I just tried installing nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq5f59fqc4jdtvr4676dpvhlq37z3jtguqkjeejjk6jthvy0wm4qkskv9j9n (nprofile…9j9n) on my laptop and I am having trouble.
I previously installed it successfully in a virtual machine, so I tried replicating the same steps. I got through the installer pretty easily, and rebooted into the tty. Then I ran
xbps-install -Su to update, followed by# xbps-install NetworkManager pipewire sddm xorg plasma-desktop kate konsole
Then I tried "linking services." I have never actually done this in my previous decade using Linux: I am just following the directions in the Void documentation.
# ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service/
# ln -s /etc/sv/sddm /var/service/
After I did that the sddm login manager immediately started automatically. I typed in my password and...nothing. I get a completely blank black screen. Nothing displayed. No input. No output.
I tried rebooting, and it automatically launches SDDM again. Typing my password in has the same effect.
Rebooting again, I looked for any options in SDDM I could change, but there aren't any I can find. Despite installing the xorg package, SDDM only gives me the option to log in with Wayland. I also don't know how to quit out of SDDM and go back to the tty.
I tried rebooting in recovery mode, hoping it would give me a tty, but it doesn't: even in recovery mode it launches sddm automatically, and logging in gives me a frozen blank screen.
There are three kernels installed (which I can see from GRUB): 6.12.11_1, 6.12.95_1, and 6.18.38_1. Booting with any of these kernels, with or without recovery mode, gives the same effect.
Is there a way to fix this system?
EDIT: Thanks to nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq2jhx8nmnrm2zzxxncczz3t6tgmwc5nrdal679fpc6l4xfxgdds3qnf8tek (nprofile…8tek) for reminding me that ctrl+alt+f1 switches to a tty. So now the question is what I can install or configure to make Plasma work.
EDIT 2:
From the TTY I tried installing other GUIs: Weston, Sway, LXQt, and Cinnamon.
Weston and Sway give the exact same trouble as Plasma.
OpenBox (installed automatically with LXQt) gives a blank gray screen instead of a blank black screen.
Cinnamon and LXQt work, BUT there is no wifi. The wi-fi icon in the task bar is present, but clicking it reveals nothing. No networks to connect to, no settings, no "can't find any networks" error. I previously had this issue when installing Debian
https://transfem.social/notes/aacqmdj80ypp0ew9
I don't know how to fix it: I reinstalled and it magically fixed itself. It seems like the wifi issue may be unrelated to the graphics display/wayland issue.
#VoidLinux #Plasma #TechHelp
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