[solved] xorg-server update problem

shoelesshunter · 2018-09-11 23:06:03

When I update my system to the newest xorg-server package, the boot process hangs when loading graphical target.

I am using the system on an old btrfs snapshot for now.

Last edited by shoelesshunter (2018-09-12 11:32:32)

jasonwryan · 2018-09-11 23:14:15

Define "newest" xorg-server package. Post the xorg log and journal entry for the DM.

shoelesshunter · 2018-09-12 00:45:34

pacman wants to install xorg-server-1.20.1-1

I can't post logs because when I do that update, I lose access to my system. Do you want the complete list of packages (a lot X related) that pacman wants to do with pacman -Syu ?

Another possible culprit to the update .... plasma-desktop-5.13.5-1 ?

So to clarify, I don't *know* that xorg-server is breaking things, it just seems to be the most obvious to me.

Last edited by shoelesshunter (2018-09-12 00:48:43)

jasonwryan · 2018-09-12 00:48:42

shoelesshunter wrote:

I can't post logs because when I do that update, I lose access to my system.

No, you lose acess to your graphical environment. That's not nearly the same thing. Boot to a different systemd target (it's on the wiki), and get the logs and paste them here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

shoelesshunter · 2018-09-12 01:10:56

Before we continue, here is the totality of what pacman wants to do before the failure.
https://pastebin.com/hkJxzVpN

V1del · 2018-09-12 08:36:54

None of these should be problematic in any capacity (if anything, I'd be more inclined to say the kernel rather than xorg), get the proper journal logs/xorg log from a failing boot/attempt. What graphics hardware? What are you starting as graphical.target?

Last edited by V1del (2018-09-12 08:38:36)

shoelesshunter · 2018-09-12 11:33:55

I use the nouveau driver, yet for some reasons had legacy nvidia drivers and utils installed. I removed these from my system, did the upgrade, and now everything works beautifully.

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[solved] xorg-server update problem

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