Re: Today (20151027) updates and XServer problem

[John DeVito <john.devito@yahoo.com>]

I had tried to reinstall completely, selecting to install the KDE UI during the install and got the same results.  No dbus directory in /run.  I just installed with no UI and I have the /run/dbus directory and the socket file was there.  Installing different components I came to the conclusion that sddm is the culprit.  Using dpkg-reconfigure if I select sddm as the default display manager I get a cursor in the upper left hand corner when I should be getting a login screen.  If I use kdm as the display manager I get the KDE logon screen as expected.

On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:22 AM, Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:36:04 +0000 (UTC)
John DeVito <john.devito@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello John,

>Wondering if anyone else installed updates today to an x64 Stretch
>installation and had the XServer crash after a reboot.  I am getting

Yes, it's happening here, too.  Can't get KDE up at all.  In the short
term, I've installed LXDE, and now do a shell login and then run
'startx'.

>Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket.  Manual
>attempts to navigate to that directory shows that /var/run exists, but
>the dbus directory is not below 'run'.

Once I get LXDE up, /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket exists.  I've not
checked for it before running startx, however.

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