Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Well, darn. I was hoping that a "startx" would at least output something > that could > give a clue as to why plasmashell is crashing. He, you are right, I have something in the terminal: xauth: file /home/fred/.serverauth.1393 does not exist X.Org X Server 1.19.3 Release Date: 2017-03-15 ..

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 20:50, Frédéric Bron wrote: >> I would, based on another problem you recently had, that you do the >> following >> Again bring up the system in run level 3. Before you startx >> sudo setenforce 0 >> startx as your normal self. > I did that but it is not better :( Well, darn. I w

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I would, based on another problem you recently had, that you do the > following > Again bring up the system in run level 3. Before you startx > sudo setenforce 0 > startx as your normal self. I did that but it is not better :( Thanks, Frédéric

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 19:33, Frédéric Bron wrote: > I did that as user (not as root). I got: > $DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server Sorry That should have been "startx" and not "startkde" -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly signature.asc Description: Ope

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 19:28, Frédéric Bron wrote: > KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/bin/plasmashell from kdeinit > KCrash: Application 'plasmashell' crashing... > KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit Well, that is the problem. Although I must admit that at this point I'm not sur

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Boot to run level 3. > Login in text mode. > startkde I did that as user (not as root). I got: $DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server Frédéric ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Try looking at ~/.xsession-errors just after things go black to see if > there's anything interesting. I find this: xset: bad font path element (#2), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or s

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 18:50, Frédéric Bron wrote: >> Boot to run level 3. > how do I do that? > When the boot screen comes up with the kernel selections, press "e" to edit. Then scroll down to the linux16 line showing the kernel you are booting and append a 3. Then ctrl-x to continue the boot process. FW

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/23/2017 03:49 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote: Since you can login from another system, or switch to a text terminal, can you check if /usr/bin/plasmashell is running when you have the black screen? I see that plasmashell starts just after login, then it disappears when the black screen comes.

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Boot to run level 3. how do I do that? Frédéric ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Since you can login from another system, or switch to a text terminal, can > you check > if /usr/bin/plasmashell is running when you have the black screen? I see that plasmashell starts just after login, then it disappears when the black screen comes. I can also see this for a few seconds in t

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Are you able to plug a secondary screen in? If so, how does it behave? behaves the same. Frédéric ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 17:54, Frédéric Bron wrote: > I just tried multiple times again, still the blackout. > I also tried to use a different kernel but both 4.11.4 and 4.11.5 give > the same issue. > I have an nvidia card but I use the nouveau driver on this computer > (never installed the proprietary driver

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 17:54, Frédéric Bron wrote: > I just tried multiple times again, still the blackout. > I also tried to use a different kernel but both 4.11.4 and 4.11.5 give > the same issue. > I have an nvidia card but I use the nouveau driver on this computer > (never installed the proprietary driver

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread wwp
Hello Frédéric, On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:54:52 +0200 Frédéric Bron wrote: > > Well, it is a selection on the lower left of the sddm login screen. > > I have nothing there. > > >>> Since you can get to a text terminal. Have you tried creating another > >>> user and then > >>> logging in as t

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Well, it is a selection on the lower left of the sddm login screen. I have nothing there. >>> Since you can get to a text terminal. Have you tried creating another user >>> and then >>> logging in as that user? >> just done it, same problem with the new user >> > > Humm. I just tried mul

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 13:38, Frédéric Bron wrote: > Hi, > > Since this morning, after loging in on a Plasma KDE session, I can > first see the desktop then only a black screen with only the mouse > available, nothing else. > Ctrl+Alt+Suppr, brings the log out screen so I can log out. > I can also switch to a

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 15:03, Frédéric Bron wrote: > > The screen is not the issue because I get the ssdm login screen perfectly > well. > Also it's a laptop with an external screen. I have tested with and > without the external screen plug-in, same behaviour. OK, I didn't know what your HW was. FWIW, I ha

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> First, I can't see how any of the 3 packages updated would be in any way > responsible. > I assume you've already booted at least once more. I tried 3-4 times. > Have you also re-seated video > cables? I've had unexplained video issues cleared up by doing that. The screen is not the issue b

Re: [F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/17 13:38, Frédéric Bron wrote: > Since this morning, after loging in on a Plasma KDE session, I can > first see the desktop then only a black screen with only the mouse > available, nothing else. > Ctrl+Alt+Suppr, brings the log out screen so I can log out. > I can also switch to a text te

[F25] only black screen with KDE Plasma session

2017-06-22 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, Since this morning, after loging in on a Plasma KDE session, I can first see the desktop then only a black screen with only the mouse available, nothing else. Ctrl+Alt+Suppr, brings the log out screen so I can log out. I can also switch to a text terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F2. That's all. Before