Hello, I’m running opensuse 13.1 for a long time now. Since today boot ends up in terminal. KDE does not start anymore. Graphic card is nvidia.
Last line in boot.log is something like ‘X Display Manager starting’
I’ve no clue where to start searching from here.
Thanks.
That means that the graphical session failed to start.
You should be able to switch to a text mode login via Ctrl+Alt+F1.
What driver are you using?
If it’s nvidia, there might be something wrong with the installation.
I would suggest to try to choose “Recovery Mode” in “Advanced Options” in the boot menu, this should give you a useable graphical system with a fallback driver at least.
Or remove/rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have one, to not force Xorg to use nvidia.
I’ve no clue where to start searching from here.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log would be the first thing I’d look into, this should tell why Xorg didn’t start.
Please post that file if you need further help, or post /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old if you did one of the above workarounds (this contains the log from the previous boot).
Thanks wolfi. Here is Xorg.0.log after a boot with no workarounds. The boot ends in a console. KDE does not start. To be honest the log tells nothing to me.
Here is the first part. I is too long for one post.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
13.913]
X.Org X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1)
Release Date: 2013-10-26
13.913] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
13.913] Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
13.913] Current Operating System: Linux Tob-Keller 3.11.10-29-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 5 16:24:00 UTC 2015 (338c513) x86_64
13.913] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.10-29-desktop root=UUID=51f9a24a-f86c-4652-b111-5196354d95a2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DM001-9YN164_W240TNVC-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x34b
13.913] Build Date: 26 November 2015 04:36:10PM
13.913]
13.913] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
13.913] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
13.913] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
13.913] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 18 21:39:03 2016
13.953] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
13.953] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
13.953] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
14.006] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
14.006] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
14.006] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
14.006] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
14.006] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
14.006] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
14.006] (==) Automatically adding devices
14.006] (==) Automatically enabling devices
14.006] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
14.067] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
14.067] Entry deleted from font path.
14.067] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript/,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,
built-ins
14.067] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
14.067] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
14.067] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
14.067] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
14.067] (II) Loader magic: 0x804c20
14.067] (II) Module ABI versions:
14.067] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
14.067] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
14.067] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
14.067] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
14.067] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
14.070] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0fc0:10de:093d rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
14.070] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
14.070] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
14.070] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
14.070] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
14.070] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
14.070] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
14.070] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
14.070] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
14.070] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
14.070] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
14.070] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
14.070] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
14.070] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
14.070] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
14.070] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
14.070] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
14.070] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
14.070] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
14.093] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/extensions/libglx.so
15.344] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
15.344] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
15.344] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
15.346] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.96 Sun Nov 8 22:06:18 PST 2015
15.355] Loading extension GLX
15.355] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
15.355] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
15.355] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
15.355] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
15.355] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
15.355] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 340.96 Sun Nov 8 21:46:28 PST 2015
15.355] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
15.355] (++) using VT number 7
15.355] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
15.355] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
15.369] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
15.379] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
15.379] compiled for 1.14.3.901, module version = 1.0.0
15.379] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
15.379] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
15.379] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
15.379] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
15.384] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
15.391] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
15.391] compiled for 1.14.3.901, module version = 1.0.0
15.391] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
15.391] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
15.391] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
15.391] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
15.391] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
15.391] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
15.391] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
15.391] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
15.391] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
15.977] (II) NVIDIA(0): Display (NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
15.977] (II) NVIDIA(0): Vision stereo.
15.977] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Found DRM driver nvidia-drm (20150116)
15.978] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 640 (GK107) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
15.978] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes
15.978] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 80.07.24.00.03
15.978] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GeForce GT 640 at PCI:1:0:0
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) (boot, connected)
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2): Internal TMDS
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2): 340.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: Internal DisplayPort
15.982] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 960.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
15.982] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
15.982] (**) NVIDIA(0): device NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) (Using EDID frequencies has
15.982] (**) NVIDIA(0): been enabled on all display devices.)
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID for NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) contradicts itself: mode
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): "1920x1080" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): valid HorizSync range (31.000-83.000 kHz) would exclude
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): this mode's HorizSync (28.1 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): for mode "1920x1080".
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID for NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) contradicts itself: mode
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): "720x480" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): valid HorizSync range (31.000-83.000 kHz) would exclude
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): this mode's HorizSync (15.7 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): for mode "720x480".
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID for NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) contradicts itself: mode
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): "720x480" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): valid HorizSync range (31.000-83.000 kHz) would exclude
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): this mode's HorizSync (15.7 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): for mode "720x480".
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID for NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) contradicts itself: mode
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): "1920x1080" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): valid HorizSync range (31.000-83.000 kHz) would exclude
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): this mode's HorizSync (28.1 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): for mode "1920x1080".
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID for NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) contradicts itself: mode
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): "720x576" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): valid HorizSync range (31.000-83.000 kHz) would exclude
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): this mode's HorizSync (15.6 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check
15.982] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): for mode "720x576".
15.983] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID for NEC 24WMGX3 (DFP-2) contradicts itself: mode
15.983] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): "720x576" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
15.983] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): valid HorizSync range (31.000-83.000 kHz) would exclude
15.983] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): this mode's HorizSync (15.6 kHz); ignoring HorizSync check
15.983] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): for mode "720x576".
15.983] (==) NVIDIA(0):
15.983] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
15.983] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
15.983] (==) NVIDIA(0):
15.983] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
15.983] (II) NVIDIA(0): "DFP-2:nvidia-auto-select"
15.984] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080
16.010] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (93, 85); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
16.010] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
Second part of Xorg.0.log
16.010] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
16.010] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
16.010] (II) NVIDIA: access.
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
16.013] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
16.016] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-2:nvidia-auto-select"
16.054] Loading extension NV-GLX
16.072] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
16.072] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
16.072] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
16.072] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
16.072] Loading extension NV-CONTROL
16.072] Loading extension XINERAMA
16.072] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
16.072] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
16.072] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
16.072] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
16.072] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
16.073] (--) RandR disabled
16.075] (II) Initializing extension GLX
16.457] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
16.457] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.457] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.457] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
16.457] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
16.458] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
16.458] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
16.458] compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 2.8.2
16.458] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
16.458] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 19.1
16.458] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
16.458] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
16.458] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
16.458] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
16.458] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
16.458] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
16.458] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5/event5"
16.458] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
16.458] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
16.458] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
16.458] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
16.458] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
16.470] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event4)
16.471] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.471] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.471] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
16.471] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
16.471] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
16.471] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
16.471] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
16.471] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
16.471] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
16.471] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4/event4"
16.471] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
16.471] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
16.471] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event15)
16.471] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.471] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.471] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event16)
16.471] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.471] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.471] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event17)
16.471] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.471] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.471] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
16.471] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.471] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.471] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
16.471] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech USB Keyboard'
16.471] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: always reports core events
16.471] (**) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
16.471] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc31c
16.471] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Found keys
16.471] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
16.471] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/input/input0/event0"
16.471] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
16.471] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
16.472] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event1)
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "LocalKeyboard"
16.472] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech USB Keyboard'
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: always reports core events
16.472] (**) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
16.472] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc31c
16.472] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Found absolute axes
16.472] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Forcing absolute x/y axes to exist.
16.472] (--) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Found keys
16.472] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Forcing relative x/y axes to exist.
16.472] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as mouse
16.472] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
16.472] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.1/input/input1/event1"
16.472] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
16.472] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
16.472] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
16.472] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
16.472] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
16.472] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: initialized for absolute axes.
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration profile 0
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
16.472] (**) Logitech USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
16.472] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line Out Surround (/dev/input/event10)
16.472] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.472] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.472] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line Out Front (/dev/input/event11)
16.472] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.472] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.472] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line (/dev/input/event12)
16.472] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.472] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.472] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic (/dev/input/event13)
16.472] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.472] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.473] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Front Mic (/dev/input/event14)
16.473] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.473] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.473] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event6)
16.473] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.473] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.473] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone (/dev/input/event7)
16.473] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.473] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.473] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line Out Side (/dev/input/event8)
16.473] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.473] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.473] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Line Out CLFE (/dev/input/event9)
16.473] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.473] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.473] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse (/dev/input/event2)
16.473] (**) DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
16.473] (**) DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
16.473] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse'
16.473] (**) DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: always reports core events
16.473] (**) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
16.473] (--) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc063
16.473] (--) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Found 12 mouse buttons
16.473] (--) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
16.473] (--) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Found relative axes
16.473] (--) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
16.473] (II) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Configuring as mouse
16.473] (II) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
16.473] (**) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
16.473] (**) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
16.473] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6:1.0/input/input2/event2"
16.473] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
16.473] (II) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
16.473] (**) DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
16.473] (**) DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
16.473] (**) DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
16.473] (**) DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
16.474] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
16.474] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.474] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
16.474] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event3)
16.474] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
16.474] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
17.387] (II) evdev: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse: Close
17.387] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
17.387] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Close
17.387] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
17.387] (II) evdev: Logitech USB Keyboard: Close
17.387] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
17.387] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
17.387] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
17.387] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
17.387] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
17.604] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Deleting GPU-0
17.617] (EE) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
In kdm.log I find this snippet
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
setversion 1.4 failed
klauncher(2637) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(2631)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed: "Not connected to D-Bus server"
Looks quite ok to me.
Can you post the output of “systemctl status xdm” run as root in text mode when KDE failed to start?
Does it help if you run “systemctl restart xdm” (or “systemctl stop xdm” followed by “systemctl start xdm”)?
Do you have Autologin enabled? Try to disable it in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager (DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=“”).
Does at least the login screen showup then?
Also try to switch to a different displaymanager/login screen as a test: (xdm should be installed by default)
DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm"
in the same file.
That’s normal.
But what’s the modification time?
Maybe kdm is not even started?
Although the Xorg.0.log seems to be recent.
Thanks a lot wolfi, I really need advice.
Can you post the output of “systemctl status xdm” run as root in text mode when KDE failed to start?
xdm.service - LSB: X Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/xdm)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-01-19 19:18:15 CET; 59s ago
Process: 1680 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/xdm stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1692 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/xdm start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/xdm.service
└─1704 /usr/bin/kdm
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller systemd[1]: Starting LSB: X Display Manager...
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller kdm_config[1705]: Multiple occurrences of section [General] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller kdm_config[1705]: Multiple occurrences of section [Xdmcp] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller kdm_config[1705]: Multiple occurrences of section [X-*-Core] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller kdm_config[1705]: Multiple occurrences of section [X-*-Greeter] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller kdm_config[1705]: Multiple occurrences of key 'Language' in section [X-*-Greeter] of /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller kdm[1704]: plymouth is NOT running
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller xdm[1692]: Starting service kdm..done
Jan 19 19:18:15 Tob-Keller systemd[1]: Started LSB: X Display Manager.
Jan 19 19:18:16 Tob-Keller kdm_greet[1722]: Cannot create $HOME
Jan 19 19:18:16 Tob-Keller kdm[1721]: :0[1721]: Received unknown or unexpected command -2 from greeter
Does it help if you run “systemctl restart xdm” (or “systemctl stop xdm” followed by “systemctl start xdm”)?
No.
Do you have Autologin enabled?
No.
Also try to switch to a different displaymanager/login screen as a test: (xdm should be installed by default)
DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm"
With xdm I get a login screen! Using a normal user the start of the desktop stucks in the middle or jumps back to the login screen. However I can login as root (shich I have never done before).
How can I proceed? Thanks again. The kdm.log snippet has not been at the very end of kdm.log. So it may have been older. But I think the modification date was from the latest start.
Well, the problem is this:
Jan 19 19:18:16 Tob-Keller kdm_greet[1722]: Cannot create $HOME
Jan 19 19:18:16 Tob-Keller kdm[1721]: :0[1721]: Received unknown or unexpected command -2 from greeter
Apparently your user’s home doesn’t exist either, maybe /home is not mounted or there’s something wrong with the permissions. Root can login because root uses /root as home, makes it at least a bit easier to debug as you can run a graphical session.
I’m not sure why kdm fails to start though, the user kdm has /var/ as home.
What do those commands give?
ls -la /home
ls -la /var
ls -la /var/lib/kdm
mount
cat /etc/fstab
dmesg | tail
There might also be filesystem corruptions causing this.
As root now I could found the cause for all the strange behaviour: the root partition has been completely full ! Reason: in /var/log the networkmanager log had about 46GBit. After deletion everything is fine again. I’m very puzzled what had happen with the networkmanager Log and will keep an eye on it.
Thanks again wolfi, for your valuable help.
Ah yes, that perfectly explains it of course.
Logging in as root still worked because ext4 (the default filesystem in 13.1) reserves a certain amount of free space for root only, to make it possible to still login (as root) when the partition is full.
Reason: in /var/log the networkmanager log had about 46GBit.
I suppose you mean GByte?
Wow.
Thanks again wolfi, for your valuable help.
You’re welcome.
Glad to hear that you were able to sort it out. 