On 08/16/18 12:34, Thomas Letherby wrote:
> Hello Ed,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, I tried with LightDM, which gave the same black 
> screen,
> with the following in /var/log/messages, not sure why it's trying to talk to
> PulseAudio?
>
>

I prefer to use "journalctl" to extract log information.

Have a look at https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/7iRJ5adKn4W6SSCyAKs~OQ.

These outputs were generated just after the system was booted with a user that 
logged
in via ssh.   So, no attempt was made to start a GUI.

I think you should do the same and see if there is any thing that pops out.

>
>
> Googling suggested a few different things to try, nothing seemed to work in 
> this
> case, but for reference:
>
> sudo rm -fr /var/lib/sddm/.cache/sddm-greeter/qmlcache
>
> Tried both Breeze themes, then installed sddm-theme and tried one of those.
>
> Tried with a monitor plugged into the HDMI port
>
> There does appear to be a block of text flashing up just before the screen 
> goes
> blank, it's an ACPI error or two I think, but it flashes by and I can't find 
> it in
> the logs.

I normally see a few ACPI message pop up on boot as well.  I've never known 
them to
be a source of problems

-- 
Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't a 
fact.

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