# Black screen after select character

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/black-screen-after-select-character/13799>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [August 4, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/black-screen-after-select-character/13799 "2017-08-04T16:25:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/black-screen-after-select-character/13799/9 "2017-08-04T21:01:33Z")

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Seeing the same here again. “Could not connect to login server” issue and the black screen issue. These sound similar, so this may not be a client-side OS issue.

> **[Unable to log in or acces game in Launcher](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/unable-to-log-in-or-acces-game-in-launcher/12124)**
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> So launcher wont log me into any of accounts, if it does i get a socket was closed as soon as i get into the system… If i type in a different passwpord then it says wrong password, so it knows its me and i cant log in… It was all working fine before...

  

> **[Complete login failure](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/complete-login-failure/12127)**
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> Since DT I’ve been trying to login to eve and I keep getting a login failure. Also trying to sign in to the support page has failed. The only thing I’ve been able to login to is the forums. EDIT: seems to be fixed now

Also note, I can login to Singularity and fully load the client.

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