On 03/10/2014 08:05 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it seems the powerfail this moring while I was updateing my Linux box
> has killed / screwed up something.
>
> The effect:
> Slim login manager starts and presents the login screen.
> It is possible to login but openbox seems not to start -
> I get the typical cross-cursor in the middle of the screen
> (but the grey background is replaced by plain black)
> The last entry in the slim.log is:
>
> slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
> slim: open_session: Unable to open session: Unable to get information
> about the calling process
>
> I resumed the interrupted update process, I did:
> "emerge xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse
> nvidia-drivers"
> I recompiled the X-server.
> Nothing helps.
>
> What can I try else to get X working again?
>
> Thank you very much for any (quick;) help in advance!
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
>
>
>
Sounds like a problem other folk encountered before. See
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-983068.html?sid=322897f0f12db44e211be450629bfbc1
for details. Hope this helps.
