Re: Can't start from ligntdm

On 10/23/24 03:42, ToddAndMargo via xfce wrote:
> On 10/23/24 02:15, Ian Laurie via xfce wrote:
>> On 10/23/24 7:33 PM, ToddAndMargo via xfce wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Fedora 40
>>> xfce 4.18
>>>
>>> I cannot start xfce from lightdm.  It tried, give me
>>> a bunch of errors about xinit: unable to connect to
>>> x server
>>>
>>> But xfce starts fine from the command lien with startx
>>>
>>> ??????????
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> -T
>>>
>> Was this an upgrade or did you install from an ISO, and if so which one?
> This happened after an upgrade from Fedora 39 to Fedora 40.   It
> did not go well.
>
> This issue did not appear until -- out of frustration with
> selinux -- I threw a
>
>    touch /.autorelabel; reboot
>
> then the xinit error occurred.  Apparently, ligntdm is using
> xinit.
>
>
> This is the xinit error I am getting:
>
> $ xinit
> (EE)
> Fatal server error:
> (EE) Server is already active for display 0
>         If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>         and start again.
> (EE)
> (EE)
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>          at http://wiki.x.org
>  for help.
> (EE)
> No protocol specified
>
> xinit: giving up
> xinit: unable to connect to X server: Resource temporarily unavailable
> xinit: server error
>
>
>
> removing /tmp/.X0-lock does no good.


I put some echo's in both startx and startxfce4 to see
what the difference is:


startxfce4:

if [ -f $BASEDIR/xinitrc ]; then
echo "exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}" >
/tmp/startxfce4.if.run.string.txt
exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}
elif [ -f $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc ]; then
mkdir -p $BASEDIR
cp $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc $BASEDIR/
echo "exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}" >
/tmp/startxfce4.elsif.run.string.txt
exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}
else
echo "exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC
vt${tty_num}" > /tmp/startxfce4.else.run.string.txt
exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}
fi


startxfce4.else.run.string.txt:
exec xinit /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc -- vt3 vt3


startx.run.string.txt:
xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- /usr/bin/X :1 vt2 -keeptty -auth
/home/tony/.serverauth.9909


And this shows up like a soar thumb in startxfce4:
I DO NOT have a /etc/xdg directory

Any suggestions on how to fix this?








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