Re: Occasional failure of X to start

Hi, i wrote: > > It would be interesting to learn whether after such a start failure > > on your machine the file > > /var/log/xdm.log > > shows indications that it was created newly. Richmond wrote: > It seems so. I hadn't noticed it was always on a Sunday but could be. So it looks really lik

Re: Occasional failure of X to start

"Thomas Schmitt" writes: > Hi, > > Richmond wrote: >> Nov 07 19:38:37 systemd[1]: xdm.service: Main process exited, >> code=killed, status=12/USR2 Nov 07 19:38:37 systemd[1]: xdm.service: >> Failed with result 'signal'. > > Googling "xdm USR2" brings me to > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr

Re: Occasional failure of X to start

Hi, Richmond wrote: > Nov 07 19:38:37 systemd[1]: xdm.service: Main process exited, > code=killed, status=12/USR2 Nov 07 19:38:37 systemd[1]: xdm.service: > Failed with result 'signal'. Googling "xdm USR2" brings me to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=948346 which shows the sam

Occasional failure of X to start

I have a laptop with an nvidia graphics card, and a TV connected to the TV out (svideo) socket. Sometimes X fails to start. All I can see in the journal is: Nov 07 19:38:37 systemd[1]: xdm.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=12/USR2 Nov 07 19:38:37 systemd[1]: xdm.service: Failed wit