PARTIALLY SOLVED: no display manager for 3 days
> On Thu 24 Jul 2014 at 10:37:34 +0000, Alan Simpson-Vlach wrote:
>
> > Ever since a dist-upgrade that installed systemd and removed
> > sysvinit-core, I have been unable to get a display manager.
>
> The dist-upgrade would have more than this. You are using testing?
>
> > I have tried slim, lightdm, and even installed gdm3. Nothing works.
> >
> > # /etc/init.d/slim/start
> >
> > gives no error messages, but
> >
> > # systemctl status slim.service
> >
> > tells me that slim exited with status=1
> >
> > The pertinent line appears to be
> >
> > /usr/bin/X11/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so: undefined symbol: LoadExtension
> >
> > which is similar to what happens if I try xinit directly.
> >
> > Trying lightdm I get
> >
> > lightdm.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
> >
> > I think this is a systemd problem, but maybe it's a video driver problem?
> > I'm using the proprietary nvidia driver, which has been recompiled multiple times now.
> > Help, please. I'd kinda like to have a working X11 again.
>
> If xinit or startx will not bring up X it seems more like a video
> problem to me. How do feel about using the nouveau driver if you cannot
> fix the proprietary one?
Thanks to the list, I now have X working again.
And it was a video issue rather than anything to do with systemd.
As suggested, I did the following:
+ deleted the proprietary nvidia glx libs
+ deleted /etc/X11/xorg.conf
+ installed xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
But now I can only get 1024x768 resolution;
I have for several years been running 1600x1200 using Debian on this monitor and video card.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again,
--Alan
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