[SOLVED] Startx fails with mismatch in [file]

kavex · 2022-05-17 13:04:56

seth wrote:

Do you have the same problem when you create a new user account?

Sadly yes
I created a user with home directory, set a password for the user, added it to the wheel group (which is uncommented in sudoers file). Then I started sddm, logged into that user account and started an openbox session. Executed startplasma-x11 and got exactly the same error.

seth · 2022-05-17 13:47:45

**ggrrrrrrr**

May 15 13:06:39 Zafkiel systemd[1]: Starting User Runtime Directory /run/user/0...
May 15 13:06:39 Zafkiel systemd-logind[741]: New session 1 of user root.
May 15 13:06:39 Zafkiel systemd[1]: Finished User Runtime Directory /run/user/0.

So the runtime dir gets created for your root login, but not kavex (from sddm)
When you login in as kavex on the console, do you get "echo $XDG_RUTIME_DIR" then?

kavex · 2022-05-17 14:11:57

seth wrote:

echo $XDR_RUNTIME_DIR

Exectuted as the kavex user results in

/run/user/1000

Edit: I think I misunderstood your question. Will try to login as kavex user and then check journalctl for the specified lines

Edit: I don't think so. Instead it says now

Mai 17 16:14:41 Zafkiel systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of UID 1000.
Mai 17 16:14:41 Zafkiel systemd[1]: Starting User Runtime Directory /run/user/1000...
Mai 17 16:14:41 Zafkiel systemd-logind[1566]: New session 1 of user kavex.
Mai 17 16:14:41 Zafkiel systemd[1]: Finished User Runtime Directory /run/user/1000.

My full journalctl -b of that login attempt is here for refference

Last edited by kavex (2022-05-17 14:22:19)

seth · 2022-05-18 06:43:50

No, I was curious whether you'd have a proper $XDR_RUNTIME_DIR on a console login and that seems to be the case.
So it's not user specific, limited to (at least some) DM logins and kills $XDR_RUNTIME_DIR (only), yet it seems pam_systemd is still invoked (by at least the SDDM journals)

Let's draw the broadsword:

sudo grep -r XDG_RUNTIME_DIR /etc

kavex · 2022-05-18 10:17:15

seth wrote:

sudo grep -r XDG_RUNTIME_DIR /etc

Gives me

/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechs.conf:# $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/speech-dispatcher/speechd.sock where $XDR_RUNTIME_DIR

Last edited by kavex (2022-05-18 10:28:01)

seth · 2022-05-18 13:55:01

So dead-end
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0411/ … _1021x.png

sudo grep -r XDG_RUNTIME_DIR /usr

kavex · 2022-05-18 14:15:25

seth wrote:

sudo grep -r XDG_RUNTIME_DIR /usr

This is what I got

Sorry, I am using the german locale. "Übereinstimmung in Binärdatei" means "match in binary"

Last edited by kavex (2022-05-18 14:19:30)

seth · 2022-05-18 14:31:10

But "Übereinstimmung in Binärdatei" isn't in that file - is this only some partial output?

I'm blaming flatpak/xdg-portal-whatever.
I can't prove it, but there's no indication what might cause this, so in doubt: flatpak's fault.

kavex · 2022-05-18 14:47:16

seth wrote:

But "Übereinstimmung in Binärdatei" isn't in that file - is this only some partial output?

Yeah, I got a few lines in the terminal showing a path and then "Übereinstimmung in Binärdatei". I think that was just whenever it found something to add to the actual output.

seth wrote:

I'm blaming flatpak/xdg-portal-whatever.
I can't prove it, but there's no indication what might cause this, so in doubt: flatpak's fault.

So there is nothing I can do to fix it? Should I reinstall flatpak, or should I even try to reinstall my system?

seth · 2022-05-18 15:05:04

Remove flatpak and the xdg-portal* packages. See what happens.
Before you need to think abotu what action to take, we need to confirm my morally less-than-impeccable accusal…

kavex · 2022-05-18 18:26:35

So I uninstalled flatpak and every package that contained xdg and portal in its name.
I then started sddm, logged into an openbox session and still the same error.
Except for 2 new lines

kf.service.services: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop has Type= "Application" but no Exec line
kf.service.sycoca: Invalid Service : "/usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop"

seth · 2022-05-18 19:15:37

every package that contained xdg and portal in its name

That does hopefully not include xdg-utils or xdg-user-dirs?

But at this point I'm unfortunately out of ideas how you could have gotten to this state.
pam_systemd doesn't work properly in the context of some DMs, but there's no explanation as to "why".

kavex · 2022-05-18 19:23:58

seth wrote:

That does hopefully not include xdg-utils or xdg-user-dirs?

No, I didn't uninstall those

Do you think trying to reinstall arch will fix anything? I am scared that if I do it it won't change anything
And I know reinstalling is windows morale, but if we are out of ideas, what else could we do?

Edit: Reinstalled the system and everything now. Still the exact same error.

Edit: So I don't know if this is relevant, but if I type "xrandr -q" I only get "Can't open display"

Edit: I went with manjaro on encrypted lvm. I let calamares install manjaro on a partition on my disk and then moved the system via live system onto lvm volumes which are sitting on encrypted partitions. This way the graphics work out of the box.
I will retvisit the arch zfs installation after some updates probably. Until then, I shall mark this thread as solved so it doesn't pollute the board.

Last edited by kavex (2022-05-20 21:37:59)

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