[arch-general] updating xorg packages and nvidia packages, now x doesn't start

[Øyvind Heggstad]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:59 -0600
"Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr." <jeffrey.parke at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did a big update on my main arch machine and rebooted, I can't
> start X anymore. I saw that xorg-xinit and xorg-xauth as well as the
> nvidia packages were upgraded. Startx gives me a blank screen and
> switching to the first login (ctrl-alt-F1) shows a never ending "No
> Protocol Specified" message which finally fails with "xinit: unable
> to connect to X server: Connection refused" and "Xauth: error in
> locking authority file /home/user/.Xauthority"
> 
> I checked my Xorg.0.log file and I see this message listed:
> 
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select" (II) NVIDIA(0):
> ACPI:
> > failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon (II)
> > NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X (II)
> > NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver
> > will (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event
> > notifications. For (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the
> > "ConnectToAcpid" and (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X
> > configuration options in Appendix B: X (II) NVIDIA(0): Config
> > Options in the README
> 
> 
> what could be the problem here?
The acpi error is most likely not fatale. First
rm /home/user/.Xauthority, then run startx &> foobar.txt, and then put
the content of that file into a pastebin. Also check that your partions
ins't full.