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riazufila

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Registered: 2019-09-30

Posts: 16

[SOLVED] Blank Screen with Blinking Cursor after Logout

Some information of my system:

- i3wm
- Hybrid laptop Intel with Integrated GPU and Nvidia

I use i3 and always start x with:

startx

However, when I logout, even when I dont start x, ill be greeted with a blank screen with blinking cursor. So this cannot be an issue with nvidia driver.. I've also tried uninstalling nvidia with no success.

EDIT #1:

For how I setup my optimus laptop, I first installed the package nvidia-390xx-dkms as well as nvidia-390xx-utils. After doing so, I proceed to install bumblebee and added myself into the group bumblebee so i could use optirun. After that, I installed mesa-demos to test the following code.

optirun mesa-demos

And as suspected, I can execute the command with nvidia. And also with intel by omitting "optirun".

EDIT #2:

Restarting getty@tty1 seems make the tty1 appear again. Following is the output for getty@tty1.

● getty@tty1.service - Getty on tty1
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/service.d
             └─toplevel-override.conf
     Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2021-01-16 22:04:57 +08; 41s ago
       Docs: man:agetty(8)
             man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
             http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
    Process: 20866 ExecStart=/sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear tty1 $TERM (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 20866 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jan 16 22:04:25 wannabeIBM systemd[1]: Started Getty on tty1.
Jan 16 22:04:47 wannabeIBM login[20866]: pam_systemd_home(login:account): systemd-homed is not available: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Jan 16 22:04:47 wannabeIBM login[20866]: pam_unix(login:session): session opened for user riazufila(uid=1000) by LOGIN(uid=0)
Jan 16 22:04:47 wannabeIBM login[20866]: pam_env(login:session): deprecated reading of user environment enabled
Jan 16 22:04:57 wannabeIBM systemd[1]: getty@tty1.service: Succeeded.

EDIT #3:

After a few more thoughts, I figured that maybe my toplevel-override.conf was messing with my getty somehow. And after removing that.. yes, it finally worked. No more issues. Incase you're wondering, I made a toplevel-override that restarts any failed services 3 times. I'm not sure how that is supposed to affect getty. But, by removing that.. it works.

Last edited by riazufila (2021-01-16 14:34:26)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Blank Screen with Blinking Cursor after Logout

Check the systemd journal for clues and also explain how you have configured your Optimus device.

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riazufila

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Registered: 2019-09-30

Posts: 16

Re: [SOLVED] Blank Screen with Blinking Cursor after Logout

Check the systemd journal for clues and also explain how you have configured your Optimus device.

I've updated my first post with the information you asked. I'm sorry but I just couldn't find if there is anything wrong with my systemd journal.