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bhrgunatha

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Registered: 2009-12-16

Posts: 103

[SOLVED] Xorg fails to start after booting

I fully updated my system after about a 6 week break.

I'm using LightDM to login to my system and using XFCE as my desktop:

* lightdm : 1:1.32.0-4 
* lightdm-gtk-greeter : 1:2.0.8-3 
* lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings : 1.2.2-8 
* xf4wm : 4.18.0-1  (+ many more xfce4 packages)

To install other packages (including tfrom he AUR) I have 2 versions of Gtk.

* GTK2 - 2.24.33-3 (dia, gimp, hexchat...)
* GTK3 - 1:3.24.38-1 (many including XFCE4 apps)

Before today's update there's been no major problems with both installed

After rebooting the terminal mentions my system partition is clean and there is just a blinking cursor (where there are usually messages about other partitions). The lightdm greeter never appears and xorg is failing to start.

* sudo journalctl -b -1 after one of several attempts to reboot
* Xorg.0 log
* Output of startxfce4 directly from terminal 
* Output of startx directly from terminal 

I can login to another terminal. The rest of my partitions are mounted and fully accessible. I can use the terminal fine except for anything using xorg.   

I feel like I must have missed something simple, but just I'm stuck.

Happy to post any more info to help fixing this problem but not sure what else will help.

Last edited by bhrgunatha (2023-07-08 14:06:47)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg fails to start after booting

What nvidia package are you using?

bhrgunatha

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Registered: 2009-12-16

Posts: 103

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg fails to start after booting

Sorry dumb not oo mention that. I have an older card that is unsupported by the main package.
GK208B - GEForce GT 710. 

EDIT to correct versions

* libxnvctrl-470xx - 470.199.02-1.
* nvidia-470xx-dkms - 470.182.03-2.
* nvidia-470xx-settings - 470.182.03-2. 
* nvidia-470xx-utils - 470.182.03-2. 
* opencl-nvidia-470xx - 470.182.03-2. 
* libvdpau - 1.5-1 
* libva-nvidia-driver - 0.0.10-1

Last edited by bhrgunatha (2023-07-08 13:47:35)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,970

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg fails to start after booting

The versions of nvidia-470xx-dkms and nvidia-470xx-utils do not match which would be a problem if the nvidia kernel module was loaded.  How did you update to nvidia-470xx-dkms 470.199.02-1?
What is the output of

# dkms status

bhrgunatha

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Registered: 2009-12-16

Posts: 103

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg fails to start after booting

So sorry it's a mistake. I'm having to type manually from a mac and the editing experience is hard for me to adjust. I'll edit my reply with correct versions.

#dkms status 
nvidia/470.182.02

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg fails to start after booting

470.182.02 is not compatible with linux 6.4 without patching.  The easiest solution is to update the PKGBUILD to 470.199.02 see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p2108208

bhrgunatha

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Registered: 2009-12-16

Posts: 103

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg fails to start after booting

470.182.02 is not compatible with linux 6.4 without patching.  The easiest solution is to update the PKGBUILD to 470.199.02 see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p2108208

The patch you linked worked like a charm. I am now back to fully operation XFCE session and appreciate all the help given.