FS#49040 - [linux] Black screen after closing X session/xmonad; input still works

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Philipp (xiliyi) - Thursday, 21 April 2016, 20:07 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 05 June 2017, 19:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
Running Arch on a Lenovo ThinkPad X201.
Starting xmonad using startx works flawlessly xorg (and xrandr), and everything within it as well. But most of the time (not always!) when I shut down xmonad with Mod+Shift+Q, where I should get back to the terminal, I get a black screen instead. stdin still works, as I can "sudo shutdown -h now" from the black screen. Changing to another terminal or starting a new X session will not bring back an image.

Additional info:
kernel 4.5.1-1-ARCH
xmonad 0.12-2
xorg 1.18.3-1
xorg-xrandr 1.5.0-1
Xorg log: http://pastebin.com/kVsVGX9Z
.xsession: http://pastebin.com/Qey6JNiJ
xmonad.hs: http://pastebin.com/YUFs111n

Steps to reproduce:
According to another user, this is reproducable on a clean install on ThinkPad X201. Using LTS kernel seems to fix it. Forum thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=211441
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 05 June 2017, 19:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Philipp (xiliyi) - Thursday, 21 April 2016, 20:27 GMT
I just found out that closing the lid of the laptop and reopening it will make the image reappear.
Comment by Lik Doyaya (justasug) - Saturday, 23 April 2016, 08:09 GMT
I am getting this too, on a Thinkpad T410. Both the X201 and T410 have the same Intel CPU/GPU (Arrandale i5 5xxM). This seems to be window manager unspecific, since I'm getting it with a different one.
I can also confirm that after suspending the display/image gets restored.
Comment by Philipp (xiliyi) - Monday, 25 April 2016, 04:46 GMT
My X201 model has a different CPU (i7-640LM), but also the Intel HD (in QM57 chipset) graphics.
Comment by Markus (orderlyDisorganized) - Sunday, 15 May 2016, 19:51 GMT
I'm also experiencing this. I'm using Thinkpad X201.

- Linux 4.5.4-1-ARCH x86_64
- xf86-video-intel 1:2.99.917+645+g88733a7-1
- Intel Core i5 M580

Closing and reopening the lid brings console back. Tried with the default X environment (which comes with xorg-server, xorg-server-utils packages or xorg-app group) without Xfce but it didn't help. Here is my thread in Arch forums:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=212609
   Xorg.0.log (19.1 KiB)
Comment by Lik Doyaya (justasug) - Sunday, 26 June 2016, 18:07 GMT
This has resolved itself for me. I don't know which package was responsible for this (the Intel driver or the Linux kernel), but as of versions:

- linux 4.6.2-1
- xf86-video-intel 1:2.99.917+668+gc28e62f-1

it's working fine. I haven't really tested it thoroughly yet, but after 10+ logouts (X shutdowns) there haven't been any black screens yet.

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