Blank Screen on Razer 16 - Cannot allocate memory

[disassembler]

I'm having the same issue (NixOS 25.05) on a 16" razer laptop

Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: 2025-10-16T15:39:39.323939Z DEBUG niri::backend::tty: device added: 57857 "/dev/dri/card1"
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: 2025-10-16T15:39:39.742370Z DEBUG niri::backend::tty: device changed: 57857
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: 2025-10-16T15:39:39.745360Z DEBUG niri::backend::tty: new connector: eDP-1 "Samsung Display Corp. ATNA60DL04-0  Unknown"
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: 2025-10-16T15:39:39.745411Z DEBUG niri::backend::tty: connecting connector: eDP-1
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: 2025-10-16T15:39:39.745420Z DEBUG niri::backend::tty: picking mode: Mode { name: "2560x1600", clock: 1125275, size: (2560, 1600), hsync: (2568, 2600, 2640), vsync: (1758, 1766, 1776), hskew: 0, vscan: 0, vrefresh: 240, mode_type: ModeTypeFlags(PREFERRED | DRIVER) }
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: 2025-10-16T15:39:39.760800Z  WARN niri::backend::tty: error creating DRM compositor, will try with invalid modifier: DrmError(Access(AccessError { errmsg: "Error testing state", dev: Some("/dev/dri/card1"), source: Os { code: 12, kind: OutOfMemory, message: "Cannot allocate memory" } }))
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: 2025-10-16T15:39:39.767158Z  WARN niri::backend::tty: error connecting connector: error creating DRM compositor
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]: Caused by:
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]:     0: The underlying drm surface encountered an error: DRM access error: Error testing state on device `Some("/dev/dri/card1")` (Cannot allocate memory (os error 12))
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]:     1: DRM access error: Error testing state on device `Some("/dev/dri/card1")` (Cannot allocate memory (os error 12))
Oct 16 11:39:39 iviron niri[4713]:     2: Cannot allocate memory (os error 12)

The screen on laptop just goes black. If I have an external monitor plugged in though, niri works fine on it. It's so broken that when I logout gdm doesn't get the laptop screen back and I have to reboot. gnome wayland doesn't experience this issue.

c5:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB203M / GN22-X11 [GeForce RTX 5090 Max-Q / Mobile] (rev a1)
c6:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Strix [Radeon 880M / 890M] (rev c1)

I can also open a new issue if you'd rather close this one out, but it was similar enough, I figured I'd reuse it.

input {
    keyboard {
        xkb {
            layout "en,us"
            model ""
            rules ""
            variant ""
        }
        repeat-delay 600
        repeat-rate 25
        track-layout "global"
    }
    touchpad {
        tap
        natural-scroll
    }
    focus-follows-mouse max-scroll-amount="0%"
    workspace-auto-back-and-forth
}
screenshot-path "~/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot from %Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S.png"
prefer-no-csd
layout {
    gaps 1
    struts {
        left 0
        right 0
        top 0
        bottom 0
    }
    focus-ring {
        width 1
        active-color "#7fc8ff"
        inactive-color "#505050"
    }
    border { off; }
    shadow {
        on
        offset x=0 y=5
        softness 20
        spread 5
        draw-behind-window false
        color "#0007"
    }
    default-column-width
    preset-column-widths {
        proportion 0.500000
        proportion 0.333333
        proportion 0.250000
    }
    center-focused-column "on-overflow"
}
cursor {
    xcursor-theme "default"
    xcursor-size 24
}
environment {
    DISPLAY ":0"
    "QT_QPA_PLATFORM" "wayland"
}
binds {
    Ctrl+Alt+Delete { quit; }
    Mod+1 { focus-workspace 1; }
    Mod+2 { focus-workspace 2; }
    Mod+3 { focus-workspace 3; }
    Mod+4 { focus-workspace 4; }
    Mod+5 { focus-workspace 5; }
    Mod+6 { focus-workspace 6; }
    Mod+7 { focus-workspace 7; }
    Mod+8 { focus-workspace 8; }
    Mod+9 { focus-workspace 9; }
    Mod+At { switch-layout "next"; }
    Mod+BracketLeft { consume-or-expel-window-left; }
    Mod+BracketRight { consume-or-expel-window-right; }
    Mod+C { center-column; }
    Mod+Colon { set-column-width "+5%"; }
    Mod+Comma { consume-window-into-column; }
    Mod+Ctrl+1 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "1"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+2 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "2"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+3 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "3"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+4 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "4"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+5 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "5"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+6 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "6"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+7 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "7"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+8 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "8"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+9 { spawn "/nix/store/3kn2anjz19n5i8bahrhggz9kxm8nrnji-niri-unstable-2025-10-15-2776005/bin/niri" "msg" "action" "move-column-to-workspace" "9"; }
    Mod+Ctrl+End { move-column-to-last; }
    Mod+Ctrl+F { expand-column-to-available-width; }
    Mod+Ctrl+Home { move-column-to-first; }
    Mod+Ctrl+N { move-column-to-workspace-down; }
    Mod+Ctrl+P { move-column-to-workspace-up; }
    "Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down" { move-column-to-workspace-down; }
    "Mod+Ctrl+Page_Up" { move-column-to-workspace-up; }
    Mod+Ctrl+R { reset-window-height; }
    Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollDown { move-column-right; }
    Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollUp { move-column-left; }
    Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-down; }
    Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollLeft { move-column-left; }
    Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollRight { move-column-right; }
    Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-up; }
    Mod+D { spawn "fuzzel"; }
    Mod+Down { focus-window-down; }
    Mod+End { focus-column-last; }
    Mod+Escape allow-inhibiting=false { toggle-keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit; }
    Mod+F { maximize-column; }
    Mod+H { focus-column-left; }
    Mod+Home { focus-column-first; }
    Mod+J { focus-window-down; }
    Mod+K { focus-window-up; }
    Mod+L { focus-column-right; }
    Mod+Left { focus-column-left; }
    Mod+N { focus-workspace-down; }
    Mod+P { focus-workspace-up; }
    "Mod+Page_Down" { focus-workspace-down; }
    "Mod+Page_Up" { focus-workspace-up; }
    Mod+Period { expel-window-from-column; }
    Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width; }
    Mod+Return { spawn "ghostty"; }
    Mod+Right { focus-column-right; }
    Mod+Semicolon { set-column-width "-5%"; }
    Mod+Shift+C { close-window; }
    Mod+Shift+Colon { set-window-height "+5%"; }
    Mod+Shift+Down { move-window-down; }
    Mod+Shift+E { quit; }
    Mod+Shift+F { fullscreen-window; }
    Mod+Shift+H { move-column-left; }
    Mod+Shift+J { move-window-down; }
    Mod+Shift+K { move-window-up; }
    Mod+Shift+L { move-column-right; }
    Mod+Shift+Left { move-column-left; }
    Mod+Shift+M { power-off-monitors; }
    Mod+Shift+N { move-workspace-down; }
    Mod+Shift+P { move-workspace-up; }
    "Mod+Shift+Page_Down" { move-workspace-down; }
    "Mod+Shift+Page_Up" { move-workspace-up; }
    Mod+Shift+R { switch-preset-window-height; }
    Mod+Shift+Right { move-column-right; }
    Mod+Shift+Semicolon { set-window-height "-5%"; }
    Mod+Shift+Slash { show-hotkey-overlay; }
    Mod+Shift+Up { move-window-up; }
    Mod+Shift+V { switch-focus-between-floating-and-tiling; }
    Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown { focus-column-right; }
    Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp { focus-column-left; }
    Mod+Tab { spawn "rofi" "-show" "window"; }
    Mod+Up { focus-window-up; }
    Mod+V { toggle-window-floating; }
    Mod+W { toggle-column-tabbed-display; }
    Mod+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-down; }
    Mod+WheelScrollLeft { focus-column-left; }
    Mod+WheelScrollRight { focus-column-right; }
    Mod+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-up; }
    Print { screenshot; }
    Super+Alt+L { spawn "swaylock"; }
    XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.1-"; }
    XF86AudioMicMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-mute" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@" "toggle"; }
    XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-mute" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "toggle"; }
    XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.1+"; }
}
spawn-at-startup "/nix/store/mz0jcqd5b567r78h1274xd3i562ssk9r-xwayland-satellite-0.7/bin/xwayland-satellite"
window-rule {
    match app-id="^lobster$"
    open-floating true
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="^org.wezfurlong.wezterm$"
    default-column-width
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="firefox$" title="^Picture-in-Picture$"
    open-floating true
}
animations { slowdown 0.500000; }
debug { render-drm-device "/dev/dri/renderD128"; }

System Information

• niri version: niri unstable 2025-10-15 (commit 2776005)

• Distro: NixOS

• GPU:

c5:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB203M / GN22-X11 [GeForce RTX 5090 Max-Q / Mobile] (rev a1)
c6:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Strix [Radeon 880M / 890M] (rev c1)

• CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 w/ Radeon 890M

[Sempyos]

If you don't mind, I'm going to paste this here for consistency

Things for you to check,
Do you have mesa installed
Can you replicate the issue on a Smithay based compositor such as Anvil or Cosmic, and then on a non Smithay based Compositor such as sway

[disassembler]

Works fine on Cosmic, Sway has same issue.

I don't think I have mesa installed. I don't have any mention of it in my nixos config, but if niri requires it, nixos would pull it in as a dependency automatically, without putting the utilities on the path.

[Sempyos]

Oki, can you try doing this..?
https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration%3A-Debug-Options.html#render-drm-device

[disassembler]

I already have that in my config:

debug { render-drm-device "/dev/dri/renderD128"; }

I also tried with renderD129 as well, and got the same behavior.

[Sempyos]

I don't get the out of memory error, I'm assuming you are able to go to your UEFI and let's say allocate 4gb to your iGPU..?

[disassembler]

The only option I have in the bios is to change it to dedicated GPU only. This works, but isn't optimal, as it'll use more battery all the time. But at least I have both screens working with toggling that. Looking into how this works, the GPU gets 512 MB by default, and then requests more when needed. I'm guessing that's the issue, there's not enough for it to start, and the window manager is running out of memory on startup instead of requesting more memory.

[Sempyos]

So I'm assuming, correct me if I'm wrong, it's failing to start on the the 890M but the Nvidia GPU works fine..?

[disassembler]

Yeah, that seems to be the issue given it's working now with dedicated GPU only set in the bios.

[Sempyos]

I would keep looking around to see if you can forcibly increase the iGPUs dedicated vram, and do you know if cosmic was using the dgpu..?

[emenel]

I use a Razer Blade 14 and haven't run into this issue. @disassembler it sounds like you're on nixos, can you share your config? especially the parts related to gpu/graphics/hardware.

If you were using the nixos gnome modules before they make all sorts of config changes that might be what's missing now, for example.