Login Loop

metroidlover97

Hello, I've had this issue for a couple months now, but it's extremely urgent now. I updated to the "new" kernel and nvidia drivers, and now I'm stuck in a login loop. As in, I enter my password, screen goes black, and it goes straight back to the login screen. Using MATE, 1660 Ti card. Could someone help?

pomon

Go to Tty by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Fx for x (F1-F7). Enter your login and password.

Check the Permissions of Xauthority
ls -lah | grep -i Xauthority. You should see the file listed with the permissions first, followed by the username and group that own it. If you see “root” listed there, it's an error.
Check if there is a full partition / df -h.
What is displayed after startx?
Check the service: systemctl status lightdm
Do sudo eopkg check | grep -i broken | awk '{print $4}' | xargs sudo eopkg install --reinstall

metroidlover97

pomon startx displays a load of garble. And command 5 doesn't do anything? The others seem fine.

This is what's displayed when I enter startx. I apologize for the small image, but it's the only way I could fit it all in there.

By uninstalling the nvidia-glx drivers, I was able to get back to the desktop. I would definitely still want to install the nvidia stuff again though.

Jumpy

Add " single " to the boot parameters after pressing "e"-key on the systemd boot menu. Then write "exit" to the command prompt and the Solus GUI (such as Budgie) should open up. Then uninstall everything matching "nvidia-*".

pomon

How you installed the drivers? What graphics card? inxi -Gxx. Look

metroidlover97

I used DoFlicky for it, just as that video said. Doesn't work every single time I do it.
inxi -Gxx returns
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau

pomon

Try manually in the terminal. Update the system sudo eopkg up -y. Check eopkg li | grep linux-current-headers. If you don't, install. Install sudo it nvidia-glx-driver-common nvidia-glx-driver-32bit nvidia-glx-driver-current. Possibly still nvidia-glx-driver-modaliases.
If it is a black screen, uninstall the driver in TTY. Then we will think what to do next.

metroidlover97

Sorry, but I still get stuck in the login loop after installing those 4 packages.

pomon

Go to TTY and install nvidia-glx-driver-current. Reboot.

metroidlover97

I did that already...

pomon

Well, I was wrong. Show eopkg li | grep headers and uname -a

metroidlover97

pomon

Maybe try with the driver nvidia-470-glx-driver-current.

metroidlover97

That ... actually worked. Thanks! Guess the 515.xx driver was incompatible.

Staudey

metroidlover97 That is weird, seeing as your GPU is still supported by the new Nvidia driver branch:
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/191961/en-us/

Oh well, at least it works now, I guess. (the 515.xx branch has some nice features/improvements though, especially if you want to ever switch to a Wayland desktop)