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

[Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.]

Ok this is weird. I removed the ~/.Xauthority file and pointed startx to
startup.txt and it just started up fine. wierd

2010/12/20 Øyvind Heggstad <mrelendig at har-ikkje.net>

> 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.
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