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

[Alan E. Davis]

To clarify, I have been running the same Arch Linux installation for many
months, without a hitch.  Until this event.  The exact message since that
time has been (on a gray screen) "Oh no!  Something has gone wrong.  A
problem has occurred and the system can't recover.  Please log out and try
again."  I have seen other reports online of this message, but for various
purported root causes.

I will reinstall Arch Linux, no doubt, unless I can fix this.

Thank you,

Alan

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 1:30 AM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>



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