On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 04:24:12PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > 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 Thanks for your response. I do have sddm installed, as it came along with the Plasma goo, but it is disabled as I never use a display manager. I could enable it for testing purposes, though, if other testing does not pan out (see other responses in this thread.) Thanks again.
