Samuel Sieb wrote:
> I'm not switching consoles. I haven't yet reached the
opportunity
> to do so when the system hangs and the black screen appears. After
> that, yes, I can and do switch to a text console so I can kill the
> hung KDE session.
You do switch consoles and you just again said you did. You switched
consoles and then killed the session. I get those same messages when
I switch to a text console and then back again. Those messages are
normal and not a problem.
I ran the test this evening while I was remotely connected to the
machine from a different machine. When KDE stuck, I checked the
Xorg log from the other machine, without switching consoles on the
machine with the problem. The log ended like this:
[261624.860] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[261624.925] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:65
[261624.925] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:69
[261624.925] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 226:0
[261624.925] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:64
[261624.925] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:66
[261624.926] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:68
[261624.926] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:67
So, no, I hadn't tried to switch consoles when those messages
appeared.
> Have I mentioned that I installed TigerVNC on the system, then
> connected from a different one? In that situation, KDE starts fine.
> The problem is only on the main screen.
This starts the session differently. How are you starting vnc and
KDE in this case. That might give a hint to why the other method
isn't working.
Well, I'm certainly seeking hints. The VNC session got me to a blank
screen image. I opened an xterm on it and ran startx.
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