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VexatioN

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Registered: 2014-12-25

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XOrg - Error: cannot open display: 0

I was recently using 'play on linux' to play 'League Of Legends' when the game crashed. On reboot and starting my GUI using 'startx' my GUI worked for about 40 seconds, after that I lost the ability to exit/restart my Window Manager(i3) or start any new programs. If I try to start a program from a previously existing terminal window I get something along the lines of 'Error: Cannot Open Display :0'.
I can still switch workspaces and seemingly operate already existing terminal windows.

This happens on every boot. My only known method of exiting the GUI is to restart the Machine. The 'echo $DISPLAY' command returns ':0'. I dont seem to have /var/log/Xorg.0.log' or '/var/log/Xorg.log'. Im posting from my phone.

I have already uninstalled Play on Linux, and reinstalled xorg-server.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: XOrg - Error: cannot open display: 0

If I try to start a program from a previously existing terminal window I get something along the lines of 'Error: Cannot Open Display :0'

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

I dont seem to have /var/log/Xorg.0.log' or '/var/log/Xorg.log'

Look in ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log

Anything in the journal?

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VexatioN

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Registered: 2014-12-25

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Re: XOrg - Error: cannot open display: 0

Anything in the journal?

I didn't know there was a journal in '~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log'. There's like 350 lines in there. I can't copy/paste from my laptop to my phone though; should I look for anything specific?

VexatioN

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Registered: 2014-12-25

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Re: XOrg - Error: cannot open display: 0

Nevermind I uninstalled steam and restarted my computer. Everything's been fine since I did (uptime: 5mins). The link below is a pastebin to my log for this session. I'm going to try installing a game and running it to see what happens.

http://pastebin.com/GhLi2x0Y