FS#27749 - Laptop gdm Issue (Black screen + cursor)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Bodo Kaiser (archer42) - Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 15:46 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 16:12 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Hi,
I have an old laptop over here running several times XP before.
Now I wanted to rescue this poor computer from Windows and install a clean archlinux-i686 to it.
The installation was successful and didn't cause any problems.

Then I installed the default packages which I usually install:
gnome
gnome-extra
xorg-server
xf86-video-ati
...

Latest files, default configs...

Finally coming to the issue:
When I start gdm I get a black screen with the mouse cursor.
I can move the mouse cursor but I don't manage it to get rid of this black screen.
I can't find any errors in the xorg logs and the gdm logs aren't quite helpful.

I often have issues with older (2003) laptops and linux, don't know why.

What causes this damn black screen?

Regards,
archer42
This task depends upon

Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 16:12 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#27748 

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