[SOLVED] Startx freezes system and doesn't enter into window manager

sewe2000 · 2021-06-21 20:05:16

Thank you very much for your help! I managed to solve the problem on my own Some time ago I was tinkering with changing my Shell from Bash to zsh and as a n00b I changed the /bin/sh link from /bin/bash to /bin/zsh. When I changed the symlink back to /bin/bash Xorg started working again. Now I understand my mistake and I know that chsh command should have been enough and I didn't have to touch /bin/sh symlink.

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seth · 2021-06-21 20:22:40

That doesn't explain the failing/stalled X11 server at all and also zsh should be sufficiently bash-compatible to run startx.
Do you use oh-my-zsh?

sewe2000 · 2021-06-21 20:29:54

I was happy too early, but there's a progress. The default .xinitrc works fine but mine not exactly. When I run startx the display becomes Black as normal and then after a few seconds I'm back and the command prompt. Then I can see warnings about unresolved keysyms. When I run startx as root Xorg falls back and use default xinitrc, even though I explicitly commanded to use ~/.xinitrc.

Are you using Oh my Zsh?

Yes

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Slithery · 2021-06-21 20:36:37

sewe2000 wrote:

Are you using Oh my Zsh?
Yes

Then get rid of it. It's a big pile of steaming mess that is well known to break all sorts of random things.

seth · 2021-06-21 20:39:42

And get rid of xf86-video-ati, it doesn't support your GPU and should™ not be loaded and I assume it's what's messing things up (based on the Xorg log you posted)

If you have any doubts reg. OMZ: you mentioned zsh and I asked for it - the reason is that whenever the words "zsh" and "problem" appear in a sentence, OMZ is gonna be the next.
It *is* that bad.

sewe2000 · 2021-06-22 05:46:12

OK, thank you for help and advise. I didn't know that this kind of shell customizing tool can break something in my system. I removed Oh My Zsh and I changed my .xinitrc file in which I removed the wile loop and just left "exec dwm" and it worked. I only Had problem with glyphs on tags in dwm, but I just added monospace font which supported those glyphs and problem was gone.

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