On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 03:52:40PM -0400, Haines Brown via Dng wrote:
> I mistakenly copied all files in my home directory to another
> directory. When I restored the files from that directory, $ startx was
> no longer able to start the window manager. I run Devuan Daedalus
> with Fluxbox window manager but with no desktop environment.
>
> $ echo $DISPLAY
> :0.0
>
> The /etc/xorg.conf.d directory is empty, which I take to be normal
>
> When I try to start fluxbox as either user or root I get:
>
> $ fluxbox
> Error: Couldn't connect to XServer passing null display
This suggests the DISPLAY is not exported.
Ralph.
>
> I tried to reboot and to restall fluxbox.
>
> Flubox is present and is the default:
>
> $ sudo update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
> Selection Path Priority Status
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> * 0 /usr/bin/startfluxbox 50 auto mode
> 1 /usr/bin/startfluxbox 50 manual mode
>
> $ wmcrtl -m
> Name: Fluxbox
> Class: N/A
> PID: N/A
> Window manager's "showing the desktop" mode: N/A
>
> I had commented my ~/.Xauthority file that has cookies for display
> password becasue I did not need it. Uncommenting it now did not help.
>
> The /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file has . /etc/X11/Xsession . This is normal
>
> The fluxbox command itself seems OK
>
> $ ls -la | /etc/X11 | grep fluxbox
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 18 06:10 fluxbox
>
> I look at .xsession-errors. I expected but did not find .fluxbox calls.
> There were failures to set values and a reversion to defaults. For
> example:
>
> Failed to read: session.ignoreBorder
> Setting default value
>
> I give all clients access to XServer
>
> $ sudo xhost +
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
>
> This worked only when done by root, not by user.
>
> \usr\bin\startx calls ~/.xinitrc and it has line exec startfluxbox.
> The problem seems to be that the XServer cannot see any fluxbox
> client.
>
>
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>
> Haines Brown
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