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rhearmas

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Registered: 2020-09-25

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Re: Fresh Arch Linux Install: LightDM not starting on boot

Xorg probes them and you don't need them (for the task at hand)

Knowing this, what should I do with the config file? Is there anything that actually needs changing?
(I'm trying my best, don't worry!)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Fresh Arch Linux Install: LightDM not starting on boot

Delete it.
Again: this cannot work, nvidia-settings doesn't produce usable configs for optimus setups.

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rhearmas

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Re: Fresh Arch Linux Install: LightDM not starting on boot

What's strange is that nvidia-settings was never installed on my system. I deleted everything involving files in xorg.conf.d directories and rebooted my system. Nothing has worked and the logs remain the same as before.

Last edited by rhearmas (2020-10-13 14:45:06)

seth

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Re: Fresh Arch Linux Install: LightDM not starting on boot

nvidia-xconfig does the same thing (not sure whether nvidia-settings doesn't even just frontend that)

everything involving files in xorg.conf.d directories

Not a good idea and nobody told you so…

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rhearmas

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Re: Fresh Arch Linux Install: LightDM not starting on boot

Wasn't that what you wanted? You wanted me to delete the config file from what was implied above. Running nvidia-settings gives me an error:

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

Last edited by rhearmas (2020-10-13 14:49:42)

seth

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Re: Fresh Arch Linux Install: LightDM not starting on boot

The static config file that was created by nvidia's tool - not "just everything".
Most likely contender btw. is

[    58.410] (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"

What tutorial did you follow to install archlinux?

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rhearmas

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Registered: 2020-09-25

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Re: Fresh Arch Linux Install: LightDM not starting on boot

The static config file that was created by nvidia's tool - not "just everything".
Most likely contender btw. is

[    58.410] (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"

What tutorial did you follow to install archlinux?

Used Arch Linux's wiki at first, but then utilized this script to process this current install. I studied the code to make sure nothing suspicious happened, and it was good to use.