Joseph Comfort composed on 2017-02-15 17:16 (UTC-0700):
After doing a fresh install of Leap 42.2 on a computer that had been ... Graphics card: nVidia GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS, Rev.3]
I have one PC using this gfxcard, but its 42.2 has TDM as login manager. It also has 42.1 with KDM3, TW with both KDM3 and KDM (two separate installations), 13.2 with KDM, 13.1 with KDM3, plus Mageia 5, Fedora 24/25/Rawhide, Debian Jessie, Stretch & Sid, and Kubuntu 14.10. I seriously your gfxcard is your problem if you're using KDE3, TDE or Plasma with KDM.
Driver: nouveau, with drm
You do have another FOSS driver option should the problem actually have anything to do with Xorg rather than your DE or [gdm/sddm/lightdm/...]. Uninstalling xf86-video-nouveau will cause a GT218 to use the modesetting driver that is integrated in the Xorg server. ...
(1) What is needed to get the graphical display to come up? (2) How does one set run levels now? (The screen goes black if I do a 'init 3', so there is at least some response.
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