[SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

vehryn · 2017-09-19 14:50:59

After updating this morning, whenever I startx it loads momentarily then drops back to my login shell, saying it couldn't find a library file - something with a string of characters in the middle of the name and part of xmonad-contrib. Looking around, I found libHSxmonad-contrib-0.13-F6w2BUl1QKWHqJMi0GMBoA-ghc8.2.1.so on my system, but xmonad seems to be looking for a different string between 0.13- and -ghc8.2.1.
Is it safe to rename this file? And why is it necessary to have this string in the name of this .so?

Last edited by vehryn (2017-09-20 15:46:29)

ewaller · 2017-09-19 14:58:32

My initial reaction is no, it is not safe to rename that file.
My second reaction would be, what package owns that file?
Please post your /var/log/pacman.log (inside of BBCode code tags, if you please)

vehryn · 2017-09-19 15:19:10

The file in question comes from xmonad-contrib.
/var/log/pacman.log:

[2017-09-19 10:08] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyu'
[2017-09-19 10:08] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2017-09-19 10:08] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] running 'ghc-unregister.hook'...
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] unregistering would break the following packages: xmonad-0.13 xmonad-contrib-0.13 X11-1.8 X11-xft-
0.3.1 data-default-0.7.1.1 data-default-instances-dlist-0.0.1 data-default-instances-base-0.1.0.1 data-default-instances-containers-0.
0.1 data-default-instances-old-locale-0.0.1 (ignoring)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] unregistering would break the following packages: old-time-1.1.0.3 (ignoring)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded llvm-libs (4.0.1-5 -> 5.0.0-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded clang (4.0.1-5 -> 5.0.0-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.173-1 -> 2.02.174-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded fuse-common (3.1.1-1 -> 3.2.0-1)
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[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded geoip (1.6.10-1 -> 1.6.11-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] installed ghc-libs (8.2.1-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded ghc (8.0.2-3 -> 8.2.1-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded grub (2:2.02-1 -> 2:2.02-3)
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[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded haskell-old-time (1.1.0.3-9 -> 1.1.0.3-10)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded haskell-random (1.1-7 -> 1.1-8)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded haskell-setlocale (1.0.0.5-1 -> 1.0.0.5-2)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded haskell-utf8-string (1.0.1.1-3 -> 1.0.1.1-4)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded haskell-x11 (1.8-3 -> 1.8-4)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded haskell-x11-xft (0.3.1-27 -> 0.3.1-28)
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[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-libgcrypt (1.7.8-1 -> 1.8.1-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-llvm-libs (4.0.1-1 -> 5.0.0-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (17.2.0-2 -> 17.2.0-3)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa (17.2.0-1 -> 17.2.0-2)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded libksba (1.3.4-2 -> 1.3.5-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded libpulse (11.0-1 -> 11.1-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded llvm (4.0.1-5 -> 5.0.0-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.173-1 -> 2.02.174-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded man-pages (4.12-1 -> 4.13-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded ruby (2.4.1-3 -> 2.4.2-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded tk (8.6.7-1 -> 8.6.7-2)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded vim-runtime (8.0.1092-1 -> 8.0.1127-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded vim (8.0.1092-1 -> 8.0.1127-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded xf86-input-libinput (0.25.1-1 -> 0.26.0-1)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded xmonad (0.13-5 -> 0.13-7)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] upgraded xmonad-contrib (0.13-4 -> 0.13-5)
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM] running '90-linux.hook'...
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.12.13-1-ARCH
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
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[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.12.13-1-ARCH
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2017-09-19 10:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM] running 'detect-old-perl-modules.hook'...
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM] running 'ghc-register.hook'...
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-class-0.1.2.0: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-class/html/data-default-class.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-class-0.1.2.0: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-class/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-base-0.1.0.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-base/html/data-default-instances-base.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-base-0.1.0.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-base/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-containers-0.0.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-containers/html/data-default-instances-containers.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-containers-0.0.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-containers/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-dlist-0.0.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-dlist/html/data-default-instances-dlist.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-dlist-0.0.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-dlist/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-dlist-0.0.1: dependency "dlist-0.8.0.3-8XCsMwviZunHg7vFDzvN5q" doesn't exist (ignoring)
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-old-locale-0.0.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-old-locale/html/data-default-instances-old-locale.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-old-locale-0.0.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default-instances-old-locale/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-instances-old-locale-0.0.1: dependency "old-locale-1.0.0.7-1sqf81TERjR1yVX7sI2OtM" doesn't exist (ignoring)
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-0.7.1.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default/html/data-default.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] data-default-0.7.1.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-data-default/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] dlist-0.8.0.3: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-dlist/html/dlist.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] dlist-0.8.0.3: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-dlist/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] extensible-exceptions-0.1.1.4: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-extensible-exceptions/html/extensible-exceptions.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] extensible-exceptions-0.1.1.4: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-extensible-exceptions/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mtl-2.2.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-mtl/html/mtl.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mtl-2.2.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-mtl/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] old-locale-1.0.0.7: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-old-locale/html/old-locale.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] old-locale-1.0.0.7: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-old-locale/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] old-time-1.1.0.3: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-old-time/html/old-time.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] old-time-1.1.0.3: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-old-time/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] random-1.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-random/html/random.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] random-1.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-random/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] setlocale-1.0.0.5: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-setlocale/html/setlocale.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] setlocale-1.0.0.5: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-setlocale/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] utf8-string-1.0.1.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-utf8-string/html/utf8-string.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] utf8-string-1.0.1.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-utf8-string/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] X11-xft-0.3.1: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-x11-xft/html/X11-xft.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] X11-xft-0.3.1: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-x11-xft/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] X11-xft-0.3.1: dependency "X11-1.8-AzojZfPPxpn1ROayS1vHXI" doesn't exist (ignoring)
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] X11-1.8: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/haskell-x11/html/X11.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] X11-1.8: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/haskell-x11/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] xmonad-contrib-0.13: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/xmonad-contrib/html/xmonad-contrib.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] xmonad-contrib-0.13: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/xmonad-contrib/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] xmonad-contrib-0.13: dependency "xmonad-0.13-BD2NHZ6woCmKiljsMS6jfz" doesn't exist (ignoring)
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] xmonad-0.13: Warning: haddock-interfaces: /usr/share/doc/xmonad/html/xmonad.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
[2017-09-19 10:12] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] xmonad-0.13: Warning: haddock-html: /usr/share/doc/xmonad/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory

A lot of warnings that none of the documentation is where it's expected to be, a few complaints that certain dependencies have yet to be generated (because the package from which that dependency is built is being built next).

Last edited by vehryn (2017-09-19 15:22:30)

ewaller · 2017-09-19 18:04:33

Okay, that is all new to me My first step would be to try reinstalling xmonad-contrib.

Raynman · 2017-09-19 19:11:59

Shouldn't you recompile xmonad after installing the updates to link against the new library?

vehryn · 2017-09-19 22:11:14

Raynman - xmonad is the last thing to be upgraded, after everything else has been built. (Edit - You're right, I had forgotten that recompiling xmonad was separate from installing it)

ewaller - I've reinstalled xmonad-contrib and xmonad (separately and together) to no avail.

Last edited by vehryn (2017-09-20 15:53:53)

eschwartz · 2017-09-20 00:07:00

vehryn wrote:

After updating this morning, whenever I startx it loads momentarily then drops back to my login shell, saying it couldn't find a library file - something with a string of characters in the middle of the name and part of xmonad-contrib. Looking around, I found libHSxmonad-contrib-0.13-F6w2BUl1QKWHqJMi0GMBoA-ghc8.2.1.so on my system [...]

You seem to be missing the single most important part of this whole affair. What is the actual error message? The Linux dynamic loader gives you a free diagnostic which includes both the name of the broken executable and the *exact* library it couldn't find -- take advantage of this free debugging tool and use it!

The precise name of what you don't need is much less useful information.

...

Whatever it is, it will be some binary that depends on xmonad-contrib, which nothing in the repos does, and which links against the old version of xmonad-contrib.
As I understand it, haskell libraries are super-unstable and change the ABI with every compiler version and source code change, and for all I know every compiler run too -- so they append a hash to the library soname in order to make sure you don't accidentally try to load an incompatible version. Ordinary soname versions don't quite cut it in this case....

Last edited by eschwartz (2017-09-20 00:08:13)

vehryn · 2017-09-20 15:44:24

Looking through logs in /var/log/, the Xorg log file hasn't seen a write since Oct 2015 for some reason. Running journalctl after a failed attempt at startx gives

Sep 20 09:06:19 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")
Sep 20 09:06:20 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")
Sep 20 09:06:20 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")
Sep 20 09:06:20 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")
Sep 20 09:06:20 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")
Sep 20 09:06:20 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")
Sep 20 09:06:20 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")
Sep 20 09:06:20 grimmikins dbus[351]: [system] Rejected send message, 0 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=349 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.28" (uid=1000 pid=18669 comm="/usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -au")

The exact error message I get when xmonad fails to start seems to be cut off, because the only part that is readable says it fails to find libHSxmonad-contrib-0.13-LqA4dLENpK1ERuUS0s1ZBX-ghc8.0.2.so (no such file or directory) - I gave the exact name of the file that I "don't need" because that's the version of the file from the latest version of xmonad-contrib, leading me to believe that it should be using this other version and not the one compiled against the previous version of ghc. xmonad-contrib is (to my knowledge) being called when xmonad reads my xmonad.hs file.

EDIT: Never mind, I'm an imbecile who forgot to

xmonad --recompile

after the update. ;_;

Last edited by vehryn (2017-09-20 15:46:04)

ewaller · 2017-09-20 15:48:30

Depending on how you start X, the log will either be in your journal (if you use a display manager) , or in ~/.local/share/xorg if you use startx or xinit.

Arch Linux

#1 2017-09-19 14:50:59

[SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#2 2017-09-19 14:58:32

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#3 2017-09-19 15:19:10

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#4 2017-09-19 18:04:33

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#5 2017-09-19 19:11:59

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#6 2017-09-19 22:11:14

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#7 2017-09-20 00:07:00

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#8 2017-09-20 15:44:24

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

#9 2017-09-20 15:48:30

Re: [SOLVED] After update, xmonad fails to start

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