Thanks Carsten for looking into this.
On Monday 10 Apr 2017 16:19:21 you wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:03:13 +0100 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> said:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've been launching enlightenment using SDDM for some years now without a
> > problem. Recently I updated sddm to 0.14.0-r2 and weird things started
> > happening. I was no longer able to mount USB sticks. A single attempt to
>
> something changed in sddm? :) i have no idea. never even heard of sddm... :)
It's just another DM which does not bring in a tonne of big desktop
dependencies. It was working fine here for a couple of years or so.
> > log out brings me straight back into my e desktop. A second attempt to
> > log out, logs me out as it should.
> >
> > Then I updated to sddm-0.14.0-r3 and now in addition e complains the
> > compositor cannot run with OpenGL and will fall back on software
> > rendering.
> >
> > :-/
>
> stop using sddm or go back to an older version? :( opengl could be due to
> changes in LD_LIBRARY_PATH that sddm could be modifying when it launches the
> login session. it could be due to ownership of /dev/dri/* or /dev/nvidia*
> device nodes? i don't know.
Interesting, I'll look into this.
> mounting and unmounting could be something else entirely... i'm not sure.
> could it be using cgroups, selinux or something else to deny access? i'm
> not sure.
>
> but what you had before did work.... going back to it should be the easiest
> path. :(
Yes, this was the first thing I tried to prove the point these anomalies were
introduced by the sddm package update alone and not something else on my
system.
> > Here's some errors from ~/.xession-errors:
> > ==========================================
> > ERR<5100>:eina_safety lib/efreet/efreet_ini.c:299 efreet_ini_string_get()
> > safety check failed: ini->section == NULL
> >
> > (gkrellm:5117): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_box_reorder_child: assertion
> > 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed
> > ERR<5141>:eldbus lib/eldbus/eldbus_proxy.c:818 _props_get_all() Error
> > getting all properties of
> > org.freedesktop.UDisks2/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/s
> > da1, error message: org.enlightenment.DBus.Canceled Canceled by user.
> > ==========================================
> >
> >
> > Strangely, I have the same access rights symptoms if I try to login
> > without a DM, using 'startx /usr/bin/enlightenment_start' on a console.
> >
> > This is what I have in my ~/.xsession file:
> > ===========================================
> > cat ~/.xsession
> > #!/bin/sh
> > if [ -x /usr/bin/gpg-agent ]; then
> >
> > kill $(ps ux | awk '/gpg-agent/ && !/awk/ {print $2}') >/dev/null
> > 2>&1
> >
> > fi
> >
> > if [ -x /usr/bin/gpg-agent ]; then
> >
> > eval "$(/usr/bin/gpg-agent --daemon)"
> >
> > fi
> >
> > if [ -x /usr/bin/urxvtd ]; then
> >
> > /usr/bin/urxvtd --opendisplay --fork --quiet
> >
> > fi
> >
> > /usr/bin/enlightenment_start
> > ============================
> >
> > Using lightdm works as expected, I can login, OpenGL works, mounting USB
> > sticks works and log out only need to be activated once.
> >
> > I tried entrance some time ago, with mixed results, especially on shut
> > down - it would not return to a console. Also SLiM would fail to log me
> > in whatsoever, so I abandoned it.
> >
> > Any idea what is missing from my set up to cause these access rights
> > problems with sddm or using startx? What is considered a
> > distro-independent orthodox way to start e these days?
>
> dunno. maybe systemd related with the user session/logind? i am unsure how
> this might affect opengl access - it shoudn't... :/
Thanks Carsten, I am using openrc, instead of systemd. As I mentioned above I
reverted to the old sddm and it works as expected, so clearly the problem was
introduced with later versions of the sddm.
I am now running lightdm which solves these problems, but requires Gnome
dependencies to be installed. I am still curious why sddm, or running startx
from a console won't work as expected.
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