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[Solved] Unable to start Xorg

After a recent update, I'm unable to boot into my desktop environment (KDE). Initialization begins, neofetch runs, but then Xorg runs into issues. I'm not sure how to export the output from here, but it's something like:

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Using VT 7
Display server starting...
Writing cookie to "/var/run/sddm/xauth_JXhjRV"
Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt7 -auth /var/run/sddm/xauth_JXhjRV -noreset -displayfd 15
Failed to read display number from pipe
Display server stopping...
Attempt 1 starting the Display server on vt 7 failed

It repeats three times and then says: "could not start Display server on vt 7"

If I press enter it prompts me to login as a non-root user. From there I can access the terminal and connect to the internet.

This is on a 2014 Macbook Pro running Intel i5 CPU and Intel Iris Graphics.

I scoured the internet and tried a few workouts:

  • sudo pacman -Syyu
  • Deleting old xinit conf files
  • Add i915 to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

But nothing has worked so far. Please help!

Re: Unable to start Xorg

Reply #1 –
I have a similar problem. After the last update, the graphics console won't start.
I have open-rc, plasma.


The downgrade to November 2023 status helped.

Re: Unable to start Xorg

Reply #2 –
I use Runit with DWM on a machine with rintel hd graphics and i had a similar issue.
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[  1284.643] (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[  1284.643] (EE) AIGLX error: unable to load driver i965
[  1284.673] (EE) 
[  1284.673] (EE) Backtrace:
[  1284.673] (EE) 0: /usr/lib/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x2dd) [0x55b0e1adfc1d]
[  1284.674] (EE) 1: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__sigaction+0x50) [0x7f755d0e8710]
[  1284.674] (EE) 2: ? (?+0x0) [0x55b0e2ff55a0]
[  1284.674] (EE) 
[  1284.674] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x55b0e2ff55a0
[  1284.674] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[  1284.674] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[  1284.674] (EE) 
[  1284.674] (EE)
Here is the relevant Xorg log.


I fixed the issue by installing mesa-amber package from arch repos as mesa-amber package has i965.

Re: Unable to start Xorg

Reply #3 –
hello,
i also had this issue yesterday, after upgrading to the latest mesa packet (world/1:23.3.2-1), plasma woudn't start.
downgrading it to the previous version (1:23.3.1-1) and rebooting fixed the issue :)

edit: i see andy already reported the issue ;)
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,6296.0.html

Re: Unable to start Xorg

Reply #4 –
Quote from: Dju – on
hello,
i also had this issue yesterday, after upgrading to the latest mesa packet (world/1:23.3.2-1), plasma woudn't start.
downgrading it to the previous version (1:23.3.1-1) and rebooting fixed the issue :)

edit: i see andy already reported the issue ;)
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,6296.0.html

Yes, excluding the "mesa" package from the update helped.
--ignore mesa

Re: Unable to start Xorg

Reply #6 –
yep, can confirm the new version fixes the issue, in a vm and on my desktop (with a nvidia card) :)

Re: [Solved] Unable to start Xorg

Reply #7 –
Is there any way to get X to run remote aps?  xhost + doesn't do it.