Hi,
seems like that I am having problem with gnome/gdm out of nowhere. I cannot remember any update so far.
If I boot my Manjaro, it starts up well, but at the moment the gnome-login should appear, I only got a blackscreen with mouse-cursor. If I wait further, It seems like that part of gnome starts (still only blackscreen with cursor, but the icons for reboot, time, network appear in the upper right corner.
If I go to a console (Strg+Alt+F2) and
systemctl gdm.service stop
systemctl gdm.service start
the gnome-login appears and gnome works.
ATM I have no idea what is causing the problem.
I tried : https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/ml0ruy/solution_to_gnomegdm_black_screen_after_a_major/
but it is not working (was not the solution)
some details on my installation:
System:
Kernel: 6.0.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.0-x86_64
root=UUID=78c62a92-a9d6-4778-9395-75882551638b rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=79e5ac27-7be2-44a7-9ffb-61561e7007a3
udev.log_priority=3 console=tty6
Desktop: GNOME v: 42.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 42.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C37)
v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.I0
date: 05/19/2022
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2262 high: 3200 min/max: 2200/4084 boost: enabled
base/boost: 3200/4850 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200
5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 3200 12: 2200
13: 2200 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200 bogomips: 102444
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3090] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
v: 515.76 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+ status: current
(as of 2022-10) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2204 class-ID: 0300
Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :1
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 3440x1440 hz: 85 dpi: 109
size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.19") diag: 867mm (34.15") modes: N/A
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.76
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.0-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp39s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 29:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp41s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.17 TiB used: 569.26 GiB (17.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket 4.0 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: RKT401.2 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket 4.0 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: RKT401.2 temp: 35.9 C scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: TR150 size: 447.13 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 12.3 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 438.03 GiB size: 430.09 GiB (98.19%) used: 158.48 GiB
(36.8%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB
(0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 37.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 349 Uptime: 21m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.27 GiB used: 3.13 GiB
(10.0%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: 1598 pm: pacman pkgs: 1589 libs: 498
tools: gnome-software,pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 7 pm: snap pkgs: 2
Shell: Bash (su) v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.22
Any hints on this?
UPDATE: disabled gdm.service and installed lightdm & greeter and activated it (systemctl enable lightdm).
Lighdm is working… but this is no clean solution…
Thanks!