[SOLVED] Gnome Xorg Freeze

slawyn · 2017-11-29 03:15:23

Hi,

I am running 4.13.12-1-ARCH Linux. On top of that I have installed gnome and intel drivers.

Gnome is running on Wayland by default, so to use xrandr I needed to switch the environment to Xorg.

In /etc/gdm/custom.conf I uncommented the one-liner and it should've switched to Xorg on reboot or after startx.

Well the problem is that all of the input devices freeze as soon as the login screen pops up and I can't even open any of the virtual terminals.

I have tried reinstalling Xorg, but it didn't fix the problem. The microcode package is installed.

Any ideas?

Last edited by slawyn (2017-11-29 14:24:35)

seth · 2017-11-29 09:00:04

Gnome is running on Wayland by default

Yes.

so to use xrandr I needed to switch the environment to Xorg

Why do you need "to use xrandr"? It's a tool to control the output handling of X11, not a thing by itself ...

In /etc/gdm/custom.conf I uncommented the one-liner and it should've switched to Xorg

No, that controls gdm, not gnome....

on reboot or after startx

And what does startx have to do with GDM???
Also, when running startx, you'll obviously not get a wayland session in the first place.

Maybe revisit your system and describe your *actual* setup. Figure why you think you need to use xrandr and in case you're using GDM to login: just try to log into "gnome on xorg"? Check your session type with loginctl and provide your Xorg log in case you actually entered an X11 GNOME session and still got the input problem.

slawyn · 2017-11-29 14:23:32

Thanks seth. Your remarks made me rethink the situation. Turns out I have removed libinput.conf. I restored it and everything works fine now under Xorg.
I needed xrandr to change the gamma of the output of one of the monitors.

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#1 2017-11-29 03:15:23

[SOLVED] Gnome Xorg Freeze

#2 2017-11-29 09:00:04

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome Xorg Freeze

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Re: [SOLVED] Gnome Xorg Freeze

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