Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 10:14:35AM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:47:57 -0500 > Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 09:23:01AM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:11:45 -0500 > > > Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > > > > > Hello all: > > > >

Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Doug Newgard
On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:47:57 -0500 Dutch Ingraham wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 09:23:01AM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:11:45 -0500 > > Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > > > Hello all: > > > > > > TL;DR: One Arch installation will allow redirecting startx's stderr to >

Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 04:29:47PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:24:12 +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 differe

Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Dutch Ingraham
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

Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 09:23:01AM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:11:45 -0500 > Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > Hello all: > > > > TL;DR: One Arch installation will allow redirecting startx's stderr to > > a file, one won't. What is the difference between systems? > > > > Is

Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:24:12 +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? >

Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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. lightd

Re: [arch-general] .xsession-errors - can't startx with that file

2016-09-18 Thread Doug Newgard
On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:11:45 -0500 Dutch Ingraham wrote: > Hello all: > > TL;DR: One Arch installation will allow redirecting startx's stderr to > a file, one won't. What is the difference between systems? > Is X running as root or as the user (rootless)? This can change based on configuratio