I get a black screen after the last update, what should I do?

Bailando · 2014-02-01 10:12:11

Hi!

After the last yesterday update (pacman -Syyu) I get only a black screen instead of the usual graphical display. I tried to delete etc/X11/xorg.conf in a console, but no success. I am using "nouveau-dri" driver, but also have tried nvidia-173xx with same result: a black screen. Now I am typing on a System Rescue USB stick. Interestingly I managed to break "pacman" too with an update. The size of the libcurlXXXX.so.4 became zero sized, I managed to recreate it from the pacman package cache (/var/cache/pacman/pkg). Maybe some working xorg.conf file with appropriate resolution and rehresh rate settings would help me.

Last edited by Bailando (2014-02-01 10:14:06)

Spider.007 · 2014-02-01 10:56:54

Post your Xorg.*.log from a failed attempt. When you get a 'black screen', can you still switch to other vt's (using ctrl+alt+f2)?

Bailando · 2014-02-01 11:31:47

Yes, I can switch to other vt's, but only once. When I switch to graphical display (ctrl + alt + F7) and then try to switching back, for example to F2, I can see only a black screen again. My Xorg.1.log: http://pastebin.com/nKVq7nPe
Xorg.2.log: http://pastebin.com/Ye5EDgEy

karol · 2014-02-01 11:36:59

Bailando wrote:

Xorg.2.log: http://pastebin.com/Ye5EDgEy

It says it's Xorg.0.log.

Bailando · 2014-02-01 11:48:07

Oh yes, it's Xorg.0.log, I mistyped.

Bailando · 2014-02-01 16:14:40

I think I completely broke my system somehow, because when I try to install packages (eg. gnutls, cairo) I get a lot of similar error messages: "... exists in the file system."

Spider.007 · 2014-02-01 18:10:32

From your logfile

[787100.353] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/i740_drv.so: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/i740_drv.so: undefined symbol: I740_Sync

Corruption seems the correct assumption here; I'd boot using a rescue disc; then mount your actual system and reinstall all packages. After chrooting, that should be something like pacman -Sf `pacman -Qqet`

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#1 2014-02-01 10:12:11

I get a black screen after the last update, what should I do?

#2 2014-02-01 10:56:54

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#4 2014-02-01 11:36:59

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