On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 12:10:23AM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Hello Fellows,
> [...]
> Now I'm stuck with a malfunctioning X (or more specifically, KDE, as it
> seems). I can run AwesomeWM just fine. But when I try to start KDE, I see
> the first of those fading-in progress icons and then the screen goes black.

Just for the archives: the problem turned out to be the DisplayPort cable
still being plugged in. Once I pulled that out, I had normal video over DVI.
Perhaps my monitor got confused.

DisplayPort had been acting up in Windows to begin with. After I built the
PC, it worked normally for quite a while, but at some it stopped working in
Windows (only in Windows), so I had to fall back to DVI which, on Intel
Graphics, means 30 fps.

The Windows AMD software tells me that it can't establish a link. Perhaps
the cable is at fault.

-- 
Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’
Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any social network.

Philospher: human that, when his milk went bad,
comforts himself that it is still 80% water.