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in your shoes: i would run
journalctl -fto watch the logs scroll by on screen in one virtual terminal (whatever the systemd equivalent is nowadays; it was alt+ctrl+f1 through f7 back i the sysv-init days) and try to log in again on the base xserver virtual terminal and try to watch for errors/failures/warnings messages from that those scrolling logs.journalctl is a unifiied logging system that comes with systemd so your logs are likely to persist there and it has built in tools to help you narrow it down if you see anything in the logs.
When I try to log in, the screen goes black with artifacts and switching to another terminal to see logs is impossible.
when you use an xserver, it occupies one of those virtual terminals that i referenced in my last message.
most distros use 7 virtual terminals and the xserver is usually dedicated to one of them and that means you can use the keyboard shortcuts of alt+ctrl+f1 through alt+ctrl+f7 to switch from your xserver and into a bash prompt where you can then log in without the xserver and execute that command to look at the logs.
you can toggle between all 7 terminals at any time without impacting each other; you can use those keyboard shortcuts to help you troubleshoot this and all xserver problems in an "alt-tab" like fashion switching back and forth between the xserver and six other terminals where you can do things like execute commands; look at logs; & modify configs.
I don't think you understand what I say so I guess you won't be able to help me.
your call and good luck