I tried an older version of the nvidia driver and nouveau and the issue still persisted on both.

also can you do a systemctl status sddm

here’s the output https://pastebin.com/mF9h0x9e

I think this might have something to do with the issue but I’m not sure

sddm-helper[1790]: Failed to write utmpx:  No such file or directory lines 1-25/25 (END)

I did search for the issue. I tried adding i915 to my initramfs modules while it did make the boot a lot cleaner looking, but the sddm is still not rendering, it is there though, I just can’t see it.

Actually, I do have a thunderbolt device plugged in, but I have already ruled it out as a possible cause since the issue still persists even when the thunderbolt device is not plugged in.

And there’s also Icecast! https://dir.xiph.org/genres