No Desktop Environment

[bushy]

Made  a Live USB of sparkylinux-5.8-x86_64-lxqt.iso   Everything looks like it will boot correctly but after a while I end up with only a blinking cursor, if I tap the power button the screen bring up the shutdown process. I conclude the OS is working but the DE is not.

I used DD to create the the LIVE USB twice with different flash drives, both have the same issue. I changed BIOS to both Legacy and Ufie, no difference. 
USB Live versions of UBUNTU and MXLinux both work correctly.

What could be unique about Sparky?

[lami07]

 Have you verified ISO integrity with sha256? What are specs of your PC ?

[bushy]

Yes sha256sum output is correct.

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    description: Notebook
    product: 80WG (LENOVO_MT_80WG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo ideapad 110S-11IBR)
    vendor: LENOVO
    version: Lenovo ideapad 110S-11IBR
    serial: YD029W2T
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 smp vsyscall32
    configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook family=IDEAPAD frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=LENOVO_MT_80WG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo ideapad 110S-11IBR uuid=3CF8628B-D0C1-2017-0409-105440000000
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: Kant
       vendor: LENOVO
       physical id: 0
       version: SDK0J91216 WIN
       serial: YD029W2T
       slot: Part Component
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: LENOVO
          physical id: 0
          version: 4HCN10WW
          date: 02/22/2017
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 6080KiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video pc98 acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot uefi
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          description: CPU
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          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 7
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU  N3060  @ 1.60GHz
          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
          slot: CHV
          size: 2476MHz
          capacity: 2480MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 83MHz
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        *-cache:0
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             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back instruction
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        *-cache:1
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             slot: L2 Cache
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             capacity: 1MiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
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          slot: L1 Cache
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          capacity: 24KiB
          capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
          configuration: level=1
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 8
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 2GiB
        *-bank
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 0
             serial: 00000000
             slot: ChannelA-DIMM0
             size: 2GiB
             width: 8 bits
             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 35
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=iosf_mbi_pci
          resources: irq:0
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 35
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
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        *-generic:0
             description: Signal processing controller
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Power Management Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
             version: 35
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=proc_thermal latency=0
             resources: irq:120 memory:91414000-91414fff
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             description: SD Host controller
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SD Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:91415000-91415fff
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SATA Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 13
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             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
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        *-usb
             description: USB controller
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series USB xHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 35
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
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             description: Encryption controller
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:91300000-913fffff memory:91200000-912fffff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 35
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:121 memory:91410000-91413fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:0 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:91500000-916fffff ioport:91700000(size=2097152)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:17 memory:91100000-911fffff
           *-generic
                description: Unassigned class
                product: RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=rtsx_pci latency=0
                resources: irq:115 memory:91100000-91100fff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:18 memory:91000000-910fffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 99
                serial: 3c:f8:62:8b:d0:c1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.19.0-1-amd64 firmware=29.1044073957.0 ip=192.168.1.116 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:122 memory:91000000-91001fff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 35
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:18 memory:9141a800-9141a81f ioport:1040(size=32)
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
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             description: ATA Disk
             product: TCSUNBOW N8 120G
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             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 3C
             serial: 2018030900010
             size: 111GiB (120GB)
             capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
             configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=4c40e057-4f9b-484d-a15e-84756a0d0664 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-volume:0
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
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                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                version: 3.1
                serial: a48f-9566
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                capacity: 528MiB
                capabilities: boot precious readonly hidden nomount ntfs initialized
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           *-volume:1
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                vendor: MSDOS5.0
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                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
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                serial: 4892-dffd
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                capacity: 99MiB
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           *-volume:2
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                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
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                serial: 165aaf11-9156-4a1c-9baf-9351ce7b4f0a
                capacity: 15MiB
                capabilities: nofs
                configuration: name=Microsoft reserved partition
           *-volume:3
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 4
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
                logical name: /dev/sda4
                version: 3.1
                serial: 3e1336f9-fbfc-704a-bc75-84e5bf9a2cdc
                size: 60GiB
                capacity: 60GiB
                capabilities: ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2019-06-19 02:24:07 filesystem=ntfs name=Basic data partition state=clean
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                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 5
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,5
                logical name: /dev/sda5
                version: 1.0
                serial: b9421c89-3d3a-4e9e-add8-43919a5f06a4
                size: 34GiB
                capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
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                vendor: Linux
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                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,6
                logical name: /dev/sda6
                logical name: /
                version: 1.0
                serial: 1c884f9c-8e65-42a0-b232-bfdc34b6bb20
                size: 15GiB
                capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2019-07-01 14:02:56 filesystem=ext4 label=rootMX18.1 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2019-07-18 22:59:10 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,noatime mounted=2019-07-18 22:59:14 state=mounted
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          bus info: usb@2:1
          logical name: scsi2
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: Ultra Fit
             vendor: SanDisk
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             version: 1.00
             serial: 0101e97c7725d7fa419c
             size: 28GiB (30GB)
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdb
                size: 28GiB (30GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: signature=549d1df7
              *-volume
                   description: Windows FAT volume
                   vendor: MTOO4018
                   physical id: 2
                   logical name: /dev/sdb2
                   version: FAT12
                   serial: 3928-ce62
                   size: 15EiB
                   capabilities: primary boot fat initialized
                   configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat
     *-scsi:2
          physical id: 3
          bus info: usb@1:4
          logical name: scsi3
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB Flash Drive
             vendor: Lexar
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdc
             version: 8.07
             serial: 1
             size: 7646MiB (8017MB)
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: ansiversion=4 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdc
                size: 7646MiB (8017MB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: signature=549d1df7
              *-volume
                   description: Windows FAT volume
                   vendor: MTOO4018
                   physical id: 2
                   logical name: /dev/sdc2
                   version: FAT12
                   serial: 3928-ce62
                   size: 15EiB
                   capabilities: primary boot fat initialized
                   configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat
  *-battery
       product: Not Smart Battery
       vendor: Intel Corp.
       physical id: 1
       version: 2016
       serial: 1.0
       slot: Rear



[lami07]

Have you tried blacklisting Intel driver , or installing system using minicli ISO and removing Intel driver before starting desktop environment ?

[bushy]

No, I have not done either and don't know how to do that.  How does one blacklist a driver when you don't have access to the Desktop or the terminal?

[lami07]

Ok. Blacklisting i915 module at boot was not the brightest idea. Just checked that on my computer. Without i915 display server wouldn't even initialize. But playing with 5.8 lxqt in live mode, reminded me about failsafe mode, which will boot your system using vesa driver. And that's what you should do to diagnose the problem.