On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:11:45 -0500, Dutch Ingraham wrote: >TL;DR: One Arch installation will allow redirecting startx's stderr to >a file, one won't. What is the difference between systems? Hi, what actually was too long to read? Did you for testing purpose install a display manger, e.g. lightdm? Does lightdm or any other DM also not provide the wanted output? If so, what does the display manager's log file in /var provide? Regards, Ralf