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codeoz

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Registered: 2024-03-18

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Only the desktop is black screen

I have been using Arch linux for months without any problems, but today I turned on the computer and saw that the desktop was black screen.
Xfce4 top panel appears and I can use the computer without any problems.
I tried some solutions on the internet but to no avail

Can you help me with this

codeoz

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Registered: 2024-03-18

Posts: 4

Re: Only the desktop is black screen

I uninstalled and installed the Nvida drivers. I asked ChatGPT and did what he said but to no avail.

Then I ran this command and it fixed "xfdesktop --reload"

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Only the desktop is black screen

The xfdesktop process most likely crashed, check https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump and probably even your system journal.

I asked ChatGPT and did what he said but to no avail.

Ask yourself how intelligent it is to blindly follow the advise of an itelligence that doesn't know how many fingers are on a hand…

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codeoz

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Registered: 2024-03-18

Posts: 4

Re: Only the desktop is black screen

The xfdesktop process most likely crashed, check https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump and probably even your system journal.

I asked ChatGPT and did what he said but to no avail.

Ask yourself how intelligent it is to blindly follow the advise of an itelligence that doesn't know how many fingers are on a hand…

Although this problem seems simple, I could not find a solution when I searched on Google. After 2 hours, ChatGPT gave me this advice. You may be very knowledgeable, but not everyone is as knowledgeable as you!

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Only the desktop is black screen

That's besides the point - you can ask anything and everyone, including chatgpt, for an opinion to advance your research.
The problems start when you take it at face value because aisosmart and make things worse. The thing only knows that people who've said things similar to your question also said other things.

On topic: did you check for the coredumps and/or your system journal?
And was this actually a one-off or does xfdesktop continue to crash/fail on login?

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codeoz

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Registered: 2024-03-18

Posts: 4

Re: Only the desktop is black screen

That's besides the point - you can ask anything and everyone, including chatgpt, for an opinion to advance your research.
The problems start when you take it at face value because aisosmart and make things worse. The thing only knows that people who've said things similar to your question also said other things.

On topic: did you check for the coredumps and/or your system journal?
And was this actually a one-off or does xfdesktop continue to crash/fail on login?

I guess it's a one-time situation. After running this code "xfdesktop --reload" everything was fixed