[SOLVED] Black screen after reboot

bibimidi · 2011-02-01 04:54:55

After running update i can no longer login to X. What happened was I closed the laptop screen to sleep and in the morning it sort of died out. Restarting doesnt help. I can get past grub and the boot texts but not to X as the screen turns black. I dont know how to grab the logs as I'm auto login to X/slim. What to do to solve this?

Last edited by bibimidi (2011-02-02 05:00:39)

AndyRTR · 2011-02-01 05:37:30

append "3" to your grub line so it stops booting in init 3 mode and Xorg won't start. then you can login as root and check/fix the system.

Sara · 2011-02-01 07:11:09

bibimidi wrote:

I can get past grub and the boot texts but not to X as the screen turns black.

I have the same issue (black screen in X from a recent update, console works fine), that for me is due to the xf86-video-intel update from 2.13.0-4 to 2.14.0-1 (downgrading fixed the issue). When I tried installing 2.14.0-1 yesterday, I obtained the following error output (in the console) on startup, ad infinitum:

(EE) intel(0): Failed to submit batch buffer, expect rendering corruption or even a frozen display: No such device.
(EE) intel(0): Failed to submit batch buffer, expect rendering corruption or even a frozen display: No such device.

Do you see the same error output in the terminal? Like you, my screen is black when I start X, though I can see the mouse cursor. I am using the latest xorg-server in extra (1.9.3.901-1), kernel26-lts (2.6.32.28-2), and the latest in everything else except this troublesome intel video driver.

Last edited by Sara (2011-02-01 08:22:01)

bibimidi · 2011-02-01 08:14:54

Thanks for the replies guys. I will check the log files and post back.

bibimidi · 2011-02-01 10:55:47

Here's pacman.log file i retrieved using live cd. Sure enough xorg server is upgraded. I dont know how to downgrade this to the last version but will search the forum.

When in the blank screen pressing Alt+Ctrl+F1 doesn't drop me to the console. I have to press Alt+Ctrl+del to restart. My desktop manager is XFCE. I can post my .xinitrc and xorg.conf if required.

[2011-01-31 16:48] Running '/usr/bin/pacman --config /etc/pacman.conf -S -u'
[2011-01-31 16:48] starting full system upgrade
[2011-01-31 16:49] upgraded aria2 (1.10.8-1 -> 1.10.9-1)
[2011-01-31 16:49] upgraded bluez (4.86-1 -> 4.87-1)
[2011-01-31 16:49] upgraded libdrm (2.4.22-3 -> 2.4.23-1)
[2011-01-31 16:49] upgraded libgl (7.9.0.git20101207-2 -> 7.10-1)
[2011-01-31 16:49] upgraded intel-dri (7.9.0.git20101207-2 -> 7.10-1)
[2011-01-31 16:49] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.6.7-1 -> 0.6.8-1)
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> ----------------
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2011-01-31 16:49]
[2011-01-31 16:49] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2011-01-31 16:49] ==> Building image "default"
[2011-01-31 16:49] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.37-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Begin build
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Generating module dependencies
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2011-01-31 16:49] ==> SUCCESS
[2011-01-31 16:49] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2011-01-31 16:49] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.37-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Begin build
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2011-01-31 16:49] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2011-01-31 16:50] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2011-01-31 16:50] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2011-01-31 16:50] :: Generating module dependencies
[2011-01-31 16:50] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2011-01-31 16:50] ==> SUCCESS
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.36.3-2 -> 2.6.37-5)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded libva (1.0.6-1 -> 1.0.8-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded mesa (7.9.0.git20101207-2 -> 7.10-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] module configuration already contains alias directive
[2011-01-31 16:50]
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded ndiswrapper (1.56-6 -> 1.56-7)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded pciutils (3.1.7-2 -> 3.1.7-3)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded terminal (0.4.5-2 -> 0.4.6-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded thunar (1.2.0-1 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.13.0-4 -> 2.14.0-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xfce-utils (4.8.0-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xfce4-panel (4.8.0-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xfce4-settings (4.8.0-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xfdesktop (4.8.0-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xfwm4 (4.8.0-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.9.2-2 -> 1.9.3.901-1)
[2011-01-31 16:50] upgraded xorg-server (1.9.2-2 -> 1.9.3.901-1)

bibimidi · 2011-02-01 11:32:01

Followup: edited /etc/inittab and switch from 5 to 3 then rebooted. No luck same problem screen is blank. Intent is to downgrade to the last working xorg-server.

Any further help will be appreciated.

bibimidi · 2011-02-01 14:20:57

I dont know what happened. While in blank screen I close the laptop lid and opened again and slim appeared. I login and all seemed normal.

This problem I can confirm to replicate by repeating the same action starting from bootup. If this is a bug I would like to submit a report.

Here's my system info:

System:    Host arch-acer Kernel 2.6.37-ARCH i686 (32 bit) Distro Arch Linux
CPU:       Dual core Pentium T4200 (-MCP-) cache 1024 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) clocked at 1994.930 MHz 
Graphics:  Card Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.9.2 Res: 1366x768@60.0hz  GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.10
Network:   Card-1 Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver ath9k
 Card-2 Atheros AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet driver atl1c
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (8.7% used) 1: TOSHIBA_MK2555GS 
Info:      Processes 122 Uptime 8 min Memory 261.4/2957.5MB Client Shell inxi 1.4.23

skunktrader · 2011-02-01 15:05:47

Known bug https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22672
The workaround I know of is to disable DPMS

IwfY · 2011-02-01 16:06:39

Same issue for me with my Acer Extensa 5235. GMA 4500M graphics.
Downgrading xf86-video-intel from 2.14.0-1 to 2.13.0-4 solved it temporarily.

bibimidi · 2011-02-01 17:03:45

Thanks for the bug report link. I copied the temp fix for Acer as I have the same laptop spec. I manage to get slim on X login.

echo '/usr/sbin/setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=00' >> /etc/rc.local

aclindsa · 2011-02-03 05:39:57

@skunktrader I'm not sure the bug you linked is the same one being described in this thread. The bug described in that report has to do with intentional screen blanking going awry. This thread's bug is related to a failure of Xorg due to something with the latest version of the xf86-video-intel driver.

I am having the same problem on my Thinkpad T410 with Intel graphics "Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)" is the line from `lspci`. Reverting xf86-video-intel from 2.14.0-1 to 2.13.0-4 solved the problem for me also.

Sara · 2011-02-07 17:43:47

aclindsa wrote:

@skunktrader I'm not sure the bug you linked is the same one being described in this thread. The bug described in that report has to do with intentional screen blanking going awry. This thread's bug is related to a failure of Xorg due to something with the latest version of the xf86-video-intel driver.

I was able to find an Arch bug report that I believe is specific to our issue: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/22219

The reporter had the issue while using the LTS kernel, and the problem was fixed by downgrading, just like for us. Just to check, I installed the latest kernel in Arch (2.6.37-5), and it does not have this issue. However, I have other problems with the mainline kernel, so it isn't a viable solution for me.

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