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[79.66.147.78]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b7sm796060wrv.47.2020.12.15.19.20.02 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Graham Perrin Subject: Re: x11/sddm hangs with black screen To: Mike Clarke Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1612377.MsCH1bHPGx@curlew> <2388513.oMScJ4UOta@curlew> Message-ID: <103c8f2e-e1fa-294c-afbd-6a88d36d9c57@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:20:01 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2388513.oMScJ4UOta@curlew> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CwgNj0jDhz3qDT X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=a+CEE7aW; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of grahamperrin@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::432 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=grahamperrin@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.41 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.41)[-0.412]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[79.66.147.78:received]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::432:from]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::432:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::432:from]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:20:05 -0000 On 14/12/2020 14:01, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Sunday, 13 December 2020 12:07:37 GMT Michael Schuster wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:40 Mike Clarke wrote: >> >>> I've just upgraded a couple of hundred packages today and >>> sddm-0.19.0 goes no further than a black screen with just a >>> mouse pointer. >> >> I'm by no means an expert where sddm is concerned, but from those who are, >> you might get a quicker and better informed response if you provide such >> information like: >> >> - Version of FreeBSD you're running >> - details on your graphics adapter >> - When you did the last upgrade before that >> - Relevant content of. xsession-errors >> - Ditto /var/log/Xorg.log > > Well the problem now seems to have been cleared although I'm not entirely sure what was > causing it. > > I'm running 12.1-RELEASE-p12 and the problem started after sddm was upgraded from > 0.18.1_4 to sddm-0.19.0 and plasma5-sddm-kcm was upgraded from 5.20.3 > to 5.20.4 along with many other packages including lots of kf5* and plasma5* packages > > On first inspection there were no obvious clues in the log files so I temporarily rolled back > to an earlier boot environment to see if a comparison of log files produced any useful > information. I didn't find anything useful in Xorg.log or .xsession-errors but there was a > significant difference in /var/log/sddm.log which showed that the sddm session was closed > immediately after opening it > > … Thanks. Still, I'll be glad to know the graphics adapter details, and cat /etc/rc.conf | grep -v \# I have encountered blackouts of the type that you describe on numerous occasions, and I can suggest some tips on future avoidance, but it'll be smart to know about your hardware etc. before doing so.