Donald MacDougall wrote: > Nov 2, 2026 4:57:01 AM Greg Wooledge <[email protected]>: > > > > On Sun, Nov 01, 2026 at 23:25:25 -0800, Donald MacDougall wrote: > The reason I thought it obvious is that I'm using > systemctl commands which I thought to be > Wayland commands. If I am wrong about that > then when I look at syslog a large proportion of > the lines at startup and shutdown are systemd > such as: > > systemd [1]: Started cups.service - CUPS Scheduler. > > If I was mistaken that these were indications > that I am using Wayland then I stand corrected.
systemd is a replacement init system - the previous default was sysvinit. wayland is a replacement GUI. X11 is still the default unless you are running GNOME. They are not related much. > All I did after typing 'startx' (as me, not root) resulting in the black > screen was press ^Alt and the first 6 function keys none of which did > anything at all followed by Fn Alt and the function keys which also had no > effect, then I quick tapped the power key. That caused a normal shutdown > with a rapid scrolling up the screen of the normal shutdown messages and then > the computer powered off. "startx" starts X11. Somewhere in the log file that you didn't copy will be the clue about what caused X11 to stop. You should read the man pages for "startx" and "xinit". You say that you do not have a .xinitrc in your home directory. Try creating it with this line in it as the only content: xfce4-session Then run startx and tell us what happens. -dsr- -- https://randomstring.org/~dsr/eula.html is binding upon you. [Set the new password to "swordfish". Please repeat everything three times.]
