Black screen on boot after trying to reinstall makemkv

[SpecialEd]

I tried to reinstall makemkv --which used to work but apparently expired--. Everything seemed to go well except makemkv still said files were too old and autoexited. On a reboot, I get the grub menu, I choose Neon and get the splash screen then a black screen. I can CTR>ALT>F? and login, then run startx to get my gui back but I'm not sure where to start to fix this.

TIA,

SpecialEd

[vinnywright]

just how did you go about installing it .

looks to me as though it's a "make" "make install" deal ,,,,,yes/no .

is their an uninstall option in the install script ?

what did you need it to do ,,,,their are other tools to do some of those things

VINNY

[SpecialEd]

Yes, "make" "sudo make install". I used it to rip my DVDs to mkv files, which I then converted to mp4, via Handbrake to store on an external HDD. It used to work quite well. Apparently, it has been in beta for years and I guess after 30 days or whatever my trial expired. I reinstalled it and that's when the black screen on boot appeared. Also is still says, the files are too old, so it doesn't even work. I reinstalled it with the same results.

[GreyGeek]

When you get the F2 screen try this:
sudo systemctl restart sddm

[SpecialEd]

When you get the F2 screen try this:
sudo systemctl restart sddm

It works, starts the GUI, like running startx, maybe a little slower start, but it still goes back to a blank screen on reboot.

[GreyGeek]

It works, starts the GUI, like running startx, maybe a little slower start, but it still goes back to a blank screen on reboot.

See if ~/.Xauthority is still owned by you. If it isn't chown it to you:you. Or, delete it and reboot. Another copy will be created.

[SpecialEd]

Yep, I still own it, but thanks for the suggestion.

[vinnywright]

run

find ~/ -user root

did it "find anything ?

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Yep, I still own it, but thanks for the suggestion.

Delete it anyway, and reboot. What do you have to lose?

[SpecialEd]

/home/specialed/.wget-hsts

[vinnywright]

/home/specialed/.wget-hsts

harmless I have that one as well ?

it's a wget known hosts file ,,,,mine has github in it

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Not related to your problem, but mine is:

[COLOR=#000000] vdir /home/jerry/.wget-hsts  [/COLOR]
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jerry jerry 347 Aug 23 11:29 /home/jerry/.wget-hsts

[COLOR=#000000] cat /home/jerry/.wget-hsts      [/COLOR]
# HSTS 1.0 Known Hosts database for GNU Wget.
# Edit at your own risk.
# <hostname>[:<port>]   <incl. subdomains>      <created>       <max-age>
raw.githubusercontent.com       0       0       1499484321      31536000
files.kde.org   0       0       1501862415      15768000
downloads.iridiumbrowser.de     0       1       1491957768      15768000
github.com      0       1       1499484321      31536000
www.youtube.com 0       0       1492652294      31536000

[SpecialEd]

I still have to do the CTL>ALT>F2 and startx workaround (some might say, "no big deal," but it's anathema to anyone who likes an orderly, properly functioning system), but I did get MakeMKV working again. Apparently, if you look in the right places, they publish a new registration code monthly. Doh!

[vinnywright]

it sounds like something is messing with SDDM ,,,,,,,,

by the way k3b can do the riping of a DVD and their are plenty of other tools for that in your package manager ,,,,,heck you can even open it (the DVD) in dolphin and copy out the mane VOB (it's just a MPEG ) and do the converting in any one of the several transcoding/converting tools available in your package manager including handbrake .

VINNY

[SpecialEd]

it sounds like something is messing with SDDM ,,,,,,,,

by the way k3b can do the riping of a DVD and their are plenty of other tools for that in your package manager ,,,,,heck you can even open it (the DVD) in dolphin and copy out the mane VOB (it's just a MPEG ) and do the converting in any one of the several transcoding/converting tools available in your package manager including handbrake .

VINNY

MakeMKV is for handling the encryption. I use MakeMKV first then run it through Handbrake and usually just keep it as a file on one of many external HDDs but K3b usually comes up automagically when I need to burn a disk.