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Author: tempforever
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] window manager fails to connect to XServer
Sorry to interject here, with something that is probably not relevant,
but there's always that possibility that it is.  I've recently (after
kernel upgrades) had issues with starting x with nvidia drivers, if
that's what you use this might help.  My issue was there was no
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so - that file was only in
/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ (notice the "local").  Creating a
softlink to the existing file in the /usr/lib/... directory was my
solution.  But I found the warning/error in one of the log files and was
able to track it down; not seeing that message in your logs, so again
it's probably not related.

If the problem is something to do with file ownership after your
backup/restore process, you could run the following:
find $HOME ! -user $USER
It should return nothing, if every file in your home directory is owned
by you.

Haines Brown via Dng wrote:
> Xorg.0.log starts:
>
>   [293324.757]
>   X.Org X Server 1.21.1.7
>   X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
>   [293324.757] Current Operating System: Linux lenin 6.1.0-17-amd64 #1 
>     SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.69-1 (2023-12-30) x86>
>   [293324.757] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 
>     root=UUID=c581c272-29b9-40d1-81a6-1a33ed539bb9 ro
>   [293324.757] xorg-server 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u2devuan1 
>     (https://www.devuan.org/os/community)
>   [293324.758] Current version of pixman: 0.42.2
>   [293324.758]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>     to make sure that you have the latest version.
>   [293324.758] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) 
>     default setting,
>     (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>     (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>   [293324.758] (==) Log file: 
>     "/home/haines/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 21 
>     05:05:58 2024
>   [293324.759] (==) Using system config directory 
>     "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
>   [293324.759] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen 
>     section.
>   [293324.759] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
>   [293324.759] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
>   [293324.759] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
>   [293324.759] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen 
>     Section".
>     Using a default monitor configuration.
>   [293324.759] (==) Automatically adding devices

>
> There are warnings that don't seem significant
>
>   [293324.910] (II) modeset(0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
>   [293324.910] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
>   [293324.910] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
>   [293324.910] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
>   [293324.911] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
>   [293324.911] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>   [293324.911]    compiled for 1.21.1.7, module version = 0.0.2
>   [293324.911]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
>   [293324.911] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no 
>     multi-card support
>   [293324.911] (II) modeset(0): Creating default Display subsection in 
>     Screen section 

>
> It terminates abruptly:
>
>   [293325.180] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Barcode 
>     Reader  Consumer Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 17)
>   [293325.180] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
>   [293325.180] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
>   [293325.180] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:ralt"

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