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kaixi

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Registered: 2012-10-14

Posts: 10

After the last kernel update to 3.18, Gnome won't start!

I can still boot without any problems up to the GDM screen, but after entering the password, I get stuck with a black screen. No keyboard, no mouse, nothing.

If I start an i3 session instead, the whole system locks up if I try to launch Chromium or Epiphany for example.

I have an NVIDIA 9400M graphic card.

Last edited by kaixi (2015-01-17 09:25:51)

Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,176

Re: After the last kernel update to 3.18, Gnome won't start!

Start an ssh server and tell us what the journal outputs when this happens. Did you try switching to another virtual terminal?

Last edited by Spider.007 (2015-01-17 09:28:48)

christophwu

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Registered: 2014-10-21

Posts: 5

Re: After the last kernel update to 3.18, Gnome won't start!

I'm having the same issue. For me it seems to be related to an kernel panic caused by broadcom-wl.
Can you log into Gnome using wired network connection?

kaixi

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Registered: 2012-10-14

Posts: 10

Re: After the last kernel update to 3.18, Gnome won't start!

@christophwu Woah, you're right. It is caused by broadcom-wl. But I didn't see anything strange on the journal. I can confirm that after uninstalling the driver, I can login into my desktop.

As for now, I'll probably stay with the 3.14 LTS kernel. Can't work without wifi.

Last edited by kaixi (2015-01-18 12:12:51)