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scolby33

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Registered: 2018-08-07

Posts: 6

[SOLVED] X unable to find displays after upgrade

I recently ran a standard pacman -Syu and performed the following upgrade

[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM] transaction started
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM] upgraded fontconfig (2:2.13.91+23+g65087ac-1 -> 2:2.13.91+24+g75eadca-1)
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Rebuilding fontconfig cache... done.
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM] upgraded linux (5.3.5.arch1-1 -> 5.3.6.arch1-1)
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (5.3.5.arch1-1 -> 5.3.6.arch1-1)
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM] upgraded rustup (1.19.0-1 -> 1.20.0-1)
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] You may need to run rustup self upgrade-data
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.8.27-1 -> 1.8.28-1)
[2019-10-16 00:16] [ALPM] transaction completed

Upon the next reboot, my system hung at "Reached target graphical interface." I was able to switch TTY's and log in.

I found that my desktop manager (lightdm) had failed to start due to X exiting with code 1. I don't have my Xorg.0.log (although I could reverse my troubleshooting steps if need be) but it had an error relating to the inability to find any screens.

My lspci output is correct:

$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] (rev a1)

After setting my core, extra, and community mirrors to https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/201 … o/os/$arch, running pacman -Syyuu to downgrade, and rebooting, X and lightdm started up fine.

My intuition says that this isn't rustup or sudo's fault. Has linux 5.3.6 broken compatibility with the nvidia drivers? (I use these, not nouveau) Or is fontconfig somehow to blame?

Last edited by scolby33 (2019-10-25 21:01:42)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,234

Re: [SOLVED] X unable to find displays after upgrade

Your mirrors are out of date, that update should've included nvidia 435.21-12 double check your mirror list and select actively updated ones.

Last edited by V1del (2019-10-16 10:49:03)

scolby33

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Registered: 2018-08-07

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED] X unable to find displays after upgrade

Thank you! That was the problem.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] X unable to find displays after upgrade

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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