Greg Wooledge composed on 2017-06-19 09:29 (UTC-0400):
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> On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 05:53:43PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
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>> When I try as ordinary user (on host big41), I get the subject message.
>> Anyone
>> know how to get startx to work in Stretch, either on :0, :1 or :2, with or
>> without a greeter running (multi-user.targer vs. graphical.target)?
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> I've been using startx on stretch for a couple months, with no problems.
> I login as my non-root user on tty1, and run 'startx', and it just works.
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> This is on two different machines, both using Intel graphics. Here's one
> of them:
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I have a dozen machines with Stretch installed, most with Jessie and/or Sid as
well. Only Stretch on host big41 produces the subject problem. It has Intel
Eagle Lake X4500 video attached via HDMI. It's Jessie works as expected, while
its Sid halts at an initramfs prompt. Big41 with kernel 4.9.0-3-amd64 works as
expected for root only. Ordinary users produce subject errors only by attempting
startx. Login from TDM greeter works as expected for all users.
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> wooledg:~$ uname -a
> Linux wooledg 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2 (2017-06-12) x86_64
> GNU/Linux
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> wooledg:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530
> [8086:1912] (rev 06)
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> wooledg:~$ sudo dmesg | grep firmware
> [ 3.796473] [drm] GuC firmware load skipped
> [ 3.802454] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware
> i915/skl_dmc_ver1_26.bin
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# inxi -c0 -v4
System: Host: big41 Kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0) Console:
tty 3
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 9
Machine: Mobo: TAR model: T41 HD v: ' ' Bios: American Megatrends v: 080015
date: 09/22/2009
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E7600 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 12237
clock speeds: max: 3066 MHz 1: 1603 MHz 2: 1603 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 180x56 Advanced Data: N/A for root out of X
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d800 bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
00:30:67:3a:a0:06
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (7.4% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST3500411SV
size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 5.4G used: 3.5G (67%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda27
ID-2: /home size: 4.3G used: 810M (19%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda9
ID-3: swap-1 size: 1.57GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
Info: Processes: 139 Uptime: 28 min Memory: 161.8/3731.4MB Init: systemd
runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.2.28
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