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niteskunk

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Registered: 2015-09-28

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Black screen when switching to TTY from X with nvidia-340xx driver

Hi all,

I have a fresh install of Arch Linux (4.1.6-1-ARCH) on a MacBook Pro ("6,6", late 2009).

The MBP 6,6 has an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (as confirmed by lspci | grep VGA).

I was able to install the nvidia-340xx package along with nvidia-340xx-libgl (per suggestion of the NVIDIA wiki page). I was also able to successfully install Xfce4.

I have the system configured so it boots to a TTY and I must manually invoke X. I can boot and login without a problem, as well as invoke the default X session (with startx) or Xfce4 (with startxfce4). When I start X, I see the NVIDIA splash screen, and within Xfce4 I can access the NVIDIA X Server Settings application (which confirms version 340.76 of the driver is installed and functioning).

The problem I am experiencing is once X is running, I cannot get back to a terminal. If I quit X or try to switch to a virtual terminal, the screen remains completely black. The system is not frozen, however (if I'm switching from X to a virtual TTY I can switch back to X, or if I outright quit I can re-run the command from the blank screen and get back into the GUI). I have tried running completely with default settings, as well as with settings generated by nvidia-xconfig -- in both cases, I am able to successfully get into X but have the same problem when getting back to a terminal.

This issue does not occur if I remove the nvidia-340xx package. (but then, of course, I'm running without the driver).

When I experience the problem (via switching to a virtual terminal), my Xorg.0.log file shows:

[  1177.581] (II) device control: off
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:70
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:68
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:69
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 226:0
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:67
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:64
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:74
[  1178.699] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:66

When I switch back, I get:

[  1185.947] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 13:70
[  1185.967] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 13:68
[  1185.994] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 13:69
[  1185.994] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 226:0
[  1186.001] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0):     may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0):     configuration option may not be set correctly.  When the
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0):     ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0):     try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications.  For
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0):     details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Apple Color LCD (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[  1186.303] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[  1186.343] (II) device control: on
[  1186.343] (II) Touchpad supports regular and approaching touches.
[  1186.343] (II)   touch_min = 0, touch_max = 2048
[  1186.343] (II) Touchpad supports minor touch widths.
[  1186.344] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 13:67
[  1186.344] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 13:64
[  1186.344] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 13:74
[  1186.344] (II) systemd-logind: got resume for 13:66

The system journal does not show anything when I perform these actions.

Does anyone have any recommendations? Thank you!

Last edited by niteskunk (2015-09-28 15:43:41)

niteskunk

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Registered: 2015-09-28

Posts: 6

Re: Black screen when switching to TTY from X with nvidia-340xx driver

Update (and gentle bump):

I have discovered this issue also occurs outside the scope of X -- e.g., it happens if I suspend the system with "systemctl suspend" and resume. The screen remains totally black, but the system is responsive. Like the X issue above, suspending does seem to work correctly if the nvidia-340xx package is not installed.

This is starting to sound an awful lot like this thread.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks again.

niceman

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Registered: 2015-08-31

Posts: 55

Re: Black screen when switching to TTY from X with nvidia-340xx driver

Alt+F2 will get you a new tty, from there maybe you can kill some processes , kill X and last launch back the virtual console on tty0(the last step I don't know how to do so Sorry).

or if a virtual console is all what you want then just switch to another tty. 

In either way, why do you want to switch back to the console ?

niteskunk

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Registered: 2015-09-28

Posts: 6

Re: Black screen when switching to TTY from X with nvidia-340xx driver

Alt+F2 will get you a new tty, from there maybe you can kill some processes , kill X and last launch back the virtual console on tty0(the last step I don't know how to do so Sorry).

or if a virtual console is all what you want then just switch to another tty. 

In either way, why do you want to switch back to the console ?

The problem also occurs when switching to a virtual terminal or suspending the system. So, even if I were to want to stay in my window session perpetually, I'd still completely blind if I needed to switch to TTY at any point.

joejoejoe

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Registered: 2015-08-14

Posts: 32

Re: Black screen when switching to TTY from X with nvidia-340xx driver

I have the same problem, switching to a TTY while using the `nvidia` drivers results in a blank screen. I tried using the `nomodeset` options as described at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1404750, but no luck and the problem is the same. I'm on a MacBook Pro 11,5.

blackwood

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Registered: 2022-08-12

Posts: 1

Re: Black screen when switching to TTY from X with nvidia-340xx driver

did you manage to fix this issue?

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,648

Re: Black screen when switching to TTY from X with nvidia-340xx driver

This thread is seven years old and the OP has not been back since 2018.  Please do not necrobump.

Closing.