aarch64 rockpro64 up to date, startx stopped working

glorsplitz · 10-08-2022, 02:27 PM

hello all

On my one aarch64 rockpro64, I sometimes run it with x/kde and sometimes no x just cli stuff.

Today I wanted to try sndwvs chromium as mentioned here but startx keeps giving me .serverauth.xxxx does not exist, .Xauthority does not exist.

I tried a few googled things and can't get past it, like delete .x* in home folder, delete /tmp/* reboot, comment xserverauth line in startx.

In /var/log/Xorg.0.log I see

Quote:

[ 4795.068] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"

at the tail end, I do not see this on couple of my x86_64.

There are no (EE).

Emerson · 10-08-2022, 05:51 PM

This may happen if you run startx and there is nothing started on X. You say KDE, how do you start KDE on X?

enorbet · 10-08-2022, 06:26 PM

This is one of the problems I am dealing with noted in my "Confused" thread. There seems to be more than one problem caused by the most recent "slackpkg upgrade-all". To be clear I am also getting the fail error messages of ".serverauth.xxxx does not exist, .Xauthority does not exist.". I get these errors despite "slackpkg reinstall a,x,xap,kde". In addition I had a missing "libxcvtv" issue that was fairly easily solved thanks to some help by the only responder so far.

glorsplitz · 10-08-2022, 07:02 PM

how do you start KDE on X? from command line using startx, as I have on all my slackware installs over the years.

I have not installed, changed, modified, removed anything, just applying any provided updates, kde was running just a few days ago.

I was too confused by your "Confused" thread so I started my own.

glorsplitz · 10-08-2022, 07:50 PM

xwmconfig. select fluxbox, startx, as it's coming up, I see ".serverauth.5097 does not exist:", it gets created, and fluxbox loads

exit fluxbox, .serverauth.5097 gets deleted

on the other hand, chromium runs from within fluxbox

Emerson · 10-08-2022, 08:55 PM

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how do you start KDE on X? from command line using startx,

OK, the question here is how startx starts KDE, somewhere in your conf must be set a variable or you must have a command in your ~/.xinitrc, startx is just a script, it does not know what DE you want to run.

enorbet · 10-08-2022, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz

how do you start KDE on X? from command line using startx, as I have on all my slackware installs over the years.

I have not installed, changed, modified, removed anything, just applying any provided updates, kde was running just a few days ago.

I was too confused by your "Confused" thread so I started my own.

Sorry for the confusion and I by no means am complaining that you started a similar thread. I think this issue needs some serious attention. As for starting any DE, normally I do it from SDDM chooser menu. When troubleshooting I also just try startx and the various "start" commands directlt, like "startfluxbox" or "startplasma-x11", both as root and User.

NOTE: I also try running "xwmconfig" to switch WM/DEs so I can try "startx" with each of then.

glorsplitz · 10-09-2022, 09:09 AM

Emerson, thank you for offering some help, I think I'm going to wait for the dust enorbet has stirred to settle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by enorbet

Sorry for the confusion and I by no means am complaining that you started a similar thread.

I saw your thread before creating this thread but had no idea we're having similar issues.

Emerson · 10-09-2022, 09:35 AM

Code:

exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session startplasma-x11

If you need a workaround to start your KDE, then this in your ~/.xinitrc should do it.

glorsplitz · 10-09-2022, 06:58 PM

Workaround as indicated here also worked for me.

glorsplitz · 10-10-2022, 06:59 PM

Tue Oct 11 08:08:08 UTC 2022
a/dbus-1.14.4-aarch64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed build-time configuration bug.

Thank you drmozes!