Daniel Harris composed on 2019-07-11 15:39 (UTC+0100):
> Need some help. My screen goes black if login to any other desktop
> environment other than Gnome, even gnome-xorg only shows a black screen.
> I have a nvidia graphics card but i am only using standard debian, no
> non-free repos.
> Can anybody help as i have not played around with the os so not sure how to
> debug this.
Please share Xorg.0.log from an attempted Xorg session, either in /var/log/ or in
~/.local/share/xorg/. If this is a problem, at least share content of
/proc/cmdline, which the log includes.
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-5-amd64 root=UUID=6554b9db-39d6-4b8e-8092-0ecc91d67273 ro quiet
Successful Gnome login log
[ 228.974] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:64
[ 228.987] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 228.987] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:65
[ 229.003] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Input/output error
[ 229.003] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Input/output error
[ 229.003] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: Input/output error
[ 229.003] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
Failed login to Xfce
[ 394.914] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[ 394.981] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 226:0
[ 394.981] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:64
[ 394.981] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:67
[ 394.981] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:65
[ 394.981] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:66
[ 394.981] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:68
[ 394.981] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:69
Hangs after this point
How old is your NVidia/what model? Output from 'inxi -GxxS' in Gnome would do for
this. A very new model might require a non-FOSS driver from NVidia.
System:
Host: gaming Kernel: 4.19.0-5-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0
Desktop: Gnome 3.30.2 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM3
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nouveau
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0622
Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau compositor: gnome-shell
tty: 86x26
Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable for root.
If xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is installed, try installing it. If it is not, try
purging it.
Installed
It may be that you don't have non-free repos installed, and need to in order to
obtain firmware your NVidia requires.
If i can I would like to avoid non-free
It's possible disabling plymouth could impact this. Either purge it, or add
plymouth.enable=0 to Grub's linux line to find out.
No Change
Which installation type do you have, legacy/MBR, or UEFI?
legacy/MBR
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I have had the system running Stretch for years with no problem. Did an upgrade and blank screen started so I did a fresh install and the blank screen happened straight away.
Hope someone can help.
Thanks
Dan