Comment # 25 on bug 1208198 from patrick shanahan

(In reply to Stefan Dirsch from comment #23)
> (In reply to patrick shanahan from comment #22)
> > (In reply to Stefan Dirsch from comment #21)
> > > I would check if "/home/paka/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" is the relevant
> > > logfile.
> > > 
> > >   (let things fail; then run:)
> > >   date
> > >   ls -l /home/paka/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
> > > 
> > > Also I suggest to try using xdm or lightdm to avoid the permission problem.
> > > 
> > >   sudo update-alternatives --config default-displaymanager
> > > 
> > > I cannot reproduce your issue with gdm. Also it doesn't nvidia driver
> > > related at all.
> > 
> > 
> > I use sddm. I have changed to xdm per your suggestion
> 
> Ok. And this does work now?

xdm loads, started X as
  sudo systemctl isolate graphical.target

get blank screen 
will attach Xorg.0.log


> 
> > I have utilized "startx" for icewm for many years as <user>.
> 
> Hmm. No longer supported since more than 2 decades....
> 
> > I will reinstall glibc-2.37.1 and initiate X as <root> shortly,
> > must do so work right now.
> 
> We already did this. It just worked. This was
> https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208204#c9