At Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote: > > At Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > At Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:55:35 +1000 Peter Hutterer > > <peter.hutte...@who-t.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 09:20:32AM -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > > > > I have a Raspberry Pi (Model 2 B) running a fairly recent version of > > > > Raspbian > > > > (2017-04-10-raspbian-jessie.zip). I have it start up to the console > > > > login, > > > > since most of the time I just ssh into it from another machine (either > > > > my > > > > CentOS laptop or desktop). I just tied to login into its console > > > > (using my TV > > > > as a monitor) and using the startx command t fire up the GUI, but it is > > > > failing. I *think* it is having some sort of problem with the input > > > > device I > > > > am using: a combo keyboard / trackball: > > > > > > there are no error messages in the log regarding libinput, it all comes up > > > normally. So whatever the issue is, I don't think that's it. the logind > > > messages looked fine too, so that shouldn't be an issue either. > > > > > > fwiw, you could easily verify it with sudo libinput-debug-events, if that > > > handles the events correctly then the driver will too and you can mostly > > > rule out libinput issues. > > > > Well, libinput-debug-events does not seem to be installed... What package > > would it be in? dpkg-query -l \*libinput\* yields: > > > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | > > Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version Architecture Description > > +++-===========================-============-============-=================================================================== > > ii libinput-bin 1.5.0-1 armhf input device > > management and event handling library - udev quirks > > ii libinput10:armhf 1.5.0-1 armhf input device > > management and event handling library - shared library > > ii xserver-xorg-input-libinput 0.20.0-1 armhf X.Org X server -- > > libinput input driver > > > > > > > > "it is failing" is a bit generic, what exactly doesn't work? > > > > The XServer does not start -- I type startx, and after a brief startup > > blather > > and a brief screen blanking, it lands back at the shell prompt. The log file > > is all I have. Yes, it appears that XServer sees everything, but for some > > reason just exits after it has finished probing... No "obvious" (to me) > > reason > > (I have seen Xservers die for various reasons, like bad video timing rates > > on > > unsupported video chips, or totally missing mice and/or keyboards -- mostly > > in > > the "bad old days" where one had to set things up properly in > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I believe these days, one does not bother with > > hand-crafter conf files -- the XServer figures itself out "on the fly". (Or > > not as the case might be...) > > OK, another datapoint: > > *I* don't use the "pi" account on my pis -- I create an account "heller" so > make things consistent with my other Linux boxes (an x86_64 home built > desktop > and a x86_64 Lenovo Thinkpad laptop). > > When I log into the 'Pi as "pi", startx works. It does not work when I log > in > as heller. This is *weird* (at least from this long time Linux user). >
OK, problem solved: it was a bad .xsession file. It has been so long since I needed to troubleshoot a .xsession that I had forgotten to check there. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
