Stuck in TTY

General system Newbie
#21

once I enter the start command, it just goes back to a black screen with a blinking cursor at the top left

#22

Which kernel does it boot on and show the nvidia drivers as loaded?

#23

stable

edit: “stable” meaning LTS

#24

Okay in the log you showed that i don’t see ibt=off

Kernel: 5.15.55-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=43cab7c8-fac5-4ead-8538-2cbbe3d8a308
    rw resume=UUID=92841282-6cc4-48ed-8453-f44afa6fcc52 loglevel=3 nowatchdog nvme_load=YES
    nvidia-drm.modeset=1

Can you boot into the lts kernel and confirm with

cat /etc/default/grub | eos-sendlog
#25

It’s possible the number is wrong in the conf file (seems auto created, by optimus mgr?)
Try changing it to

BusID     "PCI:0:2:0"

If it still fails, you may try disabling DRI. Because you are using modesetting for Intel, it seems you need an environment variable (probably added to /etc/environment)

LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1

Before trying anything else, look for a cleaning option in Optimus Mgr utility. Check manuals and Upstream support.

Because there are several errors relevant to this, it maybe a bug or bad usage(?), so you should contact their support.

(acpi_call missing, HW address assigning errors)

Can you confirm that you have read usage instructions before enabling optimus mgr?

#26

The hardware output shows DP-4 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 :man_shrugging:

#27

my bad. i was in the lts kernel until now. I am now in 5.18xx and this is the grub output from there:
https://clbin.com/HELZu

and this is the new inxi -Faz output:
https://clbin.com/aRUGj
as you can see, the driver shows up.

and yes, still in tty :wink:

#28

Console: tty 2 DM: 1: GDM v: 42.0 note: stopped 2: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS
base: Arch Linux

Do you have two Display Managers installed?
This might be the issue if they conflict.
Check which one is enabled and running.

#29

I had asked which display manager was installed? Seems the OP has tried more than one.

#30

lightdm indeed. Ill remove the others. quite sure gnomes’ was installed by default? perhaps not.

#31

did you mean “PCI:0:0:2:0:” ? that is what it was at. i tried yours there but to no avail.

im not sure what you mean about the

LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1

mind. ill check The optimus mgr now

#32

That’s an environmental value. See the wiki here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/intel_graphics#DRI3_issues

#33

Not by default on Xfce.
The default DM used by EnOS for Xfce is lightdm.
Just for checking:

systemctl status lightdm

#34

i do not see issue if multiple DMs are installed there can only be one enabled.

i would recommend to reset to defaults on the driver install … like removing nvidia drivers and move all settings to backup and try to get x running with intel GPU.
Default on optimus systems when Nvidia Driver is installed and modest DRM is enabled (nvidia-drm.modeset=1) it will boot on intel GPU used and you can switch manually to enable Nvidia GPU …

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#35

Check lightdm conf files for a setting like display Xsetup command (can’t remember the exact name).
Like utilities add a script to handle optimus changes.
Also check for dropins, in /etc/lightdm.conf.d/ (or similar folder).

As I said, unless there was a PEBKAC issue, it might be a bug in optimus-manager, or nvidia.

It might help if you could remember what system changes you had done, before this started.

#36

I honestly don’t think it’s a bug. :thinking:

#37

Why do you exclude this being a bug? I just said possible for the record. Do you think it’s a PEBKAC and where/how exactly?

Black screen with blinking cursor at top right, is an Xorg/video drivers crash.
Optimus-mgr is full of scripts and acpi_call is used to communicate with HW, while there was an error message about acpi_call missing.

The system needs clean-up from any video config modifier (like optimus-mgr), which IIRC includes some cleanup options.
I know zero about EnOS relevant scripts, if they can clean every (also from others…) config/driver. Sorry… :person_shrugging:

#38

I know less about stuff than you but i just think that it is typical. Users don’t know how to get it working and they try things. Things get messed up. It’s just what happens. Could it be a bug? Sure. I’ve had some success at helping users getting hybrid graphics working but not every time. I usually like to start from scratch where i know nothing has been tainted. For me i just try to follow the Wiki and my own experience. Doesn’t always work out though. I’m not that talented. :laughing:

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#39

thank you all. I have tried and tried and simply nothing works.
I’m burning another EOS stick now, and with a clean install, will be SUPER careful to note what exactly I do.
In fact, when trouble shooting this darn’d laptop, I might even just add my bash history until everything is in the clear.
Without a doubt, I shall be back on the fourms soon…
Won’t give up on EOS :fist:

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