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Title: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/01, 20:36:30

HI
I suddenly recently got visual garbage in all the tty (1-6).Not a big deal but annoying in such a fine system as siduction.
I tried to google that but no results.Any clue?(https://forum.siduction.org/file:///home/jy/Downloads/tty_20180701_01.jpg)

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: devil on 2018/07/01, 22:01:00

Please post output of inxi -v2 and ledt us know what flavour and release of siduction you are using. Also, are you dist-upgraded to current?

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/02, 14:44:11

Did a full-upgrade yesterday, July 1st, whithout any problem... except that the login appears in tty1; I have to do Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get to the kde login screen.

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:~$ inxi -v2
System:    Host: delta Kernel: 4.17.3-towo.1-siduction-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.13.2
                 Distro: siduction 15.1.0 Paint It Black - kde - (201601162135)
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20FNCTO1WW v: ThinkPad T460 serial: <root required>
                  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20FNCTO1WW v: SDK0J40700 WIN serial: <root required> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO
                  v: R06ET46W (1.20 ) date: 11/15/2016
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 22.2 Wh condition: 22.5/23.2 Wh (97%)
               ID-2: BAT1 charge: 49.5 Wh condition: 69.7/71.3 Wh (98%)
CPU:       Dual Core: Intel Core i5-6200U type: MT MCP speed: 500 MHz min/max: 400/2800 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 520 driver: i915 v: kernel
                 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.0 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
                 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
                 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.2
Network:   Card-1: Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V driver: e1000e
                 Card-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 476.94 GiB used: 32.78 GiB (6.9%)
Info:        Processes: 187 Uptime: 7m Memory: 15.12 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (7.5%) Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.13 Thanks.

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: melmarker on 2018/07/02, 15:13:52

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[quote author=jyp link=topic=7234.msg58756#msg58756 date=1530535451]
Did a full-upgrade yesterday, July 1st, whithout any problem... except that the login appears in tty1; I have to do Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get to the kde login screen.

Hmm - Debian default is 7

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/02, 17:03:43

@melmarkerYour reply is a bit cryptic for me. My knowledge is limited.
What does it mean, "Debian default is 7" ?
Thanks

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/02, 17:20:43

Just did a full-upgrade a few minutes ago.Same behaviour.
The plasma login screen appears for one second and I am redirected to tty1 (still with the visual garbage).ctrl+alt+F7 brings me back to the plasma login screen and the login goes without problem.

Strange: it is my first experience of the kind. Not dramatic, just annoying.

Thank you..

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: melmarker on 2018/07/02, 19:31:00

debian starts the login on 7 - 1-6 are reserved for ttys by default - right now the might be a hicup in sddm (very slow start) - normally vt1 is displayed in the starting time - might disappear with the next updates. Unfortunately i can't reproduce this bug.

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/02, 19:49:05

@melmarkerThanks.It starts at 7... for one second then falls back to tty1.But, as I mentionned in this threa, I can go back to 7 and login from there as usual.Will wait then for this bug to be ironed out.
But the tty garbage is still there.

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: ayla on 2018/07/03, 08:20:13

There is a thread in the german subforum which recomments the use of a monotype font in such a case.

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: devil on 2018/07/03, 10:24:20

As to a solution why you can't start into the graphical session automaticaly: Is sddm installed?

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/03, 16:08:06

The sequence of events:

• Boot : normal
• Plasma login screen apprears for one second then is replaced by login line in tty1
• ctrl+alt+F7 brings back the plasma login screen
• login: normal

Just something a bit weird.
Thanks.

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dpkg -l | grep ii | grep sddm
ii  kde-config-sddm                               4:5.13.1-1                           amd64        KCM module for SDDM
ii  paintitblack-sddm-settings                    2018.4.0~1                           all          SDDM settings (installed mode)
ii  sddm                                          0.17.0-1.1                           amd64        modern display manager for X11
ii  sddm-theme-paintitblack                       2018.4.0~1                           all          PaintItBlack theme for sddm


Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: devil on 2018/07/04, 00:24:47

Can we see your Xorg.conf in a pastebin?

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/04, 20:40:28

Here it is
https://pastebin.com/gkP28Acp (https://pastebin.com/gkP28Acp)
Thanks

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: devil on 2018/07/05, 19:46:25

Sorry, my mistake. We need to see /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/06, 16:39:02

Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log
https://pastebin.com/Lbeh6UPZ (https://pastebin.com/Lbeh6UPZ)
Thanks

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: devil on 2018/07/06, 20:41:19

Can't spot anything wrong in there. Right now I have fully upgraded 5 devices with Plasma and Intel GFX and none of them shows this problem.

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: dibl on 2018/07/07, 10:51:51

Does ~.xsession-errors give any hint about the problem?

Also, to make sure it is only a software error, boot a live CD or USB stick and check the behavior of the switch from X to tty 1-6.

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: jyp on 2018/07/08, 19:44:48

@dibl
I check booting from the latest siduction iso and there is no visual garbage in tty1-6.

As far as the .xsession-errors file, it is a big file (6.5M) and I am not savvy enough to find any clue from there, no knowing really what to look for. Cannot use pastebin either (the file is too big, the maximum paste size is exceeded)

Thanks

Title: Re: tty_visual-garbage
Post by: dibl on 2018/07/08, 20:27:25

When you boot the live iso, run inxi -v3 and compare that graphics driver info to what you posted above for your installed system.  Look for something different.  That may give a hint about the problem.