Can't use slim after recent upgrade

bgc1954 · 2010-08-26 17:29:17

Hi all,
Just did pacman -Syu and now I can't use slim to login anymore. I searched the forum but I didn't see any other complaints with X and upgrades, lately.
This is the end of my pacman.log

[2010-08-26 08:33] synchronizing package lists
[2010-08-26 08:34] starting full system upgrade
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded bison (2.4.2-1 -> 2.4.3-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded evince (2.30.3-1 -> 2.30.3-2)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded glproto (1.4.11-2 -> 1.4.12-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded kbproto (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.5-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded libfetch (2.32-1 -> 2.33-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded libxau (1.0.5-1 -> 1.0.6-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded libxcb (1.6-1 -> 1.7-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded libx11 (1.3.4-1 -> 1.3.5-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded libxi (1.3-2 -> 1.3.2-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded mlocate (0.22.4-1 -> 0.22.4-2)
[2010-08-26 08:34] warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20100808-1 -> 20100825-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded renderproto (0.11-1 -> 0.11.1-1)
[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded sqlite3 (3.7.0.1-1 -> 3.7.1-1)
[2010-08-26 08:35] upgraded tzdata (2010k-1 -> 2010l-1)
[2010-08-26 08:35] upgraded videoproto (2.3.0-1 -> 2.3.1-1)
[2010-08-26 08:35] upgraded xorg-server-utils (7.5-4 -> 7.5-6)
[2010-08-26 08:35] upgraded xorg-utils (7.6-2 -> 7.6-3)
[2010-08-26 08:35] upgraded xterm (259-1 -> 261-1)

Because of the xorg pkg. upgrades, I first thought X problems with my nvidia card but I found if I don't use slim, I can startx from console with no problem. I found if I changed to a different tty, killed x, etc. I could login and startx but the session would only last a couple of minutes and x would die. Seemed to do this even if I stopped slim with /etc/rc.d/slim stop but I was messing around with so many things that I can't be sure I actually stopped slim. As long as I didn't start it, everything seems to be fine.
The slim log isn't much help--it just mentions unable to connect to xserver, so for slim, it seems the upgrade to xorg-utils or xorg-server-utils is a problem.
Personally, I prefer to use no login manager anyway but this is on the main home computer and the wife likes to see a nice login screen (she doesn't like changes to the computer setup much).

Last edited by bgc1954 (2010-08-26 17:37:32)

barzam · 2010-08-26 20:11:50

Maybe try the inittab way to start slim and see if it works better? Info in the Wiki..

bgc1954 · 2010-08-26 21:05:58

Nope, that won't help cause that's the way I've always started slim--never did like the daemon start method.

iceman81 · 2010-09-09 22:46:15

bgc1954 wrote:

[2010-08-26 08:34] upgraded libxcb (1.6-1 -> 1.7-1)

i think this is the cause.

http://www.mail-archive.com/awesome@naq … 01485.html

LuX · 2010-12-05 20:46:22

Hello!

I'm experiencing the same problem: since I updated my system with 'pacman -Syu' slim no longer works on my laptop. More precisely, in place of the usual login screen of slim I get a black screen without prompt, but I still can use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to login in on tty. I tried to start slim from rc.conf or from inittab, no difference.

This problem does not seem to be related to Xorg and my (trident) video driver, as I believed first: replacing slim by lxdm without changing anything else solved the problem completely. Nevertheless I was very fond of the simplicity of slim and I would prefer to use it again if possible, but I have absolutely no idea of what is going on.

@Iceman81: I followed your link without understanding how to use the information there.

@bgc1954: Did you eventually solve your problem?

@Everybody: Could anyone give me a hint? I'm an ordinary Arch user, not a "master of Kyudo".

Regards,
LuX.

motmaos · 2011-01-03 08:23:54

here the same mysterious problem.
I use dwm on a Hp laptop and I thought it was a problem with the xorg packages, instead starting X from the console works just fine, only slim doesn't work, it produces a black screen with "failed to login".
Any advice? Thx!

EDIT: editing my .xinitrc solved the issue for me, I had to use the complete path to my script to launch dwm, i.e. /home/me/bin/dwmlaunch.sh and not just dwmlaunch.sh
I solved it by looking at /var/log/slim.log, it pointed out that the script was missing.
I guess why it worked until yesterday, if someone has some explanations to share I would love it.

Last edited by motmaos (2011-01-03 09:53:52)

libretto · 2011-01-05 01:23:00

I have the same problem except I use GDM w gnome. I have to remove the "quiet splash" line from grub kernel then it boots fine. Still DK what causes it thought.
If I don't remove the "quiet splash" from the grub kernel then I need to boot puppy linux(5.11) first before booting Arch, otherwise it'll just stop at the end of splash screen forever.

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#1 2010-08-26 17:29:17

Can't use slim after recent upgrade

#2 2010-08-26 20:11:50

Re: Can't use slim after recent upgrade

#3 2010-08-26 21:05:58

Re: Can't use slim after recent upgrade

#4 2010-09-09 22:46:15

Re: Can't use slim after recent upgrade

#5 2010-12-05 20:46:22

Re: Can't use slim after recent upgrade

#6 2011-01-03 08:23:54

Re: Can't use slim after recent upgrade

#7 2011-01-05 01:23:00

Re: Can't use slim after recent upgrade

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