Hello Ed,

Thanks for the suggestion, I tried with LightDM, which gave the same black
screen, with the following in /var/log/messages, not sure why it's trying
to talk to PulseAudio?

Aug 15 21:18:13 testlaptop dbus-daemon[1804]: [system] Activating via
systemd: service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' unit='fprintd.service'
requested by ':1.101' (uid=0 pid=3213 comm="sudo dnf install lightdm "
label="unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023")
Aug 15 21:20:04 testlaptop audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0
msg='unit=lightdm comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=?
addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 15 21:20:05 testlaptop audit[1560]: CRED_ACQ pid=1560 uid=0
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_env,pam_permit acct="lightdm"
exe="/usr/sbin/lightdm" hostname=? addr=? terminal=:0 res=success'
Aug 15 21:20:05 testlaptop systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of lightdm.
Aug 15 21:20:05 testlaptop systemd-logind[1198]: New session c1 of user
lightdm.
Aug 15 21:20:05 testlaptop systemd[1]: Started Session c1 of user lightdm.
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop audit[1564]: USER_ACCT pid=1564 uid=0
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0
msg='op=PAM:accounting grantors=pam_unix,pam_localuser acct="lightdm"
exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop audit[1564]: USER_START pid=1564 uid=0 auid=978
ses=1 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='op=PAM:session_open
grantors=pam_selinux,pam_selinux,pam_loginuid,pam_keyinit,pam_limits,pam_systemd,pam_unix
acct="lightdm" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=?
res=success'
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop audit[1560]: USER_START pid=1560 uid=0
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_unix,pam_systemd acct="lightdm"
exe="/usr/sbin/lightdm" hostname=? addr=? terminal=:0 res=success'
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop dbus-daemon[1585]: [session uid=978 pid=1585]
Activating via systemd: service name='org.a11y.Bus'
unit='at-spi-dbus-bus.service' requested by ':1.1' (uid=978 pid=1573
comm="/usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter "
label="system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023")
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop at-spi-bus-launcher[1592]: dbus-daemon[1600]:
Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.0'
(uid=978 pid=1573 comm="/usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter "
label="system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023")
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop dbus-daemon[1187]: [system] Activating via
systemd: service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' unit='fprintd.service'
requested by ':1.50' (uid=0 pid=1643 comm="lightdm --session-child 12 19 "
label="system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023")
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop pulseaudio[1572]: W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to open cookie file '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie': No such
file or directory
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop pulseaudio[1572]: W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to load authentication key '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie':
No such file or directory
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop pulseaudio[1572]: W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to open cookie file '/var/lib/lightdm/.pulse-cookie': No such file
or directory
Aug 15 21:20:06 testlaptop pulseaudio[1572]: W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to load authentication key '/var/lib/lightdm/.pulse-cookie': No such
file or directory

I also found this in messages with SDDM:

Aug 15 07:17:08 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]: QObject: Cannot create
children for a parent that is in a different thread.#012(Parent is
SDDM::GreeterApp(0x7ffd91c83a70), parent's thread is
QThread(0x55fb84d792a0), current thread is QThread(0x55fb84e52a00)
Aug 15 07:17:08 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]: QObject: Cannot create
children for a parent that is in a different thread.#012(Parent is
SDDM::GreeterApp(0x7ffd91c83a70), parent's thread is
QThread(0x55fb84d792a0), current thread is QThread(0x55fb84e52a00)
Aug 15 07:17:08 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]: QObject: Cannot create
children for a parent that is in a different thread.#012(Parent is
SDDM::GreeterApp(0x7ffd91c83a70), parent's thread is
QThread(0x55fb84d792a0), current thread is QThread(0x55fb84e52a00)
Aug 15 07:17:08 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]: QObject: Cannot create
children for a parent that is in a different thread.#012(Parent is
SDDM::GreeterApp(0x7ffd91c83a70), parent's thread is
QThread(0x55fb84d792a0), current thread is QThread(0x55fb84e52a00)
Aug 15 07:17:08 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]:
QObject::installEventFilter(): Cannot filter events for objects in a
different thread.
Aug 15 07:17:08 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]: QObject: Cannot create
children for a parent that is in a different thread.#012(Parent is
SDDM::GreeterApp(0x7ffd91c83a70), parent's thread is
QThread(0x55fb84d792a0), current thread is QThread(0x55fb84e52a00)
Aug 15 07:17:09 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]: QObject: Cannot create
children for a parent that is in a different thread.#012(Parent is
SDDM::GreeterApp(0x7ffd91c83a70), parent's thread is
QThread(0x55fb84d792a0), current thread is QThread(0x55fb84e52a00)
Aug 15 07:17:09 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]:
QObject::installEventFilter(): Cannot filter events for objects in a
different thread.
Aug 15 07:17:09 testlaptop dbus-daemon[10561]: [session uid=995 pid=10561]
Activating service name='org.gnome.GConf' requested by ':1.3' (uid=995
pid=10587 comm="/usr/libexec/pulse/gconf-helper "
label="unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023")
Aug 15 07:17:09 testlaptop dbus-daemon[10561]: [session uid=995 pid=10561]
Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.GConf'
Aug 15 07:17:09 testlaptop sddm-greeter[10536]: Cannot watch QRC-like path
":/icons/hicolor/index.theme"


Googling suggested a few different things to try, nothing seemed to work in
this case, but for reference:

sudo rm -fr /var/lib/sddm/.cache/sddm-greeter/qmlcache

Tried both Breeze themes, then installed sddm-theme and tried one of those.

Tried with a monitor plugged into the HDMI port

There does appear to be a block of text flashing up just before the screen
goes blank, it's an ACPI error or two I think, but it flashes by and I
can't find it in the logs.

I'll see if I can grab a photo of it so I can see what it says,

Thomas







On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 9:46 PM Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote:

> On 08/15/18 12:21, Thomas Letherby wrote:
> > Here's the full output of the commands used, and I pulled the logs again:
> >
> > https://pastebin.com/RfpfRqSj
> >
> > I've not had a chance to dredge through them myself yet, I should be
> able to
> > tonight or tomorow I hope. In the mean time is there any other
> logs/diagnostics I
> > should check that might help?
>
> Since this is in the output...
>
> root@testlaptop ~]# systemctl status sddm
> ● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager
>    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled; vendor
> preset:
> disabled)
>    Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-08-14 08:18:38 MST; 11min ago
>      Docs: man:sddm(1)
>            man:sddm.conf(5)
>  Main PID: 1435 (sddm)
>     Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
>    Memory: 87.9M
>    CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service
>            ├─1435 /usr/bin/sddm
>            └─1439 /usr/libexec/Xorg -nolisten tcp -auth
> /var/run/sddm/{0ce5722f-5756-4200-99f9-c1c48ca177ce} -background none
> -noreset
> -displayfd 16 -seat seat0 vt1
>
> Aug 14 08:18:38 testlaptop.test.domail systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop
> Display
> Manager.
> Aug 14 08:18:39 testlaptop.test.domail sddm-helper[1570]:
> pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0)
>
>
> And is exactly what you'd see on a system which has been rebooted and
> working
> normally before a login.   I would do the following as a "test"
>
> I would install another DM.  Just as "kdm", "lightdm", or "gdm".   Then I
> would do
>
> systemctl -f enable (whatever DM you've picked)
>
> And then reboot.
>
>
> --
> Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't
> a fact.
>
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