Hello Bill, Am Sonntag 05 August 2018 schrieb William Morder: > (EE) Fatal server error > Could not create lock file in /tmp/.tXO-lock > > and > > tdm [2692] error: X server died during startup > X server for display :0 can't be started, session disabled > > I tried removing the lock file via command-line, and got this; > > rm: cannot remove 'XO-lock' Read-only file system > I lost track about the original problem, but this error does not seem to have any relation to pulse. Look at the messages. The X server died because of read-only mounted file system. This seems to be the root of the actual problem. I only ever have encountered read-only mounted file systems during boot mostly because missing file systems or errors of which. > This seems to be caused by some conflict between Debian and Devuan > packages. Why would you ever mix Devuan and Debian? Devuan basically *is* Debian exept a few packages without dependencies to systemd stuff. Devuan explicitly says not to mix with Debian. If you want to get rid of systemd choose a straight upgrade path from Debian to Devuan like described on their website and enjoy. > I tried removing everything systemd, but that caused problems. I > installed Devuan packages, and made init my PID 1. I removed systemd-sysv, > but didn't do a total purge of systemd stuff, and it ran great, "purring > like a kitten" (as I said too quickly), and then this crap. See from the outside this is far too vague (for me at least) to guess what you actually did and if or how you broke something. If you're running Debian there are ways to use sysvinit as init system, but you shouldn't install Devuan packages in a Debian, I think. Run either Debian or Devuan. There lies no advantage in mixing them, I'm quite certain. HTH, kind regards, Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting