Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-26 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato spiralofhope il 26-09-20 02:45:21 ha scritto: On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:30:53 +0200 viverna wrote: or xinit with custom command line, for example: xinit /home/user/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 vt2 -keeptty I had some entertainment dealing with this problem over the

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-25 Thread spiralofhope
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:30:53 +0200 viverna wrote: > or xinit with custom command line, for example: > xinit /home/user/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 vt2 -keeptty I had some entertainment dealing with this problem over the years. When I switched to Devuan I had to tinker a bit. I can't

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-22 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
Actually, it says that it cannot connect to the Wicd daemon, or something to that effect. Sorry, Marc On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 9:52 PM Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yes, that solved the issue. I installed elogind and libpam-elogind, > rebooted and X now starts up for all three users. > > There is only

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-22 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
Yes, that solved the issue.  I installed elogind and libpam-elogind, rebooted and X now starts up for all three users. There is only one issue.  For only ONE of the three users, after X starts, my dughter's login gets a popup that says the Wicd client cannot be started, make sure the user is i

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-22 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato Marc Shapiro via Dng il 22-09-20 16:43:42 ha scritto: I do use startx from a terminal login, so this sounds like it could be the problem.  I'll check it out when I get home, tonight and pass the results to the list. I installed xserver-xorg-legacy then: chmod +s /usr/lib/xorg/

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-22 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-09-22 11:10, Steve Litt wrote: > Second, a more security-respecting solution is there might be a group, > which your users can belong, that allows them to run X. Perhaps > group video ??? I just looked at /usr/bin/Xorg on my Void box and it's > not suid anything. I performed some ls comma

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-22 Thread fraser kendall
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:43:42 -0700 Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > I do use startx from a terminal login Me too, and usually without problems. However, I have always had to add needs_root_rights=yes to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config And lately I cannot startx on three beowulf/xfce4 desktops, I have

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:36:33 -0700 Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > Boot and login went fine.  Starting Xorg, not so well.  Tried all > three users with no luck.  This worked before the upgrade.  Tried as > root. Success!  So root can start Xorg, but not an ordinary user. > Any ideas what might be

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-22 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
I do use startx from a terminal login, so this sounds like it could be the problem.  I'll check it out when I get home, tonight and pass the results to the list. Thanks. Marc On 9/21/20 11:16 PM, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: On 22 Sep 2020, at 12:36, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: I

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-21 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng
> On 22 Sep 2020, at 12:36, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > > I have pretty much decided that there is no way to upgrade my Debian system > to Buster and keep it usable without systemd. Since I am set up for > multiboot, including Devuan Ascii, I decided to upgrade that to Beowulf and > see

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-21 Thread Ludovic Bellière
Hello Marc, You may have an old funky config left over from ASCII/stretch. I'd invite you to consult the logs (/var/log) to see how Xorg is failing, and at the same time checkout /etc/X11 to make sure everything is "standard". Xorg is supposed to be started by your login manager (slim, gdm, ...),

Re: [DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-21 Thread terryc
On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:36:33 -0700 Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > I have pretty much decided that there is no way to upgrade my Debian > system to Buster and keep it usable without systemd.  Since I am set > up for multiboot, including Devuan Ascii, I decided to upgrade that > to Beowulf and see

[DNG] Xorg stopped working after upgrade to Beowulf

2020-09-21 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
I have pretty much decided that there is no way to upgrade my Debian system to Buster and keep it usable without systemd.  Since I am set up for multiboot, including Devuan Ascii, I decided to upgrade that to Beowulf and see if that will work for me and the others using this box. After upgradi