Arch Linux

amlamarra

Member

Registered: 2015-06-25

Posts: 50

Unable to start desktop environment

In an attempt to get better battery life,  installed TLP and powertop. Ever since I haven't been able to get to my desktop environment.

I have an Acer Aspire E5 with both an Intel integrated graphics card & an Nvidia Geforce 940mx. I used the Bumblebee wiki to install the necessary packages shortly after installing Arch and it all worked fine until the installation of TLP & powertop. Uninstalling those packages didn't help, neither did reinstalling all of the necessary packages for Bumblebee. I am able to get to the DE if I comment out the "Device" section of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, which looked like this after running nvidia-xconfig:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

But when that's commented out, my resolution won't go above 864x486 (the monitor can go up to 1920x1080). Here's the xrandr output:

$ xrandr

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 864 x 486, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected primary 864x486+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 190mm
   864x486       60.00* 
   640x480       59.94  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

The recognized video cards:

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake Integrated Graphics (rev 07)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 1094
	Kernel driver in use: i915
--
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 179c (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 1094
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

The nvidia packages I have installed:

$ pacman -Qs nvidia

local/bumblebee 3.2.1-11
    NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux through VirtualGL
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/libvdpau 1.1.1-2
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/nvdock 1.02-5
    A tray icon for easy launching of the NVIDIA control panel
local/nvidia 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-settings 367.27-1
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities

And my xorg log (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):

[     4.060] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-394.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[     4.062] 
X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
[     4.062] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     4.062] Build Operating System: Linux 4.5.1-1-ARCH x86_64 
[     4.062] Current Operating System: Linux elusivearch 4.6.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 24 21:19:13 CEST 2016 x86_64
[     4.062] Kernel command line: initrd=\intel-ucode.img initrd=\initramfs-linux.img root=PARTUUID=c14d31d4-9f97-4d37-be87-bb3f4d7394e7 rootfstype=ext4 rw
[     4.062] Build Date: 03 June 2016  07:28:24AM
[     4.062]  
[     4.062] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[     4.062] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     4.062] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     4.062] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jul  5 13:53:08 2016
[     4.064] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[     4.064] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     4.064] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[     4.064] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[     4.064] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[     4.065] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[     4.065] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[     4.065] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     4.065] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     4.065] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     4.065] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[     4.068] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[     4.068] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     4.068] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[     4.068] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[     4.068] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     4.068] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[     4.068] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[     4.068] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     4.068] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[     4.068] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[     4.068] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[     4.069] (II) Loader magic: 0x821d20
[     4.069] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     4.069] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     4.069] 	X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[     4.069] 	X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[     4.069] 	X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[     4.069] (++) using VT number 1

[     4.069] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[     4.069] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[     4.175] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:1916:1025:1094 rev 7, Mem @ 0x92000000/16777216, 0xa0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00005000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     4.175] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:179c:1025:1094 rev 162, Mem @ 0x93000000/16777216, 0x80000000/268435456, 0x90000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00004000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[     4.175] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[     4.175] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     4.175] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[     4.186] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     4.186] 	compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.0.0
[     4.186] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0
[     4.186] (==) AIGLX enabled
[     4.186] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[     4.186] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 1
[     4.186] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[     4.186] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[     4.186] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[     4.186] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[     4.186] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[     4.186] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[     4.189] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     4.189] 	compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 2.99.917
[     4.189] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     4.189] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[     4.189] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[     4.189] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[     4.190] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     4.190] 	compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.18.3
[     4.190] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     4.190] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[     4.190] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[     4.190] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[     4.190] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[     4.190] (II) Unloading fbdev
[     4.190] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[     4.190] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[     4.190] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[     4.190] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[     4.190] (II) Unloading vesa
[     4.190] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[     4.190] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[     4.190] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000
[     4.190] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100
[     4.190] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300
[     4.190] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[     4.191] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20160229
[     4.191] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled from 2.99.917-668-gc28e62f
[     4.192] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[     4.193] (--) intel(0): gen9 engineering sample
[     4.193] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2, avx, avx2; using a maximum of 2 threads
[     4.193] (**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[     4.193] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[     4.193] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     4.193] (II) intel(0): Output eDP1 using monitor section Monitor0
[     4.203] (--) intel(0): Found backlight control interface intel_backlight (type 'raw') for output eDP1
[     4.203] (II) intel(0): Enabled output eDP1
[     4.203] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[     4.203] (II) intel(0): Enabled output HDMI1
[     4.203] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[     4.203] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP1
[     4.203] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors
[     4.203] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[     4.203] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1
[     4.203] (--) intel(0): Output eDP1 using initial mode 1920x1080 on pipe 0
[     4.203] (==) intel(0): TearFree disabled
[     4.203] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[     4.203] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[     4.203] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[     4.203] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[     4.203] (II) Loading sub module "present"
[     4.203] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[     4.203] (II) Module "present" already built-in
[     4.203] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[     4.203] (II) Unloading modesetting
[     4.203] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[     4.206] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Skylake (gen9) backend
[     4.206] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[     4.206] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[     4.207] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[     4.207] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[     4.207] (**) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[     4.207] (==) intel(0): Display hotplug detection enabled
[     4.207] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[     4.207] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[     4.207] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl
[     4.207] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled
[     4.207] (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled
[     4.207] (--) RandR disabled
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es{,2}_profile
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
[     4.231] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965
[     4.231] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[     4.234] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1920x1080@60.0 on eDP1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[     4.235] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 285
[     4.276] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event4)
[     4.276] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.276] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[     4.276] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[     4.279] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     4.279] 	compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 2.10.3
[     4.279] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     4.279] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[     4.279] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[     4.279] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     4.279] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[     4.279] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[     4.279] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[     4.279] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.279] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input4/event4"
[     4.279] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[     4.279] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.279] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event7)
[     4.279] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.279] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[     4.279] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[     4.279] (**) evdev: Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[     4.279] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Vendor 0 Product 0x6
[     4.279] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Found keys
[     4.279] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.279] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input7/event7"
[     4.279] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[     4.279] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.280] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event8)
[     4.280] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.280] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[     4.280] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[     4.280] (**) evdev: Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
[     4.280] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Vendor 0 Product 0x6
[     4.280] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Found keys
[     4.280] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.280] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:32/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input8/event8"
[     4.280] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[     4.280] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.280] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[     4.280] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.280] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[     4.280] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     4.280] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[     4.280] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[     4.280] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[     4.280] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.280] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1/event1"
[     4.280] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[     4.280] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.281] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event3)
[     4.281] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.281] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.281] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event2)
[     4.281] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.281] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[     4.281] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[     4.281] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[     4.281] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
[     4.281] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
[     4.281] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.281] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input2/event2"
[     4.281] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[     4.281] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.282] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD WebCam (/dev/input/event10)
[     4.282] (**) HD WebCam: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.282] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HD WebCam'
[     4.282] (**) HD WebCam: always reports core events
[     4.282] (**) evdev: HD WebCam: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
[     4.282] (--) evdev: HD WebCam: Vendor 0x4f2 Product 0xb573
[     4.282] (--) evdev: HD WebCam: Found keys
[     4.282] (II) evdev: HD WebCam: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.282] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/input/input10/event10"
[     4.282] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HD WebCam" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[     4.282] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.282] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad (/dev/input/event11)
[     4.282] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[     4.282] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchscreen catchall"
[     4.282] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[     4.282] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[     4.282] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[     4.283] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[     4.283] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     4.283] 	compiled for 1.18.3, module version = 1.8.99
[     4.283] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     4.283] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[     4.283] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad'
[     4.283] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: always reports core events
[     4.283] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event11"
[     4.410] (II) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: found clickpad property
[     4.410] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: x-axis range 0 - 3234 (res 32)
[     4.410] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: y-axis range 0 - 2337 (res 32)
[     4.410] (II) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: device does not report pressure, will use touch data.
[     4.410] (II) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: device does not report finger width.
[     4.410] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: buttons: left double triple
[     4.410] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: Vendor 0x4f3 Product 0x3019
[     4.410] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: invalid pressure range.  defaulting to 0 - 255
[     4.410] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: invalid finger width range.  defaulting to 0 - 15
[     4.410] (**) Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
[     4.410] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: touchpad found
[     4.410] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: always reports core events
[     4.440] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/i2c_designware.0/i2c-5/i2c-ELAN0501:00/0018:04F3:3019.0001/input/input11/event11"
[     4.440] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 12)
[     4.440] (**) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[     4.440] (**) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: (accel) MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[     4.440] (**) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: (accel) AccelFactor is now 0.050
[     4.440] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[     4.440] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[     4.440] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     4.440] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     4.440] (--) synaptics: ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: touchpad found
[     4.440] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[     4.440] (**) ELAN0501:00 04F3:3019 Touchpad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[     4.441] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event12)
[     4.441] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.441] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.441] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone (/dev/input/event13)
[     4.441] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.441] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.441] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event14)
[     4.441] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.441] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.441] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event15)
[     4.441] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.441] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.441] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event16)
[     4.441] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.441] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.442] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[     4.442] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.442] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[     4.442] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[     4.442] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[     4.442] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[     4.442] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[     4.442] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.442] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[     4.442] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[     4.442] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.442] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event5)
[     4.442] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.442] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.443] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event6)
[     4.443] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     4.443] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Acer WMI hotkeys'
[     4.443] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[     4.443] (**) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[     4.443] (--) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[     4.443] (--) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[     4.443] (II) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[     4.443] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input6/event6"
[     4.443] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Acer WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[     4.443] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     4.443] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer BMA150 accelerometer (/dev/input/event9)
[     4.443] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.443] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.443] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer BMA150 accelerometer (/dev/input/js0)
[     4.443] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.443] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     6.203] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5586
[     6.203] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[     6.203] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  152.84  1920 2020 2086 2250  1080 1086 1096 1132 -hsync -vsync (67.9 kHz eP)
[    10.874] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 864x486@60.0 on eDP1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[    11.995] (II) intel(0): resizing framebuffer to 864x486

I've also got an Xorg.8.log file, but that one had an older last modified date.

Last edited by amlamarra (2016-07-05 19:42:58)

amlamarra

Member

Registered: 2015-06-25

Posts: 50

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

Any ideas?

FlowIt

Member

Registered: 2014-10-25

Posts: 239

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

How do you start your DE, startx or a display manager? And could you provide an xorg.log when your nvidia card is enabled?

amlamarra

Member

Registered: 2015-06-25

Posts: 50

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

I'm using SDDM as recommended by the Arch wiki and I just have the sddm service enabled.

In the first post I have the output of the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file when the nvidia card is enabled. Is that what you're looking for?

ewaller

Administrator

From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,784

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

You mentioned that Nvidia is enabled in your configuration, but your Xorg log is pretty clear that you are using your Intel GPU.  I have never used a hybrid graphic system, so I cannot be of much help.  Regardless, this seems to be related to the root cause.

---

Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature -- Michael Faraday
Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine. -- Alan Turing
---
How to Ask Questions the Smart Way

amlamarra

Member

Registered: 2015-06-25

Posts: 50

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

Well, I'm using Bumblebee to, ideally, use the Intel card most of the time but be able to switch to the Nvidia card when doing something graphics intensive. At this point I'm about to just reinstall my entire arch system.

headkase

Member

Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 1,976

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

Well, I'm using Bumblebee to, ideally, use the Intel card most of the time but be able to switch to the Nvidia card when doing something graphics intensive. At this point I'm about to just reinstall my entire arch system.

It would not be wise to "reinstall your system" because then you wouldn't learn anything from it and would just be stuck again in a similar situation in the future.  Two ways to go about accessing your system when it won't boot properly: 1) When you are at your bootloader screen choose the option to edit the kernel line and append " 3" at the end of it without the quotes, so <space>3.  That will boot you into single-user text-mode where you can disable or enable services, edit text configuration files, and the like.  And 2) boot off your Arch Linux installation medium and once you are at the root prompt mount your hard drives under the /mnt directory and then arch-chroot into that directory.  Then you are in the same environment as 1.

madpierre

Member

Registered: 2016-05-27

Posts: 188

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

Suggestions removed to avoid confusion. (References did not consider the use of Bumblebee.)

Last edited by madpierre (2016-07-14 22:40:27)

dazemc

Member

From: Seattle, Washington, USA

Registered: 2013-03-02

Posts: 64

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

using nvidia -xconfig is not recommended anymore. Try booting without configuration files at all.

DO NOT install nvidia-libgl

The bumblebee explicitly tells you this

"Note: bumblebee depends on mesa-libgl and provides all nvidia-libgl, nvidia-340xx-libgl and nvidia-304xx-libgl to avoid dependency conflict between the respective libgl versions."

madpierre

Member

Registered: 2016-05-27

Posts: 188

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

Thanks dazemc. I'll fix the error of my ways.

dazemc writes:

using nvidia -xconfig is not recommended

Absolutely correct dazemc.

Sorry amlamarra. My initial post ignored the use of Bumblebee. You have my sincere apologies if my error caused confusion.

Last edited by madpierre (2016-07-14 22:42:13)

amlamarra

Member

Registered: 2015-06-25

Posts: 50

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

It would not be wise to "reinstall your system" because then you wouldn't learn anything from it and would just be stuck again in a similar situation in the future.  Two ways to go about accessing your system when it won't boot properly: 1) When you are at your bootloader screen choose the option to edit the kernel line and append " 3" at the end of it without the quotes, so <space>3.  That will boot you into single-user text-mode where you can disable or enable services, edit text configuration files, and the like.  And 2) boot off your Arch Linux installation medium and once you are at the root prompt mount your hard drives under the /mnt directory and then arch-chroot into that directory.  Then you are in the same environment as 1.

Yeah, I'm avoiding reinstalling the system for just that reason. It's hard to devote time to this with a 3 month old to take care of.

I don't see an option to edit the kernel. I'm using systemd-boot and the only options I have are:
- Arch Linux
- Windows Boot Manager
- EFI Default Loader
- Reboot Into Firmware Interface

On a previous laptop I used Grub and had an "Advanced options for Arch Linux" option. Is there a way to get that in systemd-boot?

Regardless, I don't have a problem accessing the system. I have used your #2 option, but I can also just boot to my Arch Linux partition and when the boot process stops, I hit Ctrl+Alt+F2 to change to another virtual console. Sometimes I have wait for a little bit for the screen to stop flickering. It'll flicker with the F1 virtual console and my keystrokes don't always go through. But for some reason it usually stops and I can do what I need to.

amlamarra

Member

Registered: 2015-06-25

Posts: 50

Re: Unable to start desktop environment

using nvidia -xconfig is not recommended anymore. Try booting without configuration files at all.

DO NOT install nvidia-libgl

The bumblebee explicitly tells you this

"Note: bumblebee depends on mesa-libgl and provides all nvidia-libgl, nvidia-340xx-libgl and nvidia-304xx-libgl to avoid dependency conflict between the respective libgl versions."

I checked and I don't have nvidia-libgl installed.

I renamed the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (added .bak to the end) and I was able to get into Arch (KDE Plasma) just fine! The resolution was really low, but I was able to bump that up. Before, I was just commenting out the "Device" section in the file, which allowed me to get into Arch. The difference was that I wasn't able to raise the resolution for some reason.

The xorg log file still indicates that I'm using the Intel card and running "glxgears -info" confirms this. Using the "optirun glxgears -info" command also works & shows that it uses the GeForce 940mx card.

Now I'd like to be able to set certain applications to run with the Nvidia card if possible... And after reading more about Bumblebee in the wiki, it looks like I can with "libgl-switcheroo-git." And it looks like I'll need to install "bbswitch" for some power management.

Also, looking at the NVIDIA X Server Settings, what are "Application Profiles" used for?

Last edited by amlamarra (2016-07-16 19:33:18)