Black Screen When using Cinnamon Desktop Environment

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-18 23:22:45

After I type in
sudo pacman -S cinnamon

I reboot my arch linux virtualbox and change the desktop environment from Budgie to Cinnamon. I login and then the screen goes black. I have to completely close the virtual machine and reopen it again to get any output again.

Host Computer Specs
I7 7700k
gtx 1080
16 gb ram
pop! os

Last edited by Snow-Sudo (2020-09-19 15:39:16)

solskog · 2020-09-19 03:19:41

you also need to start cinnamon from xinitrc. pls read this wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ci … stallation

seth · 2020-09-19 06:30:08

It's unlikely that the OP is using xinit (or X11) but what's more important is that he can't read at all, because he would have read that "pop! os" isn't supported here at all, https://bbs.archlinux.org/misc.php?action=rules
"pop! os" isn't even an arch derivate, but a ubuntu one …

solskog · 2020-09-19 08:48:28

sudo pacman -S cinnamon

That is odd, does pop! OS also use pacman ...

seth · 2020-09-19 13:54:03

He said he typed that in, not that it did anything ;-)
(It uses apt/dpkg)

@Snow-Sudo, If you want help w/ your situation, please post your entire pacman log and also a complete system journal.

loqs · 2020-09-19 13:56:35

seth perhaps pop! OS is on the virtualbox host.

seth · 2020-09-19 14:02:39

Perhaps indeed.

We'll just let the OP shed some light onto what's going on there
(We'll need that info anyway to learn about "change the desktop environment")

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-19 15:47:15

seth wrote:

It's unlikely that the OP is using xinit (or X11) but what's more important is that he can't read at all, because he would have read that "pop! os" isn't supported here at all, https://bbs.archlinux.org/misc.php?action=rules
"pop! os" isn't even an arch derivate, but a ubuntu one …

Sorry I should have specified in the post that the host machine runs Pop os and I'm running Arch through a Virtualbox. I also added "exec cinnamon-session" into ~/.xinitrc using nano suggested by solskog. Unfortunately, I still get a black screen when choosing Cinnamon.

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loqs · 2020-09-19 16:01:24

Have you done any configuration for the X server? What is the contents of ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log and ~/.xinitrc ?

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Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-19 16:34:30

@loqs
I have not configured anything in the X server. When I type in ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log, it says that the file does not exist. In ~/.xinitrc I have exec cinnamon-session and exec budgie-desktop.

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loqs · 2020-09-19 16:40:07

If ~/.local/share/xorg/ is empty what about /var/log/Xorg.0.log? See the links in seth's signature: How to upload text files and Your xinitrc is broken.
Edit:
Is the system using virtualbox guest additions?

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Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-19 17:53:26

I put the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file here: http://ix.io/2y7Z.

seth · 2020-09-19 21:53:19

What happens if you add /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-vmware.conf

Section "Device"
   Identifier "Virtual GPU"
   Driver "vmware"
   Option "RenderAccel" "False"
EndSection

to the client?

Can you run eg. glxgears on the Budgie desktop (w/o that file, but therewre HW acceleration enabled)?

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-20 00:22:14

Not sure what you mean when you say to add

Section "Device"
Identifier "Virtual GPU"
Driver "vmware"
Option "RenderAccel" "False"
EndSection

to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-vmware.conf because there's nothing in the file. I can run glxgears, and it gives me this

301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.012 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59,959 FPS

Last edited by Snow-Sudo (2020-09-20 00:26:00)

loqs · 2020-09-20 00:26:26

You need to create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-vmware.conf with the contents specified.

solskog · 2020-09-20 03:30:44

Snow-Sudo wrote:

In ~/.xinitrc I have exec cinnamon-session and exec budgie-desktop.

Pls don't exec two command after each other like this. only the first one will be executed.

Last edited by solskog (2020-09-20 03:35:58)

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-20 14:55:31

I added the contents seth said to add to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-vmware.conf but it's still a black screen. I think its super odd that it's just Cinnamon because I can load into Budgie and Plasma perfectly fine.

seth · 2020-09-20 15:35:49

Do you see a mouse cursor?
Also check the journal for errors in cinnamon.

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-20 22:40:28

No, I don't see a mouse cursor when loading up into cinnamon. I checked the journalctl and found a red text that says

Sep 20 22:34:34 archvbox lightdm[406]: gkr-pam:unable to locate daemon control file

loqs · 2020-09-20 22:51:54

Are you using lightdm to start cinnamon or startx/xinit?

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-21 00:40:35

I'm using lightdm to choose my desktop environment.

loqs · 2020-09-21 00:47:21

Snow-Sudo wrote:

I'm using lightdm to choose my desktop environment.

Thank you for clarifying I think post #2 has introduced some confusion.
As you are using a display manager (lightdm) ~/.xinitrc is not used and does not need to exist.
Edit:
If you change the session to Cinnamon (Software Rendering) is the result the same?

Last edited by loqs (2020-09-21 00:52:10)

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-21 01:14:53

Yes, the screen also goes black when choosing Cinnamon (Software Rendering).

loqs · 2020-09-21 01:23:04

What is the contents of ~/.xsession-errors

Snow-Sudo · 2020-09-21 01:29:02

There is nothing in ~/.xsession-errors.

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