"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/7/23 04:35, u34@xxxxxxx wrote: > >> All, > >> > >> Lightdm has been working fine up until pacman update today. After the > >> update, lightdm fails with a garbled screen. The journal shows: > >> > > Could be an overwriten /etc/shells. > > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/77404. > > -- > > u34 > > > > Thank you both, > > But it seems the error is deeper than that. startx will not launch fluxbox > either (which has worked since 2013 when the server was built). > > Command output say Cannot connect to X server?? Huh? > > I use the nvidia-390xx driver, but it is built and quite happy: > > $ lsmod | grep nvidia > nvidia_drm 57344 0 > nvidia_modeset 1318912 1 nvidia_drm > nvidia_uvm 1912832 0 > nvidia 19505152 2 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset > video 65536 1 nvidia > ipmi_msghandler 81920 2 ipmi_devintf,nvidia > > From the /var/log/Xorg.0.log, nvidia is loaded fine: > > [ 500.265] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section > "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32 > [ 500.265] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32 > [ 500.265] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 > [ 500.265] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor > [ 500.265] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > [ 500.265] (II) Applying OutputClass "nvidia" options to /dev/dri/card0 > [ 500.265] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" > [ 500.266] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration > [ 500.973] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GPU-0 at PCI:1:0:0 > [ 500.973] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0 (boot) > [ 500.973] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1 > [ 500.973] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0 > [ 500.973] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1 > [ 500.973] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2 > [ 500.974] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 460 (GF104) at PCI:1:0:0 > (GPU-0) > [ 500.974] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes > [ 500.974] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.04.1b.00.70 > [ 500.974] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X > [ 501.019] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): NEC LCD1765 (CRT-0): connected > [ 501.019] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): NEC LCD1765 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel > clock > [ 501.019] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): > [ 501.022] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-1: disconnected > [ 501.022] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock > [ 501.022] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: disconnected > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock > [ 501.052] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): > [ 501.055] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected > [ 501.055] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal TMDS > [ 501.055] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock > [ 501.055] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): > [ 501.058] (==) NVIDIA(0): > [ 501.058] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode > "nvidia-auto-select" > [ 501.058] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode. > [ 501.058] (==) NVIDIA(0): > [ 501.058] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes: > [ 501.058] (II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select" > [ 501.058] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024 > [ 501.060] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (95, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X > config > [ 501.060] (--) NVIDIA(0): option > [ 501.060] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting" > [ 501.060] (II) Unloading modesetting > [ 501.061] (II) NVIDIA: Using 6144.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory > [ 501.061] (II) NVIDIA: access. > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; > the daemon > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set > correctly. When the > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X > driver will > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event > notifications. For > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in > Appendix B: X > [ 501.063] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README. > [ 501.094] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select" > [ 501.158] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps > [ 501.158] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled > [ 501.158] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled > [ 501.158] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled > [ 501.158] (II) Loading sub module "dri2" > [ 501.158] (II) LoadModule: "dri2" > [ 501.158] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in > [ 501.158] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete > [ 501.158] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia > > So what else to check on why lightdm, fluxbox and startx just stopped > working and why startx says in can no longer connect to the X server? > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Downgrading, reverting, the upgrade. Hopefully, everything will work, and upgrading each package own its own? What packages were upgraded? -- u34
