> > On 06:51 Tue 19 Oct , Guillermo Leira wrote: > > > > After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc > > on my > > > > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can > > ping > > > > from other computer, but I can't ssh. > > > > > > > > Before I click on the username, the "switch off" icon at the right down > > corner > > > > works. Once I click on the username, nothing else works, and I neither > > can > > > > ctrl-alt-F1 to the console... > > > > > > > > Any suggestions/questions? > > > > > > I have removed GDM and installed SLIM. Now I can login, but the screen > > shows nothing... And if I try to CTRL-ALT-F1 to the console, the system > > locks again. It is not a GDM problem. > > > > > > If I run startx from the command line, X starts. > > > > > > Any advice? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Guillermo > > > > > > > Hi Guillermo, > > > > try and make yourself a new user. If that one can work with the X-part of > > your system - then some rights in your local $HOME directory are broken > > (.xinitrc > > would be a candidate for this kind of weird behaviour, but also > > .ICEauthority or .Xauthority). > > If of cause the new user account does have the same problems, your /etx/X11 > > or worse might have wrong user rights. > > Have also a look i a file called .xerrors, .xsession-errors - or something > > like that (can't remember the correct name anymore), there could be some > > hints in > > it, if it does exist, what your problem is. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Karl > > > > > When you run Slim, you also get a /var/log/slim.log to look at. I have tried to make a new user, but it has the same problem. I have started X as root, and works. Then I installed xfce, and it hangs as well. Twm runs fine for all users. Gnome and xfce hang even for root. The .xsession-errors file is not updated. It is dated a couple of months ago... I have created an .xinitrc for root, and it also gets locked when I select gnome or xfce. As the system gets completely locked, I have to power cycle it, and the Xorg log files have 0 bytes when I reboot... I checked KMS. I included intel_agp and i915 in mkinitcpio.conf, but it seems to be unrelated to the problem, as twm works. Help... :-( I don't even know what to look for. And I wouldn't like to reinstall the system (that would be too easy). Best Regards, Guillermo Leira
