Debian Bug report logs - #783632
slim runs, but screen stays black

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christof Boeckler <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: slim runs, but screen stays black

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:51:01 +0200

Package: slim
Version: 1.3.6-4
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

from time to time (maybe once in three to five startups) I end up seeing 
only a black screen when my PC has started up. Although I can't see a 
thing, slim is running since I am able to log in by just typing my 
credentials. Then I see the hard disk indicators flashing. If I switch 
to a virtual console (e.g. by Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back (to VT2) then I see 
my desktop environment as expected.

This bug is annoying for the average user, because one can think that 
the PC is unusable or has crashed.

Thanks!
Christof

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages slim depends on:
ii  dbus                   1.8.16-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.56
ii  libc6                  2.19-18
ii  libfontconfig1         2.11.0-6.3
ii  libfreetype6           2.5.2-3
ii  libgcc1                1:4.9.2-10
ii  libjpeg62-turbo        1:1.3.1-12
ii  libpam0g               1.1.8-3.1
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.50-2+b2
ii  libstdc++6             4.9.2-10
ii  libx11-6               2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxext6               2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxft2                2.3.2-1
ii  libxmu6                2:1.1.2-1
ii  libxrandr2             2:1.4.2-1+b1
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.8-1+b1
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages slim recommends:
ii  xterm  312-2

Versions of packages slim suggests:
ii  scrot  0.8-13
ii  xauth  1:1.0.9-1

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/slim.conf changed:
default_path        /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X11/X
xserver_arguments   -nolisten tcp
xauth_path         /usr/bin/X11/xauth
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth
numlock             on
hidecursor          true
login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session
sessions            default
welcome_msg         Willkommen an %host
shutdown_msg       The system is halting...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...
current_theme       debian-joy
lockfile            /var/run/slim.lock
logfile             /var/log/slim.log


-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: slim
  slim/daemon_name: /usr/bin/slim

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