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This time the kernel had not updated. But some other packages did. Not expecting any problems, I had run the updates, and shut the laptop down without testing whether it could boot. But the next time I turned it on, it was unable to get to the desktop, like before. Here are some logs:
dpkg.log showing what packages were updated. One of these must have caused the problem.
2021-09-10 17:07:57 startup archives unpack
2021-09-10 17:08:00 upgrade firefox-esr:amd64 78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:00 status half-configured firefox-esr:amd64 78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:00 status unpacked firefox-esr:amd64 78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:00 status half-installed firefox-esr:amd64 78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:08 status triggers-pending mime-support:all 3.60
2021-09-10 17:08:08 status triggers-pending desktop-file-utils:amd64 0.23-1
2021-09-10 17:08:08 status half-installed firefox-esr:amd64 78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:08 status triggers-pending mime-support:all 3.60
2021-09-10 17:08:09 status triggers-pending hicolor-icon-theme:all 0.15-1
2021-09-10 17:08:09 status half-installed firefox-esr:amd64 78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:09 status triggers-pending man-db:amd64 2.7.6.1-2
2021-09-10 17:08:09 status half-installed firefox-esr:amd64 78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:09 status unpacked firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:09 status unpacked firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:10 startup packages configure
2021-09-10 17:08:10 trigproc mime-support:all 3.60 <none>
2021-09-10 17:08:10 status half-configured mime-support:all 3.60
2021-09-10 17:08:10 status installed mime-support:all 3.60
2021-09-10 17:08:10 trigproc desktop-file-utils:amd64 0.23-1 <none>
2021-09-10 17:08:10 status half-configured desktop-file-utils:amd64 0.23-1
2021-09-10 17:08:10 status installed desktop-file-utils:amd64 0.23-1
2021-09-10 17:08:10 configure firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1 <none>
2021-09-10 17:08:10 status unpacked firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:10 status unpacked firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:10 status half-configured firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:11 status triggers-awaited firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:11 trigproc man-db:amd64 2.7.6.1-2 <none>
2021-09-10 17:08:11 status half-configured man-db:amd64 2.7.6.1-2
2021-09-10 17:08:13 status installed man-db:amd64 2.7.6.1-2
2021-09-10 17:08:13 trigproc hicolor-icon-theme:all 0.15-1 <none>
2021-09-10 17:08:13 status half-configured hicolor-icon-theme:all 0.15-1
2021-09-10 17:08:13 status installed firefox-esr:amd64 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
2021-09-10 17:08:13 status installed hicolor-icon-theme:all 0.15-1
slim.log -- not very informative, but there it is.
slim: pam_end(): System error
slim: waiting for X server to shut down
slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.slim: unexpected signal 15
And this time, Xorg.0.log.old which hopefully shows what was going wrong?
[ 25.751]
X.Org X Server 1.19.2
Release Date: 2017-03-02
[ 25.751] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 25.751] Build Operating System: Linux 5.10.0-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[ 25.751] Current Operating System: Linux nautilus 4.9.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.272-2 (2021-07-19) x86_64
[ 25.751] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.9.0-16-amd64 root=UUID=95bc46a7-4cfa-4d61-820d-206e3ff12230 ro quiet acpi_backlight=vendor
[ 25.751] Build Date: 15 April 2021 11:19:14AM
[ 25.751] xorg-server 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u8 (https://www.debian.org/support)
[ 25.751] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[ 25.751] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 25.751] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 25.751] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Sep 18 21:31:33 2021
[ 25.772] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 25.889] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 25.889] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 25.889] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 25.889] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 25.915] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
[ 25.915] (**) | |-->Device "Intel"
[ 25.915] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 25.915] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 25.915] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 25.915] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 25.915] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 25.952] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 25.952] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 26.071] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
built-ins
[ 26.071] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 26.071] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 26.078] (II) Loader magic: 0x55862065de00
[ 26.078] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 26.078] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 26.078] X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[ 26.078] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[ 26.078] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 26.080] (++) using VT number 7
[ 26.080] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[ 26.081] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 26.091] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0106:1025:0511 rev 9, Mem @ 0xc0000000/4194304, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00002000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 26.091] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 26.126] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 26.360] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.360] compiled for 1.19.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 26.360] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 26.361] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[ 26.361] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[ 26.423] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.423] compiled for 1.19.0, module version = 2.99.917
[ 26.423] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 26.424] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[ 26.424] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[ 26.424] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics
[ 26.424] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics
[ 26.424] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics
[ 26.469] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20160919
[ 26.469] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20161206-1 (Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org>)
[ 26.469] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled for use with valgrind
[ 26.491] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics 2000
[ 26.491] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2; using a maximum of 2 threads
[ 26.491] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 26.491] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 26.491] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[ 26.491] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 26.492] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
[ 26.492] (**) intel(0): Found backlight control interface intel_backlight (type 'raw') for output LVDS1
[ 26.492] (II) intel(0): Enabled output LVDS1
[ 26.493] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[ 26.493] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VGA1
[ 26.493] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[ 26.493] (II) intel(0): Enabled output HDMI1
[ 26.493] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[ 26.493] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP1
[ 26.493] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors
[ 26.494] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[ 26.494] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1
[ 26.494] (--) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1366x768 on pipe 0
[ 26.494] (==) intel(0): TearFree disabled
[ 26.494] (==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 26.494] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 26.494] (II) Loading sub module "dri3"
[ 26.494] (II) LoadModule: "dri3"
[ 26.494] (II) Module "dri3" already built-in
[ 26.494] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 26.494] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 26.494] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[ 26.494] (II) Loading sub module "present"
[ 26.494] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[ 26.494] (II) Module "present" already built-in
[ 26.494] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 26.520] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Sandybridge (gen6, gt1) backend
[ 26.520] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[ 26.520] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 26.521] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[ 26.521] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[ 26.522] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[ 26.522] (==) intel(0): Display hotplug detection enabled
[ 26.522] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 26.522] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i965
[ 26.522] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: va_gl
[ 26.522] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled
[ 26.522] (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled
[ 26.522] (--) RandR disabled
[ 26.528] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es{,2}_profile
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
[ 26.903] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965
[ 26.903] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[ 26.918] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1366x768@60.0 on LVDS1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[ 26.920] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 361 x 203
[ 27.478] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event8)
[ 27.478] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.478] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[ 27.479] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[ 27.527] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 27.527] compiled for 1.19.0, module version = 0.23.0
[ 27.527] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 27.527] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[ 27.527] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[ 27.527] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 27.527] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
[ 27.528] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.528] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.528] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is a keyboard
[ 27.544] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input12/event8"
[ 27.544] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[ 27.544] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.544] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.545] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.545] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is a keyboard
[ 27.546] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event9)
[ 27.546] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.546] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[ 27.546] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[ 27.546] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event9"
[ 27.546] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.547] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.547] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is a keyboard
[ 27.589] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input13/event9"
[ 27.589] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[ 27.589] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.589] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.590] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.590] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is a keyboard
[ 27.590] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
[ 27.590] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.590] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[ 27.590] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 27.590] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[ 27.591] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.591] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.591] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is a keyboard
[ 27.604] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/PNP0C0C:00/input/input9/event5"
[ 27.604] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[ 27.604] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.604] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.605] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.605] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is a keyboard
[ 27.605] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event6)
[ 27.605] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.605] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.606] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event7)
[ 27.606] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.606] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
[ 27.606] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[ 27.606] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[ 27.606] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.606] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.606] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is a keyboard
[ 27.628] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/PNP0C0E:00/input/input11/event7"
[ 27.628] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[ 27.628] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.628] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.628] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.628] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is a keyboard
[ 27.629] (II) config/udev: Adding input device 1.3M HD WebCam (/dev/input/event16)
[ 27.629] (**) 1.3M HD WebCam: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.629] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for '1.3M HD WebCam'
[ 27.629] (**) 1.3M HD WebCam: always reports core events
[ 27.629] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event16"
[ 27.629] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.630] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.630] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is a keyboard
[ 27.660] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/input/input17/event16"
[ 27.660] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "1.3M HD WebCam" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[ 27.660] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.660] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.660] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.660] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is a keyboard
[ 27.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event13)
[ 27.661] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.661] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event10)
[ 27.661] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.661] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Mic (/dev/input/event11)
[ 27.661] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.661] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.662] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Headphone (/dev/input/event12)
[ 27.662] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.662] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.662] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/event1)
[ 27.662] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.662] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[ 27.662] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[ 27.662] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[ 27.662] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.663] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.663] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is a keyboard
[ 27.684] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.0/0003:045E:0745.0001/input/input3/event1"
[ 27.684] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[ 27.684] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.684] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.684] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.684] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is a keyboard
[ 27.685] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/event2)
[ 27.685] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[ 27.685] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.685] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[ 27.685] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[ 27.685] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[ 27.685] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.685] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Mouse
[ 27.685] (II) Device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0' set to 1000 DPI
[ 27.685] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a pointer caps
[ 27.685] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a keyboard
[ 27.696] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: needs a virtual subdevice
[ 27.696] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.1/0003:045E:0745.0002/input/input4/event2"
[ 27.696] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: MOUSE, id 12)
[ 27.696] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[ 27.696] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 27.696] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 27.696] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 27.697] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Mouse
[ 27.697] (II) Device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0' set to 1000 DPI
[ 27.697] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a pointer caps
[ 27.697] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a keyboard
[ 27.697] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 27.697] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.697] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.698] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/event3)
[ 27.698] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.698] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[ 27.698] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[ 27.698] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[ 27.698] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.698] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.698] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is a keyboard
[ 27.712] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: needs a virtual subdevice
[ 27.712] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.2/0003:045E:0745.0003/input/input5/event3"
[ 27.712] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: MOUSE, id 13)
[ 27.712] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[ 27.712] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 27.712] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 27.712] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 27.712] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.712] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is a keyboard
[ 27.713] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[ 27.713] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.713] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 27.713] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 27.713] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[ 27.713] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.713] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.713] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is a keyboard
[ 27.728] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[ 27.728] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[ 27.728] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.728] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.729] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.729] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is a keyboard
[ 27.730] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/event4)
[ 27.730] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[ 27.730] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad'
[ 27.730] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: always reports core events
[ 27.730] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[ 27.730] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.731] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[ 27.731] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is a touchpad
[ 27.760] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input2/event4"
[ 27.760] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 15)
[ 27.760] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[ 27.761] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[ 27.761] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 27.761] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 27.761] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[ 27.761] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is a touchpad
[ 27.762] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse1)
[ 27.762] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.762] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.762] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event14)
[ 27.762] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 27.762] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 27.763] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event15)
[ 27.763] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.763] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Acer WMI hotkeys'
[ 27.763] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[ 27.763] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event15"
[ 27.763] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 27.764] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.764] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is a keyboard
[ 27.804] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input16/event15"
[ 27.804] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Acer WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 16)
[ 27.804] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.804] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.805] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 27.805] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is a keyboard
[ 27.819] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[ 27.820] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.820] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[ 27.820] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[ 27.820] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[ 27.820] (**) Option "_source" "_driver/libinput"
[ 27.820] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: is a virtual subdevice
[ 27.820] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.1/0003:045E:0745.0002/input/input4/event2"
[ 27.820] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: KEYBOARD, id 17)
[ 27.820] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.820] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 27.821] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 27.821] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[ 27.821] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[ 27.821] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[ 27.821] (**) Option "_source" "_driver/libinput"
[ 27.821] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: is a virtual subdevice
[ 27.821] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.2/0003:045E:0745.0003/input/input5/event3"
[ 27.821] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: KEYBOARD, id 18)
[ 27.821] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 27.821] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 28.495] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMO", prod id 5522
[ 28.495] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 28.495] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1366x768"x0.0 75.00 1366 1426 1466 1568 768 772 778 797 -hsync -vsync (47.8 kHz eP)
Since the team maintaining Ascii seems to not be very well coordinated, causing these conflicts, maybe it's time to upgrade to Beowulf...
Last edited by Micronaut (2021-09-23 00:01:45)
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I'm using Chimaera, & it seems to be perfectly stable - maybe, back up all your personal data, (which you should do anyway), & do a clean install of Chimaera.
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Your packages, installed when you update your sistem, is broken. Performing the following commands will try and fix any broken packages currently installed on your system:
sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
sudo apt-get install -f
(the -f option is short for fix-broken.)
Also, you can try use a second metod. This solution will help out if a software package broke while being installed. You can try using the previous method before continuing, as it may help. First, we clean apt-get and try using dpkg to configure any packages that need it:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
What economists call over-production is but a production that is above the purchasing power of the worker, who is reduced to poverty by capital and state.
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SLiM is old and broken. Does startx work from the console?
FWIW the X.Org log looks truncated.
Brianna Ghey — Rest In Power
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I gave Slim a try on ASCII and abandoned it for LightDM. Get rid of Slim. I consider it to be a pain .....
And consider upgrading to Beowulf, works fine. Meanwhile I am on Chimaera on all the every day used computers. Its rock stable.
rolfie
Last edited by rolfie (2021-09-30 21:09:44)
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Well, it at least booted into kernel 4.9.0-16 after the recommended repair commands. Today I simply ran 'aptitude update' and 'aptitude safe-upgrade' and rebooted to see if everything still worked, and it did not. This time it froze in the middle of entering the password. Could not unfreeze it. Had to use hard power shutdown again. It still boots into 2.9.0-15 though.
Here is what was updated today. Why would this make the system freeze at the login prompt?
Start-Date: 2021-09-30 18:03:58
Upgrade: libkrb5-3:amd64 (1.15-1+deb9u2, 1.15-1+deb9u3), libgssapi-krb5-2:amd64 (1.15-1+deb9u2, 1.15-1+deb9u3), libcurl3:amd64 (7.52.1-5+deb9u15, 7.52.1-5+deb9u16), openssl:amd64 (1.1.0l-1~deb9u3, 1.1.0l-1~deb9u4), libk5crypto3:amd64 (1.15-1+deb9u2, 1.15-1+deb9u3), libkrb5support0:amd64 (1.15-1+deb9u2, 1.15-1+deb9u3), libtag1v5:amd64 (1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.1, 1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.3+deb9u1), libtagc0:amd64 (1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.1, 1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.3+deb9u1), libssl1.1:amd64 (1.1.0l-1~deb9u3, 1.1.0l-1~deb9u4), libtag1v5-vanilla:amd64 (1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.1, 1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.3+deb9u1), libcurl3-gnutls:amd64 (7.52.1-5+deb9u15, 7.52.1-5+deb9u16), libssl1.0.2:amd64 (1.0.2u-1~deb9u5, 1.0.2u-1~deb9u6)
End-Date: 2021-09-30 18:04:19
Ascii has become endless frustration on this laptop. Still works fine on the desktops.
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I gave Slim a try on ASCII and abandoned it for LightDM. Get rid of Slim. I consider it to be a pain .....
And consider upgrading to Beowulf, works fine. Meanwhile I am on Chimaera on all the every day used computers. Its rock stable.
rolfie
I did not choose the display manager, I simply got whatever the default is. Is there some reasonably simply config file that can be changed to use a different display manager?
Yes, I'm getting seriously interested in upgrading. This string of disabling screwups is really getting frustrating.
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Why would this make the system freeze at the login prompt? Ascii has become endless frustration on this laptop. Still works fine on the desktops.
Hardware incompatibility?
What economists call over-production is but a production that is above the purchasing power of the worker, who is reduced to poverty by capital and state.
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I did not choose the display manager, I simply got whatever the default is. Is there some reasonably simply config file that can be changed to use a different display manager?
Yes, I'm getting seriously interested in upgrading. This string of disabling screwups is really getting frustrating.
Well, meanwhile I know what I want and how to install a system with SW I want from CLI level onward. I have read the release notes and the recommendations of the suitable combinations. I am happy with lightdm.
What I do is:
apt install xorg
apt install lightdm
apt install mate-desktop-environment-extras --no-install-recommends on older PCs/for my wife
apt install cinnamon --no-install-recommends on my workstation and laptop.
followed by installation of all the goodies I use and need (got a nice piece of paper documenting my procedures and experiences).
About switching the display manager: I have no experience with that.
rolfie
Last edited by rolfie (2021-10-01 19:12:14)
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