blank screen on startx for kde at kernel 5.10.4
by Z038 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5CA4Z)
I just installed kernel 5.10.4 packages from slackware64 -current and now startx gives a blank screen after a few moments.
I boot to runlevel 3, login as my regular user, and issue "exec startx" or just "startx". Plasma starts to initialize with the icon in the middle of the screen and "Plasma made by kde" in the lower right corner, then goes black.
CTRL+ALT+BACKTAB doesn't kill it. I have to boot my system to recover.
I don't normally startx when I login as root, but I tried it to see what would happen. Plasma/kde initialized fine. I was able to logout my session using the menu option and I could terminate kde via CTRL+ALT+BACKTAB and get back to the command line.
Either way I end the session, the screen goes black for about 8 seconds before kde finally exits and lands me back on the command line. Back at the command line I see Xorg error messages like these:
Code:xauth: file /root/.serverauth.8626 does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.20.10
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 15.0 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux ixian2.inoship.lan 5.10.4 #1 SMP Wed Dec 30 13:21:02 CST 2020 x86_64
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro
Build Date: 17 December 2020 04:37:14PM
Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 1 13:30:43 2021
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
recent crashes: 1malloc_consolidate(): invalid chunk sizeKCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2KCrash: Application Name = kwin_x11 path = /usr/bin pid = 8702KCrash: Arguments: /usr/bin/kwin_x11 KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/drkonqi(II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.ith signal 11;So maybe permissions issue, or an X config difference between root and my normal user?
I boot to runlevel 3, login as my regular user, and issue "exec startx" or just "startx". Plasma starts to initialize with the icon in the middle of the screen and "Plasma made by kde" in the lower right corner, then goes black.
CTRL+ALT+BACKTAB doesn't kill it. I have to boot my system to recover.
I don't normally startx when I login as root, but I tried it to see what would happen. Plasma/kde initialized fine. I was able to logout my session using the menu option and I could terminate kde via CTRL+ALT+BACKTAB and get back to the command line.
Either way I end the session, the screen goes black for about 8 seconds before kde finally exits and lands me back on the command line. Back at the command line I see Xorg error messages like these:
Code:xauth: file /root/.serverauth.8626 does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.20.10
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 15.0 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux ixian2.inoship.lan 5.10.4 #1 SMP Wed Dec 30 13:21:02 CST 2020 x86_64
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro
Build Date: 17 December 2020 04:37:14PM
Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 1 13:30:43 2021
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
recent crashes: 1malloc_consolidate(): invalid chunk sizeKCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2KCrash: Application Name = kwin_x11 path = /usr/bin pid = 8702KCrash: Arguments: /usr/bin/kwin_x11 KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/drkonqi(II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.ith signal 11;So maybe permissions issue, or an X config difference between root and my normal user?