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#1 2013-07-30 12:24:14

weedfreak
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Registered: 2012-08-09
Posts: 49

[SOLVED]Can't login after upgrade

I have a box with a similar problem to that reported by laptop users seems related to nvidia and Linux 3.10.

The best solution seems to be rollback but I cannot login to do so. The box uses slim with .xinitrc running exec startxfce4, after login screen the system is unresponsive and x does not start.

I tried from a live cd, to change the .xinitrc file to prevent it trying to start x but cannot save due to file permissions.

How can I get to a cli?

Last edited by weedfreak (2013-07-30 14:05:47)

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#2 2013-07-30 13:30:32

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
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Re: [SOLVED]Can't login after upgrade

weedfreak wrote:

I tried from a live cd, to change the .xinitrc file to prevent it trying to start x but cannot save due to file permissions.

If you chroot https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Change_Root you should be able to do anything you want.
You can downgrade, edit .xinitrc, make sure systemd logs you into the console and not automatically into X etc.

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#3 2013-07-30 14:05:25

weedfreak
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Registered: 2012-08-09
Posts: 49

Re: [SOLVED]Can't login after upgrade

Thank you. chroot has always a a dark art for me, but I learnt something new.

At least I have got to the point where I can correct the errors, so marking this as solved.

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