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When installing and getting Xorg to work I experience two problems (without and with Firefox) which I suspect are both related to user privileges, as their symptoms are similar:
After I got a command line system working I created a normal user account which is allowed to use sudo
I then installed Xorg and related packages and can startx an X session with correct resolution and xterms and xclock. However, it prints one error (twice) which says: xauth: file /home/kent/.Xauthority does not exist (disregard this one, it's only shown the first time and I think it's normal)
If I continue from there and install Firefox (90 packages in total) I just get a blank black screen when doing startx which stays for four minutes. Then it exits and I get the error: xinit: server error
I suspect that it is some kind of user privileges problem, but I am not sure. Some empty files are created.
I go into details below on all the above. Let me know if additional information is needed to be able to help me out.
How I created the normal user account and allowed it to use sudo
I created a user account (kent) which I let be part of the wheel group
root$ useradd -m -G wheel kent
root$ passwd kent # set the password of the new user, required to be able to login
After a reboot I logged in as kent and checked that I was able to create files as it and root, as well as my home directory permissions
$ pwd
/home/kent
$ touch somefile
$ su
Password:
root$ touch otherfile
root$ exit
exit
$ ls -l # to see the two files and their permissions
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 22 10:45 otherfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 0 Apr 22 10:45 somefile
$ cd ..
$ ls -l # to see the home directory permissions
total 4
drwx------ 2 kent kent 4096 Apr 22 10:45 kent
I then installed sudo, made sure the user account is part of the wheel group and used visudo to give "%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL" and made sure I can use sudo by
$ sudo bash -c "echo content>fromsudo"
$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Apr 22 10:52 fromsudo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 22 10:45 otherfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 0 Apr 22 10:45 somefile
How I installed Xorg and related packages
$ sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xterm xorg-xclock xorg-twm
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 3 providers available for libgl:
:: Repository extra
1) libglvnd 2) nvidia-304xx-utils 3) nvidia-340xx-utils
Enter a number (default=1): 1
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: harfbuzz will be installed before its freetype2 dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: mesa will be installed before its libglvnd dependency
Packages (57) fontconfig-2.12.1-4 fontsproto-2.1.3-1 freetype2-2.7.1-1 graphite-1:1.3.9-1 harfbuzz-1.4.5-1 libdrm-2.4.80-1
libepoxy-1.4.1-1 libevdev-1.5.6-1 libfontenc-1.1.3-1 libglvnd-0.2.999+g4ba53457-2 libgudev-231-1 libinput-1.7.0-1
libomxil-bellagio-0.9.3-1 libpciaccess-0.13.5-1 libpng-1.6.29-1 libtxc_dxtn-1.0.1-6 libunwind-1.1-3 libutempter-1.1.6-2
libwacom-0.24-1 libxaw-1.0.13-1 libxfont-1.5.2-1 libxfont2-2.0.1-1 libxft-2.3.2-1 libxkbfile-1.0.9-1
libxml2-2.9.4+12+ge905f081-5 libxpm-3.5.12-1 libxshmfence-1.2-1 libxxf86vm-1.1.4-1 llvm-libs-4.0.0-1 mesa-17.0.4-2
mtdev-1.1.5-1 pixman-0.34.0-1 wayland-1.13.0-1 xbitmaps-1.1.1-3 xf86-input-libinput-0.25.0-1 xf86vidmodeproto-2.3.1-3
xkeyboard-config-2.20-1 xorg-bdftopcf-1.0.5-1 xorg-font-util-1.3.1-1 xorg-font-utils-7.6-4 xorg-fonts-alias-1.0.3-1
xorg-fonts-encodings-1.0.4-4 xorg-fonts-misc-1.0.3-5 xorg-luit-1.1.1-2 xorg-mkfontdir-1.0.7-8 xorg-mkfontscale-1.1.2-1
xorg-server-common-1.19.3-2 xorg-setxkbmap-1.3.1-1 xorg-xauth-1.0.10-1 xorg-xkbcomp-1.3.1-1 xorg-xmodmap-1.0.9-1
xorg-xrdb-1.1.0-2 xorg-server-1.19.3-2 xorg-twm-1.0.9-1 xorg-xclock-1.0.7-1 xorg-xinit-1.3.4-4 xterm-327-1
Total Download Size: 39.02 MiB
Total Installed Size: 150.41 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
The only output I got which might look a bit suspicious is
>>> xorg-server has now the ability to run without root rights with
the help of systemd-logind. xserver will fail to run if not launched
from the same virtual terminal as was used to log in.
Without root rights, log files will be in ~/.local/share/xorg/ directory.
Old behavior can be restored through Xorg.wrap config file.
See Xorg.wrap man page (man xorg.wrap).
But I guess it just means that Xorg runs as my normal user account? Which I guess the fact that the log file exists in $HOME/.local/... also indicates.
The error output I get when running startx after installing Xorg and related packages
When I run startx twm does start, with the correct resolution and xterm and xclock running, but after exiting I see that I got this error (twice):
xauth: file /home/kent/.Xauthority does not exist
xauth: file /home/kent/.Xauthority does not exist
I got this log file contents:
$ cat /home/kent/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
[ 1439.831]
X.Org X Server 1.19.3
Release Date: 2017-03-15
[ 1439.831] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 1439.831] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.11-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 1439.831] Current Operating System: Linux klavarch 4.10.11-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 18 08:39:42 CEST 2017 x86_64
[ 1439.831] Kernel command line: initrd=\intel-ucode.img initrd=\initramfs-linux.img luks.uuid=edffb3cc-c44e-4c08-934f-960d0ffdc858 luks.name=slash root=UUID=73a00555-e4fe-4659-b8c6-9a61d441b9f8 rw resume=UUID=73a00555-e4fe-4659-b8c6-9a61d441b9f8 resume_offset=231424 fbcon=scrollback:100k
[ 1439.832] Build Date: 07 April 2017 05:42:48PM
[ 1439.832]
[ 1439.832] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[ 1439.832] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 1439.832] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 1439.833] (==) Log file: "/home/kent/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr 22 10:56:59 2017
[ 1439.834] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 1439.834] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 1439.834] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 1439.834] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 1439.834] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 1439.834] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 1439.834] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 1439.834] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 1439.834] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 1439.834] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[ 1439.834] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 1439.834] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 1439.834] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1439.834] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 1439.834] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1439.834] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 1439.834] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 1439.834] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1439.834] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 1439.834] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/
[ 1439.834] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 1439.834] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 1439.834] (II) Loader magic: 0x822d60
[ 1439.834] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 1439.834] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 1439.834] X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[ 1439.834] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[ 1439.834] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 1439.835] (++) using VT number 1
[ 1439.835] (--) controlling tty is VT number 1, auto-enabling KeepTty
[ 1439.837] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/c1
[ 1439.837] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 1439.838] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 11 paused 0
[ 1439.839] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 80ee:beef:0000:0000 rev 0, Mem @ 0x80000000/134217728, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 1439.839] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 1439.839] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 1439.839] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 1439.840] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1439.840] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1439.840] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 1439.840] (==) Matched vboxvideo as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 1439.840] (==) Matched vboxvideo as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 1439.840] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 1439.840] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 1439.840] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 1439.840] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 1439.840] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[ 1439.841] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vboxvideo
[ 1439.841] (II) UnloadModule: "vboxvideo"
[ 1439.841] (II) Unloading vboxvideo
[ 1439.841] (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1439.841] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 1439.841] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 1439.841] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1439.841] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 1.19.3
[ 1439.841] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 1439.841] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[ 1439.841] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 1439.841] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 1439.841] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 1439.841] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 1439.841] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1439.841] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 1439.841] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 1439.841] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 1439.841] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 1439.841] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1439.841] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 1439.841] (II) modeset(0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
[ 1439.841] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[ 1439.841] (II) modeset(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 1439.841] (==) modeset(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 1439.841] (==) modeset(0): RGB weight 888
[ 1439.841] (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 1439.841] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 1439.841] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 1439.841] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 1439.865] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1439.865] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1439.865] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 1439.865] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[ 1439.977] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[ 1439.977] EGL_MESA_drm_image required.
[ 1439.977] (EE) modeset(0): glamor initialization failed
[ 1439.977] (II) modeset(0): ShadowFB: preferred NO, enabled NO
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Output VGA-1 has no monitor section
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output VGA-1
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer: VBX Model: 0 Serial#: 65537904
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Year: 1990 Week: 1
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Digital Display Input
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Indeterminate output size
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Default color space is primary color space
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.330 greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.600
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): blueX: 0.150 blueY: 0.060 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.329
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): clock: 115.3 MHz Image Size: 0 x 0 mm
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 1904 h_sync: 1906 h_sync_end 1908 h_blank_end 1910 h_border: 0
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 1000 v_sync: 1000 v_sync_end 1034 v_blanking: 1006 v_border: 0
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Ranges: V min: 0 V max: 200 Hz, H min: 0 H max: 200 kHz, PixClock max 1005 MHz
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Monitor name: VBOX monitor
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): 00ffffffffffff00585800007007e803
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): 0100010380000078eeee91a3544c9926
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): 0f505400000001010101010101010101
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): 010101010101082d700670e806300202
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): 0202000000000000000000fd0000c800
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): c864000a202020202020000000fc0056
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): 424f58206d6f6e69746f720a00000010
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): 000a20202020202020202020202000c2
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA-1
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1904x1000"x60.0 158.33 1904 2024 2224 2544 1000 1003 1013 1038 -hsync +vsync (62.2 kHz P)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "2560x1600"x60.0 348.50 2560 2752 3032 3504 1600 1603 1609 1658 -hsync +vsync (99.5 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "2560x1600"x60.0 268.50 2560 2608 2640 2720 1600 1603 1609 1646 +hsync -vsync (98.7 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1440"x60.0 234.00 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync (90.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1856x1392"x60.0 218.25 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync (86.3 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1792x1344"x60.0 204.75 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync (83.6 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "2048x1152"x60.0 162.00 2048 2074 2154 2250 1152 1153 1156 1200 +hsync +vsync (72.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1200"x59.9 193.25 1920 2056 2256 2592 1200 1203 1209 1245 -hsync +vsync (74.6 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1200"x60.0 154.00 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +hsync -vsync (74.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 -hsync -vsync (67.5 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x60.0 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x60.0 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x59.9 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0 121.75 1400 1488 1632 1864 1050 1053 1057 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x59.9 101.00 1400 1448 1480 1560 1050 1053 1057 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x900"x60.0 108.00 1600 1624 1704 1800 900 901 904 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x900"x59.9 106.50 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x900"x59.9 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync (55.5 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1366x768"x59.8 85.50 1366 1436 1579 1792 768 771 774 798 +hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1366x768"x60.0 72.00 1366 1380 1436 1500 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (48.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1360x768"x60.0 85.50 1360 1424 1536 1792 768 771 777 795 +hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x800"x59.8 83.50 1280 1352 1480 1680 800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x800"x59.9 71.00 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 +hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x768"x59.9 79.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 768 771 778 798 -hsync +vsync (47.8 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x768"x60.0 68.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 768 771 778 790 +hsync -vsync (47.4 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0 74.25 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (45.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Output VGA-1 connected
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 1439.982] (II) modeset(0): Output VGA-1 using initial mode 1904x1000 +0+0
[ 1439.982] (==) modeset(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 1439.982] (==) modeset(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 1439.982] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 1439.982] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 1439.983] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 1439.983] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1439.983] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1439.983] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 1439.983] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 1439.983] (==) modeset(0): Backing store enabled
[ 1439.983] (==) modeset(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 1439.983] (II) modeset(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[ 1439.983] (==) modeset(0): DPMS enabled
[ 1439.983] (--) RandR disabled
[ 1439.986] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
[ 1439.986] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[ 1439.987] (II) IGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[ 1439.988] (II) IGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[ 1439.988] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[ 1439.988] (II) modeset(0): Damage tracking initialized
[ 1439.988] (II) modeset(0): Setting screen physical size to 503 x 264
[ 1440.027] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[ 1440.027] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 1440.027] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[ 1440.027] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[ 1440.059] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1440.059] compiled for 1.19.2, module version = 0.25.0
[ 1440.059] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 1440.059] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[ 1440.059] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[ 1440.059] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event3 13:67 fd 19 paused 0
[ 1440.059] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 1440.059] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[ 1440.060] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 1440.060] (II) event3 - (II) Power Button: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.060] (II) event3 - (II) Power Button: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.060] (II) event3 - (II) Power Button: (II) device removed
[ 1440.060] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input4/event3"
[ 1440.060] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[ 1440.060] (II) event3 - (II) Power Button: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.060] (II) event3 - (II) Power Button: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.060] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event4)
[ 1440.060] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 1440.060] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
[ 1440.061] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event4 13:68 fd 22 paused 0
[ 1440.061] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[ 1440.061] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[ 1440.061] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 1440.061] (II) event4 - (II) Sleep Button: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.061] (II) event4 - (II) Sleep Button: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.061] (II) event4 - (II) Sleep Button: (II) device removed
[ 1440.061] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSLPBN:00/input/input5/event4"
[ 1440.061] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[ 1440.061] (II) event4 - (II) Sleep Button: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.061] (II) event4 - (II) Sleep Button: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.062] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event5)
[ 1440.062] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 1440.062] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[ 1440.062] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event5 13:69 fd 23 paused 0
[ 1440.062] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[ 1440.062] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[ 1440.062] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 1440.062] (II) event5 - (II) Video Bus: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.062] (II) event5 - (II) Video Bus: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.062] (II) event5 - (II) Video Bus: (II) device removed
[ 1440.062] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input6/event5"
[ 1440.062] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[ 1440.062] (II) event5 - (II) Video Bus: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.062] (II) event5 - (II) Video Bus: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.063] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox mouse integration (/dev/input/event2)
[ 1440.063] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[ 1440.063] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'VirtualBox mouse integration'
[ 1440.063] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event2 13:66 fd 24 paused 0
[ 1440.063] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: always reports core events
[ 1440.063] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[ 1440.063] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 1440.063] (II) event2 - (II) VirtualBox mouse integration: (II) is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[ 1440.063] (II) event2 - (II) VirtualBox mouse integration: (II) device is a pointer
[ 1440.063] (II) event2 - (II) VirtualBox mouse integration: (II) device removed
[ 1440.063] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/input/input3/event2"
[ 1440.063] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualBox mouse integration" (type: MOUSE, id 9)
[ 1440.064] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[ 1440.064] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 1440.064] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 1440.064] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 1440.064] (II) event2 - (II) VirtualBox mouse integration: (II) is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[ 1440.064] (II) event2 - (II) VirtualBox mouse integration: (II) device is a pointer
[ 1440.064] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox mouse integration (/dev/input/js1)
[ 1440.064] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 1440.064] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 1440.064] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox mouse integration (/dev/input/mouse1)
[ 1440.064] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 1440.064] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 1440.064] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox USB Tablet (/dev/input/event1)
[ 1440.064] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[ 1440.064] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'VirtualBox USB Tablet'
[ 1440.120] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event1 13:65 fd 25 paused 0
[ 1440.120] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: always reports core events
[ 1440.120] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[ 1440.120] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 1440.121] (II) event1 - (II) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (II) is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[ 1440.121] (II) event1 - (II) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (II) device is a pointer
[ 1440.121] (II) event1 - (II) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (II) device removed
[ 1440.121] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/0003:80EE:0021.0002/input/input9/event1"
[ 1440.121] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualBox USB Tablet" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[ 1440.122] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[ 1440.122] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 1440.122] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 1440.122] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 1440.123] (II) event1 - (II) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (II) is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[ 1440.123] (II) event1 - (II) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (II) device is a pointer
[ 1440.124] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox USB Tablet (/dev/input/js0)
[ 1440.124] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 1440.124] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 1440.125] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox USB Tablet (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 1440.125] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 1440.125] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 1440.126] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[ 1440.126] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 1440.126] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 1440.127] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event0 13:64 fd 26 paused 0
[ 1440.127] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 1440.127] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[ 1440.127] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 1440.128] (II) event0 - (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.128] (II) event0 - (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.128] (II) event0 - (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: (II) device removed
[ 1440.128] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[ 1440.128] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[ 1440.129] (II) event0 - (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: (II) is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 1440.129] (II) event0 - (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: (II) device is a keyboard
[ 1440.130] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse (/dev/input/event7)
[ 1440.130] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[ 1440.130] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse'
[ 1440.132] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event7 13:71 fd 27 paused 0
[ 1440.132] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: always reports core events
[ 1440.132] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[ 1440.132] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 1440.133] (II) event7 - (II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (II) is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[ 1440.133] (II) event7 - (II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (II) device is a pointer
[ 1440.133] (II) event7 - (II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (II) device removed
[ 1440.133] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8/event7"
[ 1440.133] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 12)
[ 1440.133] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[ 1440.133] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 1440.133] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 1440.133] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 1440.134] (II) event7 - (II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (II) is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[ 1440.134] (II) event7 - (II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (II) device is a pointer
[ 1440.135] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse (/dev/input/mouse2)
[ 1440.135] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 1440.135] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 1440.136] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event6)
[ 1440.136] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 1440.136] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 1450.592] (**) Option "fd" "19"
[ 1450.592] (II) event3 - (II) Power Button: (II) device removed
[ 1450.592] (**) Option "fd" "22"
[ 1450.592] (II) event4 - (II) Sleep Button: (II) device removed
[ 1450.592] (**) Option "fd" "23"
[ 1450.592] (II) event5 - (II) Video Bus: (II) device removed
[ 1450.593] (**) Option "fd" "24"
[ 1450.593] (II) event2 - (II) VirtualBox mouse integration: (II) device removed
[ 1450.593] (**) Option "fd" "25"
[ 1450.593] (II) event1 - (II) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (II) device removed
[ 1450.593] (**) Option "fd" "26"
[ 1450.593] (II) event0 - (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: (II) device removed
[ 1450.604] (**) Option "fd" "27"
[ 1450.605] (II) event7 - (II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (II) device removed
[ 1450.606] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 1450.606] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:71
[ 1450.626] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 1450.626] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:64
[ 1450.646] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 1450.646] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:65
[ 1450.666] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 1450.666] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:66
[ 1450.686] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 1450.686] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:69
[ 1450.696] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 1450.696] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:68
[ 1450.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 1450.707] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:67
[ 1450.723] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
$
$ ls -la
total 36
drwx------ 4 kent kent 4096 Apr 22 10:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 8 23:47 ..
-rw------- 1 kent kent 759 Apr 22 10:57 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 21 Jan 30 08:40 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 57 Jan 30 08:40 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 141 Jan 30 08:40 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 kent kent 4096 Apr 22 10:57 .cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Apr 22 10:52 fromsudo
drwxr-xr-x 3 kent kent 4096 Apr 22 10:56 .local
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 22 10:45 otherfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 0 Apr 22 10:45 somefile
-rw------- 1 kent kent 0 Apr 22 10:57 .Xauthority
As can be seen the .Xauthority file exists now, but it's empty.
The more severe error I get if I install firefox as well
sudo pacman -S firefox
I use the defaults for libx264.se=148-64 and ttf-font which results in 90 packages (total 417 MB) being installed.
startx gives a blank screen for 4 minutes and then I get the output
xinit: server error
And in this case the Xorg.0.log file is empty
$ ls -l .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 kent kent 0 Apr 22 11:17 .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
Last edited by tnek (2017-04-24 15:33:19)
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Hostname issues are one possible explanation. Can you post the output of the following:
hostname
hostnamectl
cat /etc/hosts
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...
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Disregard the first error about "xauth: file /home/kent/.Xauthority does not exist". I think it is expected behavior the first time I run startx, as that file isn't created by then. I was a bit confused, but noticed I don't get it any more.
The other error is still there though. If I install firefox (which in turn installs a lot of stuff like gtk2 and alsa-lib) I get a black screen (but it seems to have the correct resolution) and it halts there for 4 minutes. Then I get xinit: server error as my only clue and an empty (but existing) .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log log file.
Hostname issues are one possible explanation. Can you post the output of the following:
hostname hostnamectl cat /etc/hosts
I named my host klavarch, it looks ok right?
$ hostname
klavarch
$ hostnamectl
Static hostname: klavarch
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm
Machine ID: 9d88260bcbf64fb5964f435fae7ee5a0
Boot ID: 7214bacd54da41a99449f9135f1c21db
Virtualization: oracle
Operating System: Arch Linux
Kernel: Linux 4.10.11-1-ARCH
Architecture: x86-64
$ cat /etc/hosts
#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 klavarch.localdomain klavarch
# End of file
Last edited by tnek (2017-04-22 19:35:10)
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You semi-forgot to mention that this is a virtual machine ;-)
The effective result are dri/glx issues (you're on software rendering) and since you startx, your ~/.xinitrc would be quite interesting ;-)
Also startx should print more to the console than just a final "xinit: server error"?
Can you startx as root?
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Thanks, "klavarch" could also be in /etc/hosts but the absence of it should not cause any problems like this.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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You semi-forgot to mention that this is a virtual machine ;-)
The effective result are dri/glx issues (you're on software rendering) and since you startx, your ~/.xinitrc would be quite interesting ;-)
Also startx should print more to the console than just a final "xinit: server error"?
Can you startx as root?
I did check before installing the firefox package that I had hardware acceleration working, which it was. That kind of made me dismiss VirtualBox as a source of problems, so I guess I jumped over it mentally and neglected to mention it, sorry. I don't have any ~/.xinitrc yet, so I am defaulting to use /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
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Thanks for being so helpful! As it turns out the source of the second problem was embarrassingly easy.
Summary:
The "xauth: file /home/kent/.Xauthority." output seems to be perfectly normal the first time you start your X session. The file does not exist yet, and the message did not turn up the second time for me.
The "xinit: server error" after installing firefox was because my root file system was full. firefox brings in a lot of new packages and I was too conservative with my root file system size.
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