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mhelvens

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From: Leiden, the Netherlands

Registered: 2013-12-04

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[SOLVED] GDM: black screen after "Reached target Graphical Interface"

Hi all,

Since an upgrade on my work PC a week back or so, it no longer boots properly into GDM / Gnome. It will boot up to this message:

[ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface

Then the screen will flash to black and back, then again turn black permanently. I can still go to other tty's. It's just GDM that's being frustrating.

There are no useful logs for either GDM or Xorg - the last log for both dates from the last time things worked properly. Nothing useful in dmesg either. I've already reinstalled xorg, xorg-drivers, gdm, etc., but no luck.

Some guidance would be most appreciated!

Last edited by mhelvens (2014-11-20 12:37:31)

mhelvens

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From: Leiden, the Netherlands

Registered: 2013-12-04

Posts: 69

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Re: [SOLVED] GDM: black screen after "Reached target Graphical Interface"

I finally found an answer here:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=188434

I've been using infinality-bundle, and those packages seem to have been moved (?) I had to add this repository to `/etc/pacman.conf`:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/un … ity-bundle

Then a system update, and presto!