screen remains black when starting the system ( mx linux 21 )

[saturn1955]

Hello,

for some days, the screen of my notebook ( acer aspire 8930 ) remains black, when starting the system. The systems itself starts without any probs, I found that out when I presssed FN and F5, the screen appeared normal and the app for the screen settings opened. I could make savings, but I wasnt able to close the app. With restart, the notebook startet without any probs.
I have no idea how to fix that prob.

[j2mcgreg]

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[saturn1955]

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System:    Kernel: 4.19.0-256-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-256-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=<filter> ro 
           nomodeset quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower September 18  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Kvm System: Acer product: Aspire 8930 v: V1.20 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 1 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 8930 v: PSMBOU-1234567 serial: <filter> BIOS: Acer v: 1.20 
           date: 03/16/2010 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0% condition: N/A/71.0 Wh volts: 10.5 min: 14.8 model: SONY AS07B42 
           type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn family: 6 
           model-id: 17 (23) stepping: 6 microcode: 60F cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 9043 
           Speed: 1383 MHz min/max: 800/2267 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1383 2: 1424 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA G96M [GeForce 9700M GT] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia 
           v: 340.108 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:064a class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Suyin Acer HD Crystal Eye webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-6:4 
           chip-ID: 064e:a117 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3") 
           s-diag: 583mm (23") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 133 size: 367x230mm (14.4x9.1") 
           diag: 433mm (17.1") 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 9700M GT/PCIe/SSE2 v: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.108 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: Labtec LCS1040 Speaker System type: USB 
           driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-2:2 chip-ID: 0672:1041 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-256-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet 
           vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: ATL1E v: N/A modules: atl1e port: 4000 
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1026 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:4232 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 167.38 GiB (56.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST9320421AS size: 298.09 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 
           serial: <filter> rev: SD13 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 292.21 GiB size: 286.56 GiB (98.07%) used: 167.38 GiB (58.4%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.87 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: 41.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2467 lib: 1352 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-rhythmbox-plugins-lunar.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins/ubuntu lunar main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jd-team-ubuntu-jdownloader-mantic.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jd-team/jdownloader/ubuntu mantic main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:      Processes: 194 Uptime: 5m wakeups: 2 Memory: 3.85 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (38.2%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[Charlie Brown]

ppa.launchpad.net/... ubuntu ...

... nomodeset quiet splash ...

[Eadwine Rose]

Tell more why. Thanks.

[Charlie Brown]

viewtopic.php?f=104&t=44747

:)

[saturn1955]

I ll try to remove the ubuntu package and correct the grub

[saturn1955]

to my great surprise, the system ist running with kernel 5.10 patched, can this cause the prob?

[Charlie Brown]

Maybe. As you said in your other thread that your Nvidia worked with only 4.19 ...

[saturn1955]

in the past, the notebook was running with lubuntu 20.04,1 with kernel 5.3, but after an automatic upgrade to 20.04.3, the kernel was upgraded to 5.10 and the system didn t start anymore,the screen remained black with a sort of green.
So I tried mxlinux with recommandation for kernel 4.19.
updates were regularly made and now the system is running with kernel 5.10, although I dindmt change nothing in the boot option.

madmax@acer8930:~/Schreibtisch
$ uname -r
5.10.0-26-amd64
madmax@acer8930:~/Schreibtisch
$

And after pressing FN and F6, the desktop appears what means the the video card is working with that kernel.Otherwise the screen would remain black. I don t understand why I ve to press the FN button to see the desktop,seems very strange.
And what seems even more strange to me is that iin the grub-customizer, only kernel 4.19 is listed.