[arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:13:51 -0800, Alan E. Davis wrote:
>It seemed to start when I tried to install Adobe-Digital-Editions
>(ADE), so I could read an ebook borrowed from the local public
>library.  I installed wine, and attempted to install ADE.  At the end
>of the install process, the console went into a kind of loop, with the
>same message repeated over and over in rapid succession.  (I did not
>have the presence of mind to try to record this message).
>
>This through my session into a dysfunctional state, so I rebooted.  Or
>restarted the display manager, I don't remember.  Neither GDM nor
>Lightdm have started again, in a number of days.  I was able to start
>i3 and xfce4, through startx with correct lines in .xinitrc.
>
>I uninstalled wine and ADE, then recently tried again to reinstall,
>with the thought this experience may have been a fluke.  The same
>exact message popped up when executing "wine install.exe".
>[snip]
>I have now installed manjaro and redcore, on the same laptop.
>[snip]

Actually you don't have installed Arch Linux?

>Does this description make any sense to someone?

No, it doesn't make sense to me. At least consider to post this "exact
message". However, there's no plausible reason that installing
something odd by wine, could affect your Linux install.

Perhaps Manjaro is broken. Consider to install Arch Linux.