On 10/31/24 20:25, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Hi All,
Fedora 39
mate-utils-common-1.26.1-3.fc39.noarch
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.14-35.fc39.x86_64
With lightdm removed from my system, when I run "mate-session" from the
a user's command line, I get
$ mate-session
** (mate-session:8363): WARNING **: 20:26:30.590: Cannot open
display:
Running xinit from the user's command line give me:
$ 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)
X connection to :0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Removing /tmp/.X0-lock does ot help
How do I troubleshoot this?
Many thanks,
-T
Cancel the request:
Turns out I have no issues with x running. The problem
is lightdm;
I am stuck in the "endless loop" problem that is plaguing
lightdm users. I have searched my ass off an everyone
with the issue can not find a cure.
So I disabled lightdm and installed lxdm. It ain't as pretty
BUT IT WORKS!!!!
I even have autologin configured. And it lets me
switch back and forth between Xfce and MATE.
My keeper on lxdm:
lxdm auto login:
# vi /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
[base]
## uncomment and set autologin username to enable autologin
# autologin=todd
autologin=todd
## default session or desktop used when no systemwide config
# session=/usr/bin/startlxde
session=/usr/bin/startxfce4
