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whereareyouall

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Registered: 2009-09-08

Posts: 13

[SOLVED][BUG] Cannot reach target graphical interface with GDM

Hi!

I have the strangest behavior after the latest `pacman -Syu` system update (I think, anyways - I noticed this the first time after that update):

When I boot the computer, it will hang after reaching the multi-user target. By "hang" I mean that it will not freeze (the console cursor keeps blinking), but that it does not react to any keyboard input of any kind. However, I can boot into init level 3 just fine, which suggests that the problem is the graphical UI (GDM plus Gnome on Wayland with Nvidia proprietary drivers).

Once I'm in init level 3, I can then with a 50/50 change start gdm via "systemctl start gdm"- i.e. in 50% of cases, gdm starts just fine, and in 50 % of cases the computer hangs as before.

I have tested this with a variety of different nvidia driver versions and kernel versions, each time with the same outcome.

Any initial ideas?

Thank you all!

Last edited by whereareyouall (2018-07-13 21:14:44)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,373

Re: [SOLVED][BUG] Cannot reach target graphical interface with GDM

What was in the update (package names and versions) What is in the journal from gdm from when it hangs?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,560

Re: [SOLVED][BUG] Cannot reach target graphical interface with GDM

Known issue.
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/59262

whereareyouall

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Registered: 2009-09-08

Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED][BUG] Cannot reach target graphical interface with GDM

Known issue.
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/59262

Thanks ... I should have found that in the first place. Oh well :-) I'll downgrade then.

Edit: Confirming that downgrading systemd solves the issue. Thanks again.

Last edited by whereareyouall (2018-07-13 21:14:15)

f3flight

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Registered: 2015-03-04

Posts: 27

Re: [SOLVED][BUG] Cannot reach target graphical interface with GDM

Ran into this issue today after updating the system. Recovered my ability to use my PC by rebooting with linux-lts kernel; did not downgrade anything. My system is intel + nvidia + proprietary driver nvidia 396.24-16.
Bug link also has a working solution which does not require downgrade - uncomment #WaylandEnable=false in /etc/gdm/custom.conf

Last edited by f3flight (2018-07-17 18:03:23)