SOLVED Black screen with blinking cursor returns

06 May 2022, 20:46:39

After May 6, 2022 update of lightdm, bootup stops at the dreaded blinking cursor. A while ago, I had fixed this with the suggestion in post #2 here to add "sleep 1" in /etc/runit/sv/lightdm/run Today's update rewrote that file, so I had to add the delay back in.

Re: SOLVED Black screen with blinking cursor returns

Reply #1 – 06 May 2022, 22:36:15

Supply your logs and other relevant information about your system.

Any solution which depends on waiting a set time interval, when it really should wait for some program to start, is not a real solution.

Re: SOLVED Black screen with blinking cursor returns

Reply #2 – 06 May 2022, 23:45:43

@stradjer Here are dmesg and inxi. Which other logs are relevant?

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Pluto:[root]:~# inxi -b
System:
  Host: Pluto Kernel: 5.17.4-artix1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce
    v: 4.16.0 Distro: Artix Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Notebook v: Type1ProductConfigId
    serial: 5CG7111KTH
  Mobo: HP model: 8305 v: KBC Version 73.16 serial: PFXCT00WB682BU
    UEFI: Insyde v: F.25 date: 01/19/2017
CPU:
  Info: quad core AMD E2-7110 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics [MCP]
    speed (MHz): avg: 1000 min/max: 1000/1800
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Mullins [Radeon R3 Graphics] driver: radeon v: kernel
  Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP TrueVision HD
    type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi
  Device-3: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 140.91 GiB used: 45.91 GiB (32.6%)
Info:
  Processes: 201 Uptime: 14m Memory: 3.31 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (34.6%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.15

Re: SOLVED Black screen with blinking cursor returns

Reply #3 – 13 May 2022, 06:16:32

May 12 update of lightdm-runit again overwrote the file /etc/runit/sv/lightdm/run. The system now boots without the need for any delay. Thanks for fixing it.