It seems to be there is a bug with xorg-server 1.20.12-1 which leads to a crash when trying to login into your Window Manager / Desktop Environment using lightdm. GDM works fine for me
It took me nearly an hour, but I nailed the regression window.
Here is my comment and the commits (last working one and first broken one):
Last working commit: 4e11bd39 - modesetting: Disable reverse prime offload mode for displays running on evdi,udl
First broken commit: 464cbee1 - modesetting: Initialize present extension despite glamor is disabled
So, if you do not use glamor, youāre safe from this bug.
Isnāt this the very thing several of us have experienced for months? About 1 in 6 boots for me result in black screen and the only way to get out of it is CTRL+ALT+F2.
As I said I have reported on this issue before, I run lightdm with XFCE and it has been this way since I returned from using Fedora in May.
Remember, I installed Xfce with lightdm via the ISO, so this is the default Endeavour settings.
Edit: also, the default value seems to be ātrueā anyway since the commented line is:
#logind-check-graphical=false
which to me indicates that unless you uncomment that, the default value is ā=trueā
Iām not sure but as far as i know it was said in the wiki to un-comment it and change to true. Thatās how i have mine set and i have no issues. I also know i recommended this to others who had issues?
Hi,
Iāve the same/similar problem, that I cannot login after an upgrade yesterday evening.
My System is an up to date Endeavour linux using XFCE an LXDM (as window manager), as a qemu-kvm VM (host: debian 10)
After a āpacman -Syuā and a reboot and entering the password at the login window, the screen is cleared and after a second or two, the login screen shows up again. No Desktop. Repeatedly.
When I āignoreā the āxorg-serverā and the āxorg-server-commonā for their new versions 1.20.12-1, then I can login without a problem. (pacman -Syu --ignore=xorg-server,xorg-server-common)
I donāt think, it has to do with the window-manager, as others (like lightdm), reported above, do work.
Maybe someone has a solution or a workaround. / Hilmar.
(Btw.: Same problem with two archman VMās (Arch Linux based (XFCE))
Iām not sure this is the same issue as i was referring to because @Beardedgeek72 was talking about having this for months so i asked about the login check for graphics which was another issue from quite a bit earlier.
This āno login possibleā problem is new for me it start with xorg-server 1.20.12-1, *11-1 works perfectly. No black screen - I also remember this black screen thing months ago. And the title of this thread explicitly refers die the *.12-1 version of xorg-server.
Iāve made a few more tests and switched the the WM from lxdm to lightdm (with xorg-server *11-1) and changed the login to āautologinā, which worked as expected after reboot.
Then I upgraded xorg-server and xorg-server-common to version 1.20.12-1. After reboot the lightdm login screen appeared, although the autologin settings in lightdm.conf and group(autologin) where unchanged! The again appeared lightdm login showed the same problem as before (no login possible).
Something with xorg-server *.12-1 causes a (new/different?) display of the login window, not adhering my autologin setup.
Because i have the same problem with lxdm, the problem seems to be more on the xorg-server side, I think.
So I still have to --ignore the Xserver upgrade.
Any thoughts/solutions?
Iāve found this thread in the Manjaro forum: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/lightdm-resetting-when-used-with-bspwm-after-updating/46764
Reading the 1st sentence in the fist entry to this thread, the symptoms of the problem are the same/very similar. In the last entry, the user suspects a .Xauthority file with wrong content as the cause and he proposes these 4 steps, when at the login window and after upgrading to *.12-1:
0. stop lightdm service
1. remove the .Xauthority file
2. start any DE with startx / xinit and stop it
4. start lightdm service
I performed those steps, but, at least with me, the problem remains.
In this thread:
there is a link to: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1195
They suspect, that an NVIDIA GPU and the corresponding driver might cause the problem (iicc), and no solution up to now.
But in my case, the Endeavour VM uses the āIntel HD Graphics 530ā HW of the KVM-host transparently with the āRed Hat QXL paravirtual Graphics Cardā driver. No NVIDIA GPU.
The solution is always the workaround to downgrade the xserver to *.11-1, which is unsatisfying.
Please donāt try random commands you find on the net. The difference between manjaro and arch is like crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. The difference between EndeavourOS and arch is like walking down you driveway to get the mail.
Just to mention, that the latest iso (endeavouros-2021.04.17-x86_64.iso) should not be used for new installation together with XFCE and the āonlineā (sic!) mode, because it installs this xserver version *.12-1.
Iāve done this. And this realy strange: After the very first reboot, when the new system comes up, I could login (lightdm-greeter) without a problem. But after the 2nd reboot, the reported problem was there again, no login possible. Then I tried all other login-managers provided by the āwelcomeā app (gdm, lxdm, sddm) together with XFCE. They all showed the same behaviour: 1. Login: ok, further logins: no.
Then installed endeavour using gnome/gdm desktop. The problem didnāt show up at all (neither at 1st login nor 2nd+).
