Hi,
I’ve been trying to fix this issue since more than a week now, on my own. I couldn’t fix it by -
- reading similar (more than a dozen) posts on this and other forums (manjaro, arch linux, kde, so, etc) and trying the suggestions provided in each
- installing nvidia (non-free) drivers and then removing them
- trying different free drivers - modesetting, vesa, linux
- trying a newer kernel versions (original was 414; now using 515)
Now, I’m using live usb version of Manjaro on the same machine.
With live usb, if I select proprietary drivers, I get the same symptom as with my system - system boots up, most services start and when the boot sequence tries to launch the GUI, the machine hangs. If I select free drivers with live usb, GUI works without any issue.
With my system (on hdd), machine boots and gets stuck at black screen, never reaching the login screen. I’m able to switch to TTY. This is how I’ve been able to try out all the steps I’ve listed above.
I’ve gone through both (hdd and live) setups and tried to compare versions of xorg, kde, video-drivers, kernel, etc but have not found any difference among the two systems.
My goal is to recover the system as I know that other than GUI part, my system is still functional. I don’t have anything critical on the system. So, in worst case scenario, I can wipe it and re-install a linux distro, but I’d prefer to recover the current instance and may be learn a thing or two about Linux GUI components in the process.
Thanks for your help. Please let me know what info will help you to help me and how I can collect it (commands to run).
System: Sony VAIO laptop - model: vpcf120fd - about 10 years old.
Graphics card: nVidia GT218M [GeForce 310M]
# uname -a
Linux manjaro 5.15.6-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 4 11:11:58 UTC 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[manjaro /]# mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 5.15.6-2-MANJARO (linux515)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux414
* linux515
[manjaro /]# mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
xorg logs - https://pastebin.com/0baDPxdpN
location of this file on my system - /home/username/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
# grep EE /home/manjaro/Documents/Xorg.0.log
[ 2529.591] Current Operating System: Linux vaio-manjaro 5.15.6-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 4 11:11:58 UTC 2021 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 2529.718] (EE) VESA(0): Cannot read int vect
[ 2529.718] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 2529.718] (EE)
[ 2529.718] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 2529.718] (EE)
[ 2529.718] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/username/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 2529.718] (EE)
[ 2529.721] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
[manjaro /]# journalctl --boot=0 --system --priority=3
-- Journal begins at Tue 2020-08-11 15:25:22 EDT, ends at Sat 2021-12-11 17:40:46 EST. --
-- No entries --
output of inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host
