Laptop only has display booting with systemd

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Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#1 Post by oldandtired »

Hello,

Bit of an odd one here. I recently installed MX23 on my laptop (Latitude 7390) and it worked very well for a few days. Then it started losing the display after the "Waiting for /dev/ to be fully populated" boot message.

For some reason it still boots fine, display and all, under systemd, but I'd prefer to be using sysv.

I've tried:
  • typing my login "blind" in case there is a display but it's just gone dark for reasons unknown -- no joy but I can't see if there's an error message
  • connecting via ssh -- this works after I allowed ssh access :)
  • connecting via vnc and rustdesk -- nothing. No joy trying to connect under sysv though it works as usual under systemd.
  • checking my boot options in the laptop bios -- nothing odd-looking that I can see.
  • looking at the Xorg.0.log, dmesg output etc -- nothing that stands out to me, but then I'm not a great troubleshooter...
  • booting under systemd, changing the desktop environment back to xfce, rebooting under sysv -- no luck
I'd be grateful for some pointers on how to diagnose and fix this!

The quick system info below comes from a session booted using systemd. Further down there's a (shorter?) version that I copied from an ssh session when booted under sysv with a blank screen...

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 [6.1.38-4] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-11-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_x64 Libretto
    July 31 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7390 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 09386V v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.8.0
    date: 12/24/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.2 Wh (53.9%) condition: 52.3/60.0 Wh (87.2%) volts: 7.6 min: 7.6
    model: SMP DELL DM3WC64 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 8 level: v3
    note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10)
    microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1496 high: 2100 min/max: 400/4200 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 880 2: 2100 3: 2100 4: 2100 5: 900 6: 898 7: 2100 8: 890
    bogomips: 33599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
    process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2
    chip-ID: 0c45:6717 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1382 built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 166
    gamma: 1.2 size: 293x165mm (11.54x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-11-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 62.83 GiB (26.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF256G8 NVMe 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: D06N temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 199.78 GiB size: 195.58 GiB (97.90%) used: 62.83 GiB (32.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C pch: 29.0 C mobo: 27.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2770 libs: 1433 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/charm.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg] https://repo.charm.sh/apt/ * *
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/crystal.list
    1: deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/crystal/Debian_Unstable/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x bookworm main
    2: deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x bookworm main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Processes: 288 Uptime: 5h 49m wakeups: 21157 Memory: 15.5 GiB used: 1.36 GiB (8.8%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
Here's the version from an ssh login to the same laptop, booted under sysv:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 [6.1.38-4] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-11-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet
  Console: pty pts/1 DM: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian
    GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7390 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 09386V v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.8.0
    date: 12/24/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.7 Wh (53.0%) condition: 52.3/60.0 Wh (87.2%) volts: 7.7 min: 7.6
    model: SMP DELL DM3WC64 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 8 level: v3
    note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10)
    microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1725 high: 2100 min/max: 400/4200 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 2100 2: 2100 3: 1100 4: 2100 5: 2100 6: 1100 7: 1101 8: 2100
    bogomips: 33599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
    process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2
    chip-ID: 0c45:6717 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 tty: 174x42
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1382 built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 166 gamma: 1.2
    size: 293x165mm (11.54x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-11-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
    status: off 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 62.83 GiB (26.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF256G8 NVMe 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: D06N temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 199.78 GiB size: 195.58 GiB (97.90%) used: 62.83 GiB (32.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C pch: 29.0 C mobo: 28.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2770 libs: 1433 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/charm.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg] https://repo.charm.sh/apt/ * *
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/crystal.list
    1: deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/crystal/Debian_Unstable/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x bookworm main
    2: deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x bookworm main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Processes: 206 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 5 Memory: 15.5 GiB used: 656.7 MiB (4.1%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: pty pts/1 (SSH) inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
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Charlie Brown

Re: Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#2 Post by Charlie Brown »

In the meantime:

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 wm: muffin

... not one of the official releases, kind of respin ...
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Re: Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#3 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Moved to modified. If you adapt your system, please post to the appropriate forum, thank you.
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.247.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
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Re: Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#4 Post by oldandtired »

Charlie Brown wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:46 pm In the meantime:

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 wm: muffin

... not one of the official releases, kind of respin ...
Not at all. It's the xfce official release but with cinnamon installed via apt. Hardly a respin. As I also mentioned I reverted to xfce and that didn't help either. Unsurprisingly as the issue appears to occur even before lightdm gets started.
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Re: Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#5 Post by Eadwine Rose »

It's modified, then it goes in modified forum with any issues on it. Thanks :)
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Re: Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#6 Post by oldandtired »

Yeah, understood. However I'm concerned that it pre-emptively puts the blame on cinnamon being installed -- it worked with both cinnamon and xfce before the display started blanking under sysv.
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Re: Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#7 Post by Stevo »

Can you get to a terminal interface with <Ctl><Alt><F2> and then try "startx" to see what happens?

If switching to a TTY doesn't pan out, I think you can boot directly to a terminal by adding "init 3" to the GRUB command line by editing it directly in GRUB.
MXPI = MX Package Installer
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Re: Laptop only has display booting with systemd

#8 Post by oldandtired »

Hi, that's a good idea but I should have mentioned that I tried that and it didn't work. I'll give the 'init 3' suggestion a try. Thanks.
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