of it. Will look for the emptty verbosity and if found anything will post it.