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On 07/19/2017 01:41 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Does 'startx -- :1' from vtty login, either normally or as root, avoid the black screen? (I'm guessing not.) No, it simply gave me the popup dialog error message about startx and
On 07/18/2017 06:26 PM, Felix Miata wrote: then I lost the ability to show my key strokes... Just get output but no echo of keystrokes... But I did manage to capture the output from this startx command and saved it to a file.
bigbang:/home/marc # cat startx.log xauth: file /home/marc/.serverauth.17979 does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.18.3 Release Date: 2016-04-04 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux bigbang 4.4.74-18.20-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 30 19:01:19 UTC 2017 (b5079b8) x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.74-18.20-default root=UUID=ebf32d3d-bbdd-4d70-99e5-c15735bcd81d ro re sume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/befcf2d3-8c2c-484b-a196-55be5744a24f splash=silent quiet showopts Build Date: 14 July 2017 05:36:29PM
Current version of pixman: 0.34.0 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/home/marc/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed Jul 19 13:28:32 2017 (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Switching VT failed (EE) (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/marc/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log" for additional information. (EE) VGA Arbitration: Cannot restore default device. (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Cannot assign requested address xinit: server error -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
xinit failed. /usr/bin/Xorg is not setuid, maybe that's the reason? If so either use a display manager (strongly recommended) or adjust /etc/permissions.local and run "chkstat --system -- set" afterwards
Felix - I noted that the output from the startx -- :1 made a reference to another Xorg log file - "(EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/marc/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log" for additional information. " I posted this at - http://susepaste.org/84812068 HTHs Marc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org