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#1 2011-08-02 08:54:13
- AbstractLogic
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startx gives white screen with mouse cursor after upgrade
Hello, I have been a long time lurker and I have finally come across a problem I havent been able to find anywhere else. I just updated the catalyst-hook package and now on startx I get a white screen with a working mouse cursor and apparently my keyboard works as well. It seems as if it is running normally other than the fact there is a white screen instead of my background. I'm not getting any unusually errors in my logs and I've regenerated my xorg.conf. I cannot seem to find any solution to this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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#2 2011-08-02 09:01:55
- karol
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Re: startx gives white screen with mouse cursor after upgrade
Please post the output of 'cat /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc'.
How do you start X - post the exact command.
Do you use any DE / WM?
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#3 2011-08-02 09:04:38
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Re: startx gives white screen with mouse cursor after upgrade
the cat gives me
cat exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp "$@"
I normally login in the shell and use startx with a .xinitrc
I am using LXDE with openbox.
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#4 2011-08-02 09:05:51
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Re: startx gives white screen with mouse cursor after upgrade
Is LXDE running OK but with white background?
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#5 2011-08-02 09:10:35
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Re: startx gives white screen with mouse cursor after upgrade
Its not so much a white background as a completely white desktop ( no icons no lxpanel etc) just a white screen with a mouse cursor that is usable and the keyboard works as well. I was even able to open a terminal with a keyboard shortcut and reboot the comp. Other than my desktop not being rendered right, LXDE seems to be functioning normally
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#6 2011-08-02 10:18:55
- Mr.Elendig
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Re: startx gives white screen with mouse cursor after upgrade
Are you using a compositing manager? If so, try starting without it.
Evil #archlinux@libera.chat channel op and general support dude.
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#7 2011-08-03 17:09:52
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Re: startx gives white screen with mouse cursor after upgrade
I am just using openbox. No compositing or any effects enabled. here is my .xinitrc
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