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 proprietry one? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/24072014133859.de42aeeef...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
