SDDM, black screen with Optimus laptop setup

Question

Hey all
After reading the NVIDIA Optimus and the SDDM wiki pages I am kind of at a loss as to how to proceed.
My problem is the following:
I have a Lenovo T540p and I am using the NVIDIA drivers. I have followed the Optimus setup guide succesfully and have setup my xorg.conf for the card that the laptop has. I am sure that it's successfull since if I start X manually I get into my desktop environment.
This is my xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Lefteris edited from Archwiki Optimus page"
Screen 0 "nvidia"
Inactive "intel"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "eDP-1-0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
Modeline "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "1792x1008_60.00" 149.50 1792 1904 2088 2384 1008 1011 1016 1046 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "1664x936_60.00" 128.50 1664 1768 1936 2208 936 939 944 972 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "1536x864_60.00" 109.25 1536 1624 1784 2032 864 867 872 897 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "1408x792_60.00" 90.75 1408 1480 1624 1840 792 795 800 823 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "1280x720_60.00" 74.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 720 723 728 748 -hsync +vsync
Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080_60.00"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia"
Device "nvidia"
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
Driver "modesetting"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "intel"
Device "intel"
EndSection
This is my .xinitrc
#!/bin/bash
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
xrandr --auto
# make sure udiskie is running, for usb auto detection
udiskie &
# for the desktop set the resolution
if [ $HOSTNAME == "archdesktop" ]; then
# also set the 120HZ resolution
xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 0x281
fi
#for the laptop let's disable touchpad when typing
if [ $HOSTNAME == "archlenovo" ]; then
# more info here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Using_.xinitrc
syndaemon -t -k -i 2 -d &
fi
# activate custom xkeymap configuration
test -f ~/.Xkeymap && xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY
# generate i3 config from the templates
~/.local/bin/gen-i3-config.sh
# if Xresources is there load it
[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
# Start the window manager
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# i3 is the default window manager
session=${1:-i3}
case $session in
awesome ) exec awesome;;
bspwm ) exec bspwm;;
catwm ) exec catwm;;
cinnamon ) exec cinnamon-session;;
dwm ) exec dwm;;
enlightenment ) exec enlightenment_start;;
ede ) exec startede;;
fluxbox ) exec startfluxbox;;
gnome ) exec gnome-session;;
gnome-classic ) exec gnome-session --session=gnome-classic;;
i3|i3wm ) exec i3;;
icewm ) exec icewm-session;;
jwm ) exec jwm;;
kde ) exec startkde;;
mate ) exec mate-session;;
monster|monsterwm ) exec monsterwm;;
notion ) exec notion;;
openbox ) exec openbox-session;;
unity ) exec unity;;
xfce|xfce4 ) exec startxfce4;;
xmonad ) exec xmonad;;
# No known session, try to run it as command
*) exec $1;;
esac
After looking around a bit I realized that the problem probably lies with the 2 xrandr calls that I have at the beginning of the .xinitrc. X server starts manually if I do it with startx since then the xrandr commands can be properly interpreted. But it seems that sddm needs to somehow run them before X starts.
Thankfully the Archwiki Optimus page mentions that for an Optimus setup to work with the SDDM login manager the xrandr calls need to be moved to this file: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
I did that and expected things to finally work but when rebooting I still get a black screen. As I said in the beginning if I switch to another tty and startx I get to my window manager and all is fine. The problem is with the X server that SDDM starts.
In case it is of any help this is my pstree of the SDDM process
├─sddm,308
│ ├─Xorg.bin,322 :0 -auth /var/run/sddm/:0 -nolisten tcp -background none -noreset vt1
│ │ ├─{Xorg.bin},396
│ │ ├─{Xorg.bin},397
│ │ ├─{Xorg.bin},398
│ │ ├─{Xorg.bin},399
│ │ ├─{Xorg.bin},400
│ │ ├─{Xorg.bin},401
│ │ ├─{Xorg.bin},402
│ │ └─{Xorg.bin},403
│ ├─sddm-helper,407 --socket /tmp/sddm-auth58feec8a-ca2f-4b56-bcf0-3b9cb4c07204 --id 2 --start /usr/bin/sddm-greeter --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-khPjni --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/maui --user sddm --greeter
│ │ ├─sddm-greeter,412 --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-khPjni --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/maui
│ │ │ ├─{QQmlThread},422
│ │ │ ├─{QXcbEventReader},413
│ │ │ ├─{sddm-greeter},414
│ │ │ ├─{sddm-greeter},415
│ │ │ ├─{sddm-greeter},416
│ │ │ ├─{sddm-greeter},417
│ │ │ ├─{sddm-greeter},418
│ │ │ ├─{sddm-greeter},419
│ │ │ ├─{sddm-greeter},420
│ │ │ └─{sddm-greeter},421
│ │ └─{QProcessManager},411
│ └─{QProcessManager},321
Any help would be really appreciated.
Last edited by lefteris (2014-12-19 15:24:09)

Answer 1

Just in case it can help I am posting the output of journalctl -b with only the relevant entries of and around sddm starting.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Simple Desktop Display Manager...
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event3 (Power Button)
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Lid Switch)
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event2 (Sleep Button)
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event4 (ThinkPad Extra Buttons)
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: New seat seat0.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started Login Service.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x16/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: speaker_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: hp_outs=1 (0x15/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: inputs:
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: Dock Mic=0x19
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: Mic=0x1a
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: Internal Mic=0x12
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=mem
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/hdaudioC1D0/input8
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Intel PCH Dock Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input9
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input10
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Intel PCH Dock Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input11
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input12
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: [drm] VBT doesn't support DRRS
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo sddm[312]: Initializing...
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo sddm[312]: Starting...
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo sddm[312]: Adding new display 0 on vt 1 ...
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo sddm[312]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/:0"
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo dbus[305]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' unit='polkit.service'
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Authorization Manager...
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo polkitd[323]: Started polkitd version 0.112
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo sddm[312]: Display server starting...
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo sddm[312]: Running: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/sddm/:0 -nolisten tcp -background none -noreset vt1
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill2...
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo polkitd[323]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo polkitd[323]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo polkitd[323]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 1 rules
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill2.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo dbus[305]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo polkitd[323]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs'
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0 wlp4s0: renamed from wlan0
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Multi-User System.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Reached target Multi-User System.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Graphical Interface.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface.
Dec 20 01:54:32 archlenovo systemd[1]: Startup finished in 1.599s (kernel) + 633ms (userspace) = 23.528s.
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo kernel: [drm] GMBUS [i915 gmbus dpb] timed out, falling back to bit banging on pin 5
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo kernel: usb 3-11: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo dbus[305]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1' unit='wpa_supplicant.service'
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting WPA supplicant...
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo dbus[305]: [system] Successfully activated service 'fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1'
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started WPA supplicant.
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill3...
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth.
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo systemd[1]: Reached target Bluetooth.
Dec 20 01:54:33 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill3.
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: usb 3-12: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Switched to clocksource tsc
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 8.1, id: 0x1e2b1, caps: 0xd001a3/0x940300/0x12f800, board id: 2964, fw id: 2560
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: psmouse serio1: synaptics: serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cdc_acm 3-10:1.2: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem.
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cdc_acm 3-10:1.2: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: media: Linux media interface: v0.10
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cdc_acm: USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 31
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Camera (04ca:7035)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: input: Integrated Camera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-12/3-12:1.0/input/input14
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cdc_mbim 3-10:1.0: cdc-wdm0: USB WDM device
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cdc_mbim 3-10:1.0 wwan0: register 'cdc_mbim' at usb-0000:00:14.0-10, CDC MBIM, d2:e0:c7:93:ea:9d
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_mbim
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cdc_mbim 3-10:1.0 wwp0s20u10: renamed from wwan0
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370710018002030d41
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Intel device is already patched. patch num: 41
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 360x101
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: registered panic notifier
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input15
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI: Video Device [VID1] (multi-head: yes rom: yes post: no)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:09/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input16
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20140725 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus using PCI Interrupt
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: irq 33 for MSI/MSI-X
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event14 (Video Bus)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event13 (Video Bus)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice.
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice.
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:intel_backlight...
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.11
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: iTCO_wdt: Found a Lynx Point TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1860)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:intel_backlight.
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input17
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input18
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input19
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0004 -> 0007)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20130102 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 343.36 Mon Dec 1 16:18:58 PST 2014
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: irq 34 for MSI/MSI-X
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:34 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:38 archlenovo kernel: psmouse serio2: trackpoint: IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
Dec 20 01:54:38 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Error: Field [TBF3] at 270336 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 262144 (bits) (20140724/dsopcode-236)
Dec 20 01:54:38 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_.GETB] (Node ffff880235835a78), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20140724/psparse-536)
Dec 20 01:54:38 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._ROM] (Node ffff880235835a50), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20140724/psparse-536)
Dec 20 01:54:38 archlenovo kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20140724/nsarguments-95)
Dec 20 01:54:38 archlenovo kernel: input: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/input/input13
Dec 20 01:54:38 archlenovo kernel: thinkpad_acpi: asked for hotkey mask 0x0070ffbf, but firmware forced it to 0x0070ffbb
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Signal received: SIGUSR1
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Display server started.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Socket server starting...
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Socket server started.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Greeter starting...
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-helper[408]: [PAM] Starting...
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-helper[408]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-helper[408]: [PAM] returning.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-helper[408]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0)
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting user-619.slice.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[1]: Created slice user-619.slice.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 619...
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[1]: Starting Session c1 of user sddm.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd-logind[303]: New session c1 of user sddm.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started Session c1 of user sddm.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0)
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Starting -.slice.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Created slice -.slice.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Starting D-Bus Message Bus Socket.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Listening on D-Bus Message Bus Socket.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Starting Sockets.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Reached target Sockets.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Starting Paths.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Reached target Paths.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Starting Timers.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Reached target Timers.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Starting Basic System.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Reached target Basic System.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Starting Default.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Reached target Default.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[409]: Startup finished in 5ms.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 619.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Greeter session started successfully
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-greeter[413]: Connected to the daemon.
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Message received from greeter: Connect
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-greeter[413]: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 148 (Unknown), sequence: 161, resource id: 0, major code: 140 (Unknown), minor code: 20
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-greeter[413]: Message received from daemon: Capabilities
Dec 20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm-greeter[413]: Message received from daemon: HostName
From
20 01:54:39 archlenovo sddm[312]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
we can see that it does indeed try to display the setup script.
But at the very end there is also an error by the greeter. I will try to research about it more but in the meantime if anyone more knowledgeable can figure something out from the above that would be awesome.