> 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?
I had problems with nouveau about a year ago, so I switched back to the proprietary driver. The NVIDIA driver has always been reliable, even if non-open-source and a pain in the neck to have to recompile with every new kernel. But at this point, I'd be happy with _anything_ that gives me X back. Here goes: sudo install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (My memory tells me this used to ask if I wanted my proprietary nvidia setup disabled. That didn't happen this time.) No change whatsoever. Invoking startx/xinit still doesn't work. I still get the complaint about libglx.so One respondent said maybe my GLX installation is broken. How do I fix that? Thanks much, --Alan -- 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/45855514-ccee-4204-aa90-ed1a55b99...@laurelschool.org
