Today my installation of the Sway edition of EndeavourOS stopped showing anything after login. I was able to use the display manager just fine, but after that my monitor reported that there was no signal. I can still use EndeavourOS by booting in run level 3 and manually running Sway. My timeshift snapshots all got deleted for some reason so I cannot restore to a prior working state. Is there a good way to solve this or will I have to re-install EndeavourOS? Edit: I forgot to mention that the only system-related thing that I did yesterday was installing updates, which I suspect may have contributed to my problem.

Sounds like a similar issue as reported in this thread: Maybe give this a try: [image] Login problem after patching All WMs ? You’re saying you can’t switch to TTY with Ctrl+Alt+F2 for example? There is some ugly workaround to get it working by delaying the startup of sway with lightdm. (I had to use this nasty trick to get external keyboard and mouse working properly: https://github.com/canonical/lightdm/issues/63#issuecomment-671046962). Apparently it also helps for the “fallback to lightdm login screen issue” Create bash script (e.g. /usr/local/bin/start-sway) Content #!/bin/sh # btw, here is also a good p… Also I’m curious if it’s related to libinput in some way. Could you try downgrading that one and see if that helps? edit Nah, forget that, it doesn’t help. Just tried on a VM. edit2 Downgrading seatd seems to help though. Now since downgrading is not really a good option (imho it should only be used to identify the package/source of the problem or when there’s really no other option currently) I would either go for: a. Apply the workaround linked above b. Switch to another DM (that’s probably the more sane one :wink: )

Worth checking: [image] [FAQ] Computer doesn’t boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message Newbie While there are many potential reasons why your installation doesn’t boot to a desktop, the primary reason is that the graphics drivers haven’t loaded correctly so your login/display manager (DM) doesn’t start. This is why you get a “black screen” or stuck at an [ OK ] Started some service message. The normal reason for this is that you have the incorrect driver version for the kernel. This can happens when the mirror you are updating from is not fully synchronised, or times out, and so y…

This didn’t work for me, but I appreciate your help nonetheless. No packages updated when I tried the first thing. And I do not have dkms installed. I also can’t seem to enter a TTY without changing the run level in GRUB to 3. However I can run sway after I do that. Also my computer can boot to the display manager just fine. It’s just that after I log in, my monitor says that there’s no signal.

Which DM are you using? This: [image] Anomalocaris: I also can’t seem to enter a TTY without changing the run level in GRUB to 3 seems odd, and the fact that [image] Anomalocaris: I can run sway after I do that indicates Sway and your profile/desktop settings are fine (though I’m not sure how you ran sway from a terminal - it’s not like startx…?) [image] Anomalocaris: after I log in, my monitor says that there’s no signal. This suggests it doesn’t recognise your monitor, or it’s misconfigured. However, if it works from a TTY then it suggests your DM is at fault. Which, I think is included in the post I linked to (under “The second thing to try”), so [image] Anomalocaris: This didn’t work for me is not quite accurate. :wink:

I use the default for the Sway edition of EndeavourOS, which I think is lightdm. Also, I ran sway by just running the command sway in a TTY. When I said “this didn’t work for me” I meant that what you linked did not completely solve my problem, although I think in saying that, I ignored that information was still gleaned from being able to run sway from a TTY. Edit: I’m a dummy. I can actually access a TTY without changing the run level. I was accidentally using the wrong key combination for doing so.

Next question: what else changed? Did change any configuration, or update any any packages (check /var/log/pacman.log)?

I’m experiencing the same problem. I’m glad @Anomalocaris did not have to change the run level because I did not have to either. My problems started after performing a system update on friday. After logging in with lightdm I get a black screen on my laptop. After some time the system shows me the lightdm login screen again. The linked troubleshooting guide unfortunately didn’t solve my problem. Updating pacman mirrors and running the update didn’t install any different packages. startx is not available, but I managed to start sway by executing sway. dkms wasn’t installed either. After installing it and running sudo dkms autoinstall the program terminates without output. My /var/log/pacman.log for the time of the update time looks as follows [2021-10-21T17:50:40+0200] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -S --config /etc/pacman.conf – extra/networkmanager-vpnc’ [2021-10-21T17:50:42+0200] [ALPM] transaction started [2021-10-21T17:50:42+0200] [ALPM] installed networkmanager-vpnc (1.2.7dev+20+gdca3aea-2) [2021-10-21T17:50:42+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed [2021-10-21T17:50:42+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-update.hook’… [2021-10-21T17:50:42+0200] [ALPM] running ‘dbus-reload.hook’… [2021-10-21T19:59:28+0200] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -S --config /etc/pacman.conf – extra/perl-locale-gettext extra/help2man’ [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [ALPM] transaction started [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [ALPM] installed perl-locale-gettext (1.07-11) [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [ALPM] installed help2man (1.48.5-1) [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-update.hook’… [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [ALPM] running ‘detect-old-perl-modules.hook’… [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [ALPM] running ‘texinfo-install.hook’… [2021-10-21T19:59:30+0200] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -D -q --asdeps --config /etc/pacman.conf – perl-locale-gettext help2man’ [2021-10-21T19:59:43+0200] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -U --noconfirm --config /etc/pacman.conf – /home/jonas/.cache/yay/preload/preload-0.6.4-7-any.pkg.tar.zst’ [2021-10-21T19:59:43+0200] [ALPM] transaction started [2021-10-21T19:59:43+0200] [ALPM] installed preload (0.6.4-7) [2021-10-21T19:59:43+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed [2021-10-21T19:59:43+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook’… [2021-10-21T19:59:43+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-update.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:11:27+0200] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -S -u -y --config /etc/pacman.conf --’ [2021-10-22T00:11:27+0200] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists [2021-10-22T00:11:31+0200] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] running ‘60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] running ‘ghc-unregister.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] transaction started [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] removed python-sgmllib (5.2.1-9) [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libffi (3.3-4 → 3.4.2-4) [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libp11-kit (0.24.0-1 → 0.24.0-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-libs (249.5-1 → 249.5-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded p11-kit (0.24.0-1 → 0.24.0-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded file (5.40-6 → 5.41-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:19+0200] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (249.5-1 → 249.5-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:19+0200] [ALPM] upgraded glib2 (2.70.0-1 → 2.70.0-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:19+0200] [ALPM] upgraded wayland (1.19.0-1 → 1.19.0-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:19+0200] [ALPM] upgraded llvm-libs (12.0.1-4 → 12.0.1-5) [2021-10-22T00:13:20+0200] [ALPM] upgraded chromium (94.0.4606.81-1 → 95.0.4638.54-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:20+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libyuv (r2212+dfaf7534-2 → r2266+eb6e7bb6-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:20+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libavif (0.9.2-1 → 0.9.3-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:20+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gd (2.3.3-2 → 2.3.3-3) [2021-10-22T00:13:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded ghc-libs (9.0.1-4 → 9.0.1-5) [2021-10-22T00:13:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gobject-introspection-runtime (1.70.0-1 → 1.70.0-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded guile (2.2.7-1 → 2.2.7-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libcaca (0.99.beta19-5 → 0.99.beta20-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libinput (1.19.1-1 → 1.19.2-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libsrtp (1:2.4.0-1 → 1:2.4.2-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:23+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux (5.14.12.arch1-1 → 5.14.14.arch1-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:24+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python (3.9.7-1 → 3.9.7-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:28+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (5.14.12.arch1-1 → 5.14.14.arch1-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:28+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-cffi (1.14.6-1 → 1.14.6-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:28+0200] [ALPM] installed python-sgmllib3k (1.0.0-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:28+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-feedparser (6.0.1-1 → 6.0.1-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:28+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-gobject (3.40.1-1 → 3.40.1-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:28+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python2 (2.7.18-4 → 2.7.18-5) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded qt5-base (5.15.2+kde+r247-1 → 5.15.2+kde+r251-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded qt5-declarative (5.15.2+kde+r34-1 → 5.15.2+kde+r36-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded r8168 (8.049.02-28 → 8.049.02-30) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded seatd (0.6.2-1 → 0.6.3-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded shellcheck (0.7.2-88 → 0.7.2-91) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (249.5-1 → 249.5-2) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded welcome (3.16.6-1 → 3.16.7-1) [2021-10-22T00:13:29+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed [2021-10-22T00:13:30+0200] [ALPM] running ‘20-systemd-sysusers.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:30+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-catalog.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:30+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:31+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-hwdb.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:31+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-sysctl.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:31+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:31+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-udev-reload.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:31+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-update.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:31+0200] [ALPM] running ‘60-depmod.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:35+0200] [ALPM] running ‘90-mkinitcpio-install.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:13:35+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: ‘default’ [2021-10-22T00:13:35+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img [2021-10-22T00:13:35+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.14.14-arch1-1 [2021-10-22T00:13:35+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [base] [2021-10-22T00:13:35+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [udev] [2021-10-22T00:13:35+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [autodetect] [2021-10-22T00:13:36+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [modconf] [2021-10-22T00:13:36+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [block] [2021-10-22T00:13:36+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci [2021-10-22T00:13:37+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keyboard] [2021-10-22T00:13:37+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keymap] [2021-10-22T00:13:37+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [encrypt] [2021-10-22T00:13:37+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx [2021-10-22T00:13:38+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [openswap] [2021-10-22T00:13:38+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [resume] [2021-10-22T00:13:38+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [filesystems] [2021-10-22T00:13:38+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [fsck] [2021-10-22T00:13:38+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies [2021-10-22T00:13:38+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating xz-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img [2021-10-22T00:13:52+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful [2021-10-22T00:13:52+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: ‘fallback’ [2021-10-22T00:13:52+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect [2021-10-22T00:13:52+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.14.14-arch1-1 [2021-10-22T00:13:52+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [base] [2021-10-22T00:13:53+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [udev] [2021-10-22T00:13:53+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [modconf] [2021-10-22T00:13:53+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [block] [2021-10-22T00:13:54+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x [2021-10-22T00:13:54+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx [2021-10-22T00:13:55+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci [2021-10-22T00:13:56+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keyboard] [2021-10-22T00:13:57+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [keymap] [2021-10-22T00:13:57+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [encrypt] [2021-10-22T00:13:58+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx [2021-10-22T00:13:58+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [openswap] [2021-10-22T00:13:58+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [resume] [2021-10-22T00:13:58+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [filesystems] [2021-10-22T00:13:59+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] → Running build hook: [fsck] [2021-10-22T00:13:59+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies [2021-10-22T00:14:00+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating xz-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM] running ‘dbus-reload.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM] running ‘eos-reboot-required.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> INFO: Reboot is recommended due to the upgrade of core system package(s). [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM] running ‘gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM] running ‘ghc-register.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM] running ‘gtk-update-icon-cache.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM] running ‘texinfo-install.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:14:25+0200] [ALPM] running ‘update-desktop-database.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:15:17+0200] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -U --noconfirm --config /etc/pacman.conf – /home/jonas/.cache/yay/autofs/autofs-5.1.7-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst’ [2021-10-22T00:15:17+0200] [ALPM] transaction started [2021-10-22T00:15:17+0200] [ALPM] upgraded autofs (5.1.7-1 → 5.1.7-2) [2021-10-22T00:15:17+0200] [ALPM] transaction completed [2021-10-22T00:15:17+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:15:17+0200] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-update.hook’… [2021-10-22T00:19:47+0200] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -S -u -y --config /etc/pacman.conf --’ [2021-10-22T00:19:47+0200] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists

According to the log, the packages that were updated the day before I noticed my problem were this: linux linux-headers qt5-base qt5-declarative r8168 yarn betterdiscord-installer libinput rubygems seatd welcome wine-mono haskell-http cabal-install haskell-typed-process haskell-conduit-extra haskell-monad-logger haskell-persistent haskell-casa-types haskell-http-conduit haskell-casa-client haskell-cryptonite-conduit haskell-rio haskell-hi-file-parser haskell-rio-prettyprint haskell-http-download haskell-persistent-sqlite haskell-rio-orphans haskell-tar-conduit haskell-pantry haskell-project-template shellcheck stack libyuv libavif gd libcaca glances I got this list using grep and cut to limit the length of my reply. If you would like me to paste the full log section for that day, I would be happy to. However, it is really long and includes unimportant info like logs for running timeshift-autosnap.

[image] Anomalocaris: linux linux-headers What GPU do you have? If you post or link to your inxi it helps people a lot.

I have an AMD Radeon RX 580. Here’s the output of inxi -b. Sorry for not posting it sooner. System: Host: home-pc Kernel: 5.14.14-arch1-1 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: sway 1.6.1 Distro: EndeavourOS Machine: Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x serial: UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1202 date: 10/21/2020 CPU: Info: 8-Core AMD Ryzen 7 3700X [MT MCP] speed: 3104 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] driver: amdgpu v: kernel Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: sway driver: loaded: ati,modesetting unloaded: fbdev,radeon,vesa resolution: OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.42.0 5.14.14-arch1-1 LLVM 12.0.1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.4 Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V driver: igc Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.85 TiB used: 111.85 GiB (3.8%) Info: Processes: 370 Uptime: 4h 5m Memory: 31.27 GiB used: 4.23 GiB (13.5%) Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.07

I tried downgrading linux and linux-headers and nothing changed. I’m tempted to try reinstalling all packages as a brute-force solution. Is there a way to reinstall all packages without marking them as explicitly installed?

EndeavourOS Sway no video on login

Desktop Environments All WMs

jonathon October 22, 2021, 4:38pm 2

Worth checking: