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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

xorg-fonts-100dpi: no mtree file
xorg-fonts-75dpi: no mtree file
xorg-server-devel: no mtree file

Those three packages need reinstalling.  xorg-xauth has already been reinstalled?
Edit:
The output was smaller because the grep command removed entries with 0 altered files.

Last edited by loqs (2020-06-08 12:17:57)

alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

xorg-fonts-100dpi: no mtree file
xorg-fonts-75dpi: no mtree file
xorg-server-devel: no mtree file

Those three packages need reinstalling.  xorg-xauth has already been reinstalled?

No

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

It's because english is a more efficient language… and the grep actually hit ;-)

"xorg-server: 50 total files, 1 altered file" is probably the problem here, though - but the broken mtree files mean the other packages are damaged as well.
So re-install xorg-server as well.

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adamss

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

I know this might sound stupid and ridiculously unlikely but could this be a hash collision?
this is super unlikely but maybe try update your mirrors(just in case) then

pacman -Scc xorg-xauth

Ik this is very very unlikely that i sound dumb

EDIT: ignore, this it posted before reading what have been posted

Last edited by adamss (2020-06-08 12:44:18)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

Let's just have a look at the file…

file /usr/bin/xauth
stat /usr/bin/xauth

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alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

xorg-fonts-100dpi: no mtree file
xorg-fonts-75dpi: no mtree file
xorg-server-devel: no mtree file

Those three packages need reinstalling.  xorg-xauth has already been reinstalled?
Edit:
The output was smaller because the grep command removed entries with 0 altered files.

I used pacman -Scc on packages:
    xorg-xauth
    xorg-fonts-100dpi
    xorg-fonts-75dpi
    xorg-server-devel
    xorg-server

And then used pacman -S on them.

However installing:
    xorg-fonts-100dpi
    xorg-fonts-75dpi
    xorg-server-devel
gave me a lot of 'file exists' and message 'errors are found, packages are not updated'.
Did they install into my system?

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

pacman -S --dbonly xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-server-devel #fix the mtree files
pacman -S xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-server-devel

alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

Let's just have a look at the file…

file /usr/bin/xauth
stat /usr/bin/xauth

http://ix.io/2oBP
http://ix.io/2oBR

alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

pacman -S --dbonly xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-server-devel #fix the mtree files
pacman -S xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-server-devel

The first command gives:
/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/xorg-mkfontscale: /usr/bin/mkfontscale: binary file format error

adamss

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

now /usr/bin/mkfontscale is damaged too..

EDIT: it belongs to `xorg-mkfontscale`
so reinstall that too

Last edited by adamss (2020-06-08 12:50:39)

alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

pacman -S --dbonly xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-server-devel #fix the mtree files
pacman -S xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-server-devel

Done
Now there's no errors.
Now I only need to install GUI... I think
Is there something else I need to do before this?

Last edited by alexander0803 (2020-06-08 13:05:06)

adamss

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

have you tried `startx` yet?

$ startx

does X works now after reinstalling the packages?
if so then i assume, u already have a gui (kde plasma probably)
u have just disabled sddm
you can simply enable it

# systemctl enable sddm

then reboot
no need to reinstall your gui (I assume you mean Desktop environment by that)
if X works alright, prepend the title with '[SOLVED]'

Last edited by adamss (2020-06-08 13:24:23)

alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

have you tried `startx` yet?

$ startx

does X works now after reinstalling the
if it is then i assume, u already have a gui, u disabled sddm just enable it

# systemctl enable sddm

then reboot

Yes, I've got some badly formatted error messages after 'startx'.

/usr/bin/xkbcomp: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
XKB: Failed to compile keymap
Keyboard initialization failed.
This could be a missing or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE)
Failed to activate virtual core keyboard: 2(EE)
(EE)
Please consult ... bla bla support
Please also check the log file at '/var/log/Xorg.0.log'

And Xorg.0.log

I remember changing something in the keyboard conf file trying to make it work.

Last edited by alexander0803 (2020-06-08 13:47:46)

adamss

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

well this is weird... as far as I have checked.. no package owns /usr/bin/xkbcomb

could you

$ ls /usr/bin/xkbcomb

and

pacman -Qo /usr/bin/xkbcomb

Last edited by adamss (2020-06-08 13:45:40)

alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

well this is weird... as far as I have checked.. no package owns /usr/bin/xkbcomb

could you

$ ls /usr/bin/xkbcomb

and

pacman -Qo /usr/bin/xkbcomb

Sorry, it's a typo.
xkbcomp

adamss

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

oh just reinstall `xorg-xkbcomp`

pacman -S xorg-xkbcomp

Last edited by adamss (2020-06-08 13:53:01)

alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

oh just reinstall `xorg-xkbcomp`

pacman -S xorg-xkbcomp

Ok, but now after startx, server shuts down due to command not found /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Last edited by alexander0803 (2020-06-08 14:00:36)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

Ok, but now after startx server shuts down due to command not found /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

You have not installed the commands xorg-twm,  xorg-clock and xterm but if you intend to use sddm then you do not need to install them.
Instead try starting sddm.service and see if that works.

Awebb

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

[720634.495] Current Operating System: Linux archlinux 4.18.5-arch1-1-ARCH

Partial updates are unsupported.

as @jasonwryan pointed out you might have a partially updated OS which is not supported
have you tried

pacman -Syyuu

It didn't help.
Same error: ''Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager''

Has the kernel been updated, though? What is your uname -a? If it's not some 5.x.y, then check /etc/pacman.conf for a NoUpgrade.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

Please see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Smart and run and post the output of "sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda" - I really don't like all those "cannot execute binary file: Exec format error" popping up out of nowhere… on top of the bad mtrees.

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adamss

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

just as loqs suggested
start sddm

# systemctl start sddm.service

if this worked then enable it
start sddm

# systemctl enable sddm.service

EDIT:
also check what seth and Awebb said

Last edited by adamss (2020-06-08 14:11:39)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

@Awebb, see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p1908935 - he simply posted a dated log, currently he's on

[    26.923] Current Operating System: Linux archlinux 5.6.15-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed, 27 May 2020 23:42:26 +0000 x86_64
[    26.923] Kernel command line: initrd=\amd-ucode.img initrd=\initramfs-linux.img nvidia-drm.modeset=1 usbcore.autosuspend=-1 scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=1 root=UUID=862ea804-aea9-475f-8776-16a901d33436 rw
[    26.924] Build Date: 05 May 2020  05:08:17AM
…
[    26.924] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jun  8 18:14:44 2020

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adamss

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

btw it looks like most of the damaged file are from the xorg group?
probably coz we are trying get X to work not something else
u can

# pacman -S $(pacman -Qgq xorg)

to reinstall every xorg package u have installed but we still dont know yet whats behind all the damaged binaries

EDIT: dont do that until u check and fix ur filesystem or maybe the disk itself

Last edited by adamss (2020-06-08 14:23:34)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

We will please first look at his disk before we conduct more mass I/O.
If it's falling apart, that will only accelerate the process and might jeopardize valuable data.

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alexander0803

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager

Please see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Smart and run and post the output of "sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda" - I really don't like all those "cannot execute binary file: Exec format error" popping up out of nowhere… on top of the bad mtrees.

http://ix.io/2oCF