I installed bazzite to replace windows 10 and really liking it so far. I haven’t experienced anything major issues wise, and it’s working nice with my rtx 2070 for everything I’ve tried in Steam so far.
The only issue I have now is per the title. I have the PC connected via HDMI to an AV receiver and then to the TV. If I boot the PC without the TV on and input set to PC, the display doesn’t trigger when I switch to it afterwards, even if I wiggle the mouse or whatever. It only works if the monitor is ready and waiting before I boot.
Any clues? I am very new to Linux, haven’t used it in ages and then not intensively.


I had the same on my KVM with Bazzite. No other distro I’ve had does this too.
I need to first switch the KVM over to Bazzite PC and then the monitor will pick up video. Otherwise I have to restart for it to appear.
Super annoying but I’ve conditioned myself to switch over before powering on now.
I’have no issue with Bazzite but have this in linux mint 🤷♀️
Each time i forget to switch screen on, i have to reboot…
Never found any solution since years 😬