Black screen after logging on

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agncaap

Black screen after logging on

Post by agncaap »

The graphical login works just fine, but after I've logged on, I get a blank screen with a cursor.

I am using the 64bit version of Mint 17.1 with a Cinnamon desktop. I installed it a week ago, or so. It worked excellently out of

the box, but Tuesday it started having this error. I cannot remember what I did before that which could have

done something.

My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3531. It has a Dual core Intel Celeron CPU N2830.

I still have Windows on my machine, and it still works, as does Tails.

I can get to a command line interface via cntrl-alt-f4. From there, I checked to see if Cinnamon was installed and if mdm was

installed. They both appear to be installed.
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the_ulf

Re: Black screen after logging on

Post by the_ulf »

i've had the same problem, just try reinstalling cinnamon through the terminal. worked for me.
sudo apt-get install cinnamon -y
Ropnom

Re: Black screen after logging on

Post by Ropnom »

I have the same problem, how to fix it?
I reinstalled cinnamon package in synaptic, but didn't work, nothing changed.
if i change my nvidia-331 driver to xserver-orx-video-nouveau and reboot all is fine, but the computer don't use the Nvidia card, and i don't like that.

This is recurrent problem, is the third time that happens after an upgrade. And the other 2 times i reinstalled all system, fortunately the system was installed the week before to crash. I used all afternoon for reinstalling system and software.

So now, 3 months later, to reinstall is not an option, or if it is it to another distribution that does not force me to reinstall every 2-3 months.

Some help to fix it please!
AdeV

Re: Black screen after logging on

Post by AdeV »

I now have this problem as well, on a Lenovo B50 laptop. Mint 17.1 worked just fine at first, athough it didn't switch the backlight off with the screen (no problem - there's a button on the keyboard to do that), and it woudn't restore from standby. Other than that, no problems - until a few days ago when i accidentally ran the battery flat. After plugging in and starting up, all I get is the black screen after login.

I can manually run programs by logging into tty1 & attaching them to display :0, so X is up & running; just no window manager.

I've tried re-installing MDM (nothing), and Cinnamon (I'm using MATE, but Cinnamon didn't work either) per the instructions on this thread; nothing. It Just Won't Work Properly.

Any ideas gratefully welcomed.
Heimdallr

Re: Black screen after logging on

Post by Heimdallr »

AdeV wrote: I can manually run programs by logging into tty1 & attaching them to display :0, so X is up & running; just no window manager.

I've tried re-installing MDM (nothing), and Cinnamon (I'm using MATE, but Cinnamon didn't work either) per the instructions on this thread; nothing. It Just Won't Work Properly.
Have this problem after several flawless reboots: black screen and mouse cursor, which can be moved and can show the right click menu. No changes after re-installing of cinnamon, mdm and video driver as well.
Besides, ctrl+alt+"up arrow" opens cinnamon desktop selector, and I can get to the desktop normally without startx in terminal.
Help to fix it please.

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System:    Host: Sat-L875D-C4M Kernel: 3.13.0-49-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) 
           Desktop: Gnome  (Gtk 2.24.23) Distro: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
Machine:   System: TOSHIBA (portable) product: Satellite L875D-C4M version: PSKBUR-00G001RU
           Mobo: AMD model: Pumori Bios: Insyde version: 6.30 date: 12/06/2012
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-4600M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 18366.8 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 2300.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7660G] bus-ID: 00:01.0 
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Whistler LE [Radeon HD 6610M/7610M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,fglrx (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,radeon) Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7660G GLX Version: 4.3.12798 - CPC 13.35.1005 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-49-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8723ae port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (0.9% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK7575GS size: 750.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 91G used: 6.6G (8%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.02GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 167 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 854.3/7391.9MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4 
.xsession-errors

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mdm[1870]: DEBUG: Forking extra process: /etc/mdm/PreSession/Default
mdm[1870]: DEBUG: Running /etc/mdm/Xsession default for toshome on :0
/etc/mdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
localuser:toshome being added to access control list
Сценарий для none запущен из run_im.
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Сценарий для none запущен из run_im.
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=1981
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd/gpg:0:1
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/keyring-yLEvTd/gpg:0:1
cinnamon-session[1870]: WARNING: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (cinnamon-settings-daemon:1977): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

(cinnamon-settings-daemon:1977): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output

** (cinnamon-launcher:2251): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

(cinnamon-settings-daemon:1977): color-plugin-WARNING **: unable to get EDID for xrandr-LVDS: unable to get EDID for output

** (cinnamon:2266): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует
cinnamon-session[1870]: WARNING: Failed to start app: Unable to start application: Не удалось выполнить процесс-потомок «hp-systray» (Нет такого файла или каталога)

** (notification-daemon:2281): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (notification-daemon:2281): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует
Window manager warning: Log level 16: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2280): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2280): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (caffeine-plus:2278): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (caffeine-plus:2278): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (nm-applet:2277): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (nm-applet:2277): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует
Cjs-Message: JS LOG: About to start Cinnamon
nm-applet-Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout
Window manager warning: Trying to remove non-existent custom keybinding "magnifier-zoom-in".
Window manager warning: Trying to remove non-existent custom keybinding "magnifier-zoom-out".
Cjs-Message: JS LOG: Cinnamon started at Tue Apr 21 2015 02:13:00 GMT+0300 (MSK)
Cjs-Message: JS WARNING: [/home/toshome/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/netctlsystraymenu@prmurthy/applet.js 56]: function execute_async does not always return a value
Cjs-Message: JS WARNING: [/home/toshome/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/windows-quick-list-with-close-button@koutch/applet.js 106]: anonymous function does not always return a value
Cjs-Message: JS WARNING: [/home/toshome/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/windows-quick-list-with-close-button@koutch/applet.js 421]: anonymous function does not always return a value
Cjs-Message: JS WARNING: [/home/toshome/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/windows-quick-list-with-close-button@koutch/applet.js 446]: anonymous function does not always return a value

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout

** (gnome-user-share:2381): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (gnome-user-share:2381): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (cinnamon-screensaver:2384): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

** (cinnamon-screensaver:2384): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: Ресурс из «/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css» не существует

(mintUpdate.py:2389): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(mintUpdate.py:2389): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(mintUpdate.py:2389): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(mintUpdate.py:2389): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA

** (nemo:2276): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout

(cinnamon:2266): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-panel-corner-inner-border-color'

(cinnamon:2266): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-panel-corner-outer-border-color'
rayfarias56

Re: Black screen after logging on

Post by rayfarias56 »

Chiming in as I have a similar problem now and this is the second time something like this has happened to me. Any news on a fix (reinstalled the first time after my musings to find a fix left it unable to boot).
gelse

Re: Black screen after logging on

Post by gelse »

Just for reference - i think i have a similar problem, posted here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=198320
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