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Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

05 April 2020, 06:19:52

Hi all I’m getting a login loop on the latest upDate.

I can login to the command line using
Ctrl alt f3

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #1 – 05 April 2020, 10:02:28

Did you upgrade to Qt 5.14.2? Then it might be caused by this bug:
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1374.0.html

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #2 – 05 April 2020, 12:47:05

This is what I get when I run starts

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #3 – 05 April 2020, 13:40:31

Quote from: andrewcz – on 05 April 2020, 12:47:05

This is what I get when I run starts

It seems, you don't have .xinitrc file

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #4 – 05 April 2020, 13:48:09

could you point to some clear instructions on how i add that file.

Kind regards and thanks in advance.
Andrew

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #5 – 05 April 2020, 14:14:18

No, the problem is not the xinitrc file. xterm is missing.

sudo pacman -S xterm

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #6 – 05 April 2020, 14:25:18

Installed xterm but no luck
Appreciate your help though very kind

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #7 – 05 April 2020, 14:31:51

What happens when you enter startx and press enter?

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #8 – 05 April 2020, 14:47:40

3 windows pop up

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #9 – 05 April 2020, 15:01:00

Ok, please enter into one of these terminals sudo pacman -S octopi

When the install is complete, please start octopi

And then please tell me, if octopi did start or if you got an error.

If the error tells you something about libraries and contains two funny hex-numbers, then try this:
sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/qt5-base-5.14.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

and then try to start octopi again.

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #10 – 05 April 2020, 15:12:44

Cool cool. This is what I came up with

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #11 – 05 April 2020, 15:17:18

Now I can’t even get into my system

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #12 – 05 April 2020, 15:21:39

Ok so I am back here now
Do I reinstalll lxqt

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #13 – 05 April 2020, 15:22:55

no, leave lxqt as it is.

This is exactly what we had to expect, because we downgraded only the qt5-base package. to make it work, we have to downgrade also the other qt5- packages:

go back to octopi

there sort the packages by the left column (the colored icons)

then filter them by searching for qt5-

now you find the installed version (likely 5.14.2, repository world) on the one end of the list the other version (5.14.1, repository extra) on the other end

right click the orange qt5- 5.14.1 packages one by one (don't forget the qt5-base 5.14.1 package you already installed by downgrading, which should have a green icon and is on ther other end of the list)  and click for every package in the right click menu 'install' in order to add it to list of packages that should be installed

then hit the general install button in octopi

this should downgrade all your installed qt5 packages from 5.14.2 (world) to 5.14.1 (extra) (some of them have other numbering schemes, but generally it is 5.14.x).

Re: Login loop after update - openrc lxqt

Reply #14 – 05 April 2020, 15:31:37

You can simply downgrade it with:

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sudo pacman -S extra/qt5

You find qt5 5.14.1 in the extra repos.

greets
Roberto