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Yesterday I fully updated Mageia6 cauldron it was working fine this morning I booted and all I am getting is a login prompt I have no idea what caused this as the computer was shut down all night

hi,

the likely candidates are updated video driver or/and updated kernel.

so , if you are using Grub, there should be an older kernel to choose from, highlight it and check to see if bootup is successful.
if you are using Grub2, look at the second Grub2 entry for your cauldron system,(advanced options?) and again the older kernels are listed there. highlight one and see if bootup is successful.

if not so, you can login as "root" ( not "su -")
enter root password at prompt.
then:

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grep -i driver /var/log/Xorg.0.log
lspcidrake -v | grep VGA

and post that here if possible

some thing has gone wrong no older kernels in advanced options there are no older kernels so I guess a reinstall is the deal

you could try resetting the video driver.

at the prompt, login as "root" ( not su -)
give password.

run "drakx11" and reset graphics settings.

you have a

rbrick49 wrote:GPU is Graphics: Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
and I am running cauldron ...

so driver is likely "intel 810 or later"

this is mine

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: $ lspcidrake -v | grep VGA
Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:8086 device:0152 subv:1043 subd:84ca) (rev: 09)



when done, save and exit.

than, at the prompt

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systemctl default

heres my computers output

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[root@xubuntu grumpy]# inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller                             
           Display Server: X.org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)                                             
           tty size: 61x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root       
[root@xubuntu grumpy]# inxi -F
System:    Host: xubuntu Kernel: 4.7.0-desktop-0.rc7.1.mga6 x86_64 (64 bit)                                               
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.7.0                         
           Distro: Mageia 6 thornicroft                     
Machine:   Mobo: ASRock model: Z97 Extreme4 serial: M80-54004300175                                                       
           Bios: American Megatrends v: P2.30 date: 10/12/2015                                                           
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-4770K (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB                                                       
           clock speeds: max: 3900 MHz 1: 3900 MHz           
           2: 3899 MHz 3: 3900 MHz 4: 3891 MHz 5: 3873 MHz   
           6: 3900 MHz 7: 3879 MHz 8: 3892 MHz               
Graphics:  Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller                             
           Display Server: X.org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)                                             
           tty size: 61x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root       
Audio:     Card-1 C-Media CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio]         
           driver: snd_virtuoso                             
           Card-2 Logitech G930 driver: USB Audio           
           Card-3 Logitech Webcam Pro 9000                   
           driver: USB Audio                                 
           Sound: ALSA v: k4.7.0-desktop-0.rc7.1.mga6       
Network:   Card: Intel Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V       
           driver: e1000e                                   
           IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full                                                           
           mac: d0:50:99:71:21:bc                           
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1980.4GB (2.1% used)             
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_840 size: 250.1GB                                                           
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZRX size: 1000.2GB
           ID-3: /dev/sdc model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
           ID-4: /dev/sdd model: INTEL_SSDSC2BW24 size: 240.1GB
           ID-5: /dev/sde model: INTEL_SSDSC2BW24 size: 240.1GB
           ID-1: / size: 49G used: 4.5G (10%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /home size: 176G used: 387M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 34.31GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdd3
           ID-4: swap-2 size: 4.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0C mobo: 33.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A fan-1: 762 fan-2: 981 fan-3: 873 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0 fan-6: 0
Info:      Processes: 214 Uptime: 19 min Memory: 905.9/31874.5MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.0

I just did a reinstall of Mageia6 so will see how it goes
I just checked advanced options it just keeps askinf for login and password and does nothing is this because I used a live usb for install of mageia

FWIW. please read https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron#Who ... ldn.27t.3F

tonight I found out how I broke my installation of mageia I did it from changing to autologin in mcc

thanks all you good people for the help

doktor5000 wrote:FWIW. please read https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron#Who ... ldn.27t.3F

are you suggesting old friend I change my repo

No, I'm suggesting you read that part of the wiki page I've linked to. Anyways, to what would you want to change your cauldron repos to?

I see

For the record another tester tried to enable autologin (sddm) and simply could not. I also tried in mcc (no avail) and in sddm.conf (no avail). Beside not changing the need to login upon each boot we experienced no further effect.

autologin config support still needs to be added to our tools for newer display managers, see https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17913

thanks kozaki

@rbrick49 you're welcome!

Thanks doktor5000. I went for applying patches linked from https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17913 and failed both: file not present.
Also installed lxdm then lightdm, mcc » autologin = yes. restarting the dm they show up --asking for login. Upon reboot, sddm's showing up... asking for login :/

I was a mandrake user a long time ago in Australia I enjoyed using it and learning how to build software packages.I am still revovering from brain surgery and was looking for a new operating system to add some knowledge to my partial lost memory its coming back slowly,I am quiet enjoying using Mageia keep up the good work and thanks
kind regards Ron

You can configure sddm to autologin, directly in /etc/sddm.conf, if that's what you want.
For lxdm it's the same, see e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDM#Autologin

I believe rbrick49 is giving a hand to help testing the next Mageia as well as his own recovery thanks God! (may he corrects me if I'm wrong). Especially if he's still here after reading

doktor5000 wrote:FWIW. please read https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron#Who_should_use_Mageia_Cauldron.2C_and_who_shouldn.27t.3F

I'm very close (polish the distro while it's time and also testing it for relatives and to know what I'm talking about).

So, as quoted more than once, mcc » set autologin: does not work for sddm nor the other, older dm. That's what I noticed, up to the latest update train today.
As for editing the DM conf files it does not work here but with lxdm.
EDIT:

sddm.conf
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User=<USERNAME>
Session=mate.desktop   # same with 'Mate' and with '[01]plasma.desktop'

lightdm.conf
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pam-service=lightdm
pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin
autologin-user=<USERNAME>
autologin-user-timeout=0
session-wrapper=/etc/lightdm/Xsession

Just can't login in even with my user's password carrefuly typed in.

Dont worry kozaki I appreciate all the help I get and well and good if I can give some help back I quiet enjoy testing new distros it keeps me off the streets
regards Ron

autologin worked last time I tested with sddm, and since then there were no sddm updates ...
Did you actually add the [AutoLogin] section, as shown in e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SDDM#Autologin and in man sddm.conf or the comments in the conf file?

doktor5000 you're right in that Mageia default dm is unchanged at version 0.13... kidding in that I had added autologin lines above the Mageia specific configuration in sddm.conf :} Though again I'm reporting bug #17913 still here: can't set up autologin via mcc for the tested dms. As I'm testing for people who just != the average Arch user (EDIT: here and here last lines].

For the record autologin works after editing:
/etc/sddm.conf

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#### Mageia specific configuration

[Autologin]
User=<USERNAME>
Session=mate.desktop   # or any available desktop in /usr/share/xsession

Maybe we get to Mageia 7 sddm-config-editor it's qt5 based gui to edit sddm settings like autologin.
Now there is only manually edit it or plasma 5 have sddm-kcm in settings but works only with plasma 5.
https://github.com/hagabaka/sddm-config-editor

kozaki wrote:Though again I'm reporting bug #17913 still here: can't set up autologin via mcc for the tested dms.

I'm aware that this bug still persists (hence why I linked to it) but repeating it will unfortunately not make it go away.

That's why we stand here: to press the un-pressable, right?
Seriously doktor5000 you've seen that

I went for applying patches linked from https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17913 and failed both: file not present.

Does it possibly mean sddm is not ready upstream?

@OP what DM Kubuntu uses, and does the graphical tool allows to set it up, for any DM as ozky noticed above?

kozaki wrote:Seriously doktor5000 you've seen that

I went for applying patches linked from https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17913 and failed both: file not present.

Does it possibly mean sddm is not ready upstream?

No it means you tried to apply that downstream patch to our tools in the wrong way.

And as I mentioned autologin worked not sure why you deduct that sddm is not ready upstream.

OK, thank you for clarifying doktor5000.
To know where to follow up and reporting while testing; and then which dm to go if/when installing Mageia6 final release.