Re: [voidlinux/void-packages] xorg-server: xinit not working with default configuration (#14187)

Toyam Cox at Mon, 07 May 2018 06:29:30 +0000 (UTC)

Can one of @voidlinux/pkg-committers confirm this?

cr6git at Mon, 07 May 2018 19:10:16 +0000 (UTC)

@Vaelatern I confirm: using `xinit` or `startx` as non-root user, I can't launch the X server.

Toyam Cox at Mon, 07 May 2018 22:58:50 -0700

@Duncaen any ideas?

Andrea Brancaleoni at Mon, 07 May 2018 23:53:54 -0700

I'm quite sure it is working for me. I will check later today.

cr6git at Tue, 22 May 2018 00:47:56 -0700

@thypon and what was the result?

Andrea Brancaleoni at Tue, 22 May 2018 01:29:58 -0700

I forgot to update the thread. Working for me. See https://github.com/thypon/dotconfig for the xinitrc I'm using

cr6git at Fri, 25 May 2018 00:45:45 -0700

@thypon I don' think @dan-santana 's question was about how to use a custom `.xinitrc`

Daniel Santana at Fri, 25 May 2018 20:20:31 -0700

Even with a .xinitrc, still have the same issue. This was what I was trying to use at first: ``` #!/bin/sh exec bspwm ```

cr6git at Sat, 26 May 2018 02:58:31 -0700

On my system x86_64-musl, using the default `.xinitrc` (from `/etc/skel/.xinitrc`): ```` #!/bin/sh # # ~/.xinitrc # # Executed by startx (run your window manager from here) if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f" done unset f fi # exec gnome-session # exec startkde # exec startxfce4 # ...or the Window Manager of your choice ```` when I run `startx` it doesn't work... Oddly enough, if I do the same in my **glibc** system, it works. :confused: Is it different for you @thypon ?

Andrea Brancaleoni at Sat, 26 May 2018 03:58:16 -0700

I only have glibc system, I have not tried with musl.

Daniel Santana at Sun, 27 May 2018 10:50:56 -0700

I also couldn't test it on musl, only glibc where it didn't work. As the results seem varied, in the next days I'll create a script to build a minimal Void Linux setup from scratch that reproduces the issue.