Ok this is weird. I removed the ~/.Xauthority file and pointed startx to startup.txt and it just started up fine. wierd 2010/12/20 Øyvind Heggstad <mrelendig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:59 -0600 > "Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr." <jeffrey.parke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I did a big update on my main arch machine and rebooted, I can't > > start X anymore. I saw that xorg-xinit and xorg-xauth as well as the > > nvidia packages were upgraded. Startx gives me a blank screen and > > switching to the first login (ctrl-alt-F1) shows a never ending "No > > Protocol Specified" message which finally fails with "xinit: unable > > to connect to X server: Connection refused" and "Xauth: error in > > locking authority file /home/user/.Xauthority" > > > > I checked my Xorg.0.log file and I see this message listed: > > > > (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select" (II) NVIDIA(0): > > ACPI: > > > failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon (II) > > > NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X (II) > > > NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the > > > (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver > > > will (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event > > > notifications. For (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the > > > "ConnectToAcpid" and (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X > > > configuration options in Appendix B: X (II) NVIDIA(0): Config > > > Options in the README > > > > > > what could be the problem here? > The acpi error is most likely not fatale. First > rm /home/user/.Xauthority, then run startx &> foobar.txt, and then put > the content of that file into a pastebin. Also check that your partions > ins't full. > > >
