[SOLVED] Cannot start a virtual terminal in KDE

Hi people,
I'm having an annoying issue with konsole : when started, the app starts, but it doesn't give me the prompt... All I have is a white cursor in the top left corner, and I can't type anything.
Switching to vc/1 using ctrl+alt+F1 works fine, and is fully usable.
I installed yakuake : same issue. I then installed gtkterm : same issue, but this time I get an error message :
Can not open /dev/ttyS0 : Permission not granted
Ain't ttyS0 the serial port ? Is there any chance that might be the problem ?
As suggested on the chakra forum, I checked permissions on :
* /bin/bash : root root 755
* /dev/tty1 : root root 777
On a maybe related note, I'm also having issues with kdesu : launching "kdesu kate" in krunner asks for root passwd, but then fails telling me "su" is not a recognized command. Similarly, I can only launch arxin, kuser, etc... as a regular user, giving the root passwd when required fails with that same error. I can use "su" when using vc/1, it works fine.
It looks like I've broken something bad, but I don't know what...Any idea, anyone ? I could go the easy way and reinstall, but I like to understand things...
Last edited by willy9 (2009-04-14 18:47:27)

Thanks for helping !
@jelly : yes, but I had the issue before. Can it be xorg related ?
@Chrysalis : yes but it is commented. Should I uncomment it ?
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
#none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
#none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
UUID=89336a04-983f-44ba-ba37-a869648b687f / ext3 defaults 0 0
UUID=6e5aca93-8b3f-4964-a7f2-47460e74d667 swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=55daef78-db61-11dd-b2a0-2b699ceb5d02 /home ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/win ntfs users,umask=0,utf8 0 0

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Resolution
===== It's a good thing to make a post :
It allows me to order my ideas and I find the solution here http://serverfault.com/questions/104014 … erent-size
I juste deleted the files /var/lib/mysqld/ib_logfile0 and /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile1
First, I had a problem about the file who is in the future (WTF ?:p) But after, it worked !
Thanks Anyway !
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(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(II) Loader magic: 0x81e4c60
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 8
(--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0222:3842:a295 nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 A-LE] rev 161, Mem @ 0xbf000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xbe000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) "dri2" will not be loaded unless you've specified it to be loaded elsewhere.
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri2" will be loaded even though the default is to disable it.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 190.53 Tue Dec 8 20:47:42 PST 2009
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: dixLookupResource
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information.
Last edited by silentcontender (2010-02-02 01:13:54)

You are right about the first X session starting normally. I'm using the same user for both session and nvidia loads fine the first time. The log for the first X session:
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
X.Org X Server 1.7.3.902 (1.7.4 RC 2)
Release Date: 2009-12-26
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.32-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux nonsense 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jan 25 20:06:48 UTC 2010 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/mapper/group-root vga=795 resume=/dev/mapper/group-swap ro
Build Date: 26 December 2009 11:37:45AM
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jan 31 22:11:14 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(II) Loader magic: 0x81e4c60
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(++) using VT number 7
(--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0222:3842:a295 nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 A-LE] rev 161, Mem @ 0xbf000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xbe000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 190.53 Tue Dec 8 20:47:42 PST 2009
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 190.53 Tue Dec 8 19:16:02 PST 2009
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3.902, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 A-LE (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.10.01
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 A-LE at
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): PCI:1:0:0:
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): ViewSonic VA1930wm-3 (CRT-0)
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): ViewSonic VA1930wm-3 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(==) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0):
(==) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(==) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
(==) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0):
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 87); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): option
(==) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Initialized AGP GART.
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Initialized OpenGL Acceleration
(==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
(II) Jan 31 22:11:15 NVIDIA(0): Initialized X Rendering Acceleration
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(II) Loading extension XINERAMA
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3, module version = 2.3.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) acceleration profile 0
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB Receiver
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: always reports core events
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Found 12 mouse buttons
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Found relative axes
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Found absolute axes
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Found keys
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Configuring as mouse
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Configuring as keyboard
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: (accel) acceleration profile 0
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: initialized for relative axes.
(WW) Logitech USB Receiver: ignoring absolute axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB Receiver
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: always reports core events
(**) Logitech USB Receiver: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Found keys
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) Jan 31 22:14:10 NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) Jan 31 22:14:22 NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) Jan 31 22:16:23 NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Logitech USB Receiver: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
I'll try without a xorg.conf and post later.

[solved] connect to a virtual terminal

I want to start a console-based app (vim, ncmpc, irssi, etc.) in a new terminal (urxvt), how can I do this?
Here are some examples of things I'd like to be able to do:
- launch ncmpc in a new terminal at a given time every morning as an alarm clock
- launch irssi in a terminal every time I start X
If I summon an urxvt, is there a way of knowing which tty it's connected to (programmaticaly), and then is there a way of sending commands to that tty?
Last edited by peets (2007-11-25 15:44:53)

Moved to here.
urxvt -e <command> - it's in the man page.

[Solved] Cannot start wireless network as user, only as root

Hi All,
I have just made the move from Ubuntu Hardy as I couldn't stand all the constant freezing. I have followed the Beginners Guide to installing Arch and found it to be a very interesting learning experience. However, as the post title says, although I can get a working internet connection as rot, he moment I login as a user, I cannot get access, and get the error message "SIOCGIFFLAGS error: No such device".
I have added my user account to network and wheel etc, but to no avail. I still have to open a root terminal and manually bring the network up every time. As a side issue, I cannot sudo as my user account even though I am in the wheel group.
Can anyone help please? Let m know what you need to see from my conf files. I am running 64 bit as well.
Many thanks,
Igzilla
Last edited by Igzilla (2008-08-03 17:18:19)

For the first question... what are you trying to use to configure the network. Typically network connection is a root only thing and you shouldnt need to do it as a user directly.
For sudo, you need to configure sudo. Run 'visudo' as root.

[SOLVED]Cannot start postgresql using systemctl

I am thinking about switching entirely to systemd. So I have been playing around to learn systemd way of starting services.
[root@myhost sudeep]# systemctl start postgresql.service
Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for details.
[root@myhost sudeep]# systemctl status postgresql.service
postgresql.service - PostgreSQL database server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:14:44 +0530; 11s ago
Process: 1473 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/postgresql-initdb (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/postgresql.service
Jun 04 19:14:44 myhost postgres[1473]: Creating symlink /var/lib/postgres ->
I also tried
[root@myhost sudeep]# initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data
initdb: cannot be run as root
Please log in (using, e.g., "su") as the (unprivileged) user that will
own the server process.
And obviously I cannot run systemctl as a normal user. What is the problem?
Last edited by TwiNight (2012-06-06 04:52:30)

deltaecho wrote:
Try editing /etc/conf.d/postgresql, and uncomment the line for PGROOT="/var/lib/postgres" (although it is listed as having a default value, doing this resolved the issue for me).
EDIT: I found that config by looking in the postgesql.service file, which set the option ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/postgresql-initdb. Looking in the corresponding file, I noticed that it made several references to $PGROOT, and since the statement "Creating symlink /var/lib/postgres -> $PGROOT" returned the empty string for $PGROOT, I figured that it was not correctly set. At the top of that script, you will notice where it imports the postgres config: ". /etc/conf.d/postgresql". Within that file is where the postgres options are set.
I tried this. Still I am getting error as follows:
[root@myhost sudeep]# systemctl start postgresql.service
[root@myhost sudeep]# systemctl status postgresql.service
postgresql.service - PostgreSQL database server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:13:24 +0530; 8s ago
Process: 1668 ExecStop=/bin/su - postgres -m -c /usr/bin/pg_ctl -s -D /var/lib/postgres/data stop -m fast (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 1661 ExecStart=/bin/su - postgres -m -c /usr/bin/pg_ctl -s -D /var/lib/postgres/data start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1658 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/postgresql-initdb (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1666 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/postgresql.service
Jun 06 14:13:22 myhost su[1661]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user postgres by (uid=0)
Jun 06 14:13:24 myhost su[1668]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user postgres by (uid=0)
Jun 06 14:13:24 myhost postgres[1668]: pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/postgres/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist

[Solved] Cannot start emacs through an ssh-forwarded x11 connection

Hi,
I recently installed Archlinux and am quite happy with it. Thanks to everyone who has apparently worked hard to make it so nice. There is one error that baffles me, however. I'm used to being able to start Emacs as 'root' through an ssh-forwarded x11 connection, but for some reason this doesn't work on Archlinux:
[simons@peti ~]$ ssh root@localhost
Last login: Sun Dec 14 17:50:28 2008 from localhost
[root@peti ~]# emacs
The program 'emacs' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)'.
(Details: serial 15 error_code 10 request_code 152 minor_code 4)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
Starting other applications this way does works -- it's only Emacs that aborts outright --, but I do get similar error messages, i.e. from qgit:
X Error: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) 10
Extension: 152 (RANDR)
Minor opcode: 4 (RRSelectInput)
Resource id: 0x5c
X Error: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) 10
Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
Resource id: 0x5c
I'm not exactly an X11 expert; I have no idea how to debug this error. The syslog doesn't say anything about an invalid resourcess access, neither does /var/log/Xorg.0.log. In ~/.xsession-errors I see the following error, but I don't know what it means:
gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at configure time.
Does anyone have an idea how to explain this phenomenon? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Take care,
Peter
Last edited by peti (2008-12-14 20:01:27)

This is what I call an easy solution. Thanks for the tip, pointone. I wasn't aware of the difference between x11 forwarding and trusted x11 forwarding. My old installation didn't seem to make that distinction. Maybe that feature was added to SSH somewhat recently. Anyway, the point is that, now, Emacs starts up fine.
Thanks,
Peter

[SOLVED] Cannot start X: Xorg.bin blocked for more than 120 seconds

I just rebooted my desktop after a couple of months and now I cannot run Xorg. When I run startx, I get a black screen for two minutes and then a backtrace pops up. At that point I can no longer interact with the console, but I can still ssh and run commands. I've tried setting Xwrapper.conf to needs_root_rights = yes and I have tried just running startx as root, with no help. I'm not sure how to isolate what would have broken this as I have updated so many packages in the last two months. Any ideas what I can try next?
If it helps, I am using the open source ati driver and my xorg.conf.d is empty.
Here is the dmesg showing the oops and the backtrace:
[ 72.778340] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffec2003fffe00
[ 72.778368] IP: [<ffffffff811ac636>] kfree+0x56/0x1a0
[ 72.778389] PGD 0
[ 72.778397] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 72.778413] Modules linked in: cfg80211 it87 hwmon_vid xpad ff_memless fuse mousedev joydev eeepc_wmi asus_wmi sparse_keymap led_class rfkill video evdev mxm_wmi mac_hid kvm_amd kvm crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd psmouse serio_raw radeon r8169 snd_hda_codec_realtek edac_core fam15h_power mii k10temp snd_hda_codec_generic edac_mce_amd sp5100_tco ttm snd_hda_codec_hdmi drm_kms_helper i2c_piix4 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller drm snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm hwmon i2c_algo_bit snd_timer i2c_core snd soundcore tpm_infineon tpm_tis tpm wmi shpchp button processor sch_fq_codel vboxnetflt(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxdrv(O) ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 hid_generic usbhid hid sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_common sr_mod
[ 72.778702] cdrom atkbd libps2 ohci_pci ohci_hcd ehci_pci ahci sata_sil libahci xhci_hcd ehci_hcd libata usbcore usb_common scsi_mod i8042 serio zfs(PO) zunicode(PO) zavl(PO) zcommon(PO) znvpair(PO) spl(O)
[ 72.779931] CPU: 7 PID: 1534 Comm: Xorg.bin Tainted: P O 3.17.4-1-ARCH #1
[ 72.781110] Hardware name: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0, BIOS 1503 01/11/2013
[ 72.782332] task: ffff880808b264a0 ti: ffff8807fcd30000 task.ti: ffff8807fcd30000
[ 72.783574] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff811ac636>] [<ffffffff811ac636>] kfree+0x56/0x1a0
[ 72.784796] RSP: 0018:ffff8807fcd33a30 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 72.786010] RAX: 0000022003fffe00 RBX: 00001000ffff8807 RCX: 0000000000010005
[ 72.787227] RDX: 000077ff80000000 RSI: 0000000000000007 RDI: 00001000ffff8807
[ 72.788446] RBP: ffff8807fcd33a48 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: ffffec2003fffe00
[ 72.789714] R10: 0000000000000017 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88080887a400
[ 72.790978] R13: ffffffffa0678f8c R14: 00000000000108f0 R15: 0000000000001800
[ 72.792211] FS: 00007f0dd095e8c0(0000) GS:ffff88083edc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 72.793455] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 72.794680] CR2: ffffec2003fffe00 CR3: 00000000b7c0c000 CR4: 00000000000407e0
[ 72.795924] Stack:
[ 72.797140] ffff880811db0000 ffff88080887a400 ffff880811db0000 ffff8807fcd33b30
[ 72.798358] ffffffffa0678f8c 000000000000004c 000108480001092c ffff880700000008
[ 72.799584] 0000ffff00010844 000000000001092c 0000000000010848 0000000000010844
[ 72.800809] Call Trace:
[ 72.802053] [<ffffffffa0678f8c>] evergreen_hdmi_setmode+0xd8c/0x1970 [radeon]
[ 72.803320] [<ffffffffa052b8d4>] ? drm_detect_hdmi_monitor+0x74/0xc0 [drm]
[ 72.804555] [<ffffffffa0681488>] radeon_atom_encoder_mode_set+0x178/0x3c0 [radeon]
[ 72.805789] [<ffffffffa0563986>] drm_crtc_helper_set_mode+0x356/0x530 [drm_kms_helper]
[ 72.807017] [<ffffffffa061b97c>] radeon_property_change_mode.isra.1+0x3c/0x40 [radeon]
[ 72.808240] [<ffffffffa061bb2e>] radeon_connector_set_property+0x1ae/0x3f0 [radeon]
[ 72.809490] [<ffffffffa05284e2>] drm_mode_obj_set_property_ioctl+0x1b2/0x3a0 [drm]
[ 72.810736] [<ffffffffa052870f>] drm_mode_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x3f/0x60 [drm]
[ 72.811961] [<ffffffffa0518fef>] drm_ioctl+0x1df/0x680 [drm]
[ 72.813175] [<ffffffff8105e9ac>] ? __do_page_fault+0x2ec/0x600
[ 72.814402] [<ffffffffa05f404c>] radeon_drm_ioctl+0x4c/0x80 [radeon]
[ 72.815649] [<ffffffff811da5f0>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2d0/0x4b0
[ 72.816899] [<ffffffff811ca161>] ? __sb_end_write+0x31/0x60
[ 72.818124] [<ffffffff811da851>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
[ 72.819332] [<ffffffff8153db29>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 72.820528] Code: 00 00 00 80 ff 77 00 00 49 b9 00 00 00 00 00 ea ff ff 48 01 d8 48 0f 42 15 e8 b9 66 00 48 01 d0 48 c1 e8 0c 48 c1 e0 06 49 01 c1 <49> 8b 01 f6 c4 80 0f 85 0e 01 00 00 49 8b 01 a8 80 0f 84 83 00
[ 72.823135] RIP [<ffffffff811ac636>] kfree+0x56/0x1a0
[ 72.824394] RSP <ffff8807fcd33a30>
[ 72.825653] CR2: ffffec2003fffe00
[ 240.461007] INFO: task Xorg.bin:1534 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 240.462414] Tainted: P O 3.17.4-1-ARCH #1
[ 240.463701] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 240.465017] Xorg.bin D 0000000000000007 0 1534 1533 0x00000000
[ 240.466325] ffff8807fcd333b0 0000000000000082 ffff880808b264a0 00000000000145c0
[ 240.467623] ffff8807fcd33fd8 00000000000145c0 ffff880812e73250 ffff880808b264a0
[ 240.468886] 0000000000000080 0000000000000140 0000000000001e00 000000000000000a
[ 240.470155] Call Trace:
[ 240.471435] [<ffffffff813113db>] ? bit_putcs+0x30b/0x590
[ 240.472702] [<ffffffff81539519>] schedule+0x29/0x70
[ 240.473964] [<ffffffff81539986>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x16/0x20
[ 240.475239] [<ffffffff8153b445>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xe5/0x250
[ 240.476495] [<ffffffff8153b5c7>] mutex_lock+0x17/0x30
[ 240.477770] [<ffffffffa0522f32>] drm_modeset_lock_all+0x42/0xd0 [drm]
[ 240.479016] [<ffffffffa056d07f>] drm_fb_helper_pan_display+0x2f/0xf0 [drm_kms_helper]
[ 240.480257] [<ffffffff8131683a>] fb_pan_display+0x9a/0x160
[ 240.481508] [<ffffffff81310950>] bit_update_start+0x20/0x50
[ 240.482732] [<ffffffff8130e15e>] fbcon_switch+0x3ae/0x5e0
[ 240.483936] [<ffffffff81385899>] redraw_screen+0x1a9/0x250
[ 240.485175] [<ffffffff8130d54a>] fbcon_blank+0x23a/0x340
[ 240.486375] [<ffffffff8113e74f>] ? irq_work_queue+0xf/0xa0
[ 240.487587] [<ffffffff810c476c>] ? wake_up_klogd+0x3c/0x60
[ 240.488771] [<ffffffff810c4a12>] ? console_unlock+0x282/0x460
[ 240.489894] [<ffffffff810d5d33>] ? internal_add_timer+0x63/0x80
[ 240.490988] [<ffffffff810d6c54>] ? mod_timer+0x114/0x250
[ 240.492058] [<ffffffff813863ba>] do_unblank_screen+0xaa/0x1d0
[ 240.493075] [<ffffffff813864f0>] unblank_screen+0x10/0x20
[ 240.494053] [<ffffffff812b7019>] bust_spinlocks+0x19/0x40
[ 240.495011] [<ffffffff810186b4>] oops_end+0x34/0xe0
[ 240.495982] [<ffffffff8105df4c>] no_context+0x17c/0x3c0
[ 240.496934] [<ffffffff8105e2bd>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x12d/0x250
[ 240.497886] [<ffffffff8105e3f3>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0x13/0x20
[ 240.498842] [<ffffffff8105ea04>] __do_page_fault+0x344/0x600
[ 240.499769] [<ffffffffa060fb4b>] ? atom_execute_table_locked+0x12b/0x3f0 [radeon]
[ 240.500709] [<ffffffffa060e7c0>] ? atom_put_dst+0x480/0x560 [radeon]
[ 240.501673] [<ffffffffa060dabb>] ? atom_op_test+0x9b/0x1b0 [radeon]
[ 240.502640] [<ffffffffa0678f8c>] ? evergreen_hdmi_setmode+0xd8c/0x1970 [radeon]
[ 240.503558] [<ffffffff8105ece2>] do_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[ 240.504494] [<ffffffff8153f9f8>] page_fault+0x28/0x30
[ 240.505441] [<ffffffffa0678f8c>] ? evergreen_hdmi_setmode+0xd8c/0x1970 [radeon]
[ 240.506373] [<ffffffff811ac636>] ? kfree+0x56/0x1a0
[ 240.507266] [<ffffffffa0678f8c>] evergreen_hdmi_setmode+0xd8c/0x1970 [radeon]
[ 240.508204] [<ffffffffa052b8d4>] ? drm_detect_hdmi_monitor+0x74/0xc0 [drm]
[ 240.509155] [<ffffffffa0681488>] radeon_atom_encoder_mode_set+0x178/0x3c0 [radeon]
[ 240.510085] [<ffffffffa0563986>] drm_crtc_helper_set_mode+0x356/0x530 [drm_kms_helper]
[ 240.511021] [<ffffffffa061b97c>] radeon_property_change_mode.isra.1+0x3c/0x40 [radeon]
[ 240.511944] [<ffffffffa061bb2e>] radeon_connector_set_property+0x1ae/0x3f0 [radeon]
[ 240.512875] [<ffffffffa05284e2>] drm_mode_obj_set_property_ioctl+0x1b2/0x3a0 [drm]
[ 240.513791] [<ffffffffa052870f>] drm_mode_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x3f/0x60 [drm]
[ 240.514728] [<ffffffffa0518fef>] drm_ioctl+0x1df/0x680 [drm]
[ 240.515632] [<ffffffff8105e9ac>] ? __do_page_fault+0x2ec/0x600
[ 240.516555] [<ffffffffa05f404c>] radeon_drm_ioctl+0x4c/0x80 [radeon]
[ 240.517455] [<ffffffff811da5f0>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2d0/0x4b0
[ 240.518369] [<ffffffff811ca161>] ? __sb_end_write+0x31/0x60
[ 240.519267] [<ffffffff811da851>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
[ 240.520176] [<ffffffff8153db29>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 360.455851] INFO: task Xorg.bin:1534 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 360.456839] Tainted: P O 3.17.4-1-ARCH #1
[ 360.457713] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 360.458629] Xorg.bin D 0000000000000007 0 1534 1533 0x00000000
[ 360.459548] ffff8807fcd333b0 0000000000000082 ffff880808b264a0 00000000000145c0
[ 360.460442] ffff8807fcd33fd8 00000000000145c0 ffff880812e73250 ffff880808b264a0
[ 360.461294] 0000000000000080 0000000000000140 0000000000001e00 000000000000000a
[ 360.462160] Call Trace:
[ 360.463040] [<ffffffff813113db>] ? bit_putcs+0x30b/0x590
[ 360.463880] [<ffffffff81539519>] schedule+0x29/0x70
I do not see any errors in my Xorg.0.log file, but I've posted it here
Last edited by smpolymen (2014-12-06 04:04:55)

Ok, so I tried unplugging my HDMI monitor and that seems to prevent the hang. When I plug the monitor back in and try to have it detect, it hangs again. I tried connecting via DVI (desktop)-HDMI (monitor) cable instead and have the same issue. I wonder if my monitor is causing the issue (it is pretty flaky, taking several tries to turn it on,) although I find it odd that a bad monitor would cause the driver to hang. Maybe the monitor is not sending the right data to the driver to set the mode. I'll try to find another monitor and see if that resolves the issue.

[Solved] Cannot start firestarter (because of configuration)

Hello,
I installed firestarter and pacman said:
--> This version comes with a system init script now. You have to run the
--> "firestarter" executable from the command line (in an X driven console)
--> first to generate the initial start-up scripts.
Nevertheless, when I execute firestarter (as root and after xhost +) I get a window saying:
A proper configuration for Firestarter was not found. If you are running Firestarter from the directory you built it in,
run 'make install-data-local' to install a configuration, or simply 'make install' to install the whole program.
Firestarter will now close.
Any help? Thank you in advance.
Last edited by alleluia20 (2009-04-27 17:16:01)

OK, I got the fix from http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57454
In a shell inside an X environment, make xhost + as local user, become root and run
dbus-launch firestarter

[SOLVED] Cannot start X server on Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p

Hi there,
I recently bought new laptop (name in the subject). After installing Arch, i was unable to boot using nouveau drivers, unless I set the 'nomodeset' kernel parameter. After decrypting my disk, the screen froze.
With proprietary nvidia package, I'm able to boot & login, but when I try to start X server, the display turns black, my graphics' card fan starts pumping the air and then the entire system reboots.
I browsed and tried troubleshooting from the wiki regarding Nvidia, Optimus, etc., but none of them worked.
Any idea what should I do next?
Last edited by khardix (2014-04-28 15:54:00)

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With all this, after I ran 'nvidia-xsettings --sli=off', I was able to startx the DE with both GPUs still attached.
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