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matze

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Registered: 2025-01-23

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no graphical login after upgrade any more

recently I made some upgrades of Devuan.

Today after a reboot I realised that I could not login any more as user nor root from slim displaymanager.

I switched over to lightdm, then at least as root I can log me in from displaymanager again, but still not as a normal user.

Does anybody has an advice w hat to check or test?

Last edited by matze (2025-01-23 18:28:55)

ralph.ronnquist

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From: Battery Point, Tasmania, AUS

Registered: 2016-11-30

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Re: no graphical login after upgrade any more

which upgrades was that?

zapper

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Registered: 2017-05-29

Posts: 1,000  

Re: no graphical login after upgrade any more

I always use xdm myself in devuan.

If slim isn't working anymore, I suggest xdm as  a possible alternative. Although if you use multiple desktop environments or window managers, this might not be for you.

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quickfur

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Registered: 2023-12-14

Posts: 472  

Re: no graphical login after upgrade any more

Does startx work at least?

matze

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Registered: 2025-01-23

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Re: no graphical login after upgrade any more

To the question: does startx work at least?

Since I can see the login screen of the display manager I would say yes.
If I login as user via the console (ctrl + alt + f1), then it aborts with the error message "Cannot open log file /home/username/.local/share/xorg/Xorg1.log" and "unable to connect to X server: Connection refused".
But probably that is because it is not meant to start x-server from console "ctrl + alt + f1" or because it is already running, isn't it?

rolfie

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Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 1,239  

Re: no graphical login after upgrade any more

I am sorry, you did not even give some basics about what your system looks alike. Which Devuan release? Which desktop and display manager? X11 or Wayland?

What about posting the output of inxi -Fzr?

matze

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Registered: 2025-01-23

Posts: 3  

Re: no graphical login after upgrade any more

When extracting the last changes during update I figured out that the partition of  my home directory was full (it only contains home). After moving some stuff to other partitions It was possible to login as user from lightdm and also slim again.

Sorry to bother you because of a stupid mistake and many thanks for your help.